pidgin
- Path: arch/maintained/pidgin
pkgbase=pidgin, but pkgname=('libpurple' 'finch') (PKGBUILD:7-8) — this
package never produces a pkgname literally called pidgin. On AUR,
libpurple and finch are both maintained by andreas_baumann under pkgbase
pidgin, versions matching this tree exactly.
- The literal AUR pkgname
pidgin belongs to a completely unrelated pkgbase,
pidgin-gtkui (maintained by webmeister), which independently builds its
own pidgin/finch/libpurple split from a different PKGBUILD. No collision: AUR
uniqueness is per-pkgname, and this account’s libpurple/finch names aren’t
touched by that other package.
scripts/compare_packages.sh diffs local maintained/ directory names
(which mirror pkgbase, not pkgname) straight against the AUR by=maintainer
pkgname list — it’s not pkgbase-aware, so a directory named after a pkgbase
whose pkgname differs (like this one) will always show up as a false “not on
AUR” diff. Not a real problem, just a limitation of that comparison script.
See also TOOLING_NOTES.md for the related co-maintainer gap in the same
script.