On 03/02/2016 11:42 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > PS: > > I've got a question regarding the jack2-git package from AUR. > > The maintainer does use > > $ git rev-list --count master > 3425 > > [1], but IMO pkgver should be > > $ git describe|sed -r 's/^v//;s/([^-]*-g)/r\1/;s/-/./g' > 1.9.10.r177.g7bdad49 > > since this is the correct version number, as used by > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/jack2/ . > > Is there no recommendation what to use for AUR PKGBUILD pkgver? > > Regards, > Ralf > > [1] > "pkgver() { > cd jack2 > # get a plain number > echo $(git rev-list --count master) > }" - https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=jack2-git >
That is a super-ugly pkgver which is only supposed to be used as a method of last resort for packages that have *no* normal pkgver. You should suggest that the AUR maintainer fix the pkgver (and add an epoch). -- Eli Schwartz
