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#1 2015-07-19 17:25:46
- s4nji
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[Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
Hi ,
I'm curious to know what's the difference between x package and x-git package except the version for example :
difference between
obs-studio 0.11.1-2 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/obs-studio/)
and
obs-studio-git 0.7.3.r19.g9296334-1 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/obs-studio-git).
Thank you 
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#2 2015-07-19 17:31:02
- Raynman
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Re: [Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164402
There might be more. I just did a very short search. You can take a few minutes to search for yourself if this isn't enough.
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#3 2015-07-19 18:43:31
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Re: [Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
Raynman's link should answer the question. I just want to add that the "version" of the x-git package is meaningless. Every time you run makepkg on the x-git PKGBUILD, it will retrieve the latest version of the package (and update the version in the PKGBUILD).
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#4 2015-07-19 18:56:38
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Re: [Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
I just want to add that the "version" of the x-git package is meaningless.
It is mostly meaningless. If the version is very old, then the build process (e.g. configure flags) may have changed in the meantime, so that is an indicator that you may have to do some work before it builds.
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#5 2015-07-23 00:22:00
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Re: [Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
It is mostly meaningless. If the version is very old, then the build process (e.g. configure flags) may have changed in the meantime, so that is an indicator that you may have to do some work before it builds.
The key word being "may". While likely true for more involved PKGBUILDs, many tend to run upstream's build scripts which are updated with the sources and thus remain valid. Users who are unfamiliar with the VCS packages often flag the package out-of-date due to the version alone so the point is worth emphasizing. The user should always try to build the package first.
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#6 2015-07-23 10:23:27
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Re: [Solved] Difference between "x" package and "x-git" package
thanks guys all your comments were helpful to me
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