On 02/01/2012 09:32 AM, sitquietly wrote:
I've noticed that /var/abs/extra still contains kdeutils and kdeaccessibility, with PKGBUILDs for the old 4.7.4 version. Those have been replaced in kde 4.8.0 with a set of packages kdeutils-* and kdeaccessibility-*
The obsolete directories should be removed from abs/extra.
I build all packages from source code on my system using my own set of scripts. For example a daily update is pacman -Qqu | order | unify | build --merge --edit --save so I'm the guy to notice garbage in the abs tree (my scripts read the PKGBUILDs in the abs tree and my own tree to build a database of dependencies, including make deps, providers, splits, and package groups).
It has happened once in a while that an updated PKGBUILD doesn't show up in abs, or is missing files, without manual intervention on someone's part. I've filed bug reports against several such packages, which seem to mystify the package maintainer, who then tells some other guy that there is NO problem with his package, who apparently moves the missing stuff into abs and makes me happy. , It also happens as with kdeutils and kdeaccessibility, that an obsolete directory is not removed from abs.
It seems that the process for syncing the abs tree to the master repository needs fixing.
The ABS, providing the build scripts for all packages, is a key feature of Archlinux for me and I greatly appreciate the work required to make it available.
Any chance you would be willing to share the script? Just curious to see it as there are some packages I would like to build on my system and got tired of doing it all manually. Thanks