[aur-general] Meta packages in AUR?

2014-09-03 Thread Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
Hi, I've a few "meta" packages I maintain and install across all my systems, and I'm wondering if it's ok to upload these to the AUR or if they're not welcome. Keep in mind: I know these won't make it to the stable repos, and that's not the intention. An example of these "meta" packages is "meta

Re: [aur-general] Meta packages in AUR?

2014-09-04 Thread carstene1ns
Am 04.09.2014 um 07:29 schrieb Hugo Osvaldo Barrera: > An example of these "meta" packages is "meta-group-base-devel", which is an > "empty" > package that has all the packages in "base-devel" as dependencies. > This helps me keep things like "pacman -Qen" short and readable, and also make > sure

Re: [aur-general] Meta packages in AUR?

2014-09-04 Thread Jeremy Audet
If you're serious about using a custom package across all your systems in a native way, one option is to add a new paragraph into /etc/pacman.conf: # An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for # tips on creating your own repositories. #[custom] #SigLevel