"local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?" question
 

Idézés Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:46:59PM +0100, Xavier wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:19:25AM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
> > > This seems like the mirror of your --unneeded option, in a way. Not
> > > sure if --needed is really the best way to describe it, but it is a
> > > possibility.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, kind of.
> >
>
> It's very easy to implement, but I'm still wondering if people will like it
> :P
>
> So here is an example with pacman -S xorg:
>
>
> ** Current behavior (pressing enter at each question for the default answer)
> :
>
>
> xav@nx7400> sudo pacman -S xorg
> :: group xorg:
> xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-vesa
> xorg-fonts-100dpi
> xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-res-utils xorg-server xorg-twm xorg-xinit
> xterm
> :: Install whole content? [Y/n]
> :: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?
> [Y/n]
> :: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?
> [Y/n]
> :: xorg-server-1.4-5: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
> :: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
> :: xterm-229-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n]
> resolving dependencies... done.
> looking for inter-conflicts... done.
>
> Targets: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1
> xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5 xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1
> xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
> xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2 xorg-server-1.4-5 xorg-twm-1.0.1-2
> xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1
> xterm-229-2
>
> Total Download Size: 22.89 MB
> Total Installed Size: 29.84 MB
>
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
>
>
> ** New behavior:
>
>
> xav@nx7400> sudo src/pacman/pacman -S xorg
> :: group xorg:
> xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-vesa
> xorg-fonts-100dpi
> xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-res-utils xorg-server xorg-twm xorg-xinit
> xterm
> :: Install whole content? [Y/n]
> warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> resolving dependencies... done.
> looking for inter-conflicts... done.
>
> Targets: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1
> xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5 xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1
> xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
> xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2 xorg-server-1.4-5 xorg-twm-1.0.1-2
> xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1
> xterm-229-2
>
> Total Download Size: 22.89 MB
> Total Installed Size: 29.84 MB
>
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
>
>
> ** Current behavior (anwering no to all uptodate questions) :
>
>
> xav@nx7400> sudo pacman -S xorg
> :: group xorg:
> xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-vesa
> xorg-fonts-100dpi
> xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-res-utils xorg-server xorg-twm xorg-xinit
> xterm
> :: Install whole content? [Y/n]
> :: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?
> [Y/n] n
> warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- skipping
> :: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?
> [Y/n] n
> warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- skipping
> :: xorg-server-1.4-5: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
> warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- skipping
> :: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
> warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- skipping
> :: xterm-229-2: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] n
> warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- skipping
> resolving dependencies... done.
> looking for inter-conflicts... done.
>
> Targets: xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5 xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1
> xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2
> xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2 xorg-twm-1.0.1-2
>
> Total Download Size: 22.89 MB
>
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
>
>
> ** New behavior with --needed:
>
>
> xav@nx7400> sudo src/pacman/pacman -S --needed xorg
> :: group xorg:
> xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-vesa
> xorg-fonts-100dpi
> xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-res-utils xorg-server xorg-twm xorg-xinit
> xterm
> :: Install whole content? [Y/n]
> warning: xf86-input-keyboard-1.2.2-2 is up to date -- skipping
> warning: xf86-input-mouse-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- skipping
> warning: xorg-server-1.4-5 is up to date -- skipping
> warning: xorg-xinit-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- skipping
> warning: xterm-229-2 is up to date -- skipping
> resolving dependencies... done.
> looking for inter-conflicts... done.
>
> Targets: xf86-video-vesa-1.3.0-5 xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1
> xorg-fonts-75dpi-1.0.1-2 xorg-res-utils-1.0.3-2 xorg-twm-1.0.1-2
>
> Total Download Size: 22.89 MB
>
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

And this would ~close http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8242, imho.

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