December 2022 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

Package popularity
by Polarian 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Hello, Out of curiosity, how is the value of the package popularity calculated? Thanks, Polarian

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PKGBUILD review.
by Wyatt C Jackson 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I recently put together a PKGBUILD file for a tool I made and want to put on the AUR. While I believe it should be fine, I would like to have it reviewed before I upload it. - --- ``` # Maintainer: Minecraftchest1 <minecraftchest1 at outlook dot com> pkgname=file-sharing-tool pkgver=0.2.0 pkgrel=1 epoch= pkgdesc="A tool to help setup file sharing using ssh." arch=('any') url="https://gitlab.com/minecraftchest1/steamdeck-file-share-tool" license=('GPL3') groups=() depends=('openssh' 'zenity' 'sed' 'bash') makedepends=('coreutils') checkdepends=() optdepends=() provides=() conflicts=() replaces=() backup=() options=() install= changelog= source=("git+https://gitlab.com/minecraftchest1/steamdeck-file-share-tool#tag=$pkgver") noextract=() md5sums=() validpgpkeys=('B136A3601568A8CE2493') sha256sums=('SKIP') package() { cd steamdeck-file-share-tool install -D -v bin/file-sharing-tool.sh -t $pkgdir/usr/bin } ``` -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEsTajYBVoqM4kk+rB78FhxAtMwcYFAmOXbGEACgkQ78FhxAtM wcbL2A//apFD18OCEAWLJCIfq7cW/suL8mGEVLgGfoxH5zTqqtJBkS8AkXLk+eyL LVIQvFfGjeo7Zk/1R7XP/lgwzgbV1Y45Z8PxFiFYrIS56pgw+q2HdsTENyRcJVaC 2ol7ezJQZcItxmF0CJyC7z+kyEyv/rzrKAdh+M7cxRCqE9EpiUGco6IqQ41+Cyvu oRR1UcsBuGPtqt1xw6rBZ7PRfPBgy5GDJby5njRDJR17SpYBJ8EyKknOVWcOnEYn uUsZ6XjoY0ucAtB9LRbbtYL0CH1LdoohTKsjpZsZ6D7MkQ7UpfoAyBgTKysQR3BR l+N2q7rjVDzstIi51k1TxG3RwbJAASPtkyfXePfYsTIsCz19Z7ITjVqZRJ6HWRcu KahMhTVCBsx6h9xNvpJhWgiuxb97eUkupJOG0IuqVA3II1svqwXSCkNEox2duiRr wIj4IlWl2JBUYlf9DHsXlciiVK0bJvyPCUOJNqNnc4A8i5IbOkQuANf2YM4alB4K qh6GE1maWLMosophxkdMXfggNLcpoIWFCgII6s9MZ3w8CgFNveiV6EI76PYiaQXO WdOiA+Q/lLYyQ4brSWtRGkgJeAtDNzIKunlv8ec5S8/mzF8SJiesOqG4NZZDjNMc nJM89kcHjGJ7g3uOep7O1EhXrfes+D/ZyD81rUfVXPbO/fLf1U4= =Xwsg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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PKGBUILD: on makedepends
by Greg Minshall 12 Dec '22

12 Dec '22

hi. i am putting together a PKGBUILD. there are certain dependencies required for cutting a release, rolling a version, etc. but, for just downloading the sources and building, these dependencies are not needed. can i leave dependencies *out* of makedepends that are only used for non-mainline build/installation tasks? cheers, Greg

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Conventional method of producing -git packages
by Polarian 06 Dec '22

06 Dec '22

Hello, I am pretty new to the AUR, however I have read through the arch wiki and this question is not really referenced there. I have seen some -git packages which update the package on each new commit to master, which is what I thought -git packages should aim to do, however I have seen others which only do it for every 5 or so commits to save time. However I have also seen another method, of just not bumping the package version and have the package clone master and then append the latest git commit to the package name when building it. What is the actual conventional method of producing a -git package for a piece of software? Thank you, Polarian

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