Cleanup of _alpm_pkg_compare_versions.

* Change the return values to be more informative.

It was previously boolean, only indicating if a sync package was newer than
a local package.

Now it is a simple wrapper to vercmp, handling the force flag.

* Remove the verbose output from _alpm_pkg_compare_versions.

The "force" message is not so useful.
The "package : local (v1) is newer than repo (v2)" message can be moved to
-Su operation.
For the -S operation, it is better to have something like :
"downgrading package from v1 to v2"

* Don't display the "up to date -- skipping" and "up to date -- reinstalling"
messages, when the local version is newer than the sync one.

* Fix the behavior of --needed option to not skip a target when the local
version is newer, and clarify its description.

* Add a new alpm_pkg_has_force function

This allows us to access the pkg->force field like any other package fields.

Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 0a632ea9..6f071bac 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ linkman:pacman.conf[5].
 	to date.
 
 *\--needed*::
-	Only install the targets that are not already installed and up-to-date.
+	Don't reinstall the targets that are already up-to-date.
 
 *\--ignore* <'package'>::
 	Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of package even if there is one