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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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