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Re: [pacman-dev] Pacman.conf
by Dan McGee 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

if you think they aren't clear, by all means please file a bug report. And when you mention you volunteered to help, I guess I'm not sure who this is considering the email is from Tech Support Department, I'm not even quite sure who I'm talking to. -Dan On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Tech Support Department <tech(a)frontrowcomputer.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay. It was just that since I had already offered > to help on the various man pages and was not taken up on the > offer, there was no way I could help fix the poor writing in the > man pages, and by extension, get the information I needed myself > unless I went directly to the source. I guess we users will have > to start a new document somewhere based upon trial and error. > > Thanks anyway. > > > On 07/21/2010 10:11 AM, Dan McGee wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Tech Support Department > <tech(a)frontrowcomputer.com> <tech(a)frontrowcomputer.com> wrote: > > > Could you please explain the following statements, which I found at > http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.conf.5.html: > > During parsing, pacman will define the $repo variable to the name of the > current section. This is often utilized in files specified using the Include > directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile. pacman also > defines the $arch variable to the value of Architecture, so the same > mirrorfile can even be used for different architectures. > > > > The Arch Linux forums, IRC channel, or mailing lists are a much better > venue for such questions. > > If you would still like my private assistance, I would be glad to > assist once we discuss payment options. My billing rate is $65/hour. > > -Dan > > > > > >

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[pacman-dev] Explicit (opt)deps for makepkg.
by Xyne 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hi, I think the pacman package should explicitly list makepkg's optional dependencies, instead of simply assuming the presence of base and base-devel. Using a minimal 32-bit chroot, the only way to keep it minimal is to try to run makepkg and then track down each dependency-related error one by one until it completes. There is no reason to install a huge group when only a few of those packages are actually required (e.g. "file" from "base") and doing so simply leads to unnecessary downloads and chroot pollution. The shotgun approach to package installation for makepkg has always struck me as unminimalistic. I understand that the omission of explicit dependencies is seen as "simple" by some, but that's probably how the huge DE devs view their dep chains too. Maybe "base-devel" could encompass all hard dependencies of makepkg and nothing more, and then be listed as an optdep for makepkg. Packages that require anything beyond that should list the additional (build) deps explicitly. Thoughts? Regards, Xyne

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[pacman-dev] pacman po files (translations)
by Dmitry Korzhevin 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please tell me - where I can get pacman po files, in order to update the Russian and Ukrainian translation? - -- Best regards, Dmitry Korzhevin Tel: +38 (039) 295-0000 Office Phone: +38 (044) 383-14-12 E-mail: dkorzhevin(a)lsupport.net Jabber ID: dkorzhevin(a)lsupport.net Skype: dkorzhevin URL: http://lsupport.net Linux Support LLC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMQQaeAAoJEGuRMpfwJUbRowgIAK2QXv/5uXJpqCqmWIntWaSG J/H2pb3OWH3aItkG2wEn5F4sfBsFpMFmxtVLbnAnAqoLPmbaUmwV/RV/ZoFBtFll 4mCyjANnMMPtk6Rlc7ff0HsTNe4ovnRRV9xWFRIM/sfhO3KYYmTNB+ESa59pcLvY nJtnC5i7lJZezc9bxB6GhoYk+hQ7MOOQY+t0YTEN9PyEJb5sI/l5r5h9VvMr5Lf3 XMIqGnqwWU+giRpMH7iQey6W6AvCL6P6h8ENI4i6aQemrQ3sLecQ72g4hS5JzJtL 150Wv9RhitYW0xZssd4H74Qrarpig9s/G2arsi7vbexuoNf/3TtwttqNAtoDC3A= =u4+o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[pacman-dev] pacakge signing (I know again?)
by Chris Bannister 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hey guys. So before you ignore this as another "Where is package singing?" thread, I would like to help. Im a CS student just finished my first year with a decent understanding of C with a background of educated C++ (Uni forced me to learn this). I want to at least help get gpg signing into a usable testable state, but looking through the git project I cant really find where to start and what needs doing to get up to a working state. Sorry if this comes up a lot on the mailing list a lot, I just subscribed to it, been on the general/dev list for a while. Chris Bannister

