what does pacman -ii ?

elgatofelix · 2008-05-12 07:07:14

i read the help and man but i dont get it

Allan · 2008-05-12 07:12:34

pacman -Qii will list the files that will be backed up when the package is upgrade/uninstalled in addition to the usual -Qi information. It also give their modification states i.e. are they different from when they were initially installed?

e.g. for me "pacman -Qii abs" gives

<snip>

Backup Files:
MODIFIED    /etc/abs.conf

Last edited by Allan (2008-05-12 07:15:24)

elgatofelix · 2008-05-12 20:28:26

That means that a new file /etc/abs.conf.pacnew was created in place of the original /etc/abs.conf ?

drag0nl0rd · 2008-05-12 20:55:04

That means, that the original file is still in place. But it was edited (doesn't have the same md5sum as the new file) and therefor the new file was saved as .pacnew. It's up to you to edit the .pacnew file according your needs and maybe overwrite the old original conf file. RTM man pacman bottom section - HANDLING CONFIG FILES

shining · 2008-05-12 22:01:02

drag0nl0rd wrote:

That means, that the original file is still in place. But it was edited (doesn't have the same md5sum as the new file) and therefor the new file was saved as .pacnew. It's up to you to edit the .pacnew file according your needs and maybe overwrite the old original conf file. RTM man pacman bottom section - HANDLING CONFIG FILES

Just a slight precision : there isn't necessary a new file. You could imagine an abs package where abs.conf would always stay the same.
In that case, you would never see a .pacnew.

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