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[pacman-dev] makepkg program flow and linearity
by Dan McGee 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

I feel like I haven't wrote enough emails to the list today, so here is another. :) I wrote out this little chart for my own good today and noticed that the flow is relatively linear, but some of the checks for options play some crazy tricks on how it flows. In some sense, the operations I list below can all be split up without overlap (read: be made into functions). I'm wondering if we should think a little more about program flow now that all these options such as 'don't check dependencies' and 'use existing source' are present? There are some very long sections of code all indented inside an if-block, and it makes changing things a lot harder (ex. the generate integrity/check integrity/extract sources block). What if before each definable section, we do the 'if' statement instead, even if it means two sections in a row might have the same if clause? I don't know if that explanation made sense, so let me know. makepkg program flow and steps: determine fakeroot status (using -F) source makepkg.conf set correct options from $ARGLIST check for sudo convert relative $PKGDEST to absolute if $CLEANCACHE clean cache unset all variables we use check if buildscript exists source buildscript check for no-nos in build script enter fakeroot if necessary (calling makepkg again) check runtime dependencies check buildtime dependencies retrieve sources loop through $INTEGRITY_CHECK if $GENINTEG generate integrity checks else check integrity checks extract sources check file ownership, remove pkg/, use distcc, use ccache if $LOGGING log build build remove info/doc files move man pages if necessary remove possibly empty /usr/share directory compress man pages strip binaries remove libtool files remove empty directories get package meta info and make .PKGINFO check for an install script build a filelist tar up the package if $CLEANUP then cleanup if $RMDEPS then remove installed dependencies if $INSTALL then install with sudo or as root, etc. -Dan

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[pacman-dev] Patch for makepkg bug #5021
by Dan McGee 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

This is a _preliminary_ patch for bug 5021. It should do everything the original code does plus some. A few comments: 1. I have very little familiarity with info or doc files, and the find operation could be tightened up by adding an extension if they are always packaged this way (e.g. .info). 2. Is there ever a time where a folder would exist with the doc or info name and it shouldn't be deleted? Obviously these find operations will do that, so I would want to make sure this is the case. Good naming of directories would lead me to believe it shouldn't happen, but who knows... If anyone knows a good package to test this behavior on, let me know. I haven't yet ran it on a lot of packages. I tried running it on the gnubiff package listed in the bug report but got a linking error (with both the version in the PKGBUILD and the updated 2.2.4 version). -Dan ============= --- /home/dmcgee/projects/pacman-lib.orig/scripts/makepkg 2006-12-19 11:40:51.000000000 -0500 +++ makepkg 2006-12-20 01:13:56.000000000 -0500 @@ -774,13 +774,17 @@ fi fi -if [ ! "`check_option KEEPDOCS`" -a "$KEEPDOCS" = "0" ]; then +if [ ! "$(check_option KEEPDOCS)" -a "$KEEPDOCS" = "0" ]; then # remove info/doc files msg "Removing info/doc files..." cd $startdir - rm -rf pkg/usr/info pkg/usr/share/info - rm -rf pkg/usr/doc pkg/usr/share/doc - rm -rf pkg/{usr,opt/gnome}/share/gtk-doc + # fix flyspray bug #5021 + find pkg -type f -wholename "pkg/*/info/*" -exec rm -f {} \; + find pkg -type d -wholename "pkg/*/info" -exec rmdir {} \; + find pkg -type f -wholename "pkg/*/doc/*" -exec rm -f {} \; + find pkg -type d -wholename "pkg/*/doc" -exec rmdir {} \; + find pkg -type f -wholename "pkg/*/gtk-doc/*" -exec rm -f {} \; + find pkg -type d -wholename "pkg/*/gtk-doc" -exec rmdir {} \; fi # move /usr/share/man files to /usr/man

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[pacman-dev] script spaces/tabs, modelines, etc.
by Dan McGee 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Since I've been working on the makepkg script a decent amount, I noticed it had no vim modeline. I also noticed that many of the other scripts do not have a modeline, others are inconsistant, and the abs script actually has 2: $ grep vim * abs:# vim: set ft=sh ts=2 sw=2 abs:# vim: set ts=2 noet: gensync:# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet: rankmirrors:# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sta et sts ai: The rankmirrors one is going to be a bit different because it is a python script, but should we standardize some sort of thing for the bash/sh scripts? Right now the makepkg script is starting to turn into an interesting mix of tabs and spaces, especially if someone uses a ts size different than 4. Here is my take on the situation: 1. Update the modeline for abs- ft should be detected anyway, and no need for two modelines. 2. Standardize the inclusion of the modeline used by the gensync script across all bash scripts included with pacman. It makes sense to have one standard and this seems to be the one most readily available for scripting. Always place this modeline as the last line of the file. If spacing/tabs is a no-no here, I apologize. :) -Dan

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[pacman-dev] patch for makepkg bug #3289
by Dan McGee 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/3289 is the ftp status bug, I took the idea from the patch that was sitting there and updated it a bit and made it work for this version of makepkg. No promises that the patch applies smoothly, I have a lot of local changes to my makepkg... -Dan P.S. Aaron, when you apply these, you can take my comments out with my name, I don't really need or want the credit for each little change. I'm fine with just being an additional author in the authors list. I just figured I would at least put a comment in referencing the bug it fixed for clarity now and this can be cleaned up later. =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs-pacman/pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 makepkg --- makepkg 14 Dec 2006 05:23:08 -0000 1.19 +++ makepkg 18 Dec 2006 06:40:11 -0000 @@ -568,7 +576,10 @@ fi msg " Downloading $file" $FTPAGENT "$netfile" 2>&1 - if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then - error "Failed to download $file" + # fix flyspray bug #3289 - Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> + ftpret=$? + if [ $ftpret -gt 0 ]; then + error "Failure while downloading $file" msg "Aborting..." + rm "$file" exit 1

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[pacman-dev] makepkg script changes
by Dan McGee 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

