[pacman-dev] [PATCH] New --nonew option (resubmit)

[Nagy Gabor]

> So, if I want to use binutils 2.18 with glibc 2.4 then these are the 
> distributions to use...  To clarify, I meant that no distribution will 
> support partially updated systems, in that if the current version of 
> "package 1" does not work with an old version of "package 2" but it does 
> with the latest version, the solution to a bug report won't be update 
> your system.  As I outlined in the original email, I could see many 
> package incompatibilities like this happening if pacman could upgrade 
> part of the system.  That is why I don't like the example command given 
> for the --nonew option.

OK, in the example consider xmms-plugins group. I think 100% acceptable if you
want to upgrade your packages belong to xmms-plugins group (after xmms upgrade)
without upgrading firefox, openoffice etc.
On the other hand, if "package 1" doesn't work with "package 2", then this
should be handled by dependencies (package_1 depends on package_2>=3.0) or
conflicts, since pacman -S "package 1" is also allowed (-S --nonew --needed is
just makes a certain type of package selection easier).

Bye


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