FS#23423 - At least "pacman -Rd" checks for dependency conflicts.

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by James (JRMoore) - Friday, 25 March 2011, 02:31 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 25 March 2011, 02:43 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.5.1
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When using the -d or --nodeps switches Pacman should skip any dependency check, in 3.5.1 this switch is not working at least when removing packages; I have never used it with other actions (e.g. when installing packages).

To reproduce the problem try to remove a dependent package, for example:

$ pacman -Rd filesystem
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: dbus-core: requires filesystem
:: fakeroot: requires filesystem
:: mkinitcpio: requires filesystem>=2009.01-2
:: rfkill: requires filesystem>=2010.01
:: util-linux: requires filesystem
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Friday, 25 March 2011, 02:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Read the man page

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