This is a relatively big patch with a few different things in it. As always, take it or leave it. * Addresses FS bugs 5223 and 5973, comments are in the patch noting the start of these changes. * Allows makepkg script to be usable again. I did notice that integrity checks are not working at the moment, but I assume that is known. * Removed some duplicate lines of code (e.g. things that were moved earlier in the script or outside of loops) * Adds quotes around filename references to ensure we do not break the script with weird filenames. * Changes use of `` and $() to be a bit more consistent- `` are used wherever possible. * Removes /usr/share from man page compression search- they are explicitly moved from this location ten lines before in the script so there better not be anything there. Dan ____________________ --- pacman-lib.orig/scripts/makepkg 2006-12-05 17:30:23.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg 2006-12-11 20:02:59.000000000 -0500 @@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ # USA. # -myver='2.9.8' +myver='3.0.0' startdir=`pwd` PKGDEST=$startdir # Options +BUILDSCRIPT="./PKGBUILD" CLEANUP=0 CLEANCACHE=0 DEP_BIN=0 @@ -187,18 +188,18 @@ if [ "$INFAKEROOT" = "1" ]; then export FAKEROOTKEY=$FAKEROOTKEY2 unset FAKEROOTKEY2 - fi + fi elif [ "$DEP_SRC" = "1" ]; then # install missing deps by building them from source. # we look for each package name in $SRCROOT and build it. if [ "$SRCROOT" = "" ]; then - error "Source root cannot be found - please make sure it is specified in /etc/makepkg.conf" + error "Source root cannot be found - please make sure it is specified in /etc/makepkg.conf" exit 1 fi # TODO: handle version comparators (eg, glibc>=2.2.5) msg "Building missing dependencies..." for dep in $deplist; do - candidates=$(find $SRCROOT -type d -name "$dep") + candidates=`find $SRCROOT -type d -name "$dep"` if [ "$candidates" = "" ]; then error "Could not find \"$dep\" under $SRCROOT" exit 1 @@ -266,12 +267,14 @@ echo " -k, --keepdocs Keep doc and info directories" echo " -L, --log Log package build process" echo " -m, --nocolor Disable colorized output messages" - echo " -n, --nostrip Do not strip binaries/libraries" + echo " -n, --nostrip Do not strip symbols from binaries/libraries" echo " -o, --nobuild Download and extract files only" echo " -p <buildscript> Use an alternate build script (instead of '$BUILDSCRIPT')" echo " -r, --rmdeps Remove installed dependencies after a successful build" echo " -s, --syncdeps Install missing dependencies with pacman" echo " -S, --sudosync Install missing dependencies with pacman and sudo" + # fix flyspray feature request #5223 + echo " -t <sourcedir> Cache source files in <sourcedir>" echo " -w <destdir> Write package to <destdir> instead of the working dir" echo echo "These options can be passed to pacman:" @@ -279,22 +282,19 @@ echo " --noconfirm Do not ask for confirmation when resolving dependencies" echo " --noprogressbar Do not show a progress bar when downloading files" echo - echo "If -p is not specified, makepkg will look for './$BUILDSCRIPT'" + echo "If -p is not specified, makepkg will look for '$BUILDSCRIPT'" echo } ARGLIST=$@ -if [ -f /etc//makepkg.conf ]; then +if [ -f /etc/makepkg.conf ]; then source /etc/makepkg.conf else error "/etc/makepkg.conf not found. cannot continue" exit 1 fi -#Let's be courteous and support frugalware's extensions -[ -e /usr/lib/frugalware/fwmakepkg ] && . /usr/lib/frugalware/fwmakepkg - while [ "$#" -ne "0" ]; do case $1 in # pacman @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ exit 1 ;; -*) - while getopts "bBcCdefghij:Lmnop:rsSw:-" opt; do + while getopts "bBcCdefghij:kLmnop:rsSt:w:-" opt; do case $opt in b) DEP_SRC=1 ;; B) USE_CCACHE=0 ;; @@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ r) RMDEPS=1 ;; s) DEP_BIN=1 ;; S) DEP_SUDO=1 ;; + t) SRCDEST=$OPTARG ;; w) PKGDEST=$OPTARG ;; -) OPTIND=0 @@ -387,13 +388,19 @@ cd $OLDPWD if [ "$CLEANCACHE" = "1" ]; then - if [ "`id -u`" = "0" -a "$INFAKEROOT" != "1" ]; then + if [ -n "$SRCDEST" ]; then msg "Cleaning up source files from the cache." - rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/src/* + rm -rf $SRCDEST/* exit 0 else - error "You must be root to clean the cache." - exit 1 + if [ "`id -u`" = "0" -a "$INFAKEROOT" != "1" ]; then + msg "Cleaning up source files from the cache." + rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/src/* + exit 0 + else + error "You must be root to clean the cache." + exit 1 + fi fi fi @@ -401,7 +408,6 @@ unset replaces depends conflicts backup source install build makedepends unset options - # some applications (eg, blackbox) will not build with some languages unset LC_ALL LANG umask 0022 @@ -409,11 +415,6 @@ if [ ! -f $BUILDSCRIPT ]; then error "$BUILDSCRIPT does not exist." exit 1 -else - #this is fun.... we'll unset - for var in $(grep "=" $BUILDSCRIPT | sed "s|.*$\<.*\>$=.*|\1|g"); do - unset $var - done fi source $BUILDSCRIPT @@ -427,16 +428,18 @@ error "pkgrel is not allowed to be empty." exit 1 fi -if [ $(echo $pkgver | grep '-') ]; then +if [ `echo $pkgver | grep '-'` ]; then error "pkgver is not allowed to contain hyphens." exit 1 fi -if [ $(echo $pkgrel | grep '-') ]; then +if [ `echo $pkgrel | grep '-'` ]; then error "pkgrel is not allowed to contain hyphens." exit 1 fi if ! in_array $CARCH ${arch[@]}; then error "$pkgname is not available for the '$CARCH' architecture." + plain "Note that many packages may need a line added to their $BUILDSCRIPT" + plain "such as arch=('$CARCH')." exit 1 fi @@ -457,8 +460,6 @@ fi fi -# some applications (eg, blackbox) will not build with some languages -unset LC_ALL LANG # Enter the fakeroot environment if necessary. This will call the makepkg script again # as the fake root user. We detect this by passing a sentinel option (-F) to makepkg @@ -488,7 +489,8 @@ msg "Making package: $pkgname $pkgver-$pkgrel (`date`)" unset deplist makedeplist -if [ `type -p pacman` -a "$NODEPS" = "0" ]; then +# fix flyspray bug #5973 +if [ `type -p pacman` -a "$NODEPS" = "0" -a "$GENINTEG" = "0" -a "$NOBUILD" = "0" ]; then msg "Checking Runtime Dependencies..." deplist=`checkdeps ${depends[@]}` handledeps $deplist @@ -507,7 +509,7 @@ if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then exit 1 fi -elif [ "$NODEPS" = "1" ]; then +elif [ "$NODEPS" = "1" -o "$GENINTEG" = "1" -o "$NOBUILD" = "1" ]; then warning "skipping dependency checks." else warning "pacman was not found in PATH. skipping dependency checks." @@ -520,13 +522,16 @@ mkdir -p src cd $startdir/src for netfile in ${source[@]}; do - file=`strip_url $netfile` - if [ -f ../$file ]; then + file=`strip_url "$netfile"` + if [ -f "../$file" ]; then msg " Found $file in build dir" - cp ../$file . - elif [ -f /var/cache/pacman/src/$file ]; then - msg " Using local copy of $file" - cp /var/cache/pacman/src/$file . + cp "../$file" . + elif [ -f "$SRCDEST/$file" ]; then + msg " Using cached copy of $file" + cp "$SRCDEST/$file" . + elif [ -f "/var/cache/pacman/src/$file" ]; then + msg " Using cached copy of $file" + cp "/var/cache/pacman/src/$file" . else # check for a download utility if [ -z "$FTPAGENT" ]; then @@ -540,35 +545,35 @@ msg "Aborting..." exit 1 fi - proto=`echo $netfile | sed 's|://.*||'` + proto=`echo "$netfile" | sed 's|://.*||'` if [ "$proto" != "ftp" -a "$proto" != "http" -a "$proto" != "https" ]; then error "$netfile was not found in the build directory and is not a proper URL." msg "Aborting..." exit 1 fi msg " Downloading $file" - $FTPAGENT $netfile 2>&1 - if [ ! -f $file ]; then + $FTPAGENT "$netfile" 2>&1 + if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then error "Failed to download $file" msg "Aborting..." exit 1 fi - if [ "`id -u`" = "0" -a "$INFAKEROOT" != "1" ]; then - mkdir -p /var/cache/pacman/src && cp $file /var/cache/pacman/src + if [ -n "$SRCDEST" ]; then + mkdir -p $SRCDEST && cp "$file" $SRCDEST + elif [ "`id -u`" = "0" -a "$INFAKEROOT" != "1" ]; then + mkdir -p /var/cache/pacman/src && cp "$file" /var/cache/pacman/src else - cp $file .. + cp "$file" .. fi fi done - - if [ "$NOEXTRACT" = "1" ]; then warning "Skipping source extraction -- using existing src/ tree" warning "Skipping source integrity checks -- using existing src/ tree" else for integ in ${INTEGRITY_CHECK[@]}; do - integ="$(echo $integ | tr A-Z a-z)" + integ=`echo $integ | tr A-Z a-z` case "$integ" in md5) integrity_name="md5sum" ;; sha1) integrity_name="sha1sum" ;; @@ -577,12 +582,13 @@ sha512) integrity_name="sha512sum" ;; *) error "Invalid integrity algorithm '$integ' specified"; exit 1;; esac - if [ ! $(type -p $integrity_name) ]; then + if [ ! `type -p $integrity_name` ]; then error "Cannot find the $integrity_name program." exit 1 fi - if [ "$GENINTEG" = "1" ]; then + # Generate integrity checks + if [ "$GENINTEG" = "1" ]; then msg "Generating ${integrity_name}s for source files" plain "" ct=0 @@ -590,7 +596,7 @@ numsrc=${#source[@]} for netfile in "${source[@]}"; do file=`strip_url "$netfile"` - sum=$(eval "$integrity_name '$file' | cut -d' ' -f 1") + sum=`eval "$integrity_name '$file' | cut -d' ' -f 1"` if [ $ct -eq 0 ]; then echo -n "${integrity_name}s=(" else @@ -607,7 +613,8 @@ done plain "" exit 0 - else #validation + # Validate integrity checks + else integrity_sums=($(eval echo \${${integrity_name}s[@]})) if [ ${#integrity_sums[@]} -eq ${#source[@]} ]; then @@ -615,7 +622,7 @@ errors=0 idx=0 for netfile in "${source[@]}"; do - file=$(strip_url "$netfile") + file=`strip_url "$netfile"` echo -n " $file ... " >&2 echo "${integrity_sums[$idx]} $file" | $integrity_name -c - >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then @@ -723,9 +730,6 @@ mv "$BUILDLOG" "$BUILDLOG.$i" fi - echo $SHELLOPTS | grep errexit 2>&1 >/dev/null - set_e=$? - #use 'errexit' to bail on syntax error [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set -e build 2>&1 | tee "$BUILDLOG" @@ -771,12 +775,12 @@ # compress man pages msg "Compressing man pages..." -find $startdir/pkg/{usr{,/local,/share},opt/*}/man -type f 2>/dev/null | while read i ; do +find $startdir/pkg/{usr{,/local},opt/*}/man -type f 2>/dev/null | while read i ; do ext="${i##*.}" fn="${i##*/}" if [ "$ext" != "gz" -a "$ext" != "bz2" ]; then # update symlinks to this manpage - find $startdir/pkg/{usr{,/local,/share},opt/*}/man -lname "$fn" 2> /dev/null | while read ln ; do + find $startdir/pkg/{usr{,/local},opt/*}/man -lname "$fn" 2> /dev/null | while read ln ; do rm -f "$ln" ln -sf "${fn}.gz" "${ln}.gz" done --- pacman-lib.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in 2006-11-16 20:40:22.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/etc/makepkg.conf.in 2006-12-11 20:09:54.000000000 -0500 @@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ # PACKAGE OUTPUT ######################################################################### # -#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed +#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where made packages will be placed #PKGDEST=/home/packages +#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached +#SRCDEST=/home/source #-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages #PACKAGER="John Doe <john(a)doe.com>"

