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phonky

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Registered: 2008-12-19

Posts: 78

AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

I want to install this package from AUR

bitmask_client

but it doesn't install:

>$ pacaur -S bitmask_client
:: Package bitmask_client not found in repositories, trying AUR...
:: resolving dependencies...
:: no results found for python2-leap_soledad_client (dependency tree: bitmask_client python2-leap_mail python2-leap_soledad_client)

I see two possible solutions:

1. Solution A:
Install the missing dependency - how would I go about that if it doesn't seem to exist anymore?

2. Solution B (requires A?)
Fix the package. I am a long time arch user but never wrote an AUR package myself.
However, being the problem a missing dependency, not sure I can actually fix the package.

What do people suggest?

On a side note, I'd also appreciate any suggestion for a different reasonable free VPN service,
in which case I may just forget about this one. I am running bitmask on my phone and am
sympathetic to bitmask.

Last edited by phonky (2018-07-27 00:41:40)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,601

Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

I've not done anything more than a quick search.  Any chance that python-2-leap_soledad answers the mail?
You might need to page your copy of PKGBUILD

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

You might want to try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bitmask , which appears to be the successor of bitmask_client .

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progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

Posts: 5,306

Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

You might want to try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bitmask , which appears to be the successor of bitmask_client .

That seems to be the case, but bitmask uses the binary package while bitmask_clients builds an older version from source.

Last edited by progandy (2018-07-24 16:03:05)

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phonky

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Registered: 2008-12-19

Posts: 78

Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

Thanks @progandy and @Lone_Wolf,

I had already tried that, and just tried again.
Unfortunately this is the result:

:: Installing bitmask package(s)...
:: bitmask package(s) failed to install.
:: ensure package version does not mismatch between .SRCINFO and PKGBUILD
:: ensure package name has a VCS suffix if this is a devel package

I am willing to do the necessary adjustments to the package, but I am not sure what I need to do.
Thanks

eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 4,097

Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

Don't use pacaur, pacaur sucks. This error you are getting isn't even a pacaur bug -- it's a deliberate "screw users" by the pacaur developer.

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Yes, obviously the maintainer of the AUR package in question should have regenerated the .SRCINFO with his updated pkgrel, but that's not a reason for AUR helpers to refuse to install the package after it was successfully built, using totally false pretenses.

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phonky

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Registered: 2008-12-19

Posts: 78

Re: AUR package is broken - I may want to update [SOLVED]

Right, so I would like to honor the pacaur developer for all the work he did....

This error you are getting isn't even a pacaur bug -- it's a deliberate "screw users" by the pacaur developer.

Nevertheless, I switched to yay, and bitmask installed successfully. Thanks.