[aur-general] Package present in aur-git, but not in the aur
Hi@all, I searched whether elster (a program for German tax declaration) was present in the aur (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=elster) and found out it wasn't. When I finished my own PCKBUILD and tried to upload it, I noticed that there already was a git repo with that name (ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/elster.git). How can that be? While the original script is a meta package only, mine will download and install the latest version of the package via wine. Should I ask for deletion or what could I do? Original package maintainer is in CC. Cheers!
Hi, Le 11/11/2018 à 15:37, pianoslum via aur-general a écrit :
Hi@all,
I searched whether elster (a program for German tax declaration) was present in the aur (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=elster) and found out it wasn't. When I finished my own PCKBUILD and tried to upload it, I noticed that there already was a git repo with that name (ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/elster.git).
How can that be?
That means the package existed before and was deleted. We still keep the git tree even if the package was removed from the web interface (you can see it here as well: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=elster).
While the original script is a meta package only, mine will download and install the latest version of the package via wine.
Should I ask for deletion or what could I do?
Clone the existing git tree, do your modifications, commit and then push. This will restore the package with you as maintainer. Regards, Bruno
On 11/11/18 9:37 AM, pianoslum via aur-general wrote:
Hi@all,
I searched whether elster (a program for German tax declaration) was present in the aur (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=elster) and found out it wasn't. When I finished my own PCKBUILD and tried to upload it, I noticed that there already was a git repo with that name (ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/elster.git).
How can that be?
While the original script is a meta package only, mine will download and install the latest version of the package via wine.
Should I ask for deletion or what could I do?
Original package maintainer is in CC.
If you check the aur-requests mailing list, there's probably a deletion request for it, most likely because it's just a meta package. The actual package doesn't exist on the AUR, but the git repo backing it is intact because we don't delete history. Just clone it and commit your changes on top, overwriting everything. ... That being said, I'm not sure there is any good way to install software using wine inside a PKGBUILD, so I'm curious what you're doing... -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 15:37:00 +0100
pianoslum via aur-general
Hi@all,
I searched whether elster (a program for German tax declaration) was present in the aur (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=elster) and found out it wasn't. When I finished my own PCKBUILD and tried to upload it, I noticed that there already was a git repo with that name (ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/elster.git).
How can that be?
While the original script is a meta package only, mine will download and install the latest version of the package via wine.
Should I ask for deletion or what could I do?
Original package maintainer is in CC.
Cheers!
Git repos are not deleted when packages are. You just clone the repo, make your changes, and push it.
Wow, three answers in 5 minutes - thanks I followed your advice and added my commits to the repo; now the package is in the aur: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/elster/ As I don't have much experience with packaging, I would be glad for any feedback! Have a nice day!
On November 11, 2018 3:20:11 PM UTC, pianoslum via aur-general
As I don't have much experience with packaging, I would be glad for any
feedback!
provides=(elster) is superfluous. It would be required, alongside conflicts=('elster'), for a differently named VCS version like elster-git.
Have a nice day! Y'all too.
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Bruno Pagani
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David Adler
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Doug Newgard
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Eli Schwartz
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