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[pacman-dev] rankmirrors script
by Dan McGee 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Here is a alternative to the current sortmirrrors script. It was designed to address this bug: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/2952. It does not touch your current mirror lists, it simply reads them and outputs timing information for each, and outputs a Server format that can be used in the mirrors list. I've never done any python before, and this is heavily based off the script found in the forums but slightly refined to do different and slightly more intuitive output. (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=19278&sid=475ab18a5d9b31952459fd99…) Dan __________________________________ #! /usr/bin/python # # rankmirrors : read a list of mirrors from a file and rank them by speed # # Original Idea copyright (c) 2006 R.G. <chesercat> # Modified 2006 by Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, # USA. # import sys, time, socket, urllib2 from optparse import OptionParser socket.setdefaulttimeout(10) def createOptParser(): parser = OptionParser() parser.add_option("-n", dest="num", default=0, help="number of servers to print, 0 for all") parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False, help="be verbose in output") return parser def timeCmd(cmd): before = time.time(); try: cmd(); except KeyboardInterrupt, ki: raise ki except socket.timeout, ioe: return 'timeout' except Exception, e: return 'unreachable' return time.time() - before; def talkToServer(serverUrl): opener = urllib2.build_opener() tmp = opener.open(serverUrl).read() def getFuncToTime(serverUrl): return lambda : talkToServer(serverUrl) def cmpPairBySecond(p1, p2): if p1[1] == p2[1]: return 0 if p1[1] < p2[1]: return -1 return 1 if __name__ == "__main__": parser = createOptParser() (options, args) = parser.parse_args() if len(args) != 1: parser.print_help() sys.exit(0) fl = open(args[0], 'r') serverToTime = {} print 'Querying servers, this may take some time...' for ln in fl.readlines(): splitted = ln.split('=') if splitted[0].strip() != 'Server': continue serverUrl = splitted[1].strip() if serverUrl[-1] == '\n': serverUrl = serverUrl[0:-1] if options.verbose: print serverUrl, '...', else: print ' * ', sys.stdout.flush() serverToTime[serverUrl] = timeCmd(getFuncToTime(serverUrl)) if options.verbose: print serverToTime[serverUrl] items = serverToTime.items() items.sort(cmpPairBySecond) numToShow = int(options.num) if numToShow == 0: numToShow = len(items) if len(items) > 0: print print ' Servers sorted by time:' print for i in items[0:numToShow]: print i[1], ':', i[0] if len(items) > 0: print print ' Server list format:' print for i in items[0:numToShow]: print 'Server =', i[0]

