SUGGEST:"Installed as a dependency for another package" -What package?

When we run "pacman -Qi" and the name of a package, ex: xulrunner (dependency of firefox), in the end, this shows up:
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
My suggestion is that it should show what package was it installed as a dependency of. Let me explain better. In this specific example, in my system, xulrunner was installed as a dependency of firefox, so, according to my suggestion, it should show exactly this:
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package - firefox
As you can see in bold, my suggestion adds firefox after showing that it was installed as a dependency.
I hope a Pacman/Arch Linux developer sees this topic and develop that feature,

Unlikely, tbh. Feature requests should be posted in the bugtracker.
Also.. the same pacman -Qi output already provides a 'Required By' which tells you which apps depend on the one you're looking at. Not quite the same, I know, but almost.

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But none of this is really answering the question though. When I make a package from the AUR, the dependency requirement when trying to install another package is never met. That is, if package A requires B and I then installed B (from the AUR), when I try to make A again it still informs me that B was never installed.
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[Solved] Installed as dependency for what package?

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Suppose you want to install Package X, which depends on Package Y. You also want to install Package Z, which augments Package X, but is not a dependency of Package X. You run:
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VeXe wrote:resolving dependencies...
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Last edited by luisrayas3 (2014-08-18 20:06:03)

luisrayas3 wrote:
isn't it?? I would consider 3.4.2 == 3.4 from a versioning perspective and therefore also 3.4.2 <= 3.4
edit: also worth noting that it does work anyhow with 3.4.2
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< 0 : if ver1 < ver2
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