Can't upgrade with Pacaur/Pacman passing a list to packages to functio

kevdog · 2017-09-23 23:15:58

Perhaps I'm way off base here.

I'm generating a list of packages needing upgrade via pacaur:

$ pacaur -Qu
:: aur  acroread                        9.5.5-6              ->  9.5.5-7             
:: aur  android-google-repository       r26-1                ->  r53-1               
:: aur  android-platform                23_r03-1             ->  26_r02-1            
:: aur  android-sdk                     25.1.7-1             ->  26.0.2-2            
:: aur  android-sdk-build-tools         r23.0.3-1            ->  r26.0.1-1           
:: aur  android-sdk-platform-tools      r23.1.0-4            ->  r26.0.0-1           
:: aur  android-studio                  2.1.1.0-1            ->  2.3.3.0-1           
:: aur  android-support-repository      r32-1                ->  r47-1               
:: aur  avogadro                        1.1.1-9              ->  1.2.0-5             
:: aur  clean-chroot-manager            2.79-1               ->  2.87-1              
:: aur  cower                           16-1                 ->  17-2                
:: aur  debtap                          2.8-1                ->  3.1.4-2             
:: aur  dropbox                         3.20.1-1             ->  35.4.20-1           
:: aur  eclipse-emf                     2.11.1-1             ->  2.12.0-2            
:: aur  gcc-gcj-ecj                     4.9-1                ->  4.9-4               
:: aur  google-chrome                   51.0.2704.63-1       ->  61.0.3163.100-1     
:: aur  grive                           0.5.0-2              ->  0.5.0-8             
:: aur  gstreamer0.10                   0.10.36-4            ->  0.10.36-16          
:: aur  gstreamer0.10-base              0.10.36-3            ->  0.10.36-9           
:: aur  gstreamer0.10-base-plugins      0.10.36-3            ->  0.10.36-9           
:: aur  insync                          1.3.8-2              ->  1.3.17-1            
:: aur  jquery                          2.2.4-1              ->  3.2.1-1             
:: aur  kdebase-workspace               4.11.22-4            ->  4.11.22-5           
:: aur  libavutil-52                    2.3.4-1              ->  2.3.6-3             
:: aur  ncurses5-compat-libs            6.0-3                ->  6.0+20170902-1      
:: aur  netatalk                        3.1.8-1              ->  3.1.11-1            
:: aur  obnam                           1.19-1               ->  1.22-1              
:: aur  otf-fira-code-git               1.102.r1.g30b36e2-1  ->  latest              
:: aur  pacaur                          4.6.4-1              ->  4.7.10-1            
:: aur  package-query                   1.8-2                ->  1.9-2               
:: aur  pdftk                           2.02-9               ->  2.02-17             
:: aur  python-path                     8.2.1-1              ->  10.4-1              
:: aur  python2-cliapp-git              575.0b7d3ec-1        ->  latest              
:: aur  qtwebkit                        2.3.4-4              ->  2.3.4-5             
:: aur  strigi                          0.7.8-9              ->  0.7.8-10            
:: aur  tor-browser-en                  5.5.5-1              ->  7.0.5-1             
:: aur  ttf-mac-fonts                   1-7                  ->  20100901.134-1      
:: aur  ttf-noto-fonts-emoji-ib         20150929-2           ->  20170310-1          
:: aur  vivaldi-snapshot                1.2.490.27-1         ->  1.13.966.3-1        
:: aur  vivaldi-snapshot-ffmpeg-codecs  51.0.2704.43-1       ->  61.0.3163.91-1      
:: aur  webkitgtk                       2.4.11-1             ->  2.4.11-6            
:: aur  xf86-input-mtrack-git           0.4.0.r2.g04c222e-1  ->  latest              
:: aur  yaourt                          1.8.1-1              ->  1.9-1

So this is what I planned:

$ pacaur -Qu | awk '{print $3}' > pkglist

I then planned on passing the list to pacaur like this:

$ cat pkglist | xargs pacaur -S

This however is what I get for the output:

