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Explicit package search can return unmatched results in result list

Not entirely sure why, but given these two examples: ``` $ pacman -Ss '^nano$' core/nano 8.2-1 extra/orbiton-nano 2.67.1-1 ``` vs ``` $ pacman -Ss '^gdb$' extra/gdb 15.2-1 ``` In the case of the `nano`...

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RFC - KeepGroup option to keep groups synced

One of the uses of a package group is to install the entire group in one go. The problem is that once the group is installed any changes to the group are not reflected on the user's system, somewhat...

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Feature Request: Use copy-on-write when installing packages on btrfs filesystems

I build lots of Arch Linux images with [mkosi](https://github.com/mkosi/mkosi) and these images take longer to build and take up more space than I'd like them to. Both could be avoided if pacman was...

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makepkg: Support verifying SSH signatures

SSH signatures seem to be becoming more popular; I've seen them on Git tags. However, makepkg cannot verify them yet. This should be orthogonal to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues/67.

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pacman: DownloadUser config value makes --cachedir argument unusable.

``` [slawomir@HP-archlinux-slawomir ~]$ LC_ALL=C sudo pacman -Syw linux --noconfirm --cachedir $(pwd)/airootfs/root/package :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date...

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_alpm_temporary_download_dir_setup does not log errors.

While finally updating some personal software utilizing libalpm to a current version of the library, I just got bitten by the fact that `_alpm_temporary_download_dir_setup` does check errors of...

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Record exact commit for VCS sources in .SRCINFO

I wanted to discuss a feature request that I thought could be a small but possibly useful addition: With the previously merged feature of VCS checksumming one can now nicely use tags and checksums in...

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Make provides=(pkg) mean provides=(pkg=$pkgver) by default

Versioned dependencies are useless if the package providing them doesn't declare itself as `provides=(PKG=VERSION)` -- `pacman` doesn't know what version to read `provides=(PKG)` as implying and gives...

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Feature Request: Alternatives system à la Debian

It's been talked about many times in the past. We currently don't have a ticket to keep track of related issues/progress/comments, etc. The closest I can find is:...

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makepkg.conf: Man pages not compressed under /opt due to non expanded pathname

# Description: When installing a package containing man pages under `/opt`, these pages are not compressed even though the `zipman` option is enabled. This is because the `opt/*/man` "path" in...

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Lint OPTIONS and BUILDENV from makepkg.conf

We currently lint the `options` array within the PKGBUILD, but the corresponding arrays in makepkg.conf can contain gibberish.

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pacman -S --clean should clean these too /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-6zOQbOr

* pacman 7.0.0 When doing `pacman -Scc` there's often these remnants: ``` error: could not remove /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-6zOQbO: Is a directory error: could not remove...

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noconfirm option still prints the Y/N question

``` $ pacman --sync --refresh --refresh --sysupgrade --noconfirm --noprogressbar --verbose ... Total Download Size: 641.57 MiB Total Installed Size: 2018.22 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 14.81 MiB :: Proceed...

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Add an option to store uncompressed packages in CacheDir=

I'd like an option to configure pacman to store downloaded packages uncompressed in the configured cache directory. My filesystem (btrfs) already does compression for me, and I'd prefer the increased...

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Pacman does not properly use the current working directory '.' path.

I noticed running the following two commands in the current working directory, the first fails whereas the second runs as expected. 1) sudo pacman -Syw --cachedir...

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Option to have "package messages" (new optdepends, pacnew files)...

Sometimes when upgrading packages messages will be printed, informing the user of things like new optional dependencies, or .pacnew files being created. Especially in larger upgrades, where such...

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repo-add: Add option to to not create .backup files

Currently executing repo-add automatically creates a backup of the previous repo (.old suffix): https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/scripts/repo-add.sh.in?ref_type=heads#L486 It...

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Allow adding extra metadata with makepkg

It would be nice if it was possible to add extra metadata to the `.PKGINFO` generated by `makepkg`. This feature request is motivated by the interoperability with PL ecosystems like Haskell: For...

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Translation Help documentation is out of date

[doc/translation-help.asciidoc](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/doc/translation-help.asciidoc), made available at https://pacman.archlinux.page/translation-help.html, has old...

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libalpm: ALPM LOG level adjustment

Hi... Following the warning on `/var/cache/pacman/pkg/` cache directory (`warning: no /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ cache exists, creating...`), please, modify the ALPM LOG level from DEBUG to WARNING on...

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