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[pacman-dev] pacman.conf possible changes
by Dan McGee 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

I've included a patch to clean up pacman.conf a bit and move the instructions it provides at the top to a more applicable position in the file. I removed most of the NoUpgrade lines in the file because all of these files are already protected by their respective packages (at least in Arch, and I would assume in Frugal as well). I also moved the comment about reordering the mirrors to right above where the server lists are specified. I removed the reference to sortmirrors for two reasons- it isn't in the current pacman CVS, and I am working on a script that may do the job slightly better and not delete mirrors as the current script does (Flyspray #2952). It is based off the script noted in the bug report that was posted in the forums. Dan --- pacman-lib.orig/etc/pacman.conf.in 2006-11-15 15:22:46.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/etc/pacman.conf.in 2006-12-05 18:06:23.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,16 +1,6 @@ # # /etc/pacman.conf # -# NOTE: If you find a mirror that is geographically close to you, please -# move it to the top of the server list, so pacman will choose it -# first. -# -# To re-sort your mirror lists by ping/traceroute results, use the -# /usr/bin/sortmirrors.pl script. It requires the "netselect" package. -# -# # sortmirrors.pl </etc/pacman.conf >pacman.conf.new -# - # See the pacman manpage for option directives # @@ -18,42 +8,40 @@ # [options] LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log -NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow etc/sudoers -NoUpgrade = etc/fstab etc/raidtab etc/mdadm.conf etc/ld.so.conf -NoUpgrade = etc/inittab etc/rc.conf etc/rc.local -NoUpgrade = etc/modprobe.conf etc/modules.conf -NoUpgrade = etc/lilo.conf boot/grub/menu.lst etc/mkinitrd.conf HoldPkg = pacman glibc #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u # # REPOSITORIES # - can be defined here or included from another file -# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here. +# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here # - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files -# +# - to add a preferred server, place it before an Include directive or first +# in the included file +# +# NOTE: If you find a mirror that is geographically close to you, please move +# it to the top of the server list, so pacman will choose it first. By default +# mirror lists are located in /etc/pacman.d/ +# + #[testing] #Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/testing/os/i686 [current] -# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first Include = /etc/pacman.d/current [extra] -# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra -#[unstable] -# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first -#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable - [community] -# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first Include = /etc/pacman.d/community -# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for -# tips on creating your own repositories. +#[unstable] +#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable + +# See the pacman manpage for tips on creating your own repositories. #[custom] #Server = file:///home/custompkgs

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: new config option - maxtries
by VMiklos 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

hi i've split up the patch to 3 parts for easier reviewing: the feature itself: http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=commit;h=20061… indentation fixup: http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=commit;h=20061… documentation: http://darcs.frugalware.org/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=pacman;a=commit;h=20061… udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] makepkg: unsetting variables
by Alexander Baldeck 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hey again, sorry for being such a nagger today. Then again, I have a problem with this change - see attachment - to makepkg. Imagine you want to build glibc from Archlinux ABS. I have two cases for you in which it starts messing things up: 1) comparisons in if-clauses make makepkg freak out The following example: if [ "${CARCH}" = "i686" ]; then # Hack to fix NPTL issues with Xen, only required on 32bit platforms export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs" fi causes: /usr/bin/makepkg: line 415: unset: `[': not a valid identifier /usr/bin/makepkg: line 415: unset: `"${CARCH}"': not a valid identifier /usr/bin/makepkg: line 415: unset: `=': not a valid identifier /usr/bin/makepkg: line 415: unset: `"i686"': not a valid identifier 2) appending strings in bash-style does not work anymore After getting rid of the if-clauses in the PKGBUILD for the sake of testing, a line like this: $ CFLAGS="-O2" $ export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs" will result in: $ echo $CFLAGS $ -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs This can't be right... sorry. Since the commit message shows that frugal changes were merged at that time plus that they may still be incomplete, I understand the fact that it might not be ready for general use but at least import something that doesn't fail so obviously. :) BTW, is there no bug tracker for pacman? Cheers, -O

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[pacman-dev] makepkg.conf: problematic assumption for ppc
by Alex 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hey all, the autotool stuff for pacman-lib writes a makepkg.conf with the following C/XXFLAGS when configured on ppc: CFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=750 -O2 -pipe" This is problematic! The past has shown us on archppc that -mcpu=750 might cause problems on G4 AND earlier variants of the PowerPC such as the 604 (pre-G3). Instead we started to use: export CFLAGS="-mtune=powerpc -O2 -pipe -mpowerpc-gfxopt -fPIC" export CXXFLAGS="-mtune=powerpc -O2 -pipe -mpowerpc-gfxopt -fPIC" of which "-mtune=powerpc" is the one which can be generalized, as opposed to "-mpowerpc-gfxopt" which will break compatibility to POWER which is the way I decided to go with archppc. -mtune is a relaxed optimization as you can see. It has proven to produce stable code on all PowerPCs we've seen so far. Also, I'd like to suggest to add "-fPIC" as a ppc default as well. Relocation does not work the way it does on x86 PHP 5.1+ being the most prominent representative for the problem. Every single library it links against must be built with -fPIC in order to load extensions in php.ini. This is only one example. Cheers, -Z

