I don't know if they were sorted alphabetically before. But you could use 'pacman -Sy && pacman -Qu | sort' to get them sorted in that way. Wim On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I don't know if I am remembering correctly, but I thought the upgrade > > "Targets" were sorted alphabetically by name prior to the pacman upgrade > a > > month or two ago. Now, it looks like they are listed either by > repository, > > then alphabetized or some other logic that ends up -- almost > alphabetized. > > Specifically: > > > > Targets (35): bluez-4.93-1 run-parts-3.4.4-1 ca-certificates-20110421-3 > > dcron-4.5-2 libzip-0.10-1 ebook-tools-0.2.1-2 eina-svn- > > 58920-1 eet-svn-58955-1 evas-svn-58958-1 > ecore-svn-58945-1 > > e_dbus-svn-58954-1 embryo-svn-58829-1 edje-svn-58887-1 > > pciutils-3.1.7-4 udev-167-2 eeze-svn-58668-1 efreet- > > svn-58672-1 e-svn-58940-1 gutenprint-5.2.7-1 > hdf5-1.8.6-1 > > libidn-1.21-1 libxcb-1.7-2 networkmanager-0.8.999-1 > openssh- > > 5.8p2-1 python2-cairo-1.10.0-1 > python2-distribute-0.6.16-1 > > qt-4.7.3-1 rp-pppoe-3.10-6 sudo-1.8.1.p1-1 telepathy- > > qt4-0.5.16-1 zziplib-0.13.60-1 texlive-bin-2010.1-8 > texlive- > > core-2010.22154-1 udev-compat-167-2 usbutils-002-2 > > > > bluez -> run-parts -> ca-certificates?? > > > > In the past, I would scan the list to make sure there were no updates > that > > I didn't want or that I needed to put off due to bugs or what not. Now > I've > > been bitten a time or two by searching through long Target lists and > > confirming there were no unwanted updates only to find out that an > unwanted > > update was alphabetized higher-up or lower in the target list. > > > > Has the target list always sorted by repo, then by name --or-- was the > list > > fully sorted by name earlier? If so, is it easy to change? > > > > In short lists, it's not really a big deal, but when you have over 100 > > targets, having them sorted by name really helps. What say the pacman > gurus? > > It looks to me your list is alphabetically sorted. Did you take > dependencies into account? > > ---- > Greg >
