4 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 4ccac537..2c33947b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -789,8 +789,8 @@ int _alpm_add_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 					FREELISTPTR(provides);
 				}
 				if(depinfo == NULL) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not find dependency '%s'"), depend.name);
-					/* wtf */
+					/* We'll let the front end deal with this case... it may be intentional */
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("could not find dependency '%s'"), depend.name);
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 9cab8489..97c527ab 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ pmlist_t *_alpm_removedeps(pmdb_t *db, pmlist_t *targs)
 				/* package not found... look for a provisio instead */
 				k = _alpm_db_whatprovides(db, depend.name);
 				if(k == NULL) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("cannot find package \"%s\" or anything that provides it!"), depend.name);
+					/* Not found, that's fine, carry on */
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("cannot find package \"%s\" or anything that provides it!"), depend.name);
 					continue;
 				}
 				dep = _alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db, ((pmpkg_t *)k->data)->name);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 5659e1e9..6fce2d35 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ int _alpm_remove_commit(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db)
 					FREELISTPTR(provides);
 				}
 				if(depinfo == NULL) {
-					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("could not find dependency '%s'"), depend.name);
-					/* wtf */
+					/* dep not installed... that's fine, carry on */
+					_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("could not find dependency '%s' for removal"), depend.name);
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 7c251790..470216cb 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ int _alpm_sync_sysupgrade(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, pmlist_t *dbs_sync
 		cmp = _alpm_versioncmp(local->version, spkg->version);
 		if(cmp > 0 && !spkg->force) {
 			/* local version is newer */
-			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s-%s: local version is newer"),
-				local->name, local->version);
+			pmdb_t *db = spkg->data;
+			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING, _("%s: local (%s) is newer than %s (%s)"),
+				local->name, local->version, db->treename, spkg->version);
 		} else if(cmp == 0) {
 			/* versions are identical */
 		} else if(_alpm_list_is_strin(i->data, handle->ignorepkg)) {