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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I only learned what pacman -Syu meant, after literal years of typing it in not knowing anything other than "this updates the packages", because I got curious and googled it.

To me it was just an adeptus mechanicus incantation.

EDIT: And I still have no clue how 'y' translates to 'refresh the database'. Like. Sure. S to synchronise from the server to the computer. And u to mark for update all the updatable packages. But -- Why the fuck is 'y' the refresh?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    The y stands for "yoink the database".

    /s

    I think they either just ran out of letters, or y was seen as reinforcing the action (as in "yes, download the database too"), with yy being an even stronger action ("yes, download the database even if there's nothing to update").

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