FS#6534 - Pacman not being explicit enough with IgnorePkg

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Geert Smolders (NME) - Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 09:23 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 09:41 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category
Status Closed
Assigned To Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

i've got a package listed as IgnorePkg in pacman.config, and so pacman asks me this question when i do a sysupgrade:

'xine-lib requires libgl-dri, but it is in IgnorePkg. Install anyway? [Y/n]'

From reading this i do not know if it's going to install libgl-dri or xine-lib and in my opinion it should state this like so:
Install $package anyway?

So we know what we're actually deciding on. :)
This task depends upon

Closed by  Dan McGee (toofishes)
Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 15:00 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed in pacman3 CVS.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 09:40 GMT
This was mentioned in http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6094

IMO 'xine-lib requires libgl-dri, but it is in IgnorePkg. Install anyway? [Y/n]'
should be
'xine-lib requires libgl-dri, which is in IgnorePkg. Install xine-lib without libgl-dri anyway? [Y/n]'
for the most clearity.
Comment by Geert Smolders (NME) - Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 09:49 GMT
You would think that the question is about xine-lib, but what happens when you enter 'Y' is that libgl-dri is installed!

Hence, the frightening uncertainty. That's why it should be a little more explicit.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 06 March 2007, 10:50 GMT
Oops. My bad. :-(
So it should be
xine-lib requires libgl-dri, which is in IgnorePkg. Install libgl-dri anyway? [Y/n]

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