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1.8 KiB
1.8 KiB
Why
Pacman doesn't support declarative package management or partial upgrades, making it challenging to maintain consistent system states. This tool provides a clean, scriptable interface to synchronize the system with a declared package list, ensuring all packages are at the latest version.
What Changes
- Add CLI tool for declarative pacman package management
- Support stdin input for package lists
- Support multiple --state file inputs
- Merge all inputs (additive strategy with empty state warning)
- Force full upgrade of all packages (no partial upgrades)
- Handle transitive dependencies automatically (users only specify direct packages)
- Mark non-state packages as non-explicit before sync
- After sync, remove orphaned packages (cleanup)
- Support AUR packages: try pacman first, then makepkg, then report errors
- Machine-readable output (install/remove counts, exit codes)
- No conflict resolution for missing packages (append-only)
- Print error to stderr for empty state input and exit with code 1
- Dry-run mode: simulate sync without making changes, show what would be installed/removed
Capabilities
New Capabilities
- stdin-input: Read package lists from standard input stream
- state-files: Load declarative package states from files
- input-merging: Combine multiple input sources (stdin + multiple --state files)
- state-validation: Validate package names and empty states
- transitive-deps: Automatically resolve all transitive dependencies
- pacman-sync: Execute pacman operations to match declared state
- aur-sync: Handle AUR packages: pacman first, then fall back to makepkg, then report errors
- machine-output: Generate machine-readable sync results for scripting
Modified Capabilities
None (new tool)