November 2024 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

Are packages for other architectures allowed in the AUR?
by Valentin Hăloiu 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

Hello, I have recently created an AUR package (uboot-cm3588-nas <https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/?h=uboot-cm3588-nas>) that's only usable on the "aarch64" architecture (e.g.: Arch Linux ARM) which got promptly removed due to: "not for Arch Linux, aarch64 only package". However, the AUR submission guidelines <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines> do not make it very clear whether non-x86_64 packages are allowed in the AUR or not. The closest reference that I could find in relation to this is the Arch package guidelines - Architectures <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_package_guidelines#Architectures> section which mentions: > The arch array should contain 'x86_64' if the compiled package is architecture-specific. Otherwise, use 'any' for architecture independent packages. This makes it sound like only x86_64 packages are allowed but, to me, that still sounds like there is some room for interpretation. So, my main question is: *are packages for other architectures allowed in the AUR?* Also, in light of recent discussions around Arch Linux Ports <https://rfc.archlinux.page/0032-arch-linux-ports/>, I think it would be helpful to spell out the answer to this question explicitly in the AUR submission guidelines.

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nvidia-390xx-utils kernel-6.12.patch provided - is there a way I can do pull-request?
by David C. Rankin 24 Nov '24

24 Nov '24

AUR folk, I've created the 6.12 patch for the nvidia-390xx-utils package and posted to the package page (as has been the practice for the past couple of years). Is there a way I can simply do a pull-request so it makes it easier to incorporate by vnctdj (the current maintainer)? That would save the manual edit, patch and checksum update to the PKGBUILD and I don't mind doing it. Let me know what the best way to make this process easier on the maintainer is. If I had an e-mail, I could just e-mail the updated and signed source package. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Wrong email address for newly registered account
by schance995 17 Nov '24

17 Nov '24

I registered with username schance995 but typoed the email. Please let me know if the account's email could be corrected to this one.

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User "Scimmia" is misusing "Report out-of-date" button for purposely spamming excessive off-topic messages
by Actionless Loveless 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

The field is designed for notifying the maintainer of the package when a new release is available, not for reporting any other sort of problems (for which there are other means of reporting). But aside of misusing the purpose of the field, there is also a clear intention for spamming as could be seen : https://imgur.com/a/54O3TTR

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mongdb44 - updated - request comments on PKGBUILD
by David C. Rankin 02 Nov '24

02 Nov '24

Aur folks, I had a need to use mongodb44 and only mongo44-bin was available. mongodb44 was out of date and was orphaned. Not knowing what options the mongodb-bin package is built with and it having different user:group, I decided to update the mongodb44 package. I spent a good deal of time patching it for boost 1.86 and resolved a number of minor redundant std::move(), and like issues (I still have a few more to go, I missed a couple). However, the package now builds cleanly and you can follow along with what is being built instead of it being lost in a sea of warnings. Since there is no one-shot update, I adopted the package as maintainer and pushed the update to https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mongodb44. The following patches are new: mongodb-4.4.29-boost-1.86.patch mongodb-4.4.29-fix-scons.patch mongodb-4.4.29-no-enterprise.patch mongodb-4.4.29-redudant-std-move.patch I'd appreciate thoughts on anything else I should fix in the PKGBUILD. I am also unclear whether I should list debugedit as a build dependency -- it being somewhat of a generic dependency to the makepkg process. Should it be included as well? (note: this is a BIG build and can take over an hour with link-time optimizations at -j4 or -j8, the source is about a 50M download from github) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Is there a way to submit a one-shot update to an Aur package without becoming the maintainer?
by David C. Rankin 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Aur Mods, I updated https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mongodb44 to build with the last 4.4.29 source and patched for boost 1.86. The package builds fine now against current Arch. I wanted to pass on the results of those efforts and update the Aur package, but didn't want to take on the maintainer role from here on out. Is there a way to provide an update for the package and bring in back into date without becoming the maintainer? I still have to merge a few patches and roll a couple of sed substitutions from the PKGBUILD into a final boost 1.86 patch, but I'm happy to package and sign a package source and provide that to you for update. There was about 8 hours of effort to find and fix all the issue, I'd like to make that available to whoever may need the 4.4 version of mongodb. I didn't think I'd ever need it, but it is the last version that wasn't built requiring avx - so it is useful if you need it for those cases. Let me know. Also has my sentence to the moderated list been served? I'm still a bit bewildered about what prompted that and who signed off on it. Let me know there too. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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