[aur-general] Can't build staging/testing packages using devtools

[Eric Bélanger]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh at lutzhaase.com> wrote:
> I noticed I can't build any staging or testing packages in a clean
> chroot using the usual *-build scripts. My host system is using all
> stable packages (no pacman 4 whatsoever). The error I get during
> maketime is:
>
> $ sudo staging-x86_64-build
>
> [many packages]
>
> Total Installed Size:   149.09 MiB
>
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
> (46/46) checking package integrity
> [###########################] 100%
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: GPGME error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP
> signature))
> Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
> ==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
> Build failed, check /var/tmp/archbuild/staging-x86_64/svenstaro/build
>
> This works fine on alderaan.
>
> -- Sven-Hendrik
>

you need to patch devtools, namely mkarchroot:
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-projects/2011-October/001953.html