Don't think you'll get it added back officially. See the discussion in Allan's blog: http://allanmcrae.com/2014/12/pacman-4-2-released/
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I am/was an '--asroot' user too. Does a feaure request makes sense? > > Happy New Year!