On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Bhargav Prasanna <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Lets say you are downloading a package with x dependencies. i.e. x+1 > packages in all: > > Pacman tells you that you have x+1 targets. But if x+1 is a large > number, which is usually the case when the system is being set up or > updated, the user loses track of the number of packages that have been > downloaded and the number remaining a short while after the downloads > commence. > > Debian's apt-get has a really good feature. If the nth package > (n<=x+1) is being downloaded, you'll see that in every line: "[n/x+1]" > which tells you how many you've downloaded and how many you are yet to > is present. This will help the user keep track. =) > > If someone can guide me here, I guess we can add this feature to pacman
You might find TotalDownload a lot more useful, as # of packages when downloading is a lot less useful than overall download progress. man pacman.conf -Dan
