Force Option

[Bill-Joe-Tech]

Add Force Flag

Background

I would like a force option/flag (if there is not one already) for convenience and time management reasoning.

Proposed feature

Add sudo downgrade foo --force or something along the lines. Perhaps an option for sudo downgrade foo -f too if possible.

[pbrisbin]

Hi there-

Happy to consider new flags. What behavior difference(s) would the new flag cause exactly?

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 15:40 Bill Joe @.***> wrote:

Add Force Option Background

I would like a force option (if there is not one already) for convenience and time management reasoning. Proposed feature

Add sudo downgrade foo --force or something along the lines. Perhaps an option for sudo downgrade foo -f too if possible.

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[Bill-Joe-Tech]

[ Linux /home/user ]# downgrade gcc
loading packages...
warning: downgrading package gcc (13.2.1-3 => 12.2.1-4)
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "gcc-libs=12.2.1-4", a dependency of "gcc"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      gcc

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] n
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'gcc-libs=12.2.1-4' required by gcc
[ Linux /home/user ]#

For instance, downgrading gcc would require removal of the existing package, but having a --force or -f option would automatically fix the issues presented in the output above (without manual use of pacman, yay, etc). Personally, I had wanted to downgrade gcc to 12.2.1-4 for compatibility with VMware.

[pbrisbin]

Gotcha, so you're looking to pass --force onto pacman on installation. I think we may have a way to do that already. I'll check when I'm in front of a computer.

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 16:39 Bill Joe @.***> wrote:

[ Linux /home/user ]# downgrade gcc loading packages... warning: downgrading package gcc (13.2.1-3 => 12.2.1-4) resolving dependencies... warning: cannot resolve "gcc-libs=12.2.1-4", a dependency of "gcc" :: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies: gcc

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] n error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: unable to satisfy dependency 'gcc-libs=12.2.1-4' required by gcc [ Linux /home/user ]#

For instance, downgrading gcc would require removal of the existing package, but having a --force or -f option would automatically fix the issues presented in the output above (without manual use of pacman, yay, etc). Personally, I had wanted to downgrade gcc to 12.2.1-4 for compatibility with VMware.

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[Bill-Joe-Tech]

Thanks Pat :)

[pbrisbin]

Yes, it looks like downgrade accepts any arguments after -- as additional arguments to pass with pacman -U to install the package(s). So, whatever options would prevent pacman from prompting can be passed there. In your example, I think downgrade gcc -- --noconfirm may be what you want?

[pbrisbin]

I wonder if the --help could be clearer on this...

% downgrade --help
Usage: downgrade [option...] <pkg> [pkg...] [-- pacman_option...]

Options:
  ...

Note:
  Options after the -- characters will be treated as pacman options.
  ...

[pbrisbin]

Closing optimistically, assuming that solves things. Feel free to re-open if not.