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Bug report for "pacman -Sc" (not) handling directories
by Victor Toni 02 Jan '26

02 Jan '26

While calling "pacman -Sc" I got the following errors: [root@rhino ~]# pacman -Sc Packages to keep: All locally installed packages Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ :: Do you want to remove all other packages from cache? [Y/n] removing old packages from cache... error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-gLbPvZ: Error reading fd 7 error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-uTHinP: Error reading fd 7 error: could not open file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-5u2OCC: Error reading fd 7 Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/ :: Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n] y removing unused sync repositories... [root@rhino ~]# The reason is that the paths are actually pointing to directories: [root@rhino ~]# rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-gLbPvZ rm: cannot remove '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-gLbPvZ': Is a directory [root@rhino ~]# rm -r /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-gLbPvZ [root@rhino ~]# rm -r /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-uTHinP [root@rhino ~]# rm -r /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-5u2OCC After deleting the directories manually no more errors: [root@rhino ~]# pacman -Sc Packages to keep: All locally installed packages Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ :: Do you want to remove all other packages from cache? [Y/n] removing old packages from cache... Database directory: /var/lib/pacman/ :: Do you want to remove unused repositories? [Y/n] removing unused sync repositories... [root@rhino ~]# Maybe pacman could check for directories as well to avoid manual clean up. Wish you all a happy new year, Victor PS: I would have loved to report this issue directly to the GitLab instance but I somehow fail in the process to register...

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vlc-noX = 3.0.23 cannot be provided:
by -pj 02 Jan '26

02 Jan '26

Hi, I am trying to upgrade openSUSE Tumbleweed. There is a problem with vlc-noX = 3.0.23 not being provided. # zypper dup Refreshing service 'openSUSE'. Looking for gpg keys in repository Games. gpgkey=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed… Retrieving repository 'Games' metadata ...............................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Building repository 'Games' cache ....................................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Looking for gpg keys in repository repo-oss-debug. gpgkey=http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/repomd.xm… Retrieving repository 'repo-oss-debug' metadata ......................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Building repository 'repo-oss-debug' cache ...........................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. Computing distribution upgrade... Problem: 1: the to be installed vlc-codecs-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.x86_64 requires 'vlc-noX = 3.0.23', but this requirement cannot be provided not installable providers: vlc-noX-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.i586[packman-essentials] vlc-noX-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.x86_64[packman-essentials] Solution 1: Following actions will be done: keep obsolete phonon-vlc-qt6-0.12.0-2.6.x86_64 keep obsolete vlc-codecs-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete vlc-noX-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete libvlc5-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete libvlccore9-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete vlc-qt-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 Solution 2: Following actions will be done: keep obsolete vlc-noX-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete libvlc5-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete libvlccore9-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 keep obsolete vlc-qt-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 Solution 3: deinstallation of phonon-vlc-qt6-0.12.0-2.6.x86_64 Solution 4: deinstallation of vlc-codecs-3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21.x86_64 Solution 5: break vlc-codecs-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/3/4/5/c/d/?] (c): hightower-i5-6600k:~> zypper if vlc-codecs Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package vlc-codecs: ----------------------------------- Repository : packman-essentials Name : vlc-codecs Version : 3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : http://packman.links2linux.de Installed Size : 110.0 KiB Installed : Yes (automatically) Status : out-of-date (version 3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21 installed) Source package : vlc-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.src Upstream URL : http://www.videolan.org Summary : Additional codecs for the VLC media player Description : This package enhances the functionality of the VLC media player by codecs that are not available in the stock openSUSE distribution. hightower-i5-6600k:~> zypper if vlc-nox Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package vlc-noX: -------------------------------- Repository : packman-essentials Name : vlc-noX Version : 3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : http://packman.links2linux.de Installed Size : 14.0 MiB Installed : Yes Status : out-of-date (version 3.0.21-1699.14.pm.21 installed) Source package : vlc-3.0.23-1699.4.pm.1.src Upstream URL : http://www.videolan.org Summary : VLC without X dependencies Description : This package of VLC contains the bare requirements you need to install. There is no graphical user interface included, thus it is also perfectly suitable for server installations, for example, to run a streaming server. Should you decide to install the GUI modules, vlc-noX will stay installed as a dependency. hightower-i5-6600k:~> Can you tell me why this is happening?

