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FS#24285 - pacman -Rd checks for dependencies anyway

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Dimytch (dimytch) - Sunday, 15 May 2011, 09:50 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 15 May 2011, 10:12 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.5.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Steps to Reproduce:

<pre>
root@nz:/ $ pacman -Rd e2fsprogs
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: hwdetect: requires e2fsprogs
:: krb5: requires e2fsprogs
:: lib32-e2fsprogs: requires e2fsprogs
:: mc: requires e2fsprogs
:: nfs-utils: requires e2fsprogs
:: parted: requires e2fsprogs
:: smbclient: requires e2fsprogs
</pre>

Was reproduced at two boxes:

Linux nz 2.6.38-pf3-nz #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 15 15:01:02 EEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Linux di 2.6.38-pf7-di #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 4 11:32:05 EEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8200 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Sunday, 15 May 2011, 10:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  -Rdd (as in -Rh and the man page)

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