[arch-general] definition of "orphan"

[Reto]

On 11 March 2021 08:54:16 CET, Matthias Bodenbinder <matthias at bodenbinder.de> wrote:

>Your example is not valid. Because the two different definitions of an
>orphan are within the same context: arch package management. Depending
>on which repo you are getting the package from an orphan is this or
>that. That is ambigious.

Except it really isn't the same context...

The AUR is a repository for package recipes, the build files only.

If you look at the definition you gave from pacman

orphans - packages that were installed as dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package.

That makes absolutely no sense for a build recipe, it simply can't refer to the same thing.
You don't install pkgbuild instructions and a repo of those doesn't have things installed.

So no, package building and package installation aren't the same context, even if related.