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branthebuilder

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Registered: 2016-10-01

Posts: 67

[SOLVED] leftwm version oddities

I've just noticed that my leftwm version is stuck on 0.3 and still using the old config.toml format. Any idea why I get these different versions and how I can force the update?

~/ yay -Si leftwm
Repository                    : aur
Name                          : leftwm
Version                       : 0.5.4-3

~/ pacman -Qi leftwm
leftwm 1:0.3.0-1

~/ leftwm --version                                                                                                                                                                  
LeftWM 0.3.0, Git-Hash: eaf531d1

Last edited by branthebuilder (2026-01-03 18:56:10)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] leftwm version oddities

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ … 0018f64e76

Maintainer removed the epoch, essentially downgrading the pkgver. This isn't supposed to happen, they screwed up. You'll have to build and install it manually instead of relying on the helper script to detect the update.

branthebuilder

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Registered: 2016-10-01

Posts: 67

Re: [SOLVED] leftwm version oddities

Got it. Thanks.