[arch-general] Building packages from AUR/ABS
Hi, I've built Firefox 21 using Firefox 20 PKGBUILD, changing versions and reading the README notes on the source tarball, just for try. Should i expect any issue when installing? Is this a good method for a general purpose upgrading / downgrading? I mean, I can wait for this package because is in the extra repo, and is widely use and i know is going to be updated ASAP, but it should be good to know for other packages from AUR, or the main repos that doesn't get updated or get unmaintained. PD: I always flag packages that i found out of date! :)
On Tuesday 14 May 2013 13:34:41 Joaquin Villanova wrote:
Hi, I've built Firefox 21 using Firefox 20 PKGBUILD, changing versions and reading the README notes on the source tarball, just for try. Should i expect any issue when installing? Is this a good method for a general purpose upgrading / downgrading?
Yes, this is a sensible way to build a version of a package that is not currently in the repositories. You should have no problem installing the package you built, so long as there were no errors reported when it was built :) As for downgrading, don't forget you can use the packages cached at /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Paul
2013/5/14 Joaquin Villanova
Is this a good method for a general purpose upgrading / downgrading?
Remember the Arch Rolling Machine https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrading_Packages#ARM -- Mariano
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Joaquin Villanova
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Mariano Verdú
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Paul Gideon Dann