> > [...] I believe the .SRCINFO file was added so that the AUR could discover > > a PKGBUILD's version without needing to evaluate arbitrary scripts. > > As far as I know the AUR did not, at any point, evaluate arbitrary > scripts to retrieve metadata. It did parse (or attempt to...) the > PKGBUILD. > > See also: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/.SRCINFO > > Alad
You're right. I should've spent a minute reading the Arch Wiki page on .SRCINFO files before writing that, instead of working from memory.
