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[pacman-dev] anoter "user vs. sudo" issue
by Roman Kyrylych 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

I'm thinking about why abs should be run as root currently? I don't see the point for this. :-/ Why not make it behave like makepkg - to be run as ordinary user and store everything in his home dir (or another dir, configurable)? What do you think? -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[pacman-dev] abs script changes
by Dan McGee 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

I don't think I can look at a whole lot without wanting to change/fix the code. Some changes on the abs script: 1. Remove old update function, and patch new one as needed. 2. Remove extra $ABSROOT directory check 3. Remove duplicate (and I believe unnecessary?) block of code to check for passive mode flag. This double code is actually in the current abs code, is there a reason? Also added a to-do note, let me know what you think. -Dan Index: abs =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs-pacman/pacman-lib/scripts/abs,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 abs --- abs 21 Dec 2006 01:53:41 -0000 1.2 +++ abs 21 Dec 2006 22:32:59 -0000 @@ -18,27 +18,17 @@ for sup in "${SUPFILES[@]}"; do if [ "$sup" != "testing" ]; then if [ "$sup" = "${sup#!}" ]; then - cvsup -L 1 -r 0 -g -b $ABSROOT -c .sup /etc/abs/supfile.$sup + $CVSUP -L 1 -r 0 -g -b $ABSROOT -P $CONNMODE -c .sup /etc/abs/supfile.$sup fi elif [ "$sup" = "testing" ]; then if [ ! -d /var/abs/testing ]; then mkdir /var/abs/testing; fi cd $ABSROOT/testing - cvsup -L 1 -r 0 -g -b $ABSROOT/testing -c .sup /etc/abs/supfile.testing + $CVSUP -L 1 -r 0 -g -b $ABSROOT/testing -P $CONNMODE -c .sup /etc/abs/supfile.testing cd $ABSROOT fi done -} - - -update() { - cd $ABSROOT - for sup in "${SUPFILES[@]}"; do - if [ "$sup" = "${sup#!}" ]; then - $CVSUP -L 1 -r 0 -g -b $ABSROOT -P $CONNMODE -c .sup /etc/abs/supfile.$sup - fi - done } if [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then @@ -46,11 +36,12 @@ exit 0 fi -if [ ! -d $ABSROOT ]; then +if [ ! -d "$ABSROOT" ]; then echo "abs: $ABSROOT does not exist (or is not a directory)" exit 1 fi -if [ ! -w $ABSROOT ]; then + +if [ ! -w "$ABSROOT" ]; then echo "abs: no write permissions in $ABSROOT" exit 1 fi @@ -64,24 +55,12 @@ exit 1 fi -if [ ! -d "$ABSROOT" ]; then - echo "abs: directory $ABSROOT does not exist" - exit 1 -fi - -if [ "$1" = "-p" ] || [ "$1" = "--passive" ]; then - CONNMODE="-" - shift -else - CONNMODE="m" - shift -fi - if [ "$1" = "-p" ] || [ "$1" = "--passive" ]; then CONNMODE="-" shift else CONNMODE="m" + #TODO: do we want to shift if this argument was not present? shift fi

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: remove unnecessary swig-checks + quote possible unset variables in test
by Jürgen Hötzel 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Hi, configure checked 3 times for swig. Only one check is required for all swig-based bindings. path enclosed. Jürgen

