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jordz

Member

Registered: 2006-02-01

Posts: 246

Pacman can't find groups

An example I added the compiz fusion git repo and there is a group called compiz-fusion-git:

[root /home/jordz]# pacman -S compiz-fusion-git
:: group compiz-fusion-git (including ignored packages):
    ccsm-git  compiz-bcop-git  compiz-fusion-plugins-extra-git 
    compiz-fusion-plugins-main-git  compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported-git 
    compiz-git  compizconfig-backend-gconf-git  compizconfig-python-git 
    emerald-git  emerald-themes-git  fusion-icon-git  libcompizconfig-git 
:: Install whole content? [Y/n]

But when I -Ss / search for it it doesn't show it as a result.
This happens with all groups. I'm just wonder is this on purpose or a bug?

thanks

shining

Pacman Developer

Registered: 2006-05-10

Posts: 2,043

Re: Pacman can't find groups

The groups are not searched, it's neither a bug, nor strongly on purpose (at least not in my knowledge).
But when you search for a package, the groups it belongs to are printed. For example :
> pacman -Ss compiz
community/ccsm 0.6.0-2 (compiz-fusion)
    Compizconfig Settings Manager in Python

[lol, and while I am writing this, I just noticed something that is a bug in my opinion. Only the first group is printed.
Most of the times, there is just one group. But in the above example, ccsm belongs to 3 groups.]

And you can also list all groups with pacman -Sg
Then you can list the contents of a group with pacman -Sg group

Is that enough, or not?

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pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))

jordz

Member

Registered: 2006-02-01

Posts: 246

Re: Pacman can't find groups

Thanks for that, I didn't know about -Sg