On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:00:28 +0000 mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Recently there have been some (slightly) confusing output lines running > pacman -Syu. > > This evening I see: > > New optional dependencies for logrotate > cron: scheduled log rotation > > However: > [root@lapmike3 ~]# pacman -Q cron > error: package 'cron' was not found > > But of course: > [root@lapmike3 ~]# pacman -Q cronie > cronie 1.4.8-3 > > So presumably I do not need to try to pacman -S cron !! > > Similarly the other day there was an optional dependency of python3 when in > fact presumably the package name is "python" but happens to be version 3? > (which for me was already installed) > > Just a point for clarification - especially for new users who may be a bit > confused by the output and take inappropriate action as a result! > pacman -Qi cronie ... Provides: cron ... So, cron is a 'generic' name for dcron, fcron, cronie, ... cronie is simply arch's default. Calling pacman -S cron is ambiguous since there are multiple packages in the repo providing 'cron'. Similarly, exim and postfix both provide smtp-server. HTH, -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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