Here's a quick update, there are still 2 pending patches: [4] sync_prepare: re-order w.r.t. dependencies http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2005-December/000074.html [5] sortbydeps: handle provisions http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2006-January/000169.html -- Aurelien