[arch-general] pacman "Targets" sort order

[Wim Van Deun]

I don't know if they were sorted alphabetically before.
But you could use 'pacman -Sy && pacman -Qu | sort' to get them sorted in
that way.

Wim

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks at xsmail.com>wrote:

> David C. Rankin <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> >    I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I thought the upgrade
> > "Targets" were sorted alphabetically by name prior to the pacman upgrade
> a
> > month or two ago. Now, it looks like they are listed either by
> repository,
> > then alphabetized or some other logic that ends up -- almost
> alphabetized.
> > Specifically:
> >
> > Targets (35): bluez-4.93-1  run-parts-3.4.4-1  ca-certificates-20110421-3
> >                dcron-4.5-2  libzip-0.10-1 ebook-tools-0.2.1-2  eina-svn-
> >                58920-1  eet-svn-58955-1  evas-svn-58958-1
>  ecore-svn-58945-1
> >                e_dbus-svn-58954-1  embryo-svn-58829-1  edje-svn-58887-1
> >                pciutils-3.1.7-4  udev-167-2 eeze-svn-58668-1  efreet-
> >                svn-58672-1  e-svn-58940-1  gutenprint-5.2.7-1
>  hdf5-1.8.6-1
> >                libidn-1.21-1  libxcb-1.7-2  networkmanager-0.8.999-1
>  openssh-
> >                5.8p2-1  python2-cairo-1.10.0-1
> python2-distribute-0.6.16-1
> >                qt-4.7.3-1  rp-pppoe-3.10-6  sudo-1.8.1.p1-1  telepathy-
> >                qt4-0.5.16-1 zziplib-0.13.60-1  texlive-bin-2010.1-8
>  texlive-
> >                core-2010.22154-1  udev-compat-167-2 usbutils-002-2
> >
> > bluez -> run-parts -> ca-certificates??
> >
> >    In the past, I would scan the list to make sure there were no updates
> that
> > I didn't want or that I needed to put off due to bugs or what not. Now
> I've
> > been bitten a time or two by searching through long Target lists and
> > confirming there were no unwanted updates only to find out that an
> unwanted
> > update was alphabetized higher-up or lower in the target list.
> >
> >    Has the target list always sorted by repo, then by name --or-- was the
> list
> > fully sorted by name earlier? If so, is it easy to change?
> >
> >    In short lists, it's not really a big deal, but when you have over 100
> > targets, having them sorted by name really helps. What say the pacman
> gurus?
>
> It looks to me your list is alphabetically sorted. Did you take
> dependencies into account?
>
> ----
> Greg
>