On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 09:24:16 -0400, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: >The point is that ABS is unmaintained, might *not* work, is *known* to >have not-worked quite recently, and will eventually be removed >altogether Until now it works when just running "abs" and isn't removed. It might not work well if you run "abs [options] [repository1[/package1] [repository2[/package2] ...]]", however my point simply is [1]. I thought everything was already pointed out. It's off-topic and just bikeshedding to repeat the same opinions. I explained my intension, Martti posted the link https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2017-March/028752.html so everything is already said, no need to continue. The readers already know the pros and cons and could decide on their own. Some of us continued off-list ;), this at least doesn't hijack the thread. Regards, Ralf [1] Begin forwarded off-list message: Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:52:00 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Subject: Re: Link against system libs [snip] Just running $ sudo abs works and provides what is wanted in the context of the thread. You could install it by running $ sudo pacman -S abs IOW you don't need to download a tarball, extract it, change into the directory and then run makepkg -s or -si.