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[pacman-dev] mtab required to install packages; intended behaviour?
by Alex 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Hey all, I just gave the latest Pacman CVS state a go on archppc. I ran into a few problems of which one made me curious about wether this was intended or not. Let me explain: To try pacman fully, I decided to build a archppc/base. First I was trying quickinst with new pacman3 on my root system. It segfaulted, if this issue is not known, let me know. Anyway, installed the chroot with pacman 2.9.8 and rebuilt pacman3 inside of it. When instaling mc it was saying that there was not enough space left. Come to think of it, `df -h` doesn't really say anything cos of missing mtab. Is this intended? Cheers, -I

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[pacman-dev] Fix alignment in package.c of new uncompressed field
by Dan McGee 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

Here is a possibility for fixing the 'too big' size of Size (uncompressed). It still makes sense and fits a lot better. Now the dilemma comes if you want to change 'usize' to 'isize'. Dan --- pacman-lib.orig/src/pacman/package.c 2006-11-20 09:59:18.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/src/pacman/package.c 2006-11-20 21:21:41.000000000 -0500 @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pmlist_display(_("Replaces :"), alpm_pkg_get_replaces(pkg)); printf(_("Size (compressed) : %ld\n"), (long)alpm_pkg_get_size(pkg)); - printf(_("Size (uncompressed):%ld\n"), (long)alpm_pkg_get_usize(pkg)); + printf(_("Size (installed) : %ld\n"), (long)alpm_pkg_get_usize(pkg)); printf(_("Description : ")); indentprint(alpm_pkg_get_desc(pkg), 20);

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[pacman-dev] makepkg Patch for consistancy
by Daniel McGee 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

Forgot to put this in the last email. That last section in makepkg.conf (FUNCTIONALITY CONFIGURATION) is not something that users of a particular distro will be tweaking- it should pretty much stay the same. Should/could something like this be moved into the makepkg script itself? That way it is still 'variablized', but is more integrated as part of the program itself and less as a configuration option. Dan

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] typo fix in libdownload
by VMiklos 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libdownload-1.0-typo.diff fix the Makefile's uninstall target udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] libfetch status
by VMiklos 17 Nov '06

17 Nov '06

hi Aaron (and others), what's the status of libfetch at the moment? i mean do you plan to release a separate tarball then it could be a makedepend for pacman? if so, when do you plan to do so? thanks for the info, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] how stable is libalpm?
by Christ Schlacta 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

how stable are the interfaces in libalpm? I'm contemplating writing a GTK based pacman replacement using libalpm, but only if the interfaces in it are stable enough that I won't be constantly playing catchup.

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[pacman-dev] makepkg Patch for consistancy
by Daniel McGee 16 Nov '06

16 Nov '06

This patch implements two consistency issues I think are present in makepkg. Once again, use what you want, not trying to force a patch down your throat. 1. DISTCC was a variable without 'USE_' or 'NO' attached, so I changed it to USE_DISTCC. 2. Undocumented options are present in the makepkg script so I made these options available in makepkg.conf with explanations. The script also needed slightly changing to accommodate these. Dan ________ diff -Naur pacman-lib.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in pacman-lib/etc/makepkg.conf.in --- pacman-lib.orig/etc/makepkg.conf.in 2006-11-15 15:22:46.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/etc/makepkg.conf.in 2006-11-15 16:36:58.000000000 -0500 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ # SOURCE ACQUISITION ######################################################################### # -#-- The FTP/HTTP download utility that makepkg should use to acquire sources +#-- The FTP/HTTP download utility makepkg should use to acquire sources FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/wget --continue --passive-ftp --tries=3 --waitretry=3 --no-check-certificate" #FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/snarf" #FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/lftpget -c" @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CARCH="@CARCH@" CHOST="@CHOST@" -#-- Exclusive: will only run on i686 or higher (P6, Athlon) +#-- Exclusive: will only run on @CARCHFLAGS@ CFLAGS="-@MARCHFLAG@=@CARCHFLAGS@ -O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-@MARCHFLAG@=@CARCHFLAGS@ -O2 -pipe" #-- Optimized: will run on any x86, but optimized for i686 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ #-- Fakeroot: for building packages as a non-root user USE_FAKEROOT="y" #-- DistCC: a distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler (modify MAKEFLAGS too) -DISTCC="n" +USE_DISTCC="n" #-- A space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster DISTCC_HOSTS="" #-- Colorized output messages @@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ # GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS ######################################################################### # -#-- Don't strip symbols from binaries/libraries -NOSTRIP=0 -#-- Keep doc and info directories +#-- Keep doc and info directories? KEEPDOCS=0 +#-- Don't strip symbols from binaries/libraries? +NOSTRIP=0 +#-- Don't remove libtool files? +#NOLIBTOOL=0 +#-- Don't remove empty directories from package? +#NOEMPTYDIRS=0 ######################################################################### # PACKAGE OUTPUT @@ -59,13 +64,13 @@ #PACKAGER="John Doe <john(a)doe.com>" ######################################################################### -# Functionality Configuration -# Most of this will probably not need to be changed by and end user +# FUNCTIONALITY CONFIGURATION +# (not likely to need changes by the end user) ######################################################################### # BUILDSCRIPT="PKGBUILD" PKGEXT="pkg.tar.gz" -INTEGRITY_CHECK="sha1" +INTEGRITY_CHECK="md5" source "/etc/abs/abs.conf" SRCROOT=$ABSROOT diff -Naur pacman-lib.orig/scripts/makepkg pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg --- pacman-lib.orig/scripts/makepkg 2006-11-15 15:22:46.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg 2006-11-15 16:37:01.000000000 -0500 @@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ echo " -h, --help This help" echo " -i, --install Install package after successful build" echo " -j <jobs> Set MAKEFLAGS to \"-j<jobs>\" before building" + echo " -k, --keepdocs Keep doc and info directories" echo " -L, --log Log package build process" echo " -m, --nocolor Disable colorized output messages" - echo " -n, --nostrip Do not strip binaries/libraries" + echo " -n, --nostrip Do not strip symbols from binaries/libraries" echo " -o, --nobuild Download and extract files only" echo " -p <buildscript> Use an alternate build script (instead of '$BUILDSCRIPT')" echo " -r, --rmdeps Remove installed dependencies after a successful build" @@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ --noextract) NOEXTRACT=1 ;; --install) INSTALL=1 ;; --force) FORCE=1 ;; + --keepdocs) KEEPDOCS=1 ;; --nostrip) NOSTRIP=1 ;; --nobuild) NOBUILD=1 ;; --nocolor) USE_COLOR="n" ;; @@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ exit 1 ;; -*) - while getopts "bBcCdefghij:Lmnop:rsSw:-" opt; do + while getopts "bBcCdefghij:kLmnop:rsSw:-" opt; do case $opt in b) DEP_SRC=1 ;; B) USE_CCACHE=0 ;; @@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ ;; i) INSTALL=1 ;; j) export MAKEFLAGS="-j$OPTARG" ;; + k) KEEPDOCS=1 ;; L) LOGGING=1 ;; m) USE_COLOR="n" ;; n) NOSTRIP=1 ;; @@ -694,7 +697,7 @@ fi # use distcc if requested -if [ "$DISTCC" = "y" ]; then +if [ "$USE_DISTCC" = "y" ]; then [ -d /usr/lib/distcc/bin ] && export PATH=/usr/lib/distcc/bin:$PATH fi @@ -785,13 +788,13 @@ fi # remove libtool (.la) files -if [ "`check_option NOLIBTOOL`" ]; then +if [ "`check_option NOLIBTOOL`" -a "$NOLIBTOOL" = "1" ]; then msg "Removing libtool .la files..." find pkg -type f -name "*.la" -exec rm -f -- '{}' \; fi # remove empty directories -if [ "`check_option NOEMPTYDIRS`" ]; then +if [ "`check_option NOEMPTYDIRS`" -a "$NOEMPTYDIRS" = "1" ]; then msg "Removing empty directories..." find pkg -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; fi

