[arch-general] pacman 4 logic error - what part of 'no' doesn't it understand?

[Leonid Isaev]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:07:10 -0600
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
>   I have found a logic error in pacman (I think). I don't like replacing both
> the kernel and kernel-lts in the same 'pacman -Syu' call. So I answered 'no'
> when prompted to 'Replace kernel26-lts with core/linux-lts? [Y/n] n'.
> However, then pacman fails to install anything because 'linux-lts and
> kernel26-lts are in conflict'.
> 
>   When I answered 'n' to Replace kernel26-lts, I expected pacman to ignore
> upgrading that package (and the others I said no to) but proceed forward and
> install the remaining updates. Should I file this as a bug? The full output
> is below:
> 

There is no logic problem here. A full sysupgrade is a non-interactive
procedure; the only exception is conflicting packages. What if instead of LTS
kernel there was pacman itself? 

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