$ cat filelist | xargs pacaur -S 
grep: /dev/fd/63:1: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:2: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:3: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:4: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:5: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:6: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:7: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:8: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:9: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:10: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:11: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:12: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:13: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:14: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:15: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:16: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:17: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:18: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:19: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:20: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:21: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:22: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:23: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:24: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:25: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:26: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:27: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:28: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:29: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:30: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:31: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:32: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:33: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:34: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:35: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:36: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:37: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:38: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:39: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:40: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:41: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:42: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:43: Unmatched [ or [^
:: Package(s) acroread android-google-repository android-platform android-sdk android-sdk-build-tools android-sdk-platform-tools android-studio android-support-repository avogadro clean-chroot-manager cower debtap dropbox eclipse-emf gcc-gcj-ecj google-chrome grive gstreamer0.10 gstreamer0.10-base gstreamer0.10-base-plugins insync jquery kdebase-workspace libavutil-52 ncurses5-compat-libs netatalk obnam otf-fira-code-git pacaur package-query pdftk python-path python2-cliapp-git qtwebkit strigi tor-browser-en ttf-mac-fonts ttf-noto-fonts-emoji-ib vivaldi-snapshot vivaldi-snapshot-ffmpeg-codecs webkitgtk xf86-input-mtrack-git yaourt not found in repositories, trying AUR...
:: resolving dependencies...
grep: /dev/fd/63:1: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:2: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:3: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:4: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:5: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:6: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:7: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:8: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:9: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:10: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:11: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:12: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:13: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:14: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:15: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:16: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:17: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:18: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:19: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:20: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:21: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:22: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:23: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:24: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:25: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:26: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:27: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:28: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:29: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:30: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:31: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:32: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:33: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:34: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:35: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:36: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:37: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:38: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:39: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:40: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:41: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: /dev/fd/63:42: Invalid range end
grep: /dev/fd/63:43: Unmatched [ or [^
:: no results found for acroread
:: no results found for android-google-repository
:: no results found for android-platform
:: no results found for android-sdk
:: no results found for android-sdk-build-tools
:: no results found for android-sdk-platform-tools
:: no results found for android-studio
:: no results found for android-support-repository
:: no results found for avogadro
:: no results found for clean-chroot-manager
:: no results found for cower
:: no results found for debtap
:: no results found for dropbox
:: no results found for eclipse-emf
:: no results found for gcc-gcj-ecj
:: no results found for google-chrome
:: no results found for grive
:: no results found for gstreamer0.10
:: no results found for gstreamer0.10-base
:: no results found for gstreamer0.10-base-plugins
:: no results found for insync
:: no results found for jquery
:: no results found for kdebase-workspace
:: no results found for libavutil-52
:: no results found for ncurses5-compat-libs
:: no results found for netatalk
:: no results found for obnam
:: no results found for otf-fira-code-git
:: no results found for pacaur
:: no results found for package-query
:: no results found for pdftk
:: no results found for python-path
:: no results found for python2-cliapp-git
:: no results found for qtwebkit
:: no results found for strigi
:: no results found for tor-browser-en
:: no results found for ttf-mac-fonts
:: no results found for ttf-noto-fonts-emoji-ib
:: no results found for vivaldi-snapshot
:: no results found for vivaldi-snapshot-ffmpeg-codecs
:: no results found for webkitgtk
:: no results found for xf86-input-mtrack-git
:: no results found for yaourt

Is this a bash thing??? Why all the unmatched statements??? And why doesn't this work?

Last edited by kevdog (2017-09-23 23:23:00)

Slithery · 2017-09-23 23:21:44

What???

What you've just written makes absolutely no sense.

Last edited by Slithery (2017-09-23 23:22:32)

Trilby · 2017-09-23 23:22:21

Did you hit submit prematurely. What is your question? What command(s) are you attempting? What is their output? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

kevdog · 2017-09-23 23:24:05

Sorry guys about the unfinished post -- Had some technical issues --- not sure about the unladen swallow airspeed -- 10 knots?

jasonwryan · 2017-09-23 23:35:35

Not a Pacman issue, moving to AUR Issues...

Trilby · 2017-09-24 00:16:46

You could check what's actually in the pkglist file. But a much much better option would be to just read the man page of the AUR helper you seem to have chosen to use.

As a first step improvement you could use the -q flag to generate the list properly so there is no need for awk. As a much better solution, you'd just tell it to upgrade the package, as that's exactly what it's for: why generate a list and pass it back, just do the update.

EDIT: as to the actual cause - for curiosity sake - I'd guess the original output is colored. You are capturing escape sequences. As for the swallow, it's a trick question as the type of swallow is not specified, but for the European swallow it seems it would be 11 m/s or 21 knots.

Last edited by Trilby (2017-09-24 00:21:43)

kevdog · 2017-09-24 03:00:04

I actually want to generate a list of packages needing upgrades -- filter the list -- and then pass the filtered list back to the aur helper.

So I actually used the following which seemed to work:

$ pacaur -Qqu | grep -v gcc | xargs pacaur -S

Thanks for tips about the coloring. I managed to see the escape sequences within the original file like:

cat filelist | hexdump -C

I could have used some sed magic to filter the escape sequences however pacaur -Qqu did the trick without all the extra overhead.

Cool bird story -- thanks for the pearl

Slithery · 2017-09-24 10:14:18

kevdog wrote:

I actually want to generate a list of packages needing upgrades -- filter the list -- and then pass the filtered list back to the aur helper.

Why on earth would you want to do that?
Partial upgrades are unsupported.

Trilby · 2017-09-24 11:11:36

I second the why on earth question above. But if you happen to not be on earth, you still need to RTFM (seriously read them), there is a way to hold back certain packages that is astronomically simpler than this generate-list/filter-list/install-list process.

Stop trying to be "creative" and take a few moments learning to properly use the package management tools you have.

Last edited by Trilby (2017-09-24 11:12:38)

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#1 2017-09-23 23:15:58

Can't upgrade with Pacaur/Pacman passing a list to packages to functio

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