[arch-general] what is the procedure when your find an out-of-date package in AUR?

[David C. Rankin]

On 03/11/2010 09:19 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
> 
> 	I need yum as a dependency to yum-createrepo, but the package is flagged as
> out-of-date in AUR. This is the first time I've run across an out of date
> package in something I needed to build so I don't have experience with the
> procedure after finding a package out of date. Do we:
> 
> - let the maintainer know?
> - use anyway knowing not much has changed?
> - look for a way to find out why it is out of date?, if so how?
> 
> 	Let me know how Arch wants this handled. Thanks.
> 

OK,

	I think I have it figured out. Check notes in AUR, check for the new source
version, edit PKGBUILD and.. try it..

	If there are other steps I'm missing, please let me know. Thanks.

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