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[pacman-dev] makepkg aborts when using unknown terminal
by Eric Bélanger 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi, This problem is somewhat related to the terminal color problem so I apologize if it's already taken care by these patches. I use rxvt-unicode as my terminal. Since pacman 3.4, when building packages with makechrootpkg, makepkg aborts with the following error: tput: unknown terminal "rxvt-unicode" This happens because I use a clean chroot in which rxvt-unicode isn't installed so the terminal definition file /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode isn't present. As a workaround, I added a 'TERM=xterm' in the wrapper script I use. It would be nice if, instead of aborting on unknown terminals, makepkg would fallback to the dumb terminal. The dumb terminal currently doesn's work as I believe it doesn't support colors. This change along with the color patch would make makpkg more robust when handling different and unusual terminals. Personnally, I will keep my workaround as I like color. ;) Eric

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/6] Remove use of gpgme
by Denis A. Altoé Falqueto 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

gpgme is very good when the keyring is the default, or if the requirements are simple. But for a specialized keyring, like pacman's, it is not flexible enough. This patch removes the checking of configure.ac. Signed-off-by: Denis A. Altoé Falqueto <denisfalqueto(a)gmail.com> --- configure.ac | 4 ---- lib/libalpm/alpm.h | 1 - lib/libalpm/error.c | 2 -- 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index b6ce68b..008975b 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -154,10 +154,6 @@ else fi AM_CONDITIONAL(INTERNAL_DOWNLOAD, test "x$internaldownload" = "xyes") -# Check for gpgme -AC_CHECK_LIB([gpgme], [gpgme_check_version], , - AC_MSG_ERROR([gpgme is needed to compile pacman!])) - # Checks for header files. AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h glob.h libintl.h limits.h locale.h string.h strings.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/statvfs.h sys/syslimits.h sys/time.h syslog.h wchar.h]) diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h index 2ce049d..d72cb8e 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h +++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h @@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ enum _pmerrno_t { /* External library errors */ PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE, PM_ERR_LIBFETCH, - PM_ERR_GPGME, PM_ERR_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD }; diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c index 907a9f2..1fccc46 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/error.c +++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c @@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err) /* obviously shouldn't get here... */ return _("download library error"); #endif - case PM_ERR_GPGME: - return _("gpgme error"); case PM_ERR_EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD: return _("error invoking external downloader"); /* Unknown error! */ -- 1.7.1

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[pacman-dev] pacman-translators list
by partizan 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hey guys, what you think about creating separate mailing list for pacman translators? I don't read anything from pacman-dev that come to mail, but must be subscribed to this list to send translations.

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: check explicitly if the terminal supports colors
by Cedric Staniewski 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Currently, makepkg aborts when colors are enabled (the default) and it runs in a terminal that does not support it, because tput returns a non-zero exit code. --- Another solution would be appending "|| true" to each tput line or disabling errexit in this section, so we get at least bold. Not sure if this is a real improvement, when the color option makes text bold but not colored. scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index dbc4047..1795b54 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -1620,8 +1620,11 @@ fi PACMAN=${PACMAN:-pacman} # check if messages are to be printed using color +# It is needed to explicitly check if the terminal supports colors, because +# otherwise, tput will return a non-zero exit code that stops makepkg due to +# bash's errexit option. unset ALL_OFF BOLD BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW -if [[ -t 2 && ! $USE_COLOR = "n" && $(check_buildenv color) = "y" ]]; then +if [[ -t 2 && ! $USE_COLOR = "n" && $(check_buildenv color) = "y" ]] && tput setaf 0 &>/dev/null; then ALL_OFF="$(tput sgr0)" BOLD="$(tput bold)" BLUE="${BOLD}$(tput setaf 4)" -- 1.7.1