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[pacman-dev] My first piece of mail and a contribution
by Daniel McGee 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hey, I was bored one night and didn't really want to do homework, so I threw this together: a man page specifically for PKGBUILD, and in section 5 as I believe system file manpages should be. It incorporates variables at the top that makes setting distribution-specific wording much easier. Take it or leave it, but I thought I would at least put it out there. Dan ." the string declarations are a start to try and make distro independent .ds DS Arch Linux .ds PB PKGBUILD .ds VR 3.0.0 .TH PKGBUILD 5 "Oct 25, 2006" "PKGBUILD version \*(VR" "\*(DS Files" .SH NAME PKGBUILD \- \*(DS package build description file .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page is meant to describe general rules about PKGBUILDs. Once a PKGBUILD is written, the actual package is built using \fBmakepkg\fR and installed with \fBpacman\fR. \fBNOTE:\fR If you have a local copy of the Arch Build System (ABS) tree on your computer, you can copy the PKGBUILD.proto file to your new package build directory and edit it from there. To acquire/sync the ABS tree, use the \fBabs\fR script included with pacman/makepkg. .SS Quick PKGBUILD Explanation For an example of a PKGBUILD, see the \fBEXAMPLE\fR section. \fIpkgname\fR defines the package name. It should not contain any uppercase letters. \fIpkgversion\fR defines the actual package version as given by the developers of the package. No dashes are allowed. \fIpkgrel\fR allows for \*(DS-specific changes to the package or corrections to a PKGBUILD without an upstream version change. The value should be an integer. \fIpkgdesc\fR is a short one-line description for the package, usually taken from the project's homepage or manpage. It is preferable to keep the length to one line for displaying during searches. These four variables are required in every PKGBUILD. \fIurl\fR is also highly recommended so users can find more information on the package if needed. \fIdepends\fR and \fImakedepends\fR are bash arrays which define the dependencies of the package. Packages listed in \fImakedepends\fR are required only for building the package, and not for runtime. \fIdepends\fR is used to list runtime depends. To build the package using \fBmakepkg\fR, ALL dependencies must be satisfied. For \fBpacman\fR to install the package, all runtime depends must be satisfied. The \fIbackup\fR array specifies files that should be treated specially when removing or upgrading packages. See \fBHANDLING CONFIG FILES\fR in the \fIpacman\fR manpage for more information on this. The \fIsource()\fR array tells makepkg which files to download or extract before compiling begins. The \fImd5sums()\fR array provides md5sums for each of these files. These are used to validate the integrity of the source files. The \fIbuild\fR function is what actually does the work of putting the package together. Sometimes this is as simple as a configure, make, make install (to $startdir/pkg). However, some customizations are often needed during the build process. Once your PKGBUILD is created, you can run \fBmakepkg\fR from the build directory. \fBmakepkg\fR will check dependencies and look for the source files required to build. If some are missing it will attempt to download them, provided there is a fully-qualified URL in the \fIsource()\fR array. .SS Install/Upgrade/Remove Scripting Pacman has the ability to store and execute a package-specific script when it installs, removes, or upgrades a package. This allows a package to "configure itself" after installation and do the opposite right before it is removed. The exact time the script is run varies with each operation: .TP .B pre_install script is run right before files are extracted. .TP .B post_install script is run right after files are extracted. .TP .B pre_upgrade script is run right before files are extracted. .TP .B post_upgrade script is run after files are extracted. .TP .B pre_remove script is run right before files are removed. .TP .B post_remove script is run right after files are removed. .P To use this feature, just create a file (eg, pkgname.install) and put it in the same directory as the PKGBUILD script. Then use the \fIinstall\fR directive: install=pkgname.install The install script does not need to be specified in the \fIsource\fR array. A template install file is available in your ABS tree (/var/abs/install.proto). .SH OPTIONS AND DIRECTIVES .TP .B pkgname The name of the package. This has be a unix-friendly name as it will be used in the package filename. .TP .B pkgver This is the version of the software as released from the author (eg, 2.7.1). .TP .B pkgrel This is the release number specific to \*(DS's release. This allows package maintainers to make updates to the package's configure flags, for example. .TP .B pkgdesc This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality. ." Is this applicable below? .TP .B pkgdesc_localized \fI(array)\fR Array of the localized package descriptions. The format is the following: pkgdesc_localized=('xx_YY foo' 'xx_YY bar') .TP .B url This field contains an optional URL that is associated with the piece of software being packaged. This is typically the project's website. .TP .B license \fI(array)\fR This field specifies the license(s) that apply to the package. Commonly-used licenses are typically found in \fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fR. If you see the package's license there, simply reference it in the license field (eg, \fBlicense="GPL"\fR). If the package provides a license not found in \fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fR, then you should include the license in the package itself and set \fBlicense="custom"\fR or \fBlicense="custom:LicenseName"\fR. The license itself should be placed in a directory called \fI$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname\fR. If multiple licenses are applied, use the array form: \fBlicenses=('GPL' 'FDL')\fR .TP .B install Specifies a special install script that is to be included in the package. This file should reside in the same directory as the PKGBUILD, and will be copied into the package by makepkg. It does not need to be included in the \fIsource\fR array. (eg, install=pkgname.install) ." Is this applicable below? .TP .B up2date This directive should contain a command that prints the current upstream stable version of the project. .TP .B source \fI(array)\fR The \fIsource\fR line is an array of source files required to build the package. Source files must reside in the same directory as the PKGBUILD file, unless they have a fully-qualified URL. .TP .B md5sums \fI(array)\fR If this field is present, it should contain an MD5 hash for every source file specified in the \fIsource\fR array (in the same order). \fImakepkg\fR will use this to verify source file integrity during subsequent builds. To easily generate md5sums, first build using the PKGBUILD then run \fBmakepkg -g >>PKGBUILD\fR. Then you can edit the PKGBUILD and move the \fImd5sums\fR line from the bottom to an appropriate location. ." Is this applicable below? .TP .B signatures \fI(array)\fR If this field is present, it should contain an array of gpg signatures required to validate the source files. Where there is no signature available just leave it empty, like: signatures=(${source[0]}.asc '') .TP .B groups \fI(array)\fR This is an array of symbolic names that represent groups of packages, allowing you to install multiple packages by requesting a single target. For example, one could install all KDE packages by installing the 'kde' group. .TP .B archs \fI(array)\fR This array defines on which architectures the given package is available. .TP .B backup \fI(array)\fR A space-delimited array of filenames (without a preceding slash). The \fIbackup\fR line will be propagated to the package meta-info file for pacman. This will designate all files listed there to be backed up if this package is ever removed from a system. See \fBHANDLING CONFIG FILES\fR in the \fIpacman\fR manpage for more information. .TP .B depends \fI(array)\fR An array of packages that this package depends on to build and run. Packages in this list should be surrounded with single quotes and contain at least the package name. They can also include a version requirement of the form \fBname<>version\fR, where <> is one of these three comparisons: \fB>=\fR (greater than equal to), \fB<=\fR (less than or equal to), or \fB=\fR (equal to). .TP .B makedepends \fI(array)\fR An array of packages that this package depends on to build, but not at runtime. Packages in this list should follow the same format as \fIdepends\fR. .TP .B conflicts \fI(array)\fR An array of packages that will conflict with this package (ie, they cannot both be installed at the same time). This directive follows the same format as \fIdepends\fR except you cannot specify versions. .TP .B provides \fI(array)\fR An array of "virtual provisions" that this package provides. This allows a package to provide dependencies other than its own package name. For example, the kernel26beyond package can each provide 'kernel26' which allows packages to simply depend on 'kernel26' rather than "kernel26 OR kernel26beyond". .TP .B replaces \fI(array)\fR This is an array of packages that this package should replace, and can be used to handle renamed/combined packages. For example, if the j2re package gets renamed to jre, then subsequent 'pacman -Syu' calls will not pick up the upgrade, due to the differing package names. \fIreplaces\fR handles this. .TP .B options \fI(array)\fR This array allows you to override some of makepkg's default behaviour when building packages. To set an option, just include the option name in the \fBoptions\fR array. .RS .TP .B nostrip don't strip binaries/libraries. .TP .B keepdocs keep /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/info directories. .TP .B force force the package to be upgraded by --sysupgrade, even if it's an older version. .RE .SH EXAMPLE The following is an example PKGBUILD for the 'modutils' package. For more examples, look through the ABS tree. .nf # Maintainer: John Doe <johndoe(a)archlinux.org> pkgname=modutils pkgver=2.4.25 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="Utilities for inserting modules in the linux kernel" url="http://www.kernel.org" makedepends=('bash' 'mawk') depends=('glibc' 'zlib') backup=(etc/modules.conf) source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/$pkgname/v2.4/$pkgname-… \\ modules.conf) md5sums=('2c0cca3ef6330a187c6ef4fe41ecaa4d' \\ '35175bee593a7cc7d6205584a94d8625') build() { cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-insmod-static make || return 1 make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install mv $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin $startdir/pkg mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc cp ../modules.conf $startdir/pkg/etc } .fi .SH SEE ALSO .BR makepkg (8), .BR pacman (8) See the Arch Linux website at <http://www.archlinux.org> for more current information on the distribution, and <http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards> for recommendations on packaging standards. .SH AUTHORS Judd Vinet <jvinet(a)zeroflux.org> and the Frugalware developers <frugalware-devel(a)frugalware.org>

