FS#31243 - Add package to $CacheDir when installed with 'pacman -U'

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by robert (morwel) - Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 13:04 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 13:09 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.0.3
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When you install a package with 'pacman -U', the package won't be added to your $CacheDir (/var/cache/pacman/pkg/ by default).
There should be an option (or default) to make this possible with pacman.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 13:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 13:09 GMT
You can use the file:// protocol to force the downloader to be called and copy the package into the cache for you.
Comment by robert (morwel) - Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 13:15 GMT
Thanks for the quick answer. I didn't have that idea during my 'problem research'.

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