On Thu, 2 Feb 2017 07:34:27 +0100, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: >after editing .SRCINFO to reflect the correct version >id. Others already pointed out that you don't need this file to build a package at all, apart from this you don't need to edit this file, simply generate one: "makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO" - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/.SRCINFO