Isn't this why there's a libusb-testing package on AUR? http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=53512
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 05:32:39PM +0100, BxS wrote: > > > On 06/06/2012 05:19 PM, Evangelos Foutras wrote: >>On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Evangelos Foutras >><[email protected]> wrote: >>>On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, BxS<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>aur give this: "libusb is on the package blacklist, please check if it's >>>>available in the official repos." >>>> >>>>Why? libusb isn't any more in the official repos. >>>> >>>>Arch now have libusbx, but I still need libusb to at least test some >>>>software to see if it works well with it, because libusbx may be the >>>>present/future but so far officially only in Arch... >>>There's a script [1] that updates the blacklist in the database. After >>>its next run, you should be able to upload libusb to the AUR. >>> >>>[1] https://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/tree/scripts/aurblup/aurblup.c >>I spoke too soon. It appears that the script also adds >>provides/replaces to the database, so the AUR still won't accept >>libusb. >> >>If it's just for testing, you can build libusb locally; there isn't >>much benefit to pushing it to the AUR. >> > Ok, I understand, I probably will put it in my personal stuff, so no > need to AUR, if in some way libusbx breaks apps that use libusb (and > libusb still exist at that time and I still need it) then I may add > it but with a name like libusb_compatibility. > > Best Regards, > BxS
