[Solved] Package update ignored

root · 2014-10-09 01:20:48

I am trying to update a package (elementary-ob-openbox) using

yaourt -Syua

but my AUR helper (yaourt-git) does not notify me that the update is available.

After some extensive package version checks I realized the AUR helper package was outdated too and that this could well be the source of my problem. After proceeding to update it I thought the problem should be fixed and the update would pop up. The (lack of) result is the same though.

The thing that puzzles me is that if I do a

yaourt -Si packagename

it lists the updated version and draws my attention on the outdated local copy. So if I understand correctly yaourt should be aware of the package update/version change. I contacted the package owner who does not experiment this and is using Pacaur though. I checked the latter out in order to see if yaourt-git was the problem but the same situation repeats itself (the same happens with other AUR helpers I have tried like packer and cower).

Any hint on what I might be missing here? Thanks in advance.

Last edited by root (2014-10-11 23:57:13)

Trilby · 2014-10-09 01:39:39

Which version do you have installed?

You should probably request that the maintainer use a sensible version numbering. The pattern currently used would not be expected to work.

root · 2014-10-09 02:05:15

Thanks for your reply Trilby.

The version I have installed is,

11062014-1

and the updated version is,

05102014-1

.

Does this shed any light on your 'pattern concern'?

Trilby · 2014-10-09 02:11:27

Yes, 11062014 is "newer" than 05102014. Like I said, ask the maintainer to use a sensible versioning scheme.

orschiro · 2014-10-10 06:08:41

@Trilby

Thanks. I am the maintainer of the mentioned package. I didn't know that timestamp versioning schemes cause issues. Hence, I switched the versioning to a more conventional one.

Spyhawk · 2014-10-10 09:37:11

@orschido> If you want to keep the same version number as upstream, simply reverse the date: 20141005 (ISO 8601 format). New release will always be seen as newer version.

orschiro · 2014-10-10 15:47:18

@Spyhawk

Very useful hint. Thank you!

I added the reverse method to the Wiki page [1].

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#pkgver

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