[pacman-dev] "local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?" question

[Xavier]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:46:59PM +0100, Xavier wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:19:25AM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
> > This seems like the mirror of your --unneeded option, in a way. Not
> > sure if --needed is really the best way to describe it, but it is a
> > possibility.
> > 
> 
> Yes, kind of.
> 

It's very easy to implement, but I'm still wondering if people will like it
:P

So here is an example with pacman -S xorg:


** Current behavior (pressing enter at each question for the default answer) :


xav at nx7400> sudo pacman -S xorg
:: group xorg:  
    xf86-input-keyboard  xf86-input-mouse  xf86-video-vesa  xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi  xorg-res-utils  xorg-server  xorg-twm  xorg-xinit  xterm
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]
:: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
:: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
:: xorg-server-1.4-5: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
:: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
:: xterm-229-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2  xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1
        xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5  xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1  xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
        xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2  xorg-server-1.4-5  xorg-twm-1.0.1-2  xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1
        xterm-229-2

Total Download Size:    22.89 MB
Total Installed Size:   29.84 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]


** New behavior:


xav at nx7400> sudo src/pacman/pacman -S xorg
:: group xorg:
    xf86-input-keyboard  xf86-input-mouse  xf86-video-vesa  xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi  xorg-res-utils  xorg-server  xorg-twm  xorg-xinit  xterm
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]
warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2  xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1
        xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5  xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1  xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
        xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2  xorg-server-1.4-5  xorg-twm-1.0.1-2  xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1
        xterm-229-2

Total Download Size:    22.89 MB
Total Installed Size:   29.84 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]


** Current behavior (anwering no to all uptodate questions) :


xav at nx7400> sudo pacman -S xorg
:: group xorg:
    xf86-input-keyboard  xf86-input-mouse  xf86-video-vesa  xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi  xorg-res-utils  xorg-server  xorg-twm  xorg-xinit  xterm
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]
:: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- skipping
:: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- skipping
:: xorg-server-1.4-5: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- skipping
:: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- skipping
:: xterm-229-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- skipping
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5  xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1  xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
         xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2  xorg-twm-1.0.1-2

Total Download Size:    22.89 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n


** New behavior with --needed:


xav at nx7400> sudo src/pacman/pacman -S --needed xorg
:: group xorg:
    xf86-input-keyboard  xf86-input-mouse  xf86-video-vesa  xorg-fonts-100dpi
    xorg-fonts-75dpi  xorg-res-utils  xorg-server  xorg-twm  xorg-xinit  xterm
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]
warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- skipping
warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- skipping
warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- skipping
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.

Targets: xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5  xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1
        xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2  xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2  xorg-twm-1.0.1-2

Total Download Size:    22.89 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]