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[pacman-dev] Ignore the series of patches about package signing
by Denis A. Altoé Falqueto 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Guys, Unfortunately, the patches were corrupted by GMail when I mailed them. I'll try tomorrow by attaching them instead of inserting them in the body of the message. I just don't feel comfortable with git send-mail. Sorry for the noise. -- A: Because it obfuscates the reading. Q: Why is top posting so bad? ------------------------------------------- Denis A. Altoe Falqueto -------------------------------------------

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH 6/6] Parameter to select key to sign
by Denis A. Altoé Falqueto 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

There is a possibility of another key being used, instead of the user's default. For exemple, the pacman-keyring package will be signed by a master key, because it needs to be trusted explicitly by the user before the installation of that package. So, the parameter --signwithkey will be used to supply an id of a key that will be used to sign a database or package. Signed-off-by: Denis A. Altoé Falqueto <denisfalqueto(a)gmail.com> --- scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 32 ++++++++++++++++++------ scripts/repo-add.sh.in | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in index 223bf12..cb25312 100644 --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ # makepkg uses quite a few external programs during its execution. You # need to have at least the following installed for makepkg to function: # bsdtar (libarchive), bzip2, coreutils, fakeroot, find (findutils), -# gettext, grep, gzip, openssl, sed, tput (ncurses), xz +# gettext, grep, gzip, openssl, sed, tput (ncurses), xz, gpg # gettext initialization export TEXTDOMAIN='pacman' @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ BUILDSCRIPT='@BUILDSCRIPT@' startdir="$PWD" srcdir="$startdir/src" pkgdir="$startdir/pkg" +GPG="gpg2" +SIG_EXT=".sig" packaging_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'purge') other_options=('ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force') @@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ BUILDFUNC=0 PKGFUNC=0 SPLITPKG=0 PKGLIST="" +SIGNKEY="" # Forces the pkgver of the current PKGBUILD. Used by the fakeroot call # when dealing with svn/cvs/etc PKGBUILDs. @@ -1028,7 +1031,7 @@ create_package() { local ret=0 [[ -f $pkg_file ]] && rm -f "$pkg_file" - [[ -f $pkg_file.sig ]] && rm -f "$pkg_file.sig" + [[ -f ${pkg_file}${SIG_EXT} ]] && rm -f "${pkg_file}${SIG_EXT}" # when fileglobbing, we want * in an empty directory to expand to # the null string rather than itself @@ -1055,7 +1058,7 @@ create_package() { if (( ! ret )) && [[ "$PKGDEST" != "${startdir}" ]]; then ln -sf "${pkg_file}" "${pkg_file/$PKGDEST/$startdir}" ret=$? - [[ -f $pkg_file.sig ]] && ln -sf "$pkg_file.sig" "${pkg_file/$PKGDEST/$startdir}.sig" + [[ -f ${pkg_file}${SIG_EXT} ]] && ln -sf "${pkg_file}${SIG_EXT}" "${pkg_file/$PKGDEST/$startdir}${SIG_EXT}" fi if (( ret )); then @@ -1070,13 +1073,24 @@ create_signature() { local ret=0 local filename="$1" msg "$(gettext "Signing package...")" - if [ ! $(type -p "gpg") ]; then - error "$(gettext "Cannot find the gpg binary! Is gnupg installed?")" + if [[ ! $(type -p "${GPG}") ]]; then + error "$(gettext "Cannot find the ${GPG} binary! Is gnupg installed?")" exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM fi - gpg --detach-sign --use-agent "$filename" || ret=$? + + # Check if SIGNKEY is valid. + local SIGNWITHKEY="" + if [[ "${SIGNKEY}" ]]; then + if ! ${GPG} --list-key "${SIGNKEY}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then + error "$(gettext "The key ${SIGNKEY} doesn\'t exist.")" + exit 1 + fi + SIGNWITHKEY="-u ${SIGNKEY}" + fi + # The signature will be generated directly in ascii-friendly format + ${GPG} --detach-sign ${SIGNWITHKEY} "$filename" || ret=$? if (( ! ret )); then - msg2 "$(gettext "Created signature file %s.")" "$filename.sig" + msg2 "$(gettext "Created signature file %s.")" "${filename}${SIG_EXT}" else warning "$(gettext "Failed to sign package file.")" fi @@ -1522,6 +1536,7 @@ usage() { echo "$(gettext " --pkg <list> Only build listed packages from a split package")" echo "$(gettext " --skipinteg Do not fail when integrity checks are missing")" echo "$(gettext " --source Generate a source-only tarball without downloaded sources")" + echo "$(gettext " --signwithkey Selects an specific key to use for signing")" echo echo "$(gettext "These options can be passed to pacman:")" echo @@ -1557,7 +1572,7 @@ OPT_SHORT="AcCdefFghiLmop:rRsV" OPT_LONG="allsource,asroot,ignorearch,clean,cleancache,nodeps" OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noextract,force,forcever:,geninteg,help,holdver" OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,install,log,nocolor,nobuild,pkg:,rmdeps,repackage,skipinteg" -OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,source,syncdeps,version,config:" +OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,source,syncdeps,version,config:,signwithkey" # Pacman Options OPT_LONG="$OPT_LONG,noconfirm,noprogressbar" OPT_TEMP="$(parse_options $OPT_SHORT $OPT_LONG "$@" || echo 'PARSE_OPTIONS FAILED')" @@ -1600,6 +1615,7 @@ while true; do --skipinteg) SKIPINTEG=1 ;; --source) SOURCEONLY=1 ;; -s|--syncdeps) DEP_BIN=1 ;; + --signwithkey) shift; SIGNKEY=$1 ;; -h|--help) usage; exit 0 ;; # E_OK -V|--version) version; exit 0 ;; # E_OK diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in index 9b04be9..28966c8 100644 --- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in +++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR='@localedir@' myver='@PACKAGE_VERSION@' confdir='@sysconfdir@' +GPG="gpg2" +SIG_EXT=".sig" QUIET=0 SIGN=0 @@ -62,8 +64,8 @@ error() { # print usage instructions usage() { printf "repo-add, repo-remove (pacman) %s\n\n" "$myver" - printf "$(gettext "Usage: repo-add [-q] [-s] [-v] <path-to-db> <package|delta> ...\n")" - printf "$(gettext "Usage: repo-remove [-q] <path-to-db> <packagename|delta> ...\n\n")" + printf "$(gettext "Usage: repo-add [-q] [-s [-k key]] [-v] <path-to-db> <package|delta> ...\n")" + printf "$(gettext "Usage: repo-remove [-q] [-s [-k key]] <path-to-db> <packagename|delta> ...\n\n")" printf "$(gettext "\ repo-add will update a package database by reading a package file.\n\ Multiple packages to add can be specified on the command line.\n\n")" @@ -185,13 +187,24 @@ create_signature() { local dbfile="$1" local ret=0 msg "$(gettext "Signing database...")" - if [ ! $(type -p "gpg") ]; then - error "$(gettext "Cannot find the gpg binary! Is gnupg installed?")" + if [ ! $(type -p "${GPG}") ]; then + error "$(gettext "Cannot find the ${GPG} binary! Is gnupg installed?")" exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM fi - gpg --detach-sign --use-agent "$dbfile" || ret=$? + + # Check if SIGNKEY is valid. + local SIGNWITHKEY="" + if [[ "${SIGNKEY}" ]]; then + if ! "${GPG}" --list-key "${SIGNKEY}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then + error "$(gettext "The key ${SIGNKEY} doesnn't exist.")" + exit 1 + fi + SIGNWITHKEY="-u ${SIGNKEY}" + fi + echo "${GPG} --detach-sign ${SIGNWITHKEY} $dbfile" + ${GPG} --detach-sign ${SIGNWITHKEY} "$dbfile" || ret=$? if (( ! ret )); then - msg2 "$(gettext "Created signature file %s.")" "$dbfile.sig" + msg2 "$(gettext "Created signature file %s.")" "${dbfile}${SIG_EXT}" else warning "$(gettext "Failed to sign package database.")" fi @@ -203,15 +216,15 @@ verify_signature() { local dbfile="$1" local ret=0 msg "$(gettext "Verifying database signature...")" - if [ ! $(type -p "gpg") ]; then - error "$(gettext "Cannot find the gpg binary! Is gnupg installed?")" + if [ ! $(type -p "${GPG}") ]; then + error "$(gettext "Cannot find the ${GPG} binary! Is gnupg installed?")" exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM fi - if [[ ! -f $dbfile.sig ]]; then + if [[ ! -f ${dbfile}${SIG_EXT} ]]; then warning "$(gettext "No existing signature found, skipping verification.")" return fi - gpg --verify "$dbfile.sig" || ret=$? + ${GPG} --verify "${dbfile}${SIG_EXT}" || ret=$? if (( ! ret )); then msg2 "$(gettext "Database signature file verified.")" else @@ -298,9 +311,9 @@ db_write_entry() echo -e "%MD5SUM%\n$md5sum\n" >>desc # add base64'd PGP signature - if [[ -f $startdir/$pkgfile.sig ]]; then + if [[ -f $startdir/$pkgfile${SIG_EXT} ]]; then echo -e "%PGPSIG%" >>desc - echo -e "$(openssl base64 -in "$startdir/$pkgfile.sig" | tr -d '\n')\n" >>desc + echo -e "$(openssl enc -base64 -in "$startdir/$pkgfile${SIG_EXT}")\n" >>desc fi [[ -n $url ]] && echo -e "%URL%\n$url\n" >>desc @@ -492,10 +505,24 @@ trap 'trap_exit "$(gettext "An unknown error has occured. Exiting...")"' ERR success=0 # parse arguments -for arg in "$@"; do +while [[ $# > 0 ]] ; do + arg="$1" case "$arg" in -q|--quiet) QUIET=1;; - -s|--sign) SIGN=1;; + -s|--sign) + SIGN=1 + # The signature will be made, even if there are no operations + success=1 + ;; + -k|--signwithkey) + shift + SIGNKEY="$1" + # Check if key really exists + if ! ${GPG} --list-key ${SIGNKEY} 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then + error "$(gettext "Cannot find key $SIGNKEY.")" + exit 1 + fi + ;; -v|--verify) VERIFY=1;; *) if [[ -z $REPO_DB_FILE ]]; then @@ -510,6 +537,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do fi ;; esac + shift done # if at least one operation was a success, re-zip database @@ -529,18 +557,19 @@ if (( success )); then cd "$tmpdir" if [[ -n $(ls) ]]; then bsdtar -c${TAR_OPT}f "$filename" * - create_signature "$filename" else # we have no packages remaining? zip up some emptyness warning "$(gettext "No packages remain, creating empty database.")" bsdtar -c${TAR_OPT}f "$filename" -T /dev/null fi + # The signature must be dealt with in both cases, empty repo or not. + create_signature "$filename" cd "$startdir" [[ -f $REPO_DB_FILE ]] && mv -f "$REPO_DB_FILE" "${REPO_DB_FILE}.old" - [[ -f $REPO_DB_FILE.sig ]] && rm -f "$REPO_DB_FILE.sig" + [[ -f $REPO_DB_FILE${SIG_EXT} ]] && rm -f "$REPO_DB_FILE${SIG_EXT}" [[ -f $tmpdir/$filename ]] && mv "$tmpdir/$filename" "$REPO_DB_FILE" - [[ -f $tmpdir/$filename.sig ]] && mv "$tmpdir/$filename.sig" "$REPO_DB_FILE.sig" + [[ -f $tmpdir/$filename${SIG_EXT} ]] && mv "$tmpdir/$filename${SIG_EXT}" "$REPO_DB_FILE${SIG_EXT}" ln -sf "$REPO_DB_FILE" "${REPO_DB_FILE%.tar.*}" else msg "$(gettext "No packages modified, nothing to do.")" -- 1.7.1

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