Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

ehmicky · 2012-02-07 02:11:08

Hi there,

I've read the excellent wiki and man pages about makepkg, ABS, pacman, etc. but I am wondering about the upgrade question :
1) if I change an ABS, then install it, will my change be preserve next time the package will be upgraded ? For example, I want to provide X support on Vim package. So I modify configure flags "--with-x=no" to "--with-x=yes", then execute makepkg -si. But when Vim will be upgraded, I guess upgrade will replace it by pre-compiled binaries, undoing my modification, am i wrong ?
2) When I build a package from source, for example by performing a makepkg in an ABS or by doing it via an AUR helper, such as yaourt -Sb package :
a) Will the package will be checked for update by yaourt -Syyua --devel ?
b) If so, will the upgrade replace it by a pre-compiled binary version ?
Thank you very much !

stqn · 2012-02-07 13:42:30

1) You're right. You can use the ignorepkg option of pacman.conf to avoid replacing your version of vim. Pacman will tell you when a new version of vim is being ignored, so you can rebuild from abs at that point.

ehmicky · 2012-02-07 21:27:31

Hi and thanks for your reply,
So if I get it, if I want to change an ABS or compile from source, new update will still be notificated by pacman, but it will replace the package by pre-compiled binaries, erasing the ASB modification if I made some. So I need to ignore this package, and recompile/modify the new ABS for every update ? Is there a good way to do it automatically ? (without writing my own script)
Thanks

Last edited by ehmicky (2012-02-07 21:32:00)

mcmillan · 2012-02-07 21:58:10

I haven't really used it but customizepkg from the aur is meant to automate parts of modifying and rebuilding packages.

ehmicky · 2012-02-07 23:36:44

Thank you, that's just perfect. :
I'll describe how it solved each of my questions here, because this package has no documentation :
1) By creating a file name "vim" in /etc/customizepkg.d/, pacman will now upgrade vim by source compiling and not pre-compiled binaries installing. By putting some sed-like rules in that file, some modification on the PKGBUILD will be automatically performed each time vim will be upgraded/recompiled from source.
2)a) Yes, but it won't be recompiled from source, unless using solution above.
b) Yes
It's actually very nice, I just have to "touch /etc/customizepkg.d/blender" to compile it from source for every update from now on
Thanks a lot !

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#1 2012-02-07 02:11:08

Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

#2 2012-02-07 13:42:30

Re: Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

#3 2012-02-07 21:27:31

Re: Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

#4 2012-02-07 21:58:10

Re: Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

#5 2012-02-07 23:36:44

Re: Does source compilation or package modification interfers upgrading?

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