Package Details: looking-glass-git 2:B6.r51.g53525847-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/looking-glass-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: looking-glass-git
Description: A client application for accessing the LookingGlass IVSHMEM device of a VM
Upstream URL: https://looking-glass.io/
Licenses: GPL2
Conflicts: looking-glass
Provides: looking-glass
Submitter: Omar007
Maintainer: Omar007
Last Packager: Omar007
Votes: 14
Popularity: 0.84
First Submitted: 2017-12-14 09:38 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-05-08 10:14 (UTC)

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ipaqmaster commented on 2024-09-16 22:38 (UTC)

Yeah sorry I understand. That was a thoughtless remark.

Omar007 commented on 2024-09-16 14:12 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-16 14:15 (UTC) by Omar007)

@ipaqmaster; that is not how that works and doesn't change anything in relation to that.
The only thing that can do for you is that in the event that I push an update to the PKGBUILD and the version matches the commit you happened to have build/installed, the epoch difference will force the detection of a difference. Otherwise your system would think nothing changed when it actually did.
It's basically a way I can force anyone using helpers into a forced rebuild but any other situation stays the same.

ipaqmaster commented on 2024-09-16 12:05 (UTC)

Learn to epoch.

Omar007 commented on 2024-09-16 10:48 (UTC) (edited on 2024-09-16 10:53 (UTC) by Omar007)

@JL2210;

In regards to AUR helpers; they are not supported in any way. Important to note here is that a VCS package's SRCINFO/PKGBUILD recorded versions will basically never match up with the actual (eventually installed) version. These can therefore not be used to determine if there is a change or not (and it would basically look like there always is one until the build finishes).
The only way you could sort of figure out the version for a VCS packages is by executing the pkgver() function but you really shouldn't be parsing/sourcing the PKGBUILD like that, especially not if your helper is running as SU (sudo, doas, w/e)...

For the second point; there is technically an easy workaround for that if you want to mask that but that is not a path I suggest you take nor one I'm willing to provide as that goes completely against the whole point of marking the build. It looked like the host work-around could be removed but it turned out that was not yet possible.
You can switch to the release version instead and/or use that one as a base to pull a different version (e.g. RC or a specific commit package) from the website instead.

JL2210 commented on 2024-09-16 02:36 (UTC)

Using the submodules from sources (plus your host build fix) marks the build as dirty (shown as a + at the end of the version) which won't receive support from gnif. Don't know how to fix this, though, while still conforming to the VCS package guidelines.

JL2210 commented on 2024-09-13 06:51 (UTC)

This doesn't play too well with AUR helpers. It always says it has an update available but then never builds because it's already up-to-date

Omar007 commented on 2023-06-30 11:59 (UTC) (edited on 2023-06-30 12:00 (UTC) by Omar007)

@MITKBconnoisseur: The gnif repo is the official source and there are no build issues with any of the recent patches/commits there as far as I can tell.
If there is a problem, please provide the complications resulting from a clean build and I'll look into it.

MITKBconnoisseur commented on 2023-06-29 23:41 (UTC)

Every time I apply GNIF's patches for his own project this just crashes and burns in an avoidable way @ipaqmaster's patch fixes it for me. Can somebody who's serious take over this package?

NinjaSP commented on 2023-05-08 02:27 (UTC)

+1 this is very fumbly to rebuild with patches

roosterteeth commented on 2023-05-02 17:31 (UTC)

Dont know what you mean yay is the easiest way to download aur stuff and works every time usually and updates. i had to git clone https://github.com/gnif/LookingGlass and apply my patch there but that does not package the exe so yaeh this aur.archlinux.org pkgbase has some issues.

https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/looking-glass has the same problem but i did not have master commit there so not as important but https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-vfio works every time

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