[arch-general] Pacman v4.0.1-4 could be less verbose

[Stefan Wilkens]

2012/1/25 Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>:
> Hi :)
>
> I wonder if warnings like
>
> # pacman -Syu
> warning: qtractor: local (0.5.3.15-2684) is newer than community
> (0.5.3-1)
> warning: rtirq: local (20111007-1) is newer than archaudio-preview
> (20090920-1)
>
> are useful? Once there will be more packages, it will become
> uncomfortable to read more important output.
>
> 2 Cents,
>
> Ralf
>

This is a pretty significant warning though, that -Syu might lead to a
library upgrade that breaks the apparently newer than in repo version
of your application or other unwanted situations. Something is
non-standard, pacman is warning you of this.

Having said that, I'd like to add that cherry-picking updates is
generally a bad idea. You should stick to repository updates unless
you have a very good reason to cherry pick.