[pacman-dev] wanted: script to list uninstalled optdepends and packages that need them

Xyne xyne at archlinux.ca
Tue Jun 16 00:30:19 EDT 2009


> OK great, thanks. Both can be used together now - one for missingopts and
> one for allopts.
> 
> Anyway there are going to be a few inconsistencies, aside from the format
> problems, mainly those of provisions (eg. qt is provided by qtmod but qt
> will be stated as a missing optdepend anyway). No way around that without
> further complexity (match with $provides).

It already matches "provides" ;)

The scripts are identical except for a single "if" statement. It would
be trivial to add an option to switch between them if the script is
actually going to be used for something.


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