Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Yash Karandikar via aur-general
On 3/3/20 5:44 PM, Eli Schwartz via aur-general wrote: On 3/3/20 6:28 PM, karx via aur-general wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 5:23 PM Doug Newgard via aur-general < aur-general@archlinux.org> wrote: On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:29:30 -0600 karx via aur-general wrote: Hi Georg, thank you for your

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Eli Schwartz via aur-general
On 3/3/20 6:28 PM, karx via aur-general wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 5:23 PM Doug Newgard via aur-general < > aur-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:29:30 -0600 >> karx via aur-general wrote: >> >>> Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. >>> If I am understanding correctly,

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread karx via aur-general
On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 5:23 PM Doug Newgard via aur-general < aur-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:29:30 -0600 > karx via aur-general wrote: > > > Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. > > If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the > > PKGBUILD, and pkgver is

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Doug Newgard via aur-general
On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 13:29:30 -0600 karx via aur-general wrote: > Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. > If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the > PKGBUILD, and pkgver is for changes to the actual sources. Is this > correct? > > Yash > > On 3/3/20, Georg wrote: > > Hi Yash,

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Eli Schwartz via aur-general
On 3/3/20 3:50 PM, Alexander Fasching wrote: > On Tue, 2020-03-03 at 15:36 -0500, Eli Schwartz via aur-general wrote: >> On 3/3/20 2:09 PM, karx via aur-general wrote: >>> Hello all, sorry if this is not in the appropriate mailing list. I >>> am >>> developing an AUR package, and it says that

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Alexander Fasching via aur-general
On Tue, 2020-03-03 at 15:36 -0500, Eli Schwartz via aur-general wrote: > On 3/3/20 2:09 PM, karx via aur-general wrote: > > Hello all, sorry if this is not in the appropriate mailing list. I > > am > > developing an AUR package, and it says that pkgrel is a required > > field. > > Right now, I

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Eli Schwartz via aur-general
On 3/3/20 2:09 PM, karx via aur-general wrote: > Hello all, sorry if this is not in the appropriate mailing list. I am > developing an AUR package, and it says that pkgrel is a required field. > Right now, I simply leave it at 1, but I want to know how I should really > use it and what its purpose

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Georg
Am 03.03.20 um 20:45 schrieb karx via aur-general: Awesome, thanks! On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 1:40 PM Bert Peters wrote: On Tue, 2020-03-03 at 13:29 -0600, karx via aur-general wrote: Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the PKGBUILD,

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread karx via aur-general
Awesome, thanks! On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 1:40 PM Bert Peters wrote: > On Tue, 2020-03-03 at 13:29 -0600, karx via aur-general wrote: > > Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. > > If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the > > PKGBUILD, and pkgver is for changes to the actual

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Bert Peters via aur-general
On Tue, 2020-03-03 at 13:29 -0600, karx via aur-general wrote: > Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. > If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the > PKGBUILD, and pkgver is for changes to the actual sources. Is this > correct? > > Yash Correct. Although the PKGBUILD doesn't

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread karx via aur-general
Hi Georg, thank you for your reply. If I am understanding correctly, pkgrel is for changes to the PKGBUILD, and pkgver is for changes to the actual sources. Is this correct? Yash On 3/3/20, Georg wrote: > Hi Yash, > and welcome to archlinux. > pkgrel is the internal revision of the package,

Re: [aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread Georg
Hi Yash, and welcome to archlinux. pkgrel is the internal revision of the package, e.g. the packaging version. This allows improvements on the package without bumping the software release version and is often used for binary rebuild to adapt to changed dependencies etc. Georg

[aur-general] What is pkgrel and why/how should I use it?

2020-03-03 Thread karx via aur-general
Hello all, sorry if this is not in the appropriate mailing list. I am developing an AUR package, and it says that pkgrel is a required field. Right now, I simply leave it at 1, but I want to know how I should really use it and what its purpose is. Thanks, Yash