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[pacman-dev] Organization: pacman todo and timeline
by Aaron Griffin 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Ok. So I think it's time i get this written up. Right now, I plan on getting pacman3 into [testing] ASAP. There were some NoUpgrade issues (previous thread) and they have been "handled" for the time being. This means that stability is the single most important thing. So, I need any and all available people to test this out: http://archlinux.org/~aaron/pacman/ I will periodically push new versions here based on changes which will most likely be discussed on this list. Now, beyond that, I have been keeping a "TODO.aaron" file separate from the other stuff. There is alot of reorganization I'd like to do before I get moving on any newer (complex) features. First and foremost, having functions which are over 100-200 lines tend to imply that something needs to be split out. Alot of these functions can be split out into logical units. For instance, _alpm_add_commit (lib/libalpm/add.c) contains a large chunk of lines for determining / checking md5sums. This would make alot of sense as a separate function which would, say, determine the ACTUAL output file. This is just an example. If anyone needs something to work on on the C level, I would HIGHLY appreciate some refactoring help here. Feel free to post any and all suggestions - nothing is stupid. So as for a timeless timeline, the plans are as follows: * release pacman3 to the masses * accept bug reports and fix what people complain about a lot * refactor the libalpm / pacman internals and remove some of the overlap * feature time (I have about 3 or 4 really good ideas) Unordered, but also important: * new backends (selectable at runtime?) * make the public libalpm interface easier to use

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[pacman-dev] rankmirrors script
by James Rosten 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Because rankmirrors just tests a whole file, I made a variation that takes a mirror's url as an argument and tests just that mirror. Sorry if the license information is wrong at the top (I got it from GNUs website), I noticed differences between it and the one that is in all the source files in pacman-lib's cvs. I think the only difference was only the address of FSF. http://jrosten.googlecode.com/svn/testmirror is where the python script can be found (pasting made it look funky, I am starting to not like copy and paste). Criticize away. ~ Jamie R.

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] fix in_array (usage) and code cleanup
by Jürgen Hötzel 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Hi, the use of in_array in line 444 is invalid: bash-3.2$ makepkg-cvs /home/juergen/archlinux/pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg: line 444: [: too many arguments Helper function like in_array should not use global variables. I also did some code cleanup (the temp. file "filelist" was not even used). Less Code. Better Code. patch enclosed. Jürgen

