Pkgver() was removed which also made makedeb work for non-arch packaging

Versioning changed to to 5.15-1 to reflect last known working kernel version 
and released: https://github.com/sickcodes/anbox-modules-dkms/releases

Maintained here: 
https://github.com/sickcodes/aur/blob/master/anbox-modules-dkms/PKGBUILD

5.16 doesn’t compile so -git will now not work on latest kernel an update is 
made upstream.

A non git is absolutely necessary for this package, the so please reject 31497 
and if possible merge back the important comment history from 
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/anbox-modules-dkms-git/ which was merged two 
months ago 
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/anbox-modules-dkms-git/#comment-841570

This package is required for all of these: 
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=Anbox&outdated=&SB=n&SO=a&PP=50&do_Search=Go

Jan 16, 2022, 08:37 by [email protected]:

> Thanks for pointing that out Jonathon, Ill fix it tomorrow, as I have done in 
> the past when requested changes.
>
> I have concerns about the intent of the user requesting the deletion; for 
> some unknown reason the request came out of thin air to an actively 
> maintained package, created a duplicate -git, removed all Contributors to the 
> header comment, then filed a merge request, which was merged even after 
> changes had been made.
>
> env25 suggested I add pkgver. I took the users word for it and the user did 
> not cancel the original merge request which moved all the history of non git 
> to the git repo. It was approved as I wasn’t subscribed at the time to the 
> mailing list, and didn’t respond on the list. I certainly responded in the 
> comments however, as per the guidelines.
>
> Env25 was a brand new account but knew everything about the AUR which can 
> insinuate multiple conclusions.
>
> All I care about is the security of the package. The package history which I 
> have kept in absolute full had been dormant since 2017. I decided to revive 
> it after almost 5 years and I’m actively maintaining it.
>
> I have no attachment to the package, however I’m just concerned for the 
> security of the package which at the time was from a brand new user, yet knew 
> everything about the AUR process.
>
> The most appropriate thing to do is merge the -git package back into non git, 
> which restores all the comment history including Fabio’s original suggestions 
> to fix, to which I addressed.
>
> Then env25 should recreate the git package as all of the historical and 
> important comments were moved to the new one and make no sense as there’s now 
> no git history, no previous maintainer information, no changelog, nowhere to 
> submit PR, and does not respond to comments.
>
> I don’t understand why eNV25 was in a rush to merge the package yet knows I’m 
> trivially contactable.
>
> Now wants to delete the pinned package, which helps nobody who wants to use 
> it.
>
> That’s my security paranoid hat on, but I still don’t get the logic behind 
> why the user was in a rush to take over a highly maintained package.
>
> I added a forewarning to the wiki specifically to address security with the 
> package > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Anbox#Security
>
> Regards,
>
> In good faith,
>
> Sick Codes of the Security Research Team > @SickCodes 
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>
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>
> Jan 16, 2022, 04:21 by [email protected]:
>
>> On 15/01/2022 19:00, Sick Codes via aur-requests wrote:
>>
>>> anbox-modules-dkms follows last working commit with the patch for 5.10
>>>
>>> anbox-modules-dkms-git follows master branch with sed instead of a patch
>>>
>>
>> As of [1], anbox-modules-dkms is pinned to upstream commits. It is therefore 
>> not a VCS package (and doesn't need a pkgver() function, so I'm not sure why 
>> one was added).
>>
>> The sed and patch are now a moot point as 5.10 is no longer in the repos 
>> (and looking at the discussion on [2] I'm not convinced either approach is 
>> the correct one).
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=anbox-modules-dkms&id=d77ac721b2e845eb537f23f936287f8b6bbb0363
>> [2] https://github.com/choff/anbox-modules/pull/1
>>
>
>

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