Better ABS/AUR support

Archlinux is a great disto & I use it for a long time.
Now I want to know if there is a standard tool like pacman about ABS/AUR.
I have tried yaourt and it works well.
Why archlinux not integrate abs/aur into pacman?
Or offer a simpler way that I can compile some key packages when install archlinux,for example, kernel26 with more security patches.
And it's hard to disguise what I installed from repo or abs.
And I find archlinux is too slim that I can't find some devel files. For example I have to grab glib-doc from aur, and recompile some packages from src manually to gain devel files.
Plus, can I restricted what to install,
I enable testing unable branch, I want to disable it temporarily when sync particular package

ora wrote:Archlinux is a great disto & I use it for a long time.
Now I want to know if there is a standard tool like pacman about ABS/AUR.
I have tried yaourt and it works well.
Why archlinux not integrate abs/aur into pacman?
From http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines
Users can share PKGBUILDs using the UNSUPPORTED area in the AUR. UNSUPPORTED does not contain any binary packages but allows users to upload PKGBUILDs that can be downloaded by others. A comments facility allows users to provide suggestions and feedback on improvements to the PKGBUILD contributor. A new flagging system allows TUs to mark pkgs as checked for malicious code. However, these PKGBUILDs are completely unofficial and have not been thoroughly vetted, so they should be used at your own risk.
Or offer a simpler way that I can compile some key packages when install archlinux,for example, kernel26 with more security patches.
What is wrong with abs + makepkg ?
And it's hard to disguise what I installed from repo or abs.
Try pacman -Qm. That will work for packages from aur, and packages from abs if you renamed them.
If you didnt rename them, but they have a different version, pacman -Su will warn you about it.
And I find archlinux is too slim that I can't find some devel files. For example I have to grab glib-doc from aur, and recompile some packages from src manually to gain devel files.
no idea what you mean here..
Plus, can I restricted what to install,
I enable testing unable branch, I want to disable it temporarily when sync particular package
packages in unstable repo have different names.
About testing repo, it's recommended to either use it totally, or not use it at all.
But well, you are always free to do what you want, you are on your own then

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I get the following error using standard bauerbill.conf. I am able to make mkdir and touch in tmp, which seems to be the default place for bauerbill to hang around.
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error: no writable cache directory found
It's a Pacman wrapper so the default cache is /var/cache/pacman/pkg. You need to either specify a different cache using Pacman's "--cachedir <path>" option, or run it as root to gain access to the default cache. I'll try to make that message clearer, but try running "pacman -S emacs" and it will tell you that you need to be root too.
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sand_man wrote:Basically, you should know that Arch repos contain binary packages. These packages are using using scripts called PKGBUILDs. The PKGBUILDs are parsed using an app called makepkg.
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Now go back and read Shylock's post again.
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