Allan McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
I know where the .PKGINFO is stored... I was just hoping that the server would be "smart" enough to handle changes that don't really require a package rebuild, e.g. extract .PKGINFO, update it, re-insert it. Uploading 600 MB * 2 in this case to change a package description just seems silly. Who's mostly in charge of handling such things? Maybe I can help out a bit with some scripts or whatever (resumable uploads would also be good, for instance). Xyne
