Add an option to xbps-pkgdb to automatically re-install packages with errors

[ericonr]

xbps-pkgdb -a only lists packages with issues, requiring some smart shell scripting to get a list of all affected packages to try and reinstall. It should have a flag to do this automatically, like:

• --fix -f: shows a xbps-install dialog after running the checks, which you can then accept
• --yes -y: when used with -f, reinstalls affected packages automatically, without any user input

Ideally, have an option that will only list the affected packages, without specifying each individual error.

[Duncaen]

Reinstall is only useful for files and metadata check, for all other issues might just not work.

[ericonr]

Do you think it would still make sense to have reinstalling as an option for those cases?

[Duncaen]

I don't really think its worth it, maybe a different output format that just lists package names and maybe a way to specify which checks should be run seem like a nice addition which would make it easier to one line your way around with xbps-pkgdb and xbps-install.

[ericonr]

Fair enough. So something like: --checks=file,metadata and --list -l?

[ericonr]

Or --pkg-names instead of list.

[camoz]

Or --list-pkgs.