This patch was inspired by FS#17859. (That is not a bug atm due to "target loading"-interface change.)

From now on, with "empty" transactions (e.g. -Ru needed_pkg) pacman prints a " there is nothing to do" message. The " local database is up to date" message is kept for -Su.

Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> --- Reason for resubmit: Xavier and I decided to keep the old -Su message to not confuse scripts (and users). src/pacman/remove.c | 1 + src/pacman/sync.c | 6 +++++- src/pacman/upgrade.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pacman/remove.c b/src/pacman/remove.c index 6d44350..61b57c7 100644 --- a/src/pacman/remove.c +++ b/src/pacman/remove.c @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int pacman_remove(alpm_list_t *targets) /* Step 3: actually perform the removal */ alpm_list_t *pkglist = alpm_trans_get_remove(); if(pkglist == NULL) { + printf(_(" there is nothing to do\n")); goto cleanup; /* we are done */ } /* print targets and ask user confirmation */ diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c index a2ef616..3832f03 100644 --- a/src/pacman/sync.c +++ b/src/pacman/sync.c @@ -663,7 +663,11 @@ static int sync_trans(alpm_list_t *targets) packages = alpm_trans_get_add(); if(packages == NULL) { /* nothing to do: just exit without complaining */ - printf(_(" local database is up to date\n")); + if(config->op_s_upgrade) { + printf(_(" local database is up to date\n")); + } else { + printf(_(" there is nothing to do\n")); + } goto cleanup; } diff --git a/src/pacman/upgrade.c b/src/pacman/upgrade.c index 57c7b79..ddb4796 100644 --- a/src/pacman/upgrade.c +++ b/src/pacman/upgrade.c @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int pacman_upgrade(alpm_list_t *targets) /* print targets and ask user confirmation */ alpm_list_t *packages = alpm_trans_get_add(); if(packages == NULL) { /* we are done */ + printf(_(" there is nothing to do\n")); trans_release(); return(retval); } -- 1.6.6