From 1bb73667c9369b99de82a91e3d6a724f62830abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: J Guerreiro Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:36:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add information about development packages --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1b5a9b70..d1acd657 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ formatted correctly, run the code through `go vet`, and run unit tests. PKGBUILD in any way, but any problems you cause are your own and should not be reported unless they can be reproduced with the original PKGBUILD. +#### I know my `-git` package has updates but yay doesn't offer to update it +Yay uses an hash cache for development packages. Normally it is updated at the end of the package install with the message `Found git repo`. +If you transition between aur helpers and did not install the devel package using yay at some point, it is possible it never got added to the cache. `yay -Y --gendb` will fix the current version of every devel package and start checking from there. + ## Examples of Custom Operations `yay `