[solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

biltong · 2012-10-19 18:02:18

Trying to build a package that includes curl/types.h which has been removed from the curl package, but every time I comment out the include and run makepkg -e it re-extracts from the source file and overwrites my changes anyway. I thought the entire point of the -e option was to use the existing src/ directory as-is? That's what it says it does with makepkg --help:

$ makepkg --help
makepkg (pacman) 4.0.3
Usage: /usr/bin/makepkg [options]
Options:
-A, --ignorearch Ignore incomplete arch field in PKGBUILD
-c, --clean Clean up work files after build
-d, --nodeps Skip all dependency checks
-e, --noextract Do not extract source files (use existing src/ dir)
-f, --force Overwrite existing package
-g, --geninteg Generate integrity checks for source files
-h, --help Show this help message and exit
-i, --install Install package after successful build
-L, --log Log package build process
<snip>

Last edited by biltong (2012-10-20 15:49:20)

Trilby · 2012-10-19 19:20:16

Which package? Is it a vcs package (git,hg,svn ...)?

Edit: you are correct about the "-e" option, and it works perfectly here. But the reason I asked about whether it was a vcs package was that these do not have source tarballs to extract, the source is downloaded in the build function, so you'd have to apply a sed/patch after the vcs line(s) in the PKGBUILD.

Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-19 19:21:35)

biltong · 2012-10-20 09:10:06

The package is littleblackbox (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44692) and you are right, it extracts the tar in build() so I'm either gonna have to edit the source or make a patch.

Trilby · 2012-10-20 11:45:28

That is not a vcs build. There is an svn version of littleblackbox available, but this is for one of the versioned releases.

That PKGBUILD really does need some TLC though. It should not try to re-extract the source tarball in the build function, this is what is causing your problems.

Here's a modified version that solves that issue:

pkgname=littleblackbox
pkgver=0.1.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="security/penetration testing tool, search in a collection of thousands of private SSL keys extracted from various embedded devices"
arch=(any)
url="http://code.google.com/p/littleblackbox/wiki/FAQ"
license=('MIT')
depends=('openssl' 'libpcap' 'sqlite3')
source=('https://littleblackbox.googlecode.com/files/littleblackbox-0.1.3.tar.gz')
md5sums=('7ddc140beda3f98c34db644b01fc4d84')

build() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
rm -f bin/$pkgname 2>/dev/null
cd src
make distclean
./configure
make
}

package() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver

install -m755 -d ${pkgdir}/usr/bin $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname \
    $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname

install -m755 bin/$pkgname ${pkgdir}/usr/bin
install -m644 bin/lbb.db $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname
ln -s /usr/share/$pkgname/lbb.db $pkgdir/usr/bin/lbb.db

install -m644 docs/LICENSE $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname

install -m644 docs/{FAQ,README,submission.txt} $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname

msg "done"
}

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Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-20 11:46:31)

biltong · 2012-10-20 14:23:33

Oh thanks I already put a "fixed" version up in a comment though, but I don't really know much about PKGBUILDs or how to write them, I just use them.

Last edited by biltong (2012-10-20 14:23:55)

WonderWoofy · 2012-10-20 14:32:24

Don't forget to mark your post as [Solved].

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#1 2012-10-19 18:02:18

[solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

#2 2012-10-19 19:20:16

Re: [solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

#3 2012-10-20 09:10:06

Re: [solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

#4 2012-10-20 11:45:28

Re: [solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

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Re: [solved]makepkg -e ignoring the -e?

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