[SOLVED] AUR packages won't update

dafero · 2015-01-22 19:16:40

Hi everyone,

I'm running yaourt -Syua to update my system but for every single AUR package I'm getting the following error:

chromium-pepper-flash 1:16.0.0.257-1 (Wed Oct 8 01:11:48 CEST 2014)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
makepkg: invalid option '--asroot'
Unable to read PKGBUILD
==> ERROR: unable to update

Any ideas on how to solve it?
I few days ago I had a problem related to the latest pacman update and I ended up reinstalling yaourt "manually".

Thanks!
Dani.

Solution: I was executing yaourt -Syua as root and apparently this option was removed.

Last edited by dafero (2015-01-22 23:04:27)

jasonwryan · 2015-01-22 19:30:43

What the error message says. That option has been removed.

phanisvara · 2015-01-22 19:50:36

i don't understand why so many people insist on building packages as 'root.' there's no advantage i can see, only potential disaster. still, here's a way to work around this: http://allanmcrae.com/2015/01/replacing-makepkg-asroot/

clfarron4 · 2015-01-22 20:50:32

Isn't the solution to yaourt not building packages after the pacman 4.2 upgrade to compile package-query (the updated version in the AUR) and yaourt against pacman 4.2?

Last edited by clfarron4 (2015-01-22 20:52:13)

phanisvara · 2015-01-22 21:10:40

that's there, too. but after that it still won't build packages with --asroot, which seems to be the OP's problem.

Scimmia · 2015-01-22 21:53:28

clfarron4 wrote:

Isn't the solution to yaourt not building packages after the pacman 4.2 upgrade to compile package-query (the updated version in the AUR) and yaourt against pacman 4.2?

No, that's a solution for a completely different problem than the one the OP has.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-01-22 22:16:33

@OP: Have you tried building them manually?

The comments page for yaourt claims that it still tries to build packages with the `--asroot` option (!) -- you will have to wait for them to fix it, I think.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yaourt/

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-01-22 22:17:12)

Alad · 2015-01-22 22:19:25

Good opportunity to look for an alternative, like cower. Well, unless you have 9000 AUR packages. But then yaourt is the least of your concern....

dafero · 2015-01-22 22:20:49

phanisvara wrote:

i don't understand why so many people insist on building packages as 'root.' there's no advantage i can see, only potential disaster. still, here's a way to work around this: http://allanmcrae.com/2015/01/replacing-makepkg-asroot/

phanisvara wrote:

that's there, too. but after that it still won't build packages with --asroot, which seems to be the OP's problem.

Yep, you are completely right. My bad. I didn't know --asroot option was removed.
Executing 'yaourt -Syua' using my regular user solved the issue.

Thanks again to all the people that commented on this post
Dani.

MK13 · 2015-01-22 22:36:04

@dafero

Better update your signature too

signature wrote:

sudo yaourt -Syua

Also, don't forget to mark the thread as [SOLVED].

dafero · 2015-01-22 23:15:13

MK13 wrote:

@dafero
Better update your signature too
signature wrote:
sudo yaourt -Syua
Also, don't forget to mark the thread as [SOLVED].

Haha thanks I will

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