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FS#14993 - yaourt does not handle --needed flag

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by uvok (uvok) - Sunday, 07 June 2009, 16:44 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Sunday, 07 June 2009, 21:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

yaourt doesn't seem to be able to handle the --needed flag. Even if stated, installed packages are reinstalled.

Additional info:

$ yaourt -Q pcmanfm
==> List all installed packages
extra/pcmanfm 0.5-3

But:

$ yaourt -S --needed pcmanfm
warning: pcmanfm-0.5-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): pcmanfm-0.5-3 [0.30 MB]

Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 1.16 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

While pacman says:

$ pacman -S --needed pcmanfm
warning: pcmanfm-0.5-3 is up to date -- skipping
local database is up to date

Steps to reproduce:

1. look for a package that is installed on your system
2. run yaourt --needed -S <package>
3. package would be reinstalled with yaourt
This task depends upon

Closed by  Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Sunday, 07 June 2009, 21:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  see comment
Comment by xduugu (xduugu) - Sunday, 07 June 2009, 16:54 GMT
yaourt cannot handle several pacman arguments, but yaourt is no official archlinux project and bug reports should be addressed to the developer: http://bugs.archlinux.fr/index.php?tasks=all&project=3

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