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filipegiusti

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[Resolved] Create a package with different version than extra

The current vim version (9.0.0910-1) has a bug that's very annoying to me and that was fixed upstream on version 9.0.961.

Because of that I'm trying to find a way to install locally a different version for the vim package, where should I start? Should I remove the package from the official repository, clone the PKGBUILD, change and install from local?

Last edited by filipegiusti (2022-12-08 13:58:28)

jasonwryan

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Re: [Resolved] Create a package with different version than extra

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Build_System

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yochananmarqos

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Re: [Resolved] Create a package with different version than extra

Just FYI, the vim project does not do release tags. Instead, they think tagging practically every commit is a good idea. That makes it very hard to follow.

If a more recent tag has a bug fix, create a bug report to let the package maintainer know.

Last edited by yochananmarqos (2022-12-07 22:06:03)

filipegiusti

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Re: [Resolved] Create a package with different version than extra

Yes, there is a bug fix upstream but the bug report guidelines states to not create a bug report in that case. The vim package is already flagged as out-of-date, given the past releases frequency this should be fixed in less than a month.

I ended up downgrading my current version of vim and gvim.

Thanks yochananmarqos.

Last edited by filipegiusti (2022-12-08 13:57:34)

yochananmarqos

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Re: [Resolved] Create a package with different version than extra

Ah, right. That's a good point.