[pacman-dev] is newer than messages

Karolina Lindqvist karolina.lindqvist at kramnet.se
Sat Feb 2 03:24:29 EST 2008


What is the purpose of the messages "is newer then", from pacman -Su?
Can't they please be removed in the normal case? Is there anyone who need 
them? They look like debug messages to me.

$ sudo pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: attr: local (2.4.39-2.1) is newer than core (2.4.39-2)
warning: kdebase: local (3.5.8.20080105-1) is newer than extra (3.5.8-3)
warning: kdelibs: local (3.5.8.20080105-2) is newer than extra (3.5.8-4)
warning: kernel26: ignoring package upgrade (2.6.23.14-1 => 2.6.24-2)
warning: lirc: local (0.8.3-0.20080113) is newer than testing (0.8.2-10)
warning: lirc-utils: local (0.8.3-0.20080113.1) is newer than extra (0.8.2-1)
warning: tellico: local (1.3-1) is newer than community (1.2.14-1)




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