[pacman-dev] pacman -S on already installed package doesn't ask for reinstall
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? -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
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
Allan McRae wrote:
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....
Although maybe i dreamed that and this commit caused it... :) http://projects.archlinux.org/git/?p=pacman.git;a=commit;h=250331a636699561e...
Allan McRae wrote:
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....
That's right, I changed this behavior when adding the --needed option : http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2007-November/010279.html About .pacnew files, when you reinstall a package, you should not get any pacnew, because we are in the following case : original=X, current=Y, new=X Both package versions contain the exact same file, but the one on the filesystem has been modified. Leave the current file in place.
2008/1/19, Xavier
Allan McRae wrote:
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....
That's right, I changed this behavior when adding the --needed option : http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2007-November/010279.html
Thanks!
About .pacnew files, when you reinstall a package, you should not get any pacnew, because we are in the following case :
original=X, current=Y, new=X Both package versions contain the exact same file, but the one on the filesystem has been modified. Leave the current file in place.
Ah, right, my fault here. So everything is OK. :-) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:27:51 -0000, Roman Kyrylych
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?
-w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything [~]:: sudo pacman -Sw ttf-dejavu warning: ttf-dejavu-2.22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies...
-w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything
[~]:: sudo pacman -Sw ttf-dejavu warning: ttf-dejavu-2.22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies...
Well, the messages are ugly here, indeed. Bye ---------------------------------------------------- SZTE Egyetemi Könyvtár - http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
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Allan McRae
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fancris3
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Nagy Gabor
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Roman Kyrylych
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Xavier