Would you like me to send a patch for that? RE your PS: i think subject got auto-edited by mail list tool because i've put him into CC On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:44 AM, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 03/07/2018 09:24 PM, Actionless Loveless wrote:
Currently AUR web interface is able to resolve the dependencies in case if the dependendent package is provided by another package (see python2-catkin-pkg in the dependencies list): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ros-indigo-catkin/
However AUR RPC is not allowing querying by Provides field but only by `name`, `name-desc` and `maintainer` fields: https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc.php
The discussion about that problem (https://github.com/ actionless/pikaur/issues/53) resulted in at least 3 possible ways to resolve that issue: - adding name-desc-provides filter - adding provides filter - when searching by name match not only Name field but also Provides field
Please let me know if you're OK with one of the following approaches or propose another one. And if you fine with the idea let me know if you can implement such filter or I should send a patch. Also related ticket: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/49090
All best, Yauheni Kirylau
I think I would prefer extending `name` and `name-desc` as we always want to know any package that can be the searched-for name. And it is not like anyone was assuming only one result would be returned... this was never an exact name search to begin with.
P.S. The email subject should probably refer to the topic matter, not the email of the person who suggested you post here. :)
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