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You can (and should!) read the PKGBUILDs, they're very small and should always be manually inspected before install. The -bin suffix is an AUR convention to le

You can (and should!) read the PKGBUILDs, they're very small and should always be manually inspected before install. The -bin suffix is an AUR convention to let you know that it's downloading a precompiled binary rather than building from source.

scaladev 6y ago
If we're talking about conventions, it's also an AUR convention to use -vcs suffix for source builds (like -git), for example: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=-git&outdated=&SB=v&SO=d&PP=50&do_Search=Go https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=-git&outdat... https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=-hg&outdated=&SB=v&SO=d&PP=50&do_Search=Go https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=-hg&outdate...
- mxmilkb 6y ago
  And the version of VCS AUR entries is just from the last time the PKGBUILD author ran it before uploading.
- kevincox 6y ago
  I thought (but don't know if I ever actually say this documented) that -git and similar meant "latest git commit" not "build form a git repo".