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

[Nagy Gabor]

Idézés Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com>:

> 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]

And this would ~close http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8242, imho.

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