Linear output is especially useful when piped to other commands, e.g. $ pacman -Qi $(pactree -l pacman) >/dev/null
The above command would previously show errors on packages with provisions. Signed-off-by: Pierre Neidhardt <[email protected]> --- src/util/pactree.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/pactree.c b/src/util/pactree.c index 4192999..6c620aa 100644 --- a/src/util/pactree.c +++ b/src/util/pactree.c @@ -363,10 +363,13 @@ static void print_text(const char *pkg, const char *provision, } /* print tip */ + /* If style->provides is empty (e.g. when using linear style), we do not + * want to print the provided package. This makes output easier to parse and + * to reuse. */ if(!pkg && provision) { printf("%s%s%s%s [unresolvable]%s\n", tip, color->leaf1, provision, color->branch1, color->off); - } else if(provision && strcmp(pkg, provision) != 0) { + } else if(provision && strcmp(pkg, provision) != 0 && *(style->provides) != '\0') { printf("%s%s%s%s%s %s%s%s\n", tip, color->leaf1, pkg, color->leaf2, style->provides, color->leaf1, provision, color->off); -- 1.8.5.3