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[Git][pacman/pacman][release/7.1.x] 2 commits: makepkg: fix generation of "--allsource" packages with VCS sources
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 12 Dec '25

12 Dec '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch release/7.1.x at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 3cd55f6f by Allan McRae at 2025-12-12T21:41:03+10:00 makepkg: fix generation of "--allsource" packages with VCS sources The globbing used to get a list of files to reproducibly include in a source package does not recurse through directory symlinks (by design). For any VCS source, recursively "copy" the source into the srclinks directory for inclusion in the final source package. Fixes #290 Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> (cherry picked from commit fd97639c07a4261a037b1bc427e29c60a7652119) - - - - - b9f7d4a5 by Allan McRae at 2025-12-12T21:41:12+10:00 Partially revert resolving paths in pacman.conf For the CacheDir and HookDir options, multiple paths can be specified on a single line (separated by a space). The resolving of paths does not handle multiple entries and causes failures. Additional, directories in CacheDir are created by libalpm if they do not exist, and this is not accounted for when realpath fails due to a non-exisiting directory. "Fixes" #289 and #292. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> (cherry picked from commit de68378f9c8e60963b76abdc770900b0e16a6cf4) - - - - - 2 changed files: - scripts/makepkg.sh.in - src/pacman/conf.c View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2d0d5d7b317daafe64ac54… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2d0d5d7b317daafe64ac54… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] pacman.8: remove "%m" from --print-format
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 12 Dec '25

12 Dec '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 6cdca15c by Diego Viola at 2025-12-12T21:24:30+10:00 pacman.8: remove "%m" from --print-format --print-format no longer takes "%m" as argument after commit bdedf621. Update the documentation to match this change. Signed-off-by: Diego Viola <diego.viola(a)gmail.com> - - - - - 1 changed file: - doc/pacman.8.asciidoc View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/6cdca15cd9d325ecb8b465b… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/6cdca15cd9d325ecb8b465b… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] Partially revert resolving paths in pacman.conf
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 12 Dec '25

12 Dec '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: de68378f by Allan McRae at 2025-12-12T21:07:47+10:00 Partially revert resolving paths in pacman.conf For the CacheDir and HookDir options, multiple paths can be specified on a single line (separated by a space). The resolving of paths does not handle multiple entries and causes failures. Additional, directories in CacheDir are created by libalpm if they do not exist, and this is not accounted for when realpath fails due to a non-exisiting directory. "Fixes" #289 and #292. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 1 changed file: - src/pacman/conf.c View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/de68378f9c8e60963b76abd… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/de68378f9c8e60963b76abd… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] makepkg: fix generation of "--allsource" packages with VCS sources
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 12 Dec '25

12 Dec '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: fd97639c by Allan McRae at 2025-12-12T00:08:15+10:00 makepkg: fix generation of "--allsource" packages with VCS sources The globbing used to get a list of files to reproducibly include in a source package does not recurse through directory symlinks (by design). For any VCS source, recursively "copy" the source into the srclinks directory for inclusion in the final source package. Fixes #290 Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 1 changed file: - scripts/makepkg.sh.in View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/fd97639c07a4261a037b1bc… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/fd97639c07a4261a037b1bc… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][release/7.1.x] 4 commits: Provide generic sandbox status functions
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 21 Nov '25

