On 30.01.2016 14:23, Stefan Tatschner wrote: > I am quite exited that pacman 5.0 has been removed and finally hooks are > there. Good job folks! > > But I am a bit confused about the new -F feature. What exactly are the > advantages of e.g. -Fo over -Qo, or -Fl over -Ql? I don't understand > what is the purpose of this duplication; furthermore the output is not > consistent and even gives different results. > > > ~ $ pacman -Fo /usr/bin/ls > usr/bin/ls is owned by core/coreutils 8.24-1 > > ~ $ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/ls > /usr/bin/ls is owned by coreutils 8.25-1 > > > ~ $ pacman -Fl coreutils > coreutils usr/ > coreutils usr/bin/ > coreutils usr/bin/[ > coreutils usr/bin/base64 > coreutils usr/bin/basename > [...] > > $ pacman -Ql coreutils > coreutils /usr/ > coreutils /usr/bin/ > coreutils /usr/bin/[ > coreutils /usr/bin/base32 <-- missing in -Fl > coreutils /usr/bin/base64 > coreutils /usr/bin/basename > [...] > > > ~ $ pacman -Fl coreutils | grep base > coreutils usr/bin/base64 > coreutils usr/bin/basename > coreutils usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz > coreutils usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz > > ~ $ pacman -Ql coreutils | grep base > coreutils /usr/bin/base32 > coreutils /usr/bin/base64 > coreutils /usr/bin/basename > coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/base32.1.gz > coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz > coreutils /usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz
I would like to add, that -Fo does not follow symlinks; -Qo does: ~ $ pacman -Qo /bin/ls /usr/bin/ls is owned by coreutils 8.25-1 ~ $ pacman -Fo /bin/ls ~ $ ~ $ pacman -Fo /usr/bin/ls usr/bin/ls is owned by core/coreutils 8.24-1 Stefan
