Pacman Verbosity

2020-12-31

Some switch I hadn't used before is VerbosePkgLists, which can be found in a default install's /etc/pacman.conf

toe@deworde ~ % sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                     133.4 KiB  43.4 MiB/s 00:00 [######################################] 100%
 extra                                   1637.7 KiB   123 MiB/s 00:00 [######################################] 100%
 community                                  5.3 MiB   115 MiB/s 00:00 [######################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (46) autoconf-2.70-1  bash-5.1.004-1  bind-9.16.10-1  boost-libs-1.75.0-2  dovecot-2.3.11.3-3
              (...)
              xfsprogs-5.8.0-2

Total Download Size:   286.88 MiB
Total Installed Size:  532.50 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -4.13 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

toe@deworde ~ % sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (46)                       Old Version     New Version            Net Change  Download Size

core/autoconf                      2.69-7          2.70-1                   0.20 MiB       0.63 MiB
core/bash                          5.1.0-2         5.1.004-1                0.00 MiB       1.65 MiB
extra/bind                         9.16.9-1        9.16.10-1                0.01 MiB       1.97 MiB
extra/boost-libs                   1.75.0-1        1.75.0-2                 0.00 MiB       2.43 MiB
community/dovecot                  2.3.11.3-2      2.3.11.3-3               0.00 MiB       3.43 MiB
(...)
core/xfsprogs                      5.8.0-1         5.8.0-2                  0.00 MiB       1.03 MiB

Total Download Size:   286.88 MiB
Total Installed Size:  532.50 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -4.13 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]