> > Well, there is something here that doesn't match... if I can > > discover the size of a package with pacman -Si <package-name>, why > > can't this information be showed in pacman -Su? Maybe it takes > > longer but it could be an optional parameter. > > > > Because the packages with -Su have to be downloaded, whereas with -Si > the size is extracted from the local package database
Hate to break it to you, but you're wrong in this case: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pacman -Si openssh Repository : current Name : openssh Version : 4.5p1-1 Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : openssl>=0.9.8b pam tcp_wrappers zlib Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Size (compressed) : 686444 Description : A Secure SHell server/client MD5 Sum : b5e571421522c00177149c9204408503 "Size (compressed)" is how big the download is. The db knows the size (both remote db and the one you download onto your machine on -Sy). I haven't really spoken up on this because I don't like the idea. Too much unnecessary information for me. I wouldn't complain if it was an option/config though (but I'd want no individual size to be the default ;) ). Jason
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