Re: [pacman-dev] [PATCH RFC] DWIM if user attempts to sync on a file

On 16/06/16 10:01, Andrew Eikum wrote:

I get bit by this fairly often when I build AUR packages. From my perspective as a user, the distinction between -U and -S seems irrelevant: I just want to install this package. So let's just have pacman offer to Do What I Mean and install the files if I use -S when I should have used -U.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Eikum <coldpie@fastmail.com>

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RFC because this lacks tests and maybe UI polish, but I thought I'd see if there's interest in this change before I put more effort into it.

I am interested... I have a more general comment. Why do we distinguish between -S and -U at all? @Andrew: you are looking at unified transactions. Do you think merging -S and -U makes sense. Allan