pamac-manager missing transactions in pamac.log and in "view history" window
Created by: Boruch-Baum
I noticed out of the corner of my eye something of possible interest flying by in the pamac cli progress window, so I used the icon on the upper right corner to "view history", and the log presented was entirely missing the recent two install requests. I then looked in /var/log/pamac.log,and it too was missing all record of those transactions performed by pamac-manager.
Surprisingly (and thankfully), /var/log/pacman.log DID record the transactions.
On the off-chance it might be helpful, the two missing recent requests were to install packages colorsvn and emacs-psvn.
I tried exiting and re-entering pamac-manager to see if it was delaying a write until close, but it didn't help.
As an aside, without knowing the internals or the historical reason for there being two separate logs, my inclination would be to prefer a single log file for both pacman and pamac. Which is the most authoritative? Do I need to constantly be checking both to know the system install history?
As for severity, 1] that will partly depend on whether pacman.log is authoritative and COMPLETE, for both pacman and pamac-*; and, 2] while for me this issue was a minor and short-lived scare (presuming pacman.log is authoritative and complete etc), for people who use pamac-manager because they are uncomfortable with the command line, and who might not know their way /var/log, this issue would be more serious.