pacman -Ql somefile should give the Qo as hint to the user.
extend the error message in case its a file, so pacman -Qo is hinted as well. see a diff below.
let me set the priority a little higher, as the change is 5 minutes.
> git diff
diff –git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index e3e7d844..00534ad0 100644
— a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int pacman_query(alpm_list_t *targets)
if(!config->op_q_isfile && access(strname, R_OK) == 0) {
pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING,
_(“‘%s’ is a file, you might want to use %s.n”),
– strname, “-p/–file”);
+ strname, “-p/–file, -Qo”);
}
}
}
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