On 3/16/07, Richard Maxwell Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan McGee, Thanks for your reply. > > Let me ask you (or any other reader) if you think the pacman manpage > should be expanded. Right now it says, > > > -S, --sync > > Synchronize packages. With this function you can install > > pack- > > ages directly from the ftp servers, complete with all > > dependen- > > cies required to run the packages. For example, pacman -S > > qt > > will download qt and all the packages it depends on and > > install > > them. You could also use pacman -Su to upgrade all packages > > that > > are out of date (see below). > > Seems to me before the last sentence maybe there should be a > sentence, "However, if qt is already installed, pacman -S qt will > upgrade qt but not upgrade the packages it depends on."
I guess this has never come up before. -S by itself never touches anything except what you specify, UNLESS a dependency is not installed already. I think your addition may be a bit wordy and just serve to confuse people more, but I'm up for suggestions. A much simpler fix would be "...pacman -S qt will download and install qt and all the packages it depends on that are not already installed." -Dan _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