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[pacman-dev] My makepkg changes/updates
by Dan McGee 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Last email of the day, hopefully. Here is my current diff on makepkg, not really meant to be applied in its current state but at least letting you know what I am working on and hopefully I can get some feedback out of it. I'll make a cleaner diff in a few days and hopefully this script will start to look a little better. 1. Adds --repackage option and $REPKG variable, should be noted by a comment in the code. The diff does some weird things where I had to indent a whole big block of code, so I'd recommend just trying to look at it as a whole at that part (basically the whole 'build' section). 2. Adds and removes blank lines to be more consistent, or maybe just more for my own readability. Also adds a description of makepkg. 3. Removes keepdocs and nostrip options (on the command line). 4. Removes hardcoded references to /var/cache/pacman/src. 5. Fixes a syntax warning in the architecture detection. 6. Adds a missing / in the cp statement for source file copying. 7. Lets you see my scattered/random TODOs throughout the code. -Dan --- pacman-lib.orig/scripts/makepkg 2006-12-20 21:30:06.000000000 -0500 +++ pacman-lib/scripts/makepkg 2006-12-20 22:19:46.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/bash # -# makepkg +# makepkg - make packages compatable for use with pacman # # Copyright (c) 2002-2006 by Judd Vinet <jvinet(a)zeroflux.org> # Copyright (c) 2005 by Aurelien Foret <orelien(a)chez.com> @@ -44,19 +44,21 @@ FORCE=0 GENINTEG=0 INSTALL=0 -DOWNLOAD="" NOBUILD=0 NODEPS=0 NOEXTRACT=0 RMDEPS=0 +REPKG=0 LOGGING=0 PACMAN_OPTS= -INFAKEROOT= +# determine if we are running with fakeroot if [ "$1" = "-F" ]; then INFAKEROOT=1 shift +else + INFAKEROOT=0 fi ### SUBROUTINES ### @@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ echo " $1" >&2 fi } + msg() { if [ "$USE_COLOR" = "Y" -o "$USE_COLOR" = "y" ]; then echo -e "\033[1;32m==>\033[1;0m \033[1;1m$1\033[1;0m" >&2 @@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ echo "==> WARNING: $1" >&2 fi } + error() { if [ "$USE_COLOR" = "Y" -o "$USE_COLOR" = "y" ]; then echo -e "\033[1;31m==> ERROR:\033[1;0m \033[1;1m$1\033[1;0m" >&2 @@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ fi missingdeps=1 fi + # rerun any additional sh scripts found in /etc/profile.d/ for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh do @@ -246,8 +251,6 @@ . $i &>/dev/null fi done - # some applications (eg, blackbox) will not build with some languages - unset LC_ALL LANG return $missingdeps } @@ -269,18 +272,15 @@ echo " -h, --help This help" echo " -i, --install Install package after successful build" echo " -j <jobs> Set MAKEFLAGS to \"-j<jobs>\" before building" - echo " -k, --keepdocs Keep doc and info directories" echo " -L, --log Log package build process" echo " -m, --nocolor Disable colorized output messages" - echo " -n, --nostrip Do not strip symbols from binaries/libraries" echo " -o, --nobuild Download and extract files only" echo " -p <buildscript> Use an alternate build script (instead of '$BUILDSCRIPT')" echo " -r, --rmdeps Remove installed dependencies after a successful build" + # fix flyspray feature request #2978 + echo " -R, --repackage Repackage contents of $startdir/pkg without building" echo " -s, --syncdeps Install missing dependencies with pacman" echo " -S, --sudosync Install missing dependencies with pacman and sudo" - # fix flyspray feature request #5223 - Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> - echo " -t <sourcedir> Cache source files in <sourcedir>" - echo " -w <destdir> Write package to <destdir> instead of the working dir" echo echo "These options can be passed to pacman:" echo @@ -294,15 +294,12 @@ ARGLIST=$@ if [ -f /etc/makepkg.conf ]; then - source /etc/makepkg.conf + source /etc/makepkg3.conf else - error "/etc/makepkg.conf not found. cannot continue" + error "/etc/makepkg3.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 @@ -319,12 +316,11 @@ --noextract) NOEXTRACT=1 ;; --install) INSTALL=1 ;; --force) FORCE=1 ;; - --keepdocs) KEEPDOCS=1 ;; - --nostrip) NOSTRIP=1 ;; --nobuild) NOBUILD=1 ;; --nocolor) USE_COLOR="n" ;; --geninteg) GENINTEG=1 ;; --rmdeps) RMDEPS=1 ;; + --repackage) REPKG=1 ;; --log) LOGGING=1 ;; --help) usage @@ -335,7 +331,7 @@ exit 1 ;; -*) - while getopts "bBcCdefghij:kLmnop:rsSt:w:-" opt; do + while getopts "bBcCdefghij:Lmop:rRsS-" opt; do case $opt in b) DEP_SRC=1 ;; B) USE_CCACHE=0 ;; @@ -346,30 +342,27 @@ f) FORCE=1 ;; g) GENINTEG=1 ;; h) - usage - exit 0 - ;; + usage + exit 0 + ;; i) INSTALL=1 ;; j) export MAKEFLAGS="-j$OPTARG" ;; - k) KEEPDOCS=1 ;; L) LOGGING=1 ;; m) USE_COLOR="n" ;; - n) NOSTRIP=1 ;; o) NOBUILD=1 ;; p) BUILDSCRIPT=$OPTARG ;; r) RMDEPS=1 ;; + R) REPKG=1 ;; s) DEP_BIN=1 ;; S) DEP_SUDO=1 ;; - t) SRCDEST=$OPTARG ;; - w) PKGDEST=$OPTARG ;; -) - OPTIND=0 - break - ;; + OPTIND=0 + break + ;; *) - usage - exit 1 - ;; + usage + exit 1 + ;; esac done ;; @@ -386,6 +379,7 @@ exit 1 fi +#TODO: is this necessary? # convert a (possibly) relative path to absolute cd $PKGDEST 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then @@ -396,20 +390,18 @@ cd $OLDPWD if [ "$CLEANCACHE" = "1" ]; then + # fix flyspray feature request #5223 if [ -n "$SRCDEST" ]; then msg "Cleaning up source files from the cache." - rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/src/* - rm -rf "${SRCDEST}"/* - exit 0 - else - if [ "$EUID" = "0" -a "$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." + rm -rf "$SRCDEST"/* + if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then + error "Problem removing files; you may not have correct permissions in $SRCDEST" exit 1 + else + exit 0 fi + else + error "Source destination must be defined in makepkg.conf." fi fi @@ -452,7 +444,7 @@ error "pkgrel is not allowed to contain hyphens." exit 1 fi -if ! in_array $CARCH ${arch[@]}; then +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')." @@ -504,7 +496,7 @@ msg "Making package: $pkgname $pkgver-$pkgrel ($(date))" unset deplist makedeplist -# fix flyspray bug #5973 - Dan McGee <dpmcgee(a)gmail.com> +# 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[@]}) @@ -524,7 +516,9 @@ if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then exit 1 fi -elif [ "$NODEPS" = "1" -o "$GENINTEG" = "1" -o "$NOBUILD" = "1" ]; then +elif [ "$GENINTEG" = "1" -o "$NOBUILD" = "1" ]; then + msg "skipping dependency checks." +elif [ "$NODEPS" = "1" ]; then warning "skipping dependency checks." else warning "pacman was not found in PATH. skipping dependency checks." @@ -537,16 +531,13 @@ mkdir -p src cd $startdir/src for netfile in ${source[@]}; do - file=$(strip_url $netfile) + file=$(strip_url "$netfile") if [ -f "../$file" ]; then - msg " Found $file in build dir" + msg2 "Found $file in build dir" cp "../$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" . + msg2 "Using cached copy of $file" + cp "$SRCDEST/$file" . else # check for a download utility if [ -z "$FTPAGENT" ]; then @@ -566,33 +557,28 @@ msg "Aborting..." exit 1 fi - msg " Downloading $file" + msg2 "Downloading $file" $FTPAGENT "$netfile" 2>&1 # fix flyspray bug #3289 ftpret=$? if [ $ftpret -gt 0 ]; then error "Failure while downloading $file" msg "Aborting..." - rm "$file" - exit 1 + #rm "$file" exit 1 fi - if [ "$EUID" = "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" $SRCDEST - elif [ "$EUID" = "0" -a "$INFAKEROOT" != "1" ]; then - mkdir -p /var/cache/pacman/src && cp "$file" /var/cache/pacman/src - else + if [ -n "$SRCDEST" ]; then + mkdir -p $SRCDEST && cp "$file" $SRCDEST + if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then + warning "You do not have correct permissions to cache source in $SRCDEST" cp "$file" .. - fi + else + cp "$file" .. fi fi done - - -if [ "$NOEXTRACT" = "1" ]; then +if [ "$NOEXTRACT" = "1" -o "$REPKG" = "1" ]; then warning "Skipping source integrity checks -- using existing src/ tree" else for integ in ${INTEGRITY_CHECK[@]}; do @@ -635,7 +621,7 @@ fi done plain "" - #Validate integrity checks + #Validate integrity checks else integrity_sums=($(eval echo \${${integrity_name}s[@]})) @@ -645,6 +631,7 @@ idx=0 for netfile in "${source[@]}"; do file=$(strip_url "$netfile") + #TODO is there a reason this is echo and not msg/msg2? echo -n " $file ... " >&2 echo "${integrity_sums[$idx]} $file" | $integrity_name -c - >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then @@ -671,8 +658,8 @@ fi #Extract sources -if [ "$NOEXTRACT" = "1" ]; then - warning "Skipping source extraction -- using existing src/ tree" +if [ "$NOEXTRACT" = "1" -o "$REPKG" = "1" ]; then + warning "Skipping source extraction -- using existing src/ tree" else msg "Extracting Sources..." for netfile in "${source[@]}"; do @@ -699,7 +686,7 @@ cmd="bunzip2 -f $file" ;; esac if [ "$cmd" != "" ]; then - msg " $cmd" + msg2 "$cmd" $cmd if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then # unzip will return a 1 as a warning, it is not an error @@ -713,71 +700,73 @@ done fi -if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then - # chown all source files to root.root - chown -R root.root $startdir/src -fi - -# check for existing pkg directory -if [ -d $startdir/pkg ]; then - msg "Removing existing pkg/ directory..." - rm -rf $startdir/pkg -fi -mkdir -p $startdir/pkg - -if [ "$NOBUILD" = "1" ]; then - msg "Sources are ready." - exit 0 -fi - -# use distcc if requested -if [ "$USE_DISTCC" = "y" ]; then - [ -d /usr/lib/distcc/bin ] && export PATH=/usr/lib/distcc/bin:$PATH -fi - -# use ccache if it's available -if [ "$USE_CCACHE" = "1" ]; then - [ -d /usr/lib/ccache/bin ] && export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache/bin:$PATH -fi - -# build -msg "Starting build()..." +if [ "$REPKG" = "0" ]; then + if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then + # chown all source files to root.root + chown -R root.root $startdir/src + fi -#check for "exit on syntax error" shell option -echo $SHELLOPTS | grep errexit 2>&1 >/dev/null -set_e=$? + # check for existing pkg directory + if [ -d $startdir/pkg ]; then + msg "Removing existing pkg/ directory..." + rm -rf $startdir/pkg + fi + mkdir -p $startdir/pkg -if [ "$LOGGING" = "1" ]; then - BUILDLOG="${startdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}.log" - if [ -f "$BUILDLOG" ]; then - i=1 - while true; do - if [ -f "$BUILDLOG.$i" ]; then - i=$(($i +1)) - else - break - fi - done - mv "$BUILDLOG" "$BUILDLOG.$i" + if [ "$NOBUILD" = "1" ]; then + msg "Sources are ready." + exit 0 fi - #use 'errexit' to bail on syntax error - [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set -e - build 2>&1 | tee "$BUILDLOG" - [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set +e + # use distcc if requested + if [ "$USE_DISTCC" = "y" ]; then + [ -d /usr/lib/distcc/bin ] && export PATH=/usr/lib/distcc/bin:$PATH + fi + + # use ccache if it's available + if [ "x$USE_CCACHE" = "1" ]; then + [ -d /usr/lib/ccache/bin ] && export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache/bin:$PATH + fi + + # build + msg "Starting build()..." + + #check for "exit on syntax error" shell option + echo $SHELLOPTS | grep errexit 2>&1 >/dev/null + set_e=$? + + if [ "x$LOGGING" = "1" ]; then + BUILDLOG="${startdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgrel}-${CARCH}.log" + if [ -f "$BUILDLOG" ]; then + i=1 + while true; do + if [ -f "$BUILDLOG.$i" ]; then + i=$( ($i +1)) + else + break + fi + done + mv "$BUILDLOG" "$BUILDLOG.$i" + fi - if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -gt 0 ]; then - error "Build Failed. Aborting..." - exit 2 - fi -else - #use 'errexit' to bail on syntax error - [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set -e - build 2>&1 - [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set +e - if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then - error "Build Failed. Aborting..." - exit 2 + #use 'errexit' to bail on syntax error + [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set -e + build 2>&1 | tee "$BUILDLOG" + [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set +e + + if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -gt 0 ]; then + error "Build Failed. Aborting..." + exit 2 + fi + else + #use 'errexit' to bail on syntax error + [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set -e + build 2>&1 + [ $set_e -eq 1 ] && set +e + if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then + error "Build Failed. Aborting..." + exit 2 + fi fi fi @@ -788,6 +777,8 @@ 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 + #rm -rf ${DOC_DIRS[@]} fi # move /usr/share/man files to /usr/man

