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Rayhem

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Registered: 2021-12-01

Posts: 15

Problems installing snapd (yay or makepkg) [SOLVED]

New Arch build and looking to install snapd.

Ive tried installing with both yay and makepkg.  Both times Ive received the error:

...
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make: the '-j' option requires a positive integer argument
make: the '-j' option requires a positive integer argument
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:
  -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
<all make options listed here but removed for readability>
...
This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

$uname -a
Linux DailyDriver 5.15.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:33:16 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ive also tried installing snapd-git but that gives me a different error.  I'm indifferent to which package gets installed, Im just curious what could be the problem and wanted to ask before I started messing with the make file

Last edited by Rayhem (2021-12-13 00:13:49)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,081

Re: Problems installing snapd (yay or makepkg) [SOLVED]

That reads like you misconfigured your MAKEFLAGS in /etc/makepkg.conf

Last edited by V1del (2021-12-12 17:27:09)

Rayhem

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Registered: 2021-12-01

Posts: 15

Re: Problems installing snapd (yay or makepkg) [SOLVED]

Amazing troubleshooting with how little I was able to provide to you.

Your post reminded me a few days ago I changed my MAKEFLAGS setting to MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)".  This causes a race condition and fails to build properly.  Changing it back to the default value corrected the problem. 

THANK YOU!

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Problems installing snapd (yay or makepkg) [SOLVED]

You can also just hardcode the number to what you want it to be. It's unlikely you'll change your processor often enough that you need this to be dynamic.