On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 08:02:04PM -0700, Brendan Long wrote: > Except then you'd annoy everyone who wants their package manager to work > properly. When I update a package I expect it to clean up after itself. Work properly = not remove things that are still needed. Clean up after itself = remove them when no longer needed. The situation is now very clear. Pacman in its current form just *can't* do this, and this defect is being presented as a virtue, which is a classical marketing scenario. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !