[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add support for passing --unrequired twice (for optdep)

[Allan McRae]

On 16/06/13 21:14, jjacky wrote:
> 
> On 06/16/13 11:57, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 15/06/13 22:07, Olivier Brunel wrote:
>>> Passing two -t will restrict or filter output to packages also not set as
>>> optional dependency by any installed package.
>>>
>>> Makes it easy to spot potentially useless packages using -Qdttq
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Brunel <i.am.jack.mail at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  doc/pacman.8.txt    |  4 +++-
>>>  src/pacman/pacman.c |  2 +-
>>>  src/pacman/query.c  | 11 ++++++++---
>>>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
>>> index 1cc1eaa..6abd491 100644
>>> --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
>>> +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
>>> @@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
>>>  
>>>  *-t, \--unrequired*::
>>>  	Restrict or filter output to packages not required by any currently
>>> -	installed package.
>>> +	installed package. Passing two '--unrequired' or '-t' flags will restrict or
>>> +	filter output to packages also not set as optional dependency by any
>>> +	currently installed package.
>>
>> I'd prefer the opposite:
>>
>>  *-t, \--unrequired*::
>>  	Restrict or filter output to packages not required or optionally
>> required by any currently installed package.  Specify this option twice
>> to only filter packages that are direct dependencies (i.e. do not filter
>> optional dependencies).
> 
> Sure, quick question then: Should the help string (on -Qh) be modified
> to reflect this change?
> 
> If so, I'm not sure how best to quickly describe it; this removes the
> "of any package" bit, but it should still be clear?
> 
> "list packages not direct/opt (-tt direct only) dependencies [filter]"

Go over two lines:

  -t, --unrequired     list packages not (optionally) required by any
package (-tt to ignore optdepends) [filter]