Hello. A really small change in pacman which, I hope, improves the feedback about explicit packages on install/removal/update.
Have a nice day. Output of git format-patch origin: >From bd5c3aa7826c3c073cca691f0e30b5363487cd6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillaume Bouchard <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:20:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Put explicitly installed packages in bold during update/install/removal In extended table view, packages which are explicitly installed are displayed as CELL_TITLE (i.e. in bold). This helps understanding why packages are updated. This helps the package managment workflow. During update, we can quickly have a look at why packages are updated and easilly track and remove the explicit packages which are not longer required. During remove, it shows all the explicit packages which are also removed by a cascade removal. During install, it provides a feedback on how your action will affect the database. This only affects "VerbosePkgLists" output. Patching the un-verbose output appears more difficult and I think this information is only interesting during verbose output. Signed-off-by: Guillaume Bouchard <[email protected]> --- src/pacman/util.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c index 58b0cec..a3ee5ee 100644 --- a/src/pacman/util.c +++ b/src/pacman/util.c @@ -808,7 +808,12 @@ static alpm_list_t *create_verbose_row(pm_target_t *target) } else { pm_asprintf(&str, "%s", alpm_pkg_get_name(target->remove)); } - add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_NORMAL); + if(alpm_pkg_get_reason(target->remove ? target->remove : target->install) == ALPM_PKG_REASON_EXPLICIT) { + /* put emphasis on the package name if it is an explicitly installed package */ + add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_TITLE); + } else { + add_table_cell(&ret, str, CELL_NORMAL); + } /* old and new versions */ pm_asprintf(&str, "%s", -- 1.8.5.2 -- Guillaume
