Jguer
Mark make deps as non-explictly installed
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
No
Describe the solution you'd like
Marking make dependencies as non-explicitly installed via pacman -D --asdeps
Describe alternatives you've considered
Yay having custom markings for make dependencies
Additional context
Because it's annoying when the process gets interrupted and your computer gets filled with unused make dependencies
@Tracker-Friendly make deps are marked as dependencies in the DB, yay -Yc does not propose you to clean them?
@Jguer, Although issue-author didn't mention version, I dare to guess that it can be a regression bug in git-version after #2196. In case of "the process gets interrupted"(at a certain moment), installed packages won't be marked as deps. Maybe, as a workaround, yay should install packages with --asdeps option by default and after that apply an "explicit" reason only if needed.
@smolx There is a risk there. If packages get installed as explicit, the user will want to remove unneeded but there will be none, wasteful but not dramatic. If the packages get installed as dependencies but then they fail to get set as explicit, when the user goes to remove unneeded, he'll either end up without the package he wanted or with a broken system
@Jguer Yeah, you are right. Then I think there is only one way left to do it right: install package and set reason with one command. But I'm sure there will be nuances too and I don't have the expertise to fully evaluate it.