Xyne wrote:
3) Is there any way to avoid re-uploading a package when changing the
PKGBUILD if the changes have no effect on the built package (e.g.
appending packages to the depends array)?
Adding more depends does alter the package... But you can always alter
the package in cvs and just do "cvs commit" for things that _really_ do
not alter the package.
Allan
Thanks for the reply.
Will a cvs commit without a binary upload (e.g. when adding a package
to the depends array) result in a new binary package in the repo with
the correct information? Formulated another way, does the upload server
create a new .PKGINFO file and replace the old one while keeping the
installable package files?
The .PKGINFO file is created by makepkg and compressed inside the
package. When you upload a package to the server, this file is
extracted and an entry is made for the pacman database using this
information. So any change that alters the .PKGINFO file or any
installed files requires a new binary upload. Have a look at a PKGINFO
file and note there are very few things that you can change without
uploading a new package.
Allan
