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haz

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Registered: 2013-11-30

Posts: 3

Pacman. Cannot install previously uninstalled package from cache

Hi all.
I'm trying to install packages from shared cache to keep few machines in sync. I thought using "pacman -U --needed /path/to/cache/*" would solve it. However when I started testing I've noticed that when one package is removed I cannot install it  back that way. Pacman will just skip that package for some reason. If i use the same command but specify the the package /path/to/package/package_name or even first letter followed by * it will also install it. Why is that?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Pacman. Cannot install previously uninstalled package from cache

Cannot reproduce it.
Does it happen with any particular package?

haz

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Registered: 2013-11-30

Posts: 3

Re: Pacman. Cannot install previously uninstalled package from cache

Yes it happens to all packages (tested audacious and vlc).

Maybe I need to make myself clear.
I have cache at /mnt/1. It's nfs share between few  machines. Now. If I run on one machine pacman -U --needed /mnt/1/* it will install all pkg that aren't installed yet or that need to be updated. As expected. However if I uninstall a package (let's say audacious) and then run pacman -U --needed /mnt/1/* it will go thought all the packages but not audacious. Weird. If i type pacman -U --needed /mnt/1/a* it will ask if i want to install audacious.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Pacman. Cannot install previously uninstalled package from cache

Is it possible that the '*' is expanded in some unexpected way?

I'm not using nfs, I tested it by uninstalling aurphan and running

$ sudo pacman -U --needed /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
loading packages...
warning: archlinux-keyring-20131027-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: aurora-27.0a2+20131114+gc6d8fa8-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: avahi-0.6.31-11 is up to date -- skipping
warning: bison-3.0.1-1 is up to date -- skipping

<snip>

warning: xproto-7.0.25-1 is up to date -- skipping
warning: xvidcore-1.3.2-3 is up to date -- skipping
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (1):

Name     New Version  Net Change

aurphan  20130912-1     0.03 MiB

Total Installed Size:   0.03 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                  [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                     [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                               [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                             [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) installing aurphan                                                                        [########################################################] 100%

haz

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Registered: 2013-11-30

Posts: 3

Re: Pacman. Cannot install previously uninstalled package from cache

karol you're right. I just tersted it locally and seems there is no problem. I will investigate. Thanks for pointing me to right direction. Sorry for not testing it locally before writing the post . Well, at least I had finally a reason to write here.