There are all sorts of "manually". I used to write and manage build scripts for entire GNOME when I was using Slackware 15 years ago. So occasional git pull ; #

There are all sorts of "manually". I used to write and manage build scripts for entire GNOME when I was using Slackware 15 years ago. So occasional git pull ; # eyeball the build script ; makepkg is a breeze compared to that. Automating AUR updates is asking for trouble anyway.