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#1 2020-11-04 20:18:59
- justdanyul
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How does pacman deal with change during a update?
Say, if I update a package, for example, vifm, and the .desktop file haven't actually changed, does pacman overwrite the old .desktop file or does it leave it?
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#2 2020-11-04 20:43:49
- Trilby
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Re: How does pacman deal with change during a update?
Niether. The old one is removed, then the new (even if identical) one is installed. This is not done file-by-file, but rather by packages. The old package is removed before the new one is installed.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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