On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 22:17, Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Myra Nelson <myra.nelson@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Karol: > > > > Thanks for the link. Not quite what I was referring to. > > Argh, you're right, sorry. > Let's try again ;P https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124840 > > IMHO, writing "This option should be used with care, ideally not at > all" as pacman's man page says currently is enough. > Karol; All I did as a test was to add the word Warning: to the line and format it as bold to make the warning stand out better. That way if someone is doing a quick scan of the manpage for an answer it won't be missed -- maybe. -f, --force Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the package that is about to be installed contains files that are already installed, this option will cause all those files to be overwritten. *Warning: This* * option should be used with care, ideally not at all.* As to the pacman wiki page there seems to be some confusion? on the page. Under Installing Packages: *Warning: *Do not refresh the package list when installing packages (i.e. pacman -Sy package_name); this can lead to dependency issues.[1]<https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=89328> Upgrade <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Upgrading_packages> explicitly first; before installing new packages. Later under Upgrading Packages the wiki page the use of ( pacman -Syu package_name ) is listed. To Arch users who've been around awhile the distinction might be apparent, but to newer users it might not. Would it be better to make both sections read ( pacman -Sy then pacman -S package_name or pacman -Su )? Just a thought. When I do my upgrades I use pacman -Sy then pacman -Su. It seems more sane to me and doesn't take that much more effort. It also makes one think about what they're doing instead of pacman -Syu then anwser yes and fubar one's box. I know Arch users are supposed to be savvy linux users, but the above wiki change would IMHO clarify the process. The Arch wiki is the best on the net. I've seen other sights reference some of the articles for setting up their software. Keep up the good work. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!
