'yay -F' and 'yay -Ss' use different databases

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#1

I was trying to remember which package contained paccache, so I ran yay -F paccache and got this:

$ yay -F paccache
community/pacman-contrib 1.4.0-4 [installed: 1.5.0-1]
    usr/bin/paccache

Confused at the version difference, I ran yay -Ss pacman-contrib and got this:

$ yay -Ss pacman-contrib
community/pacman-contrib 1.5.0-1 (38.5 KiB 107.5 KiB) (Installed)
    Contributed scripts and tools for pacman systems

When I first ran yay -F, it complained about the database not being up-to-date and suggested running yay -Fy. Running this same command, the database updated and now yay -F shows the updated info.

The question is: why is there a need to update the pacman database with (2) separate commands to get the right package info?

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#2

They are two different databases that contain different information. Most people only use the package database so there is no need to update the files database everytime.

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#3

Interesting…OK, thanks for the info. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to update the files database at the same time as the package database (updating about 2x/week at the moment).

#4

Try pacman -Fy and the do the test again.

#5

Erm…he did: :wink:

#6

Read too hastily, sorry about that.

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