AUR rejects my submission (unsuppoerted file format)

Edward E. Edwardson · 2014-09-20 14:25:45

I built a package using makepkg, but when I try to submit it, the page says "unsupported file format (please submit gzip'ed tarballs generated by makepkg(8) only)."

Any idea why this might be?

tomk · 2014-09-20 14:31:42

Without any further details, the only possibilty is that you didn't meet that requirement. How did you create the tarball anyway?

Scimmia · 2014-09-20 14:32:07

You don't submit packages, you submit source tarballs. The upload page tells you how to generate them.

graysky · 2014-09-20 14:39:37

Install pkgbuild-introspection and run:

mkaurball

Edward E. Edwardson · 2014-09-21 06:42:05

It works with mkaurball. Shouldn't the error message say that instead of use makepkg?

Awebb · 2014-09-21 09:45:48

That is weird. I have never heard of pkgbuild-introspection and mkaurball, but I maintain a package in the AUR. There have not been any updates in a long time. I also remember makepkg creating a valid tarball in the past. Has this changed? Is my memory broken?

EDIT: Forget the question, I did my own research. Both is true. makepkg --source creates the tarball, but it looks like the metadata files had to be created manually in the past. That makes sense.

Last edited by Awebb (2014-09-21 09:50:33)

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AUR rejects my submission (unsuppoerted file format)

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