Re: [pacman-dev] pacman -S on already installed package doesn't ask for reinstall

Roman Kyrylych wrote:

Hi!

# pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts warning: ttf-ms-fonts-2.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling

It was asking user for confirmation before which I think was logical, because if user just forgot he/she has this package installed - this would allow to avoid creating of unnecessary .pacnew files.

Either I missed this change or forgot about it. Could someone enlighten me why this was done I can remember this. Basically, it was decided that if a user did "pacman -S package" then they obviously wanted the package reinstalled. The thinking was: Why else would you do that if it was already installed? However, I can't find the thread/bug report I saw it in....

Allan