$pkgname from which $pkgbase?

DonVla · 2009-08-18 15:04:37

hi all!
is there a way to find out from which $pkgbase PKGBUILD a $pkgname package was built?
i filled out this feature request http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15806 and i'm somehow confused by the answer.
in the ML phrakture said: "Yeah, it's a long process - we need to get pkgbase in the DB first, after we upgrade pacman and change the reporead script, then we can change the output".
is it already done or when it'll be ready?
and - is there another possible way to find out from which $pkgbase which $pkgname was built (except trying to parse all PKGBUILDs inside abs and searching for matching names, of course)?

thanks in advance,
vlad

Last edited by DonVla (2009-08-18 15:06:35)

phrakture · 2009-08-18 17:42:45

The pkgbase values should already be in the package's desc files, apparently it's not part of the sync DBs yet (we began adding split packages before we actually upgraded pacman on the archlinux.org machine).

However, it does look like the info is not added to the local db.

Pierre · 2009-08-18 18:29:23

This is still work in progress. All packages that were added after the pacman update already have the BASE tag in the local db. See for example /var/lib/pacman/sync/testing/php-gd-5.3.0-2/desc This infomation could later be used by pacman -S or the web frontend to link to the correct SVN-Entry. (I already added this here: http://www.archlinux.de/?page=PackageDe … kage=8847)

The same information can be found in each package's .PKGINFO file.

So, for now you either have to wait or grep the abs tree which should give you an answer quite easily, too.

DonVla · 2009-08-18 20:48:34

ok, thank you!

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#1 2009-08-18 15:04:37

$pkgname from which $pkgbase?

#2 2009-08-18 17:42:45

Re: $pkgname from which $pkgbase?

#3 2009-08-18 18:29:23

Re: $pkgname from which $pkgbase?

#4 2009-08-18 20:48:34

Re: $pkgname from which $pkgbase?

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