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wriggary

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Registered: 2009-06-30

Posts: 65

proper pkgver= for git package

Hello everyone,

Thanks for your help on my last PKGBUILD for monkey(httpd).  The whole process makes a lot more sense now.

So, for another project, I wanted to make a pkgbuild for the git master for monkey at http://repo.or.cz/w/MonkeyD.git, so I copied over the PKGBUILD-git.proto and set to work.  Mostly the same as the regular PKGBUILD, but what should one use for the pkgver= on a git package?  Is using pkgver=`date +%G%m%d` acceptable, or should I just use the upload date?   What do the aur helper programs like to see when they do an update?

Thanks

Gary

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: proper pkgver= for git package

makepkg will set the current date as the pkgver at build time. To tag a pkgver on a PKGBUILD you're making, just run `makepkg --source`. This sets the pkgver and creates an AUR ready taurball for uploading.

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