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Testing of new split package implementation
by Allan McRae 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

Hi all, The original package splitting approach in makepkg was aligned to the KDE packaging approach (at the time) where each component had its own "make install-foo" target. In practice, distributions want to split a wider variety of packages that do not fit this mould, and various hacks have arisen. I have implemented a second approach to package splitting that can be used in parallel to the current one. A PKGBUILD can provide a stash() function that is run (in fakeroot) between building and packaging. This function will typically do the full install of the built software into the $stashdir directory. I.e. run a command similar to make DESTDIR=$stashdir install. Each package_foo() function can then include a list of files that are transferred from the stash into the package, in addition to any other packaging commands. For example: filelist=('usr/bin/pacman' 'usr/lib/*') The filelist accepts glob patterns as understood by bash with extglob enabled - including *, ? and []. Files can be excluded from the filelist by prefixing with the ! character. Files are removed from the stash as they are included in packages. This allows makepkg to warn about any files that are not packaged. To include files in multiple packages, an additional copy should be made in the stash function. You can see the change here https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/merge_requests/314 This patch applies cleanly to 7.1.0, and I suspect will also to 7.0.0 (I have not checked...) An example of changing the elfutils set of packages to use the new approach: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/elfutils/-/merge_… I need help testing this approach. While it works for the packages I have tested, I'm sure there will be edge cases I was not expecting, or people will use the functionality in unexpected ways. Any reports of success/failure in using this feature would be very helpful. Thanks, Allan

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[Git][pacman/pacman][release/7.1.x] Add disable-sandbox-* options to parseargs
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 02 Nov '25

02 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch release/7.1.x at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 2df7c407 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-02T11:36:19+10:00 Add disable-sandbox-* options to parseargs Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 1 changed file: - src/pacman/pacman.c View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2df7c407e852543e5c9e135… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2df7c407e852543e5c9e135… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] Add disable-sandbox-* options to parseargs
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 02 Nov '25