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[pacman-dev] NoUpgrade issues
by Aaron Griffin 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

First off, thanks to Thomas and Travis for helping me out with this one. There is an issue with pacman and the NoUpgrade removal. Let me try to breeze over it. Files marked in the backup=() array have saved MD5 sums in pacman's db. Theses are used for comparison when upgrading. It compares the 'local' md5 sum (on the file system), the 'new' md5 sum, from the package, and the 'original' md5 sum from the database. Here is the problem: in BOTH pacman 2 and 3, when a package is marked NoUpgrade, pacman stores the 'local' md5 sum in the database instead of the 'original' md5 sums. I can see this _possibly_ being intentional, but here's where the problem occurs. When you remove NoUpgrade, the 'original' and 'local' md5 sums are the same. The comparission says "oh this file hasn't been touched since it was installed, we can overwrite it" and kills your configs. So, the proposed solution, which is the easiest: Fix pacman3 to store the correct md5 sum even if it is a NoUpgrade file. Then, we leave the NoUpgrade lines in pacman.conf and wait one release (or more) to remove them. Removing them will happen after each NoUpgrade package has been upgraded (or artificially version bumped). Those packages: initscripts module-init-tools pacman grub lilo filesystem ...and one or two others I forget... Does anyone have an issue with this solution?

