[pacman-dev] [PATCH] New Rg option

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/9/18, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>:
>
> +1 on making -g work both for -S and -R.
>
> However, why don't we do the following for backwards compatability:
> 1. pacman -S grppkg: look for a package named grppkg, then group
> 2. pacman -Sg grppkg: look for a group named grppkg (and ignore a
> package if there is one)
> 3. pacman -R grppkg: only remove a package named grppkg (I don't think
> group removal is used enough to warrant keeping backwards compat)
> 4. pacman -Rg grppkg: remove a group named grppkg
>
> This gives us a small issue when it comes to the current behavior of
> -Sg, however, that I have yet to figure out. Anyone know a good way to
> somehow keep the ability to list the contents of current groups and
> implement the above? Patches welcome. :)
>

from pacman -S --help:
-l, --list <repo>    view a list of packages in a repo

I think -Slg [<repo>] would be nice syntax to show all groups in a repo.
If repo is omitted  - we get the same result as -Sg in pacman 3.0.x.
BTW, -Sl lists packages from all repos when repo is not specified, so
it should be:
-l, --list [<repo>]  view a list of packages in a repo
(still not fixed in git tree)

Sorry for not providing patches, I'm at work on windows box now.

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)