[arch-general] Which version gets installed by pacman?

[Jan de Groot]

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 08:45 +0200, Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
> Can someone explain this to me:
> 1) Check available versions
> $ pacman -Si kdepim | grep Version
> Version        : 3.5.9-2
> Version        : 3.5.9.20080501-0.1
> 
> Ok, which version is newest?
> 
> $ vercmp '3.5.9-2' '3.5.9.20080501-0.1'
> -1
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> $ vercmp
> usage: vercmp <ver1> <ver2>
> 
> return values:
>   < 0 : if ver1 < ver2
>     0 : if ver1 == ver2
>   > 0 : if ver1 > ver2
> 
> Ok, version 3.5.9.20080501-0.1 is newer, so try to install it:
> 
> $ sudo pacman -S kdepim
> :: kdepim is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n]
> warning: kdepim-3.5.9-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> 
> Targets: kdepim-3.5.9-2
> 
> Total Download Size:    0,00 MB
> Total Installed Size:   20,52 MB
> 
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
> $        
> 
> Why did not pacman choose the newer version to install? 
> 

Simple: it installs the first entry it finds in the repositories that
are in pacman.conf. There's no such thing as installing the latest
available version.