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Tasklist

FS#66083 - pacman doesn't mark packages as explicitly installed when reinstalling

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Albert Vaca Cintora (elvaka) - Thursday, 02 April 2020, 10:48 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Thursday, 02 April 2020, 12:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

If I do `pacman -Qi <package>` and see:

```
...
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
...
```

I expect that `pacman -S <same_package>` to change that to:


```
...
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
...
```

But it doesn't (you have to uninstall+install again)

This task depends upon

Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Thursday, 02 April 2020, 12:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Expected behavior

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