FS#18671 - Pacman -Qu shouldn't list out of date packages in IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Saturday, 13 March 2010, 23:43 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Monday, 14 June 2010, 10:53 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.3.3
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:
pacman -Qu should ignore packages that are in IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf
The main reason for this is that for scripts that use pacman -Qu to check if your system is up to date or not, if you purposefully have an outdated package, it will show as your whole system being outdated.

Steps to Reproduce:
Add an outdated package to IgnorePkg and do pacman -Qu
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Monday, 14 June 2010, 10:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  "Decided this isn't really necessary. Easier to check pacman -Qu > num_ignored rather then implementing this." - user said
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Sunday, 14 March 2010, 22:49 GMT
This is interesting- we use filter() here on the entire list of installed packages, but that can also take a target list as well. Should the upgrade option imply "all packages except those in ignorepkg"? All the rest of our operations don't make this distinction.
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Monday, 15 March 2010, 02:23 GMT
"all packages except those in ignorepkg" <- this is exactly what I was thinking about.

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