[SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

karol · 2012-02-15 15:59:12

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 14589.html
It's gone since http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.gi … 02592237ab
It's not in git: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.gi … cman.8.txt but still sits on my computer, both in the manpage and in the output of 'pacman -Sh'.

Can somebody please check if it's gone from their pacman 4 man page?

I've even removed the man page and redownloaded & reinstalled pacman:

[karol@black ~]$ sudo rm /usr/share/man/man8/pacman.8.gz
rm: remove regular file `/usr/share/man/man8/pacman.8.gz'? y
[karol@black ~]$ man pacman
man: can't resolve /usr/share/man/man8/pacman.8.gz: No such file or directory
No manual entry for pacman
[karol@black ~]$ pacman -U pacman-4.0.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
...
[karol@black ~]$ man pacman | grep force
       -f, --force
           Recursively reinstall all dependencies of the targets. This forces
           use --sysupgrade or -u. Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a
           Recursively reinstall all dependencies of the targets. This forces

No luck.

Last edited by karol (2012-02-15 18:53:55)

litemotiv · 2012-02-15 16:07:50

UPGRADE OPTIONS (APPLY TO -S AND -U)
       -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. This option should be used with care, ideally not at all.

Name           : pacman
Version        : 4.0.2-1

Last edited by litemotiv (2012-02-15 16:08:12)

wonder · 2012-02-15 16:47:18

is done only in master branch and not in maint(where 4.0 is now)

karol · 2012-02-15 16:54:56

wonder wrote:

is done only in master branch and not in maint(where 4.0 is now)

I got confused after Dan's remark: http://archlinux.me/wonder/2012/02/13/h … omment-232

Dan wrote:

we did remove -f as of pacman 4.0 [1], perhaps you haven’t updated in a while.

pacman 4 is in core now, why is it still in maint branch (not that I know anything about branches ;P)

wonder · 2012-02-15 17:11:15

yeah, he failed

karol · 2012-02-15 18:53:29

Thanks, wonder. I thought I missed something and these changes are already live, but I see it's not the case: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.gi … xt?h=maint

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#1 2012-02-15 15:59:12

[SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

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Re: [SOLVED] pacman's '-f' option

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