2009/11/12 Allan McRae <[email protected]>: > Dan McGee wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Bhargav Prasanna >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Lets say you are downloading a package with x dependencies. i.e. x+1 >>> packages in all: >>> >>> Pacman tells you that you have x+1 targets. But if x+1 is a large >>> number, which is usually the case when the system is being set up or >>> updated, the user loses track of the number of packages that have been >>> downloaded and the number remaining a short while after the downloads >>> commence. >>> >>> Debian's apt-get has a really good feature. If the nth package >>> (n<=x+1) is being downloaded, you'll see that in every line: "[n/x+1]" >>> which tells you how many you've downloaded and how many you are yet to >>> is present. This will help the user keep track. =) >>> >>> If someone can guide me here, I guess we can add this feature to pacman >> >> You might find TotalDownload a lot more useful, as # of packages when >> downloading is a lot less useful than overall download progress. man >> pacman.conf >> > > An an FYI, there is a really old bug report requesting this: > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/833 > > Allan > > >
Total Download seems good. =) Thanks for the bug report link. -- Bhargav Prasanna http://muftmukt.wordpress.com/
