On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 04:37:19PM -0500, Justin Davis wrote: > I just wanted to let AUR helper authors (or other AUR enthusiasts) > know that the PKGBUILD URL has changed on the AUR. All AUR helpers > should update your code. I knew the AUR was updated recently but I did > not realize that the URLs were changed for PKGBUILDs until I looked > carefully at the AUR and the new patches. I found out earlier today > and wanted to help others who might wonder why their AUR software > slowly starts to break. > > The old scheme was: /packages/<name>/<name>/PKGBUILD > The new scheme is: /packages/<name>/PKGBUILD > > Fun facts: Packages that were uploaded before the change still have an > extracted package directory (/packages/<name>/<name>). The old > packages also have a copy of their PKGBUILD in the new location.This > means they have a PKGBUILD in both locations. Once a package is > uploaded the old package directory is deleted so only one PKGBUILD > remains (/packages/<name>/PKBUILD). So all packages uploaded after the > change use the new PKGBUILD URLs.
Those leftover files from the old extraction scheme should be gone now.
