[arch-general] Package release bump?

[Baho Utot]

On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 23:54 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
> Baho Utot wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 23:04 +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
> >   
> >> Baho Utot wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I am following the process for the rebuild of all the package that
> >>> depends on libjpeg.
> >>>
> >>> When rebuilding packages due to another package like libjpeg does the
> >>> package release number for the dependent package get bumped?
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> If I understand you correctly, you can add a versioned dependency on the 
> >> updated pkgrel.
> >>
> >> e.g. imagemagick in [testing] has deps on lcms>=1.18-2 and libwmf>=0.2.8.4-5
> >>
> >> Allan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > (from another email for libjpeg
> >
> > Giovanni Scafora <giovanni at archlinux.org>
> > Reply-to: 	Public mailing list for Arch Linux development
> > <arch-dev-public at archlinux.org>
> > To: 	Public mailing list for Arch Linux development
> > <arch-dev-public at archlinux.org>
> > Subject: 	Re: [arch-dev-public] WARNING: libjpeg rebuilds are entering
> > [testing] - devs get building!
> > )
> >
> > "I just rebuilt following pkgs for testing x86_64 only:
> >
> > xmoto
> > scribus
> > kile
> > kdetv
> > graphicsmagick
> > gimp-ufraw
> > hugin
> > enblend-enfuse
> > kipi-plugins
> > stellarium
> > tuxpuck
> > transcode
> > fox
> > centerim
> >
> >
> > Do the packages above get the pkgrel bumped because of the change in 
> > libjpeg
> >
> > Or does the pkgrel number stay the same?
> >
> >
> > I have a "builder script" that does an abs sync the builds only the
> > packages in core/extra/local that have changed.  It runs from cron on
> > Sunday 1:00am.  If I make a new PKGBUILD for a package I need I place it
> > into "local" and the script then builds it automatically.  I build the
> > whole core/extra/local with optimizations for AMD k8.
> >
> > I then sync all my boxen from my repos.
> >
> > If the soname changes as in libjpeg and the packages that use libjpeg
> > don't change ( the pkgrel stays the same ) then the only package that
> > gets built would be libjpeg and none of the ones that depend on it.
> >
> > I hope that helps to explain my question.
> >   
> 
> OK, the definitely the pkgrel gets changed.  How else would pacman know 
> to update the package?
> 
> Allan

Ok, I was hoping that was the case, otherwise you folks would have
busted up my script ;)  My script is then go to go

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