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FS#72999 - IgnorePkg affects also not installed dependencies
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DetailsSummary and Info:
A package `<pkg>` that is in IgnorePkg needs a dependency `<dep_pkg>`, that is also in IgnorePkg. None of these packages is installed yet (!) In this case, it is not possible to install the package without specifying its dependency explicitly. I suppose that this is not correct behavior, since IgnorePkg is not for preventing packages from being installed, but it is for preventing packages from being upgraded. Steps to Reproduce: pacman --ignore <pkg> --ignore <dep_pkg> -S <pkg> This would work: pacman --ignore <pkg> --ignore <dep_pkg> -S <pkg> <dep_pkg> |
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Note: the approach with explicitly installing `<dep_pkg>` "works", but marks the package as explicit, not as a dependency.

This seems to be expected behaviour to me.