[arch] Pacman's new feature

[Jason Chu]

> > Well, there is something here that doesn't match... if I can
> > discover the size of a package with pacman -Si <package-name>, why
> > can't this information be showed in pacman -Su? Maybe it takes
> > longer but it could be an optional parameter.
> > 
> 
> Because the packages with -Su have to be downloaded, whereas with -Si 
> the size is extracted from the local package database

Hate to break it to you, but you're wrong in this case:

[jchu at wingnut ~]$ pacman -Si openssh
Repository        : current
Name              : openssh
Version           : 4.5p1-1
Groups            : None
Provides          : None
Depends On        : openssl>=0.9.8b pam tcp_wrappers zlib 
Conflicts With    : None
Replaces          : None
Size (compressed) : 686444
Description       : A Secure SHell server/client
MD5 Sum           : b5e571421522c00177149c9204408503

"Size (compressed)" is how big the download is.  The db knows the size
(both remote db and the one you download onto your machine on -Sy).

I haven't really spoken up on this because I don't like the idea.  Too
much unnecessary information for me.  I wouldn't complain if it was an
option/config though (but I'd want no individual size to be the
default ;) ).

Jason
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