02 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 2df7c407 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-02T11:36:19+10:00 Add disable-sandbox-* options to parseargs Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 1 changed file: - src/pacman/pacman.c View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2df7c407e852543e5c9e135… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2df7c407e852543e5c9e135… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman] Pushed new branch release/7.1.x
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed new branch release/7.1.x at Pacman / Pacman -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/tree/release/7.1.x You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman] Pushed new tag v7.1.0
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed new tag v7.1.0 at Pacman / Pacman -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/tree/v7.1.0 You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] 3 commits: Add 7.1.0 release to web page
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 76343458 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T21:05:29+10:00 Add 7.1.0 release to web page Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 49a43ca0 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T21:05:29+10:00 Update website from release/7.1.x branch Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 5683f847 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T21:05:29+10:00 Update versions in meson.build for release Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 3 changed files: - .gitlab-ci.yml - doc/index.asciidoc - meson.build View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/00e82a11b6b04ab2553d7f… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/00e82a11b6b04ab2553d7f… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] 2 commits: Update transifex client commands in release instructions
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 76a07440 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T20:42:42+10:00 Update transifex client commands in release instructions Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 00e82a11 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T21:03:50+10:00 Pull updated translations from Transifex Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 131 changed files: - RELEASE - lib/libalpm/po/ar.po - lib/libalpm/po/ast.po - lib/libalpm/po/az_AZ.po - lib/libalpm/po/bg.po - lib/libalpm/po/br.po - lib/libalpm/po/ca.po - lib/libalpm/po/cs.po - lib/libalpm/po/da.po - lib/libalpm/po/de.po - lib/libalpm/po/el.po - lib/libalpm/po/en_GB.po - lib/libalpm/po/eo.po - lib/libalpm/po/es.po - lib/libalpm/po/es_419.po - lib/libalpm/po/eu.po - lib/libalpm/po/eu_ES.po - lib/libalpm/po/fi.po - lib/libalpm/po/fr.po - lib/libalpm/po/gl.po - lib/libalpm/po/hi.po - lib/libalpm/po/hr.po - lib/libalpm/po/hu.po - lib/libalpm/po/id.po - lib/libalpm/po/it.po - lib/libalpm/po/ja.po - lib/libalpm/po/kk.po - lib/libalpm/po/ko.po - lib/libalpm/po/libalpm.pot - lib/libalpm/po/lt.po - lib/libalpm/po/nb.po - lib/libalpm/po/nl.po - lib/libalpm/po/pl.po - lib/libalpm/po/pt.po - lib/libalpm/po/pt_BR.po - lib/libalpm/po/ro.po - lib/libalpm/po/ru.po - lib/libalpm/po/sk.po - lib/libalpm/po/sl.po - lib/libalpm/po/sr.po - lib/libalpm/po/sr(a)latin.po - lib/libalpm/po/sv.po - lib/libalpm/po/tr.po - lib/libalpm/po/uk.po - lib/libalpm/po/zh_CN.po - lib/libalpm/po/zh_TW.po - scripts/po/az_AZ.po - scripts/po/bg.po - scripts/po/br.po - scripts/po/ca.po - scripts/po/cs.po - scripts/po/da.po - scripts/po/de.po - scripts/po/el.po - scripts/po/en_GB.po - scripts/po/eo.po - scripts/po/es.po - scripts/po/es_419.po - scripts/po/eu.po - scripts/po/eu_ES.po - scripts/po/fi.po - scripts/po/fr.po - scripts/po/gl.po - scripts/po/hi.po - scripts/po/hu.po - scripts/po/id.po - scripts/po/it.po - scripts/po/ja.po - scripts/po/ko.po - scripts/po/lt.po - scripts/po/nb.po - scripts/po/nl.po - scripts/po/pacman-scripts.pot - scripts/po/pl.po - scripts/po/pt.po - scripts/po/pt_BR.po - scripts/po/ro.po - scripts/po/ru.po - scripts/po/sk.po - scripts/po/sl.po - scripts/po/sr.po - scripts/po/sr(a)latin.po - scripts/po/sv.po - scripts/po/tr.po - scripts/po/uk.po - scripts/po/zh_CN.po - scripts/po/zh_TW.po - src/pacman/po/ar.po - src/pacman/po/ast.po - src/pacman/po/az_AZ.po - src/pacman/po/bg.po - src/pacman/po/br.po - src/pacman/po/ca.po - src/pacman/po/cs.po - src/pacman/po/da.po - src/pacman/po/de.po - src/pacman/po/el.po - src/pacman/po/en_GB.po - src/pacman/po/eo.po - src/pacman/po/es.po - src/pacman/po/es_419.po - src/pacman/po/eu.po - src/pacman/po/eu_ES.po - src/pacman/po/fi.po - src/pacman/po/fr.po - src/pacman/po/gl.po - src/pacman/po/hi.po - src/pacman/po/hr.po - src/pacman/po/hu.po - src/pacman/po/id.po - src/pacman/po/it.po - src/pacman/po/ja.po - src/pacman/po/ko.po - src/pacman/po/lt.po - src/pacman/po/nb.po - src/pacman/po/nl.po - src/pacman/po/pacman.pot - src/pacman/po/pl.po - src/pacman/po/pt.po - src/pacman/po/pt_BR.po - src/pacman/po/ro.po - src/pacman/po/ru.po - src/pacman/po/sk.po - src/pacman/po/sl.po - src/pacman/po/sr.po - src/pacman/po/sr(a)latin.po - src/pacman/po/sv.po - src/pacman/po/tr.po - src/pacman/po/uk.po - src/pacman/po/zh_CN.po - src/pacman/po/zh_TW.po View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/7f1f1cce78919952cbc64c… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/7f1f1cce78919952cbc64c… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] 2 commits: Update README for 7.1.0 release
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: af151907 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T20:28:57+10:00 Update README for 7.1.0 release Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 7f1f1cce by Allan McRae at 2025-11-01T20:30:14+10:00 Update NEWS for 7.1.0 release Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 2 changed files: - NEWS - README View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2b281d7124ee510d389d25… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2b281d7124ee510d389d25… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] makepkg: allow architecture-restricted split package building
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 2b281d71 by Levente Polyak at 2025-11-01T20:25:06+10:00 makepkg: allow architecture-restricted split package building - - - - - 4 changed files: - scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/generate_signature.sh.in - scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/arch.sh.in - scripts/libmakepkg/util/pkgbuild.sh.in - scripts/makepkg.sh.in View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2b281d7124ee510d389d251… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/2b281d7124ee510d389d251… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] 2 commits: libalpm: don't download .pkg files when the only .sig is needed
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 01 Nov '25

01 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: ba4bb234 by morganamilo at 2025-11-01T07:34:36+00:00 libalpm: don't download .pkg files when the only .sig is needed Commit 2ae63606 moved payload mtime configuration into the sandbox setup. This made it so that when the sandbox is disabled, the whole package file would be redownloaded. This caused the downloader to download more data than intended and display download %s abover 100%. Fixes #200. - - - - - 0b85521e by morganamilo at 2025-11-01T07:34:39+00:00 pacman: fix cursor not properly resetting on sigint - - - - - 2 changed files: - lib/libalpm/dload.c - src/pacman/sighandler.c View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/62d27a6eb5b89d8ee6fd04… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/62d27a6eb5b89d8ee6fd04… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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