[Solved] Selectively update ABS

jasonwryan · 2011-07-26 22:56:18

On the dwm wiki page[1] a previous author has suggested that it is possible to selectively update the ABS tree with only the package that you require, in this case with:

# abs community/dwm

However, while experimenting recently I noticed that a selective sync failed[2], while synching the entire tree with

# abs

worked as expected.

Is this an error on the wiki, or is it possible to selectively upgrade just a single package?

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm
[2]

sudo abs vifm
vifm 0.5-4
...
sudo abs
vifm 0.6.2-1

SS4 · 2011-07-26 23:01:22

Works for me:

[00:00:05] root@Powerslave ~ #  abs extra/x264                                                                                                                                                             
==> Starting ABS sync...                                                                                                                                                                                   
receiving file list ... done                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
sent 76 bytes  received 126 bytes  80.80 bytes/sec                                                                                                                                                         
total size is 810  speedup is 4.01

jasonwryan · 2011-07-26 23:05:38

Yes: it appears to sync. My point is that, unless I sync the whole tree, it does not appear to bump the relevant PKGBUILD...

Thus the sync of community/vifm still yielded 0.5-4, whereas a complete sync bumped the PKGBUILD up to the current 0.6.2-1

jasonwryan · 2011-07-27 07:11:17

So it was user error

My script was actually calling /var/abs/$repo/$name - which doesn't result in a successful sync...

Arch Linux

#1 2011-07-26 22:56:18

[Solved] Selectively update ABS

#2 2011-07-26 23:01:22

Re: [Solved] Selectively update ABS

#3 2011-07-26 23:05:38

Re: [Solved] Selectively update ABS

#4 2011-07-27 07:11:17

Re: [Solved] Selectively update ABS

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