December 2025 - Aur-general - lists.archlinux.org

Freerdp2 package installed for seemingly no reason
by Keon Cachia 30 Jan '26

30 Jan '26

The aur package freerdp2 was installed on my system when I had no packages depending on it and had not explicitly installed it. I saw that there is is package called freerdp in the extra repo with the same contributor mentioned. Is this like GTK2? If so, I still don't understand why it was on my system when I didn't have any packages beforehand that depended on freerdp2 afaik.

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New package: zimfw
by Eric Nielsen 24 Jan '26

24 Jan '26

Hi, This is my first time attempting to create an AUR package. I'd like to submit it to the official repository (the extra repository, to my understanding) and would appreciate a review of the PKGBUILD beforehand: https://gist.github.com/ericbn/d6b11516306f1673c0fb38f8abb10a94 Thank you, Eric

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Sanity check on first PKGBUILD
by Garrett 24 Jan '26

24 Jan '26

Howdy y'all - I found a neat project called [RMPC-Auto-Theme](https://github.com/animegolem/RMPC-Auto-Theme) that generates rmpc themes from album art, and to build up my portfolio, I figured I'd try adding it to the AUR. I've created a [pkgbase](https://dl.depot.4d2.org/CClGAodB6ZtU.tar.xz) that I'd like to push - I bootstrapped from a PKGBUILD make by `cargo-pkgbuild`, have been using an install for the day from a local `makepkg -si`, and got it to build in a `pkgctl build` with no errors from `namcap` - but I'd like a sanity check on licensing and reproducibility first. * I didn't understand the `REUSE.toml` business from `pkgctl license setup` and `pkgctl license check` so, rather than use Arch's `0BSD` license, just copied the MIT license from upstream - is this valid? * There was some strangeness with the `checkpkg`: ``` Checking PKGBUILD Checking rmpc-auto-theme-git-debug-r22.e0f6399-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst rmpc-auto-theme-git-debug W: Directory (usr/src/debug/rmpc-auto-theme-git) is empty Checking rmpc-auto-theme-git-r22.e0f6399-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst ==> Running checkpkg error: target not found: rmpc-auto-theme-git ==> WARNING: Skipped checkpkg due to missing repo packages ==> Generating .SRCINFO...done ``` Is this cause for concern? * Otherwise, does everything read sanely? If everything looks good, I'll push to the AUR and also request from upstream that they add the AUR link to their repo. Cheers, appreciate y'all's input! Garrett

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Anyone built package with libboost 90 yet?
by David C Rankin 31 Dec '25

31 Dec '25

AUR packagers, This is just a question looking for a heads-up on how bad libboost 90 breakage in apps using boost will be. I've read though the libboost 90 report and individual library changes and on it's face doesn't look that bad, but the mongodb44 package I maintain has a long, long line of boost patches that are necessary with just about every minor version update. Currently libboost 90 is in testing. My build box is also a production box, so it is difficult to switch to testing to check. Has anybody run into boost 90 build failures, and if so, based on past experience, does this require significant patching, or just run of the mill, handful of lines to fix? Just trying to get an idea whether I need to set time aside for the update. Thanks! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Suspicious links to binaries in aur:linux-cnc comments
by Fermín Olaiz 24 Dec '25

24 Dec '25

Hey there! Would anyone mind taking a look at the comments in linux-cnc? [1] There are two comments with links to binaries that called my attention. I can't say there's ill intent but given all that's been happening with attempts of distributing malware through the AUR it's better to be safe than sorry. Maybe the comments could be sanitized? I don't think there's a specific rule regarding this. Thank you all! :) Fermín Olaiz. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linuxcnc

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AUR request processing delay
by 이 종효 21 Dec '25

21 Dec '25

A large number of AUR requests are currently sitting unprocessed. Is there an internal issue?

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AUR request processing delay
by 이 종효 21 Dec '25

21 Dec '25

Currently, AUR requests are sitting in the queue and not being processed. Is there an internal issue?

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