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#1 2006-08-14 15:17:37
- Jacek Poplawski
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PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
I want to make PKGBUILDs for packages, which are available in current repository, but in old version. Sometimes there are reasons to use old version of package, perfect example is xorg.
Is it allowed to put such PKGBUILD into AUR?
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#2 2006-08-14 15:23:45
- WillySilly
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
No.
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#3 2006-08-14 15:39:56
- paranoos
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
if it's a version of the software that's in development, or a cvs/svn download you can add the pkg to aur. the name has to be pkgname-(devel|cvs|svn).
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#4 2006-08-14 15:59:29
- Jacek Poplawski
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
It is not development version.
Last version of xorg-server is 1.1, but in current there is 1.0.2.
Can I contribute somehow PKGBUILD for new version?
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#5 2006-08-14 16:05:13
- allucid
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
It is not development version.
Last version of xorg-server is 1.1, but in current there is 1.0.2.
Can I contribute somehow PKGBUILD for new version?
You can flag it as out of date (look on the right) of the page:
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10337/
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#6 2006-08-14 16:14:29
- Jacek Poplawski
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
But it is intentionally out of date, and it won't be updated soon, that's the point.
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#7 2006-08-14 16:28:25
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
But it is intentionally out of date, and it won't be updated soon, that's the point.
Logic therefore requires the question "Who would want to use it then?" The Arch ethos says "Use ABS to update it if you want it". That covers it official.
Unofficially you can make your own repo with your own pkgs and even your own cvsup repository that people can sync from with abs...
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#8 2006-08-14 17:38:14
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
Rule of thumb:
If a contribution to anything can be summed up in a sed one-liner, then it's not worth it.
$ sed -i "s|1.0.2|1.1|g" PKGBUILDOffline
#9 2006-08-14 17:40:36
- benplaut
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Re: PKGBUILD for new version of package, which is in current
Rule of thumb:
If a contribution to anything can be summed up in a sed one-liner, then it's not worth it.$ sed -i "s|1.0.2|1.1|g" PKGBUILD
that's not exactly fair... pretty much anything can be summed up to a sed one-liner 
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