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] fix automake conditional for java bindings
by Jürgen Hötzel 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Hi, I work on Lua bindings and found this problem. Patch enclosed: Don't build java bindings when swig is NOT installed. Jürgen

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[pacman-dev] My thoughts for development
by Dan McGee 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Since I've been spending quite a bit of time looking at the code lately, I've been making a TODO list of things worth looking into. I thought I'd put it up on the list for input. makepkg issues: 1. We went through and added some of the undocumented options to the makepkg.conf file, but I haven't done a whole lot of testing on this to see if it works correctly. I also don't know if all the checking is correct, and I see Aaron put some x's in front of these checks. Has anyone else? They also aren't documented in the man page if anyone wants to step up to the plate... 2. Remove use of multiple `` or $() calls to the same function. I have a local update of calling $(id -u) once and storing it to a variable for later use, I can publish a patch sometime. 3. I posted a patch for #5223 (source cache) and it has been patched. However, it is now a triple conditional with three different possible locations for package source (current dir, $SRCDEST, and /var/cache/pacman/src). Is the last one necessary since it is highly recommended to not build as root? Should we deprecate this path? Looking even further ahead, should we make fakeroot a requirement for running makepkg? 4. Aaron, you brought up that `` is the older standard and $() should be used. It is a pretty simple find that will allow you to change these for consistency, I've done it on my working copy. 5. Already mentioned, but a modeline in makepkg. 6. Overabundance of options in makepkg- I was trying to find a new letter for a '--repackage' option and we are pretty much out of lowercase letters. At the moment we have two basic types of options: things that can be done in the pkgbuild options line, and things that directly affect the way makepkg works (geninteg, skip integs, location of PKGBUILD). Are the first type truly necessary? It would make makepkg a bit more streamlined if the only options were those that can't be done somewhere else. So i propose the '--nostrip', '--keepdocs', and any other option like this be removed. 7. Integrity checking- currently generating integrity checks will only generate those from the first one in the INTEGRITY_CHECK array. This seems to make sense as long as the array in makepkg.conf is ordered the way we want it to be. When checking, we do get warning messages for other types that may be in the array but are not in the PKGBUILD. I just wanted to confirm this is the behavior you are looking for. Other issues: 1. Move the PKGBUILD man page to section 5 2. How are you guys doing side-by-side builds with the old pacman? At least for me, the current build system seems horribly complicated with shell scripts, configure, automaking and such. Is there a good reason for this? 3. Everyone talks about pacman slowness (even though it isn't really that bad), and looking though the mailing list archives I believe Aaron implemented a form of lazy caching (not loading the descriptions when unnecessary). Anything else on this front? I thought of something and I may be way off track, but what if when generating a repository we make (in addition to the flat file format) a single file with lines consisting of pkgname-pkgver:description? This file could be loaded and searched a lot quicker than flat files, and I think the operation people complain about being slow the most is a search. Wow, long list, but maybe it will provoke other great ideas. Feel free to respond to any or all of it. -Dan

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