21 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch release/7.1.x at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 63bfb53a by Allan McRae at 2025-11-21T11:32:58+10:00 Provide generic sandbox status functions The function alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox() was removed in favour of the vairants that can enable/disable specific parts of the sandbox. This removal was undocumented in the release notes, and the continued inclusion of the more generic sandbox control functions is still useful. Readd alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox() which now is a shortcut for doing the combined alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox-{filesystem,syscalls}. The alpm_option_get_disable_sandbox() function was readded, but adjusted to return 0 if the sandbox is fully enabled, 1 if any component of the sandbox is disabled, and 2 if all components are disabled. Give the libalpm soname a minor level bump to indicated these interfaces have been added since release, as this commit will be backorted to the release branch. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> (cherry picked from commit 8a573085714c40e68ed8c03d883c68f69a88c4b2) - - - - - fcdf7408 by Diego Viola at 2025-11-21T11:33:08+10:00 libmakepkg: fix spelling of Overridden Overriden -> Overridden Signed-off-by: Diego Viola <diego.viola(a)gmail.com> (cherry picked from commit a0282cbfea2d67732fc4361c9bbc78b3f9c9a637) - - - - - 883cd747 by Diego Viola at 2025-11-21T11:33:21+10:00 docs: remove PM_ERR_TRANS_COMMITTING This constant is no longer defined in the source code. Removing its reference cleans up the API documentation to match the actual code. Signed-off-by: Diego Viola <diego.viola(a)gmail.com> (cherry picked from commit a16d482b61918708111dde1aaa02d7c40d00f3de) - - - - - 2d0d5d7b by Allan McRae at 2025-11-21T11:33:42+10:00 Document that final hook match wins Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> (cherry picked from commit 8ebdccd4d66f64b3d00f4105beb064ecff2b6a2f) - - - - - 6 changed files: - README - doc/alpm-hooks.5.asciidoc - lib/libalpm/alpm.h - lib/libalpm/handle.c - meson.build - scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/arch.sh.in View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2df7c407e852543e5c9e13… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/compare/2df7c407e852543e5c9e13… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] Drop md5sum support from repo databases
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 21 Nov '25

21 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: bdedf621 by Diego Viola at 2025-11-20T04:36:48-03:00 Drop md5sum support from repo databases repo-add removed md5sums in pacman-6.1.0. Remove reading support and the validation option in favor of sha256sums. Signed-off-by: Diego Viola <diego.viola(a)gmail.com> - - - - - 8 changed files: - lib/libalpm/alpm.h - lib/libalpm/be_local.c - lib/libalpm/be_package.c - lib/libalpm/be_sync.c - lib/libalpm/package.c - lib/libalpm/package.h - src/pacman/util.c - test/pacman/tests/remove-print-empty-replacements.py View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/bdedf621efc0950c6dc1752… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/bdedf621efc0950c6dc1752… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] Provide generic sandbox status functions
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: 8a573085 by Allan McRae at 2025-11-20T16:41:35+10:00 Provide generic sandbox status functions The function alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox() was removed in favour of the vairants that can enable/disable specific parts of the sandbox. This removal was undocumented in the release notes, and the continued inclusion of the more generic sandbox control functions is still useful. Readd alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox() which now is a shortcut for doing the combined alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox-{filesystem,syscalls}. The alpm_option_get_disable_sandbox() function was readded, but adjusted to return 0 if the sandbox is fully enabled, 1 if any component of the sandbox is disabled, and 2 if all components are disabled. Give the libalpm soname a minor level bump to indicated these interfaces have been added since release, as this commit will be backorted to the release branch. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan(a)archlinux.org> - - - - - 4 changed files: - README - lib/libalpm/alpm.h - lib/libalpm/handle.c - meson.build View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/8a573085714c40e68ed8c03… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/8a573085714c40e68ed8c03… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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[Git][pacman/pacman][master] libmakepkg: fix spelling of Overridden
by Allan McRae (＠allan) 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Allan McRae pushed to branch master at Pacman / Pacman Commits: a0282cbf by Diego Viola at 2025-11-20T16:37:39+10:00 libmakepkg: fix spelling of Overridden Overriden -> Overridden Signed-off-by: Diego Viola <diego.viola(a)gmail.com> - - - - - 1 changed file: - scripts/libmakepkg/lint_pkgbuild/arch.sh.in View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/a0282cbfea2d67732fc4361… -- View it on GitLab: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/a0282cbfea2d67732fc4361… You're receiving this email because of your account on gitlab.archlinux.org.

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