Jason Chu wrote: >>> 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 >
Hola bola, you're right. I looked at the pacman changelog and found this: 2.9 - Added compressed package size to sync DBs -- shows the total size of packages before downloading Now it should indeed be a small effort to add the size of the individual packages. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
