Package Details: backintime-cli 1.5.5-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/backintime.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: backintime
Description: Simple backup system inspired from the Flyback Project and TimeVault. CLI version.
Upstream URL: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime
Licenses: GPL
Submitter: None
Maintainer: graysky
Last Packager: graysky
Votes: 301
Popularity: 0.66
First Submitted: 2009-01-09 20:46 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-08-19 06:34 (UTC)

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graysky commented on 2023-10-07 12:15 (UTC)

Using an AUR helper such as yay to build packages including backintime is HIGHLY discouraged. The recommended build method is to use a clean chroot. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_clean_chroot

I wrote a script that automates much of that called clean-chroot-manager offered here in the AUR.

Please stop posting build failures because you insist on building with yay or other AUR helpers.

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Xwang commented on 2025-08-23 16:25 (UTC)

@graysky by reading the two PKBUILDS indeed I've seen that they are the same so I do not understand how and why two different pages are present in the AUR. Moreover is it not clear to me how to prevent the building of the backintime one if I want only backintime-cli being built, should I use any option?

willemw commented on 2025-08-19 07:46 (UTC)

@buthz: Also, there are no two copies. They both refer to the same package base file in the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/backintime. It is all the same file.

graysky commented on 2025-08-19 07:36 (UTC)

How do you figure?

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=backintime#n43 https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=backintime#n59

buhtz commented on 2025-08-19 07:02 (UTC)

But the PKGBUILD file is identical for both packages.

graysky commented on 2025-08-19 06:57 (UTC)

This package seems identical to the backintime one that depends on it. Why do we have two packages with the same PKGBUILD?

It is a split package to give user the option to have a cli only (backintime-cli) or both the cli and the qt6 GUI (backintime). I highly recommend that you ALWAYS read the PKGBUILD before installing anything from the AUR. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository#Advisorary_statements

buhtz commented on 2025-08-19 05:41 (UTC)

Hello Graysky, you might have missed the question from Xwang? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/backintime-cli#comment-1034790 I am also interested in the answer. Regards, Christian

graysky commented on 2025-08-04 19:56 (UTC)

Like any package, some TU needs to adopt it. Why do you care about that exactly? It builds really fast.

Xwang commented on 2025-08-04 16:32 (UTC)

@graysky is there any possibility that this package will ever reach the official repo?

Xwang commented on 2025-08-03 11:17 (UTC)

This package seems identical to the backintime one that depends on it.

Why do we have two packages with the same PKGBUILD?

graysky commented on 2024-10-26 05:55 (UTC)

@buhtz - yes, 1.5.3-rc1 builds cleanly with this PKGBUILD