[pacman-dev] pacman -S on already installed package doesn't ask for reinstall

[Allan McRae]

Roman Kyrylych wrote:
> Hi!
>
> # pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts
> warning: ttf-ms-fonts-2.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
>
> It was asking user for confirmation before which I think was logical,
> because if user just forgot he/she has this package installed - this
> would allow to avoid creating of unnecessary .pacnew files.
>
> Either I missed this change or forgot about it.
> Could someone enlighten me why this was done
I can remember this.  Basically, it was decided that if a user did 
"pacman -S package" then they obviously wanted the package reinstalled.  
The thinking was: Why else would you do that if it was already 
installed?  However, I can't find the thread/bug report I saw it in....

Allan