On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 09:57:00AM -0400, Andrew Gregory wrote: > On 06/13/13 at 11:43am, Lieven Moors wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using the internet connection at home to update a computer without internet. > > I use a script to get the updates for the offline computer, and to install them > > on that computer. To get a list of updated packages on the offline computer, I use > > the command: > > > > pacman -Sup --noconfirm > > > > Recently the package webkitgtk3 was moved to webkitgtk. But in the > > process, it also pulls in a new dependency harfbuzz-icu. > > No when I use the command above against the new sync database, > > harfbuzz-icu is not present in the list of packages. > > > > My question is, whether this would be considered a bug in pacman, > > or if this would be an expected limitation. Or maybe there is something > > else I don't understand... > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > lieven > > This is a limitation in pacman. --print does not handle replaces. > I'm not sure if I would consider this a bug given that we ignore > replacers in other non-interactive situations. If you think the > behavior should be changed though, feel free to open a ticket in > flyspray. > > Also, no need to use --noconfirm, it's implied by --print. > > apg Yes, --noconfirm was my last attempt to make pacman obey my wishes. I can see that technically, a replace is not an update, but then pacman -Syu --noconfirm would get those packages... I'm wondering now if there are good reasons for pacman not to deal with the replaces in non-interactive commands. I'm not really aware of the various use-cases of --print. Anyway, thanks a lot for your concise answer to my question. Greetings, lieven P.S. I forgot to mention that webkitgtk (the replacing packages) was not in the list either.
