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@bidulock:

pkgver might matter for other packages depending on icewm and needing a specific version, a specific minimal version or a specific maximal version. Dependency checks will fail if a dependency on icewm includes some version number but none is provided.

Regading the fribidi issue: OK, I see. I solved it for myself with a customizepkg-hook. There might be an if-clause in the PKGBUILD that adds the dependency if fribidi is found in the build environment.

@dreieck, fribidi is not needed. But, icewm will build against it if it is there. Try building in a clean chroot and you will see that fribidi is not necessary.

pkgver doesn't matter either: there was no release of icewm beyond 1.3.8 that was not on the fork.

Can you change

provides=($_realname)

to

provides=("${_realname}=${pkgver}")

i.e. adding the $pkgver to what is provided?

Note: Some packages might check for the version of packages they depend on.

When checking with namcap, I get the issue

icewm2 E: Dependency fribidi detected and not included (libraries ['usr/lib/libfribidi.so.0'] needed in files ['usr/bin/icehelp', 'usr/bin/icewmtray', 'usr/bin/icewm', 'usr/bin/icewmbg'])

so, 'fribidi' needs to be added to the depends-array.

This package is for releases only. icewm-git builds from git.

What's the difference between this package and icewm-git?