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[pacman-dev] perl repo stuff
by Charles Mauch 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Just thought I'd drop a note in here regarding some updates I've made to the perl repo. Today I squashed what I hope is the last bug in the build process. It's been semi-reliable for a while, but often seemed to require babysitting. If it makes it through tonight's build without errors (which i exect), I'm going to turn off the last human-checking mechanism I have in the process ( committing changes via svn to the repo ) to the script. Some notes on convention I've come up with, that maybe others might find useful. Some packages come from CPAN without a good description. Also, I found that including the actual CPAN module name in the description helps when searching. So all package descriptions are prefixed with the 'normal' perl module name. EG: Module::Foo:Bar - A perl module description from upstream I've also modified the wikipage somewhat so that less user-submitted modules are processed. I keep a local list handy which is used to seed the build process with modules that (I think) should be a part of the repo. This means that modules on this private list can't be removed at whim by a user mucking with the wiki. Eventually, it would be nice to have modules on this private list incorporated back into [community] or [extra]. I'm still working on a process to merge both lists so that dependencies from one list don't bleed into the other. But in any case, I'm hopeful that by the end of the week at latest the entire thing should be mostly self-maintaining. -- Take it easy, Charles FSF Apologist, WikiNut, Concrete Analyst, etc. JABBER: cmauch(a)gmail.com GIZMO: charlesmauch AIM: cmauch5 :: Playing "Crash And Carry" by Orbital (Snivilisation)

