[Solved] pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens.. Winusb-git

Equinoxx · 2017-10-11 19:18:56

Hi guys,

I am having trouble building the winusb-git package due to the following errors

 ERROR: pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens or whitespace. 
 ERROR: pkgver() generated an invalid version: r592.v2.2.2-4-gc624279

Any help is much appreciated

Last edited by Equinoxx (2017-10-11 20:50:21)

Scimmia · 2017-10-11 19:21:44

Bad packaging, and it seems the maintainer no longer cares. See the VCS package guidelines page in the wiki if you want to fix it yourself.

graysky · 2017-10-11 19:23:14

Seems pretty self-explanatory... adjust the pkgver function accordingly. See the wiki for suggestions for VCS packages.

Equinoxx · 2017-10-11 19:25:13

The Admin commented on the error:

"The current Package Version is currently only the abbreviated commit name and therefore does not increase with each update. I would suggest something like the following to get a higher Version for each new commit:

pkgver() {
cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}
echo "r$(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git describe --always)"
}

The Version would look like "r94-72aa1d9" which contains the current number of commits and the latest abbreviated commit name."

There is a fix, but I am lost on the steps to achieving it...

Last edited by Equinoxx (2017-10-11 19:25:32)

jasonwryan · 2017-10-11 19:28:35

The "fix" is to replace the pkgver function in the PKGBUILD with the one you pasted above.

The real solution is for the maintainer to fix their broken PKGBUILD.

Equinoxx · 2017-10-11 19:30:21

After having looked at the VCS page, all I need to do is replace

 pkgname

with the latest release of the package?

 pkgver() {
  cd "$pkgname"
  git describe --long | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
}

Trilby · 2017-10-11 19:51:10

No, the pkgname will not change. Change the pkgver function. That's it.

graysky · 2017-10-11 19:55:34

This particular PKGBUILD has problems beyond the pkgver... you'll find that it won't build as-is.

jasonwryan · 2017-10-11 20:06:38

I've submitted a deletion request.

Equinoxx · 2017-10-11 20:49:19

Sorry - I am fairly new to Arch, and am struggling to learn the format of it all. The wiki page seems a little confusing to me still, but I will have a play with it all and see if I can get it to work out. I didn't know of the VCS page, or really about pkgver, so will mark the post as solved to help any other lost Newbie....

graysky · 2017-10-11 21:16:38

Equinoxx wrote:

Sorry - I am fairly new to Arch, and am struggling to learn the format of it all. The wiki page seems a little confusing to me still, but I will have a play with it all and see if I can get it to work out. I didn't know of the VCS page, or really about pkgver, so will mark the post as solved to help any other lost Newbie....

Simple search on the wiki VCS... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VC … guidelines

Arch isn't a distro for people who want answer spoon fed to them. If you don't make an effort, you will be unhappy with your user experience.

Last edited by graysky (2017-10-11 21:17:21)

Equinoxx · 2017-10-12 10:10:09

graysky wrote:

Simple search on the wiki VCS... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VC … guidelines
Arch isn't a distro for people who want answer spoon fed to them. If you don't make an effort, you will be unhappy with your user experience.

Yes, I am aware of this, but I didn't find the corresponding wiki page to solve the issue. (When "pkgver error" was googled). I now know of the wiki page and hence should be able to solve the issue.

Last edited by Equinoxx (2017-10-12 10:11:09)

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[Solved] pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens.. Winusb-git

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Re: [Solved] pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens.. Winusb-git

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Re: [Solved] pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens.. Winusb-git

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Re: [Solved] pkgver is not allowed to contain colons, hyphens.. Winusb-git

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