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FS#19866 - Error if a package listed for sync is also in ignore
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Pacman
Opened by Taylan Ulrich B. (taylanub) - Sunday, 20 June 2010, 00:31 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 13:28 GMT
Opened by Taylan Ulrich B. (taylanub) - Sunday, 20 June 2010, 00:31 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 13:28 GMT
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DetailsIf a package listed explicitly for syncing (i.e. `pacman -S foo bar baz`) is also ignored (via IgnorePkg, IgnoreGroup, or "--ignore"), AND if the user says no when he is asked if he wants to install it anyway, the following error is given and pacman quits immediately:
error: '<name_of_package>': could not find or read package I know it's an illogical situation, but it's a bug anyway. Attachment shows output of `pacman -S dash --ignore dash --debug`. (This doesn't seem to happen with dependancies, or when doing -Su.) (There's a different bug with group installations: 
pmdebug
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Closed by Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 13:28 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: git commit 6c00ca8f
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 13:28 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: git commit 6c00ca8f
> sudo src/pacman/pacman -S dash --ignore dash
:: dash is in IgnorePkg/IgnoreGroup. Install anyway? [Y/n] n
warning: skipping target: dash
there is nothing to do