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[pacman-dev] bug in pacman -Rs
by Roman Kyrylych 11 Nov '06

11 Nov '06

Hi! I was testing http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5775 and asked Shadowhand to test it in pacman3. Here's his report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/?getfile=884 I think this is very interesting. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[pacman-dev] issues again about our patch queue
by VMiklos 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

hi Aaron (and others), krix just told me that you have problems with our patch queue. may i ask you to: 1) discuss such problems here, not in private mails or on irc 2) mention what is the problem with our patch queue udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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Re: [pacman-dev] issues again about our patch queue
by Gabriel C 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Christian Hamar alias krix wrote: > On 11/9/06, VMiklos <vmiklos(a)frugalware.org> wrote: > >>> krix just told me that you have problems with our patch queue. may i ask >>> you to: >>> >>> 1) discuss such problems here, not in private mails or on irc >>> >> The problem was brought up in private because I noticed it _as I was >> writing an email to him_. >> >> >>> 2) mention what is the problem with our patch queue >>> >> I'm not sure what you mean by "patch queue". My issue is this from >> darcs.frugalware.org: >> "pacman Frugalware's .tar.bz2 based package manager with depende ..." >> >> Really... I mean, looking around it just appears that you guys are >> running a fork, and not "pacman". >> >> As a corollary, let's look at IceWeasel - it has the Firefox code, >> plus a few additional patches, they regularly sync with upstream, etc >> etc. It sounds alot like what you guys do with "Frugalware's package >> manager". >> Heh , I can tell you we did not fork. Before you post such an example pls go figure the Firefox License and you will notice *you are forced to rename if you don't distribute 'as is'*. So you have to 1) send all changes to the FF devels to be approved ( if they don't and you still want the changes you need rename ) 2) don't do so and follow the license and rename. So this is a bad example. Anyway to _not_ rename a fork is idiotic. BTW do you think a program with some 'cutom patches is a fork ?' Or what is your _real_ problem *now* with the darcs repo ? before you merged all fixes 'it was OK' now isn't anymore ? Every Distro is using pacman 'will' ( and you can't change this ) add custom patches , so do you want all to 'fork' ? You don't think this may be _bad_ for ArchLinux losing all the contributors ? >> I'm not trying to say anything bad by it. It's just customary to make >> a name change when running a fork (I even think the GPL requires it, >> but I may be mistaken). I mean, lets look at it from a user's point >> of view: >> >> "Oh hey, pacman, I used that on Arch! Wait... why doesn't that option >> work? What's going on? Where's the PKGBUILD for that? FrugalBuild, >> huh? foo-1.0-1-i686.fpm, what?". This is the situation with other PM's too ( rpm , apt etc ). Why a Distro should be *forced* to use the same names as ArchLinux ? Or the same build system ? There isn't any reason to do so. So want you want is something different. You want us to 'rename pacman' ( but not fork ) so such ArchLinux -> Frugalware , Frugalware -> ArchLinux merges are still possible , yes ? Regards Gabriel

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[pacman-dev] problem with the configure.ac change
by VMiklos 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

hi - CFLAGS="-g -Wall -Werror -std=c99 -DPACMAN_DEBUG" + CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -Wall -Werror -std=c99 -DPACMAN_DEBUG" this change means that in case the user has set CFLAGS, we'll use it. this is very bad during the debug, for example we have -O2 in CFLAGS by default and that means small functions will be optimized out and so on. that "ignore $CFLAGS if debug enabled" thingy was not by accident. if we debug then we should ignore the more or less problematic cflags in addition of you use both -O2 and -Werror, you'll get additional warnings wich will break the build.. udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] cvs unusable on x86_64
by VMiklos 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

hi just wanted to let you know that the current cvs segfaults on pacman -S anything. i'm not sure about what is the problem, reverting this diff: http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/pacman_progress.diff works around the problem. i've tried to fix it but i don't see any problem. it should be some memory corruption since if the build is debug-enabled then it works fine since i'm not the author of the change, it's not my task to fix it - good luck for now i've reverted it in our tree udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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Re: [pacman-dev] cvs unusable on x86_64
by Piche, Kevin 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

I looked at this too. The SIG11 goes away if you compile without -O2. When looking at it with gdb most function arguments seemed to be "optimized out". If you compile without the -O2 it still displays strangely. The SIG11 happens when vim*.part starts downloading. Frankly I don't like ftplib - it doesn't work with proxies so I have to use wget. Maybe we should switch to libcurl or something. k -----Original Message----- From: pacman-dev-bounces(a)archlinux.org [mailto:pacman-dev-bounces@archlinux.org] On Behalf Of Christian Hamar alias krix Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:42 AM To: Discussion list for pacman development Subject: Re: [pacman-dev] cvs unusable on x86_64 > still segfaults. i would suggest asking a shell access from an Arch64 > dev, i neither have such a machine phisically. anyway here is the > commandline to reproduce the issue: > > vmiklos@helicon:~/darcs/pacman/src/pacman$ sudo rm -f > /var/cache/pacman/pkg/vim* /tmp/pacman.lck; sudo ./pacman -Sw vim > --noconfirm > resolving dependencies... done. > > Targets: vim-7.0-2 > > Total Package Size: 5.0 MB > > Total Uncompressed Package Size: 16.3 MB > > Beginning download... > > :: Retrieving packages from frugalware-current... > Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault00:00:00 [ > ] 0% > Please submit a full bug report, with the given package if appropriate. Strange. I did some work at this code. I found one thing only which will be x86_64 specific. In pacman.c there is a callback point (as i remember it was in pacman.c :) ) which got some : (long)log_progress() definition. Actually in download.c (and in.h) the log_progress function is int log_progress(...) I tried to change from int -> long in download.c and .h to see that cause the problem or not. No, that wasnt :) (as you know on x86_64 int and long matters, because of size difference) So the problem still exists. I catched up some backtrace with the not debug binary pacman and seems that it segfaults at FtpRead() function. That is strange too. A notice for this, the main progressbar moves to some ~5 or 10% and crashing after that. So it will be some magic buffer overrun somewhere :S Still i will work on it (cause i got x86_64 machine) and maybe see what i can do. Regards Christian Hamar alias krix _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list pacman-dev(a)archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev

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