[pacman-dev] Confused about -Fo

[Stefan Tatschner]

On 30.01.2016 14:23, Stefan Tatschner wrote:
> I am quite exited that pacman 5.0 has been removed and finally hooks are
> there. Good job folks!
> 
> But I am a bit confused about the new -F feature. What exactly are the
> advantages of e.g. -Fo over -Qo, or -Fl over -Ql? I don't understand
> what is the purpose of this duplication; furthermore the output is not
> consistent and even gives different results.
> 
> 
>   ~ $ pacman -Fo /usr/bin/ls
>   usr/bin/ls is owned by core/coreutils 8.24-1
> 
>   ~ $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/ls
>   /usr/bin/ls is owned by coreutils 8.25-1
> 
> 
>   ~ $ pacman -Fl coreutils
>   coreutils usr/
>   coreutils usr/bin/
>   coreutils usr/bin/[
>   coreutils usr/bin/base64
>   coreutils usr/bin/basename
>   [...]
> 
>   $ pacman -Ql coreutils
>   coreutils /usr/
>   coreutils /usr/bin/
>   coreutils /usr/bin/[
>   coreutils /usr/bin/base32     <-- missing in -Fl
>   coreutils /usr/bin/base64
>   coreutils /usr/bin/basename
>   [...]
> 
> 
>   ~ $ pacman -Fl coreutils | grep base
>   coreutils usr/bin/base64
>   coreutils usr/bin/basename
>   coreutils usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz
>   coreutils usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz
> 
>   ~ $ pacman -Ql coreutils | grep base
>   coreutils /usr/bin/base32
>   coreutils /usr/bin/base64
>   coreutils /usr/bin/basename
>   coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/base32.1.gz
>   coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz
>   coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz

I would like to add, that -Fo does not follow symlinks; -Qo does:

~ $ pacman -Qo /bin/ls
/usr/bin/ls is owned by coreutils 8.25-1

~ $ pacman -Fo /bin/ls
~ $

~ $ pacman -Fo /usr/bin/ls
usr/bin/ls is owned by core/coreutils 8.24-1

Stefan