`pacman -Qi` Returning Unexpected Results

[johnywhy]

When i run sudo pacman -Rus nautilus, pacman removes these deps from the target list:

checking dependencies...
warning: removing nautilus from target list
warning: removing libgexiv2 from target list
warning: removing gnome-desktop from target list
warning: removing tracker from target list
warning: removing nautilus-sendto from target list
warning: removing gnome-autoar from target list
warning: removing tracker-miners from target list
warning: removing libnautilus-extension from target list
warning: removing bubblewrap from target list
warning: removing exiv2 from target list
warning: removing libstemmer from target list
warning: removing upower from target list
warning: removing exempi from target list
warning: removing libcue from target list
warning: removing libgrss from target list
warning: removing libgsf from target list
warning: removing libgxps from target list
warning: removing libiptcdata from target list
warning: removing libosinfo from target list
warning: removing totem-plparser from target list
warning: removing gupnp-dlna from target list
warning: removing osinfo-db from target list
warning: removing libquvi from target list
warning: removing libimobiledevice from target list
warning: removing libusbmuxd from target list
warning: removing usbmuxd from target list
warning: removing libquvi-scripts from target list
warning: removing lua52-socket from target list
warning: removing lua52-bitop from target list
warning: removing lua52-expat from target list
warning: removing lua52-luajson from target list
warning: removing libplist from target list
warning: removing lua52-lpeg from target list
 there is nothing to do

That’s fine: -u tells pacman to leave untouched any dependencies required by other packages (correct?)

Problem: when i run that list through pacman -Qi, i’m getting items which aren’t in the above list.

First, i put that list into a text file naut-dep.txt. Then:

% pacman -Qi < naut-dep.txt
Name            : a52dec
Version         : 0.7.4-10
...

Why is this command returning a52dec, if a52dec isn’t in the above list?

thx

[natemaia]

I’m not exactly sure what you’re trying to accomplish here but my best answer is that because you are running -s, --recursive, a52dec is likely a dep of another package in the list of nautilus deps.

If you want a better answer I need a better understanding of what you’re after and to see that text file.