Okay guys, thanks for the info.
I didn't know about and hadn't thought about all the packages in the base
group being mandatory (or at least expected by other packages).
And yes, I find installed automatically, packages for:
-ext
-jfs
-reiser
-xfs
and who knows what else . . .
Even though I
Sometimes pacman presents updates that just don't seem to apply to my
system.
Just one example: sudo pacman -Syyuv presents btrfs-progs, even though:
1) I do not, and have not, used the Btrfs file system with my Arch setup.
2) It is Required by: None
3) It is Optional for: None
But I hate
On May 13, 2015 12:45:58 AM CEST, Francis Gerund ranr...@gmail.com wrote:
Sometimes pacman presents updates that just don't seem to apply to my
system.
Just one example: sudo pacman -Syyuv presents btrfs-progs, even
though:
1) I do not, and have not, used the Btrfs file system with my
Could it be it was installed during installation. I have found reiser,
btrfs and journal file programs of which I only use ext4.
On 05/12/2015 05:45 PM, Francis Gerund wrote:
Sometimes pacman presents updates that just don't seem to apply to my
system.
Just one example: sudo pacman -Syyuv
Hi,
pacman will request to update all installed packages. If you think you don't
need a certain package, -Rscn it. Not upgrading a package that you
nevertheless keep installed is probably a Bad Idea (as you realize).
That being said, there's no major disadvantage (disk space issues
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Francis Gerund ranr...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay guys, thanks for the info.
I didn't know about and hadn't thought about all the packages in the base
group being mandatory (or at least expected by other packages).
And yes, I find installed automatically,
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Eli Schwartz eschwart...@gmail.com wrote:
It is what it is. FWIW -- I don't think they are expected, base is a
guideline and other packages should not be making assumptions (and usually
don't).
I think it could reasonably be expected that one has things like
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