@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ version_added: "1.0"

 options:

     name:

         description:

-            - name of package to install/remove

+            - name of package to install, upgrade or remove.

         required: true

     state:

         description:

-            - state of the package installed or absent. 

+            - state of the package (installed or absent).

         required: false

     update_cache:

         description:

-            - update the package db first (pacman -Syy)

+            - update the package database first (pacman -Syy).

         required: false

         default: "no"

         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ examples:

     - code: "pacman: name=foo,bar state=absent"

       description: remove packages foo and bar 

     - code: "pacman: name=bar, state=installed, update_cache=yes"

-      description: update the package db (pacman -Syy) then install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists) 

+      description: update the package database (pacman -Syy) and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists) 

 '''

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def query_package(module, name, state="installed"):

 def update_package_db(module):

-    rc = os.system("pacman -Syy")

+    rc = os.system("pacman -Syy > /dev/null")

     if rc != 0:

         module.fail_json(msg="could not update package db")

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def remove_packages(module, packages):

         if not query_package(module, package):

             continue

-        rc = os.system("pacman -R %s --noconfirm" % (package))

+        rc = os.system("pacman -R %s --noconfirm > /dev/null" % (package))

         if rc != 0:

             module.fail_json(msg="failed to remove %s" % (package))

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def install_packages(module, packages):

         if query_package(module, package):

             continue

-        rc = os.system("pacman -S %s --noconfirm" % (package))

+        rc = os.system("pacman -S %s --noconfirm > /dev/null" % (package))

         if rc != 0:

             module.fail_json(msg="failed to install %s" % (package))