Hmm, so say I put glibc in my CheckNewVersion option list, and I am not running the version in the sync DB. If I were to do this: pacman -S mpd
I would be prompted to upgrade glibc? This seems a bit overreaching, as this is exactly what I did today on my server box. :) I would prefer it only be invoked on a --sysupgrade operation. But you do have a valid point.
I think you shouldn't add glibc to CheckNewVersion (if you add too many packages there the option loses its purpose imho: it is a _pacman_ newversion check to ensure we will commit the transaction with the latest package manager). I don't see why should be glibc update done first even with -Su.
I'm also not sure about "CheckNewVersion" from a naming standpoint. Maybe something more like "UpgradeFirst" or something? We check for a new version of every package, so the name seems a bit misleading.
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