[aur-general] libusb request
aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's available in the official repos." Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos. Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the present/future but so far officially only in Arch...
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, BxS <bxsbxs@gmail.com> wrote:
aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's available in the official repos."
Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos.
Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the present/future but so far officially only in Arch...
There's a script [1] that updates the blacklist in the database. After its next run, you should be able to upload libusb to the AUR. [1] https://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/tree/scripts/aurblup/aurblup.c
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, BxS <bxsbxs@gmail.com> wrote:
aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's available in the official repos."
Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos.
Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the present/future but so far officially only in Arch...
There's a script [1] that updates the blacklist in the database. After its next run, you should be able to upload libusb to the AUR.
[1] https://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/tree/scripts/aurblup/aurblup.c
I spoke too soon. It appears that the script also adds provides/replaces to the database, so the AUR still won't accept libusb. If it's just for testing, you can build libusb locally; there isn't much benefit to pushing it to the AUR.
On 06/06/2012 05:19 PM, Evangelos Foutras wrote:
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, BxS<bxsbxs@gmail.com> wrote:
aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's available in the official repos."
Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos.
Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the present/future but so far officially only in Arch... There's a script [1] that updates the blacklist in the database. After its next run, you should be able to upload libusb to the AUR.
[1] https://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/tree/scripts/aurblup/aurblup.c I spoke too soon. It appears that the script also adds
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com> wrote: provides/replaces to the database, so the AUR still won't accept libusb.
If it's just for testing, you can build libusb locally; there isn't much benefit to pushing it to the AUR.
Ok, I understand, I probably will put it in my personal stuff, so no need to AUR, if in some way libusbx breaks apps that use libusb (and libusb still exist at that time and I still need it) then I may add it but with a name like libusb_compatibility. Best Regards, BxS
Isn't this why there's a libusb-testing package on AUR? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=53512 On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 05:32:39PM +0100, BxS wrote:
On 06/06/2012 05:19 PM, Evangelos Foutras wrote:
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, BxS<bxsbxs@gmail.com> wrote:
aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's available in the official repos."
Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos.
Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the present/future but so far officially only in Arch... There's a script [1] that updates the blacklist in the database. After its next run, you should be able to upload libusb to the AUR.
[1] https://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/tree/scripts/aurblup/aurblup.c I spoke too soon. It appears that the script also adds
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Evangelos Foutras <evangelos@foutrelis.com> wrote: provides/replaces to the database, so the AUR still won't accept libusb.
If it's just for testing, you can build libusb locally; there isn't much benefit to pushing it to the AUR.
Ok, I understand, I probably will put it in my personal stuff, so no need to AUR, if in some way libusbx breaks apps that use libusb (and libusb still exist at that time and I still need it) then I may add it but with a name like libusb_compatibility.
Best Regards, BxS
On 06/06/2012 06:50 PM, Simon Gomizelj wrote:
Isn't this why there's a libusb-testing package on AUR?
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=53512 No, that is to install a testing version, is to install something that isn't stable/released or in testing, like beta, rc etc...
What I was talking about is a released and stable version, like the one that existed is Arch repos. When I said testing, is testing the software that use libusb. The thing is that testing your app against libusbx will never be the same that testing against libusb, even if the 2 have the same API, they will have for example different bugs, etc... Also at some point libusbx will start adding and maybe even breaking the API used by libusb.
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