difference between abs and binary packages

replabrobin · 2010-10-19 21:21:42

I'm upgrading through the python-->python3 change. I have been using a modified version of wicd and that obviously needs to change. I normally do this by syncing abs and then starting from the latest /var/abs/extra/wicd and then making my changes and creating my bespoke package.

However, I find that the abs I'm downloading has a PKGBUILD with

pkgname=wicd
pkgver=1.7.0
pkgrel=4

while the binary packages now appear to be at 1.7.0-6 ;(

Do the ABS sources lag the actual builds?

Allan · 2010-10-19 21:23:16

ABS syncs once every 24 hours. If it has not done a sync yet, the wicd PKGBUILD you want will be in [testing].

Edit: It appears there was an issue in SVN for that package. Fixed so the change should propagate to ABS soon.

Awebb · 2010-10-19 21:24:01

Maybe your mirror is out of sync?

replabrobin · 2010-10-19 21:59:11

Allan, how did you discover about the svn issue? I'm not totally familiar with how the various bits of Arch join up. I looked at the svn trunk & extra-any links for wicd, but they appeared to be in sync.

Not sure what Awebb means, but my abs.conf has

SYNCSERVER="rsync.archlinux.org"
ARCH="x86_64"
MIRRORLIST="/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"

and I think a simple abs command uses the sync server.

Allan · 2010-10-19 22:08:00

There were entries for extra-i686 and extra-x86_64 that I removed. The conversion to an arch=any package was not complete...

replabrobin · 2010-10-19 22:11:03

OK and thanks, I guess this means that wicd will now have an 'any' arch which makes sense.

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difference between abs and binary packages

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