[aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

Georg g.schlisio at dukun.de
Tue Mar 3 19:19:14 UTC 2020


Hi Yash,
and welcome to archlinux.
pkgrel is the internal revision of the package, e.g. the packaging 
version. This allows improvements on the package without bumping the 
software release version and is often used for binary rebuild to adapt 
to changed dependencies etc.
Georg


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