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fdservices

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From: France

Registered: 2012-02-06

Posts: 413

[Solved] Pacman -Qu does not appear to show all available upgrades

This morning I ran pacman -Qu on a copy of the databases to see the available upgrades:

$ pacman -b /tmp/pacman -Qu

ding-libs 0.6.1-1 -> 0.6.1-2
ntp 4.2.8.p11-2 -> 4.2.8.p12-2
sqlite 3.25.1-1 -> 3.25.2-1
sqlite-tcl 3.25.1-1 -> 3.25.2-1
thunar 1.8.1.11.gf5147445-1 -> 1.8.2-1

However examining the sync database shows another upgrade- jfsutils - available:

$ pacman -b /tmp/pacman -Ss

-----cut-----
extra/jdk10-openjdk 10.0.2.u13-1
    OpenJDK Java 10 development kit
extra/jdk7-openjdk 7.u171_2.6.13-1
    OpenJDK Java 7 development kit
extra/jdk8-openjdk 8.u181-1 [installed]
    OpenJDK Java 8 development kit
extra/jemalloc 1:5.1.0-1
    General-purpose scalable concurrent malloc implementation
extra/jfsutils 1.1.15-6 (base) [installed: 1.1.15-5]
    JFS filesystem utilities
extra/joe 4.6-1
    Joe's own editor
extra/jpegexiforient 1:20090111.b4f886f-1
    Get and set the Exif Orientation Tag
extra/jre10-openjdk 10.0.2.u13-1
    OpenJDK Java 10 full runtime environment
extra/jre10-openjdk-headless 10.0.2.u13-1
    OpenJDK Java 10 headless runtime environment
extra/jre7-openjdk 7.u171_2.6.13-1
    OpenJDK Java 7 full runtime environment
extra/jre7-openjdk-headless 7.u171_2.6.13-1
    OpenJDK Java 7 headless runtime environment
-----cut-----

I have updated the temporary sync database and re-run the commands with the same results

Why is there this apparent discrepancy?

Andrew

Last edited by fdservices (2018-09-27 12:52:11)

apg

Developer

Registered: 2012-11-10

Posts: 211

Re: [Solved] Pacman -Qu does not appear to show all available upgrades

Because there are two:

$ pacman -Ss jfsutils
core/jfsutils 1.1.15-5 (base)
    JFS filesystem utilities
extra/jfsutils 1.1.15-6 (base)
    JFS filesystem utilities

fdservices

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From: France

Registered: 2012-02-06

Posts: 413

Re: [Solved] Pacman -Qu does not appear to show all available upgrades

OK - clearly you are right, but why two?

And why are they not the same?

And why is the 'extra' package not included in the pacman -Qu output?

Andrew

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,385

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Re: [Solved] Pacman -Qu does not appear to show all available upgrades

The top repo package takes priority.  The package being in two repos is a mistake...

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fdservices

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From: France

Registered: 2012-02-06

Posts: 413

Re: [Solved] Pacman -Qu does not appear to show all available upgrades

Thank you