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#1 2018-09-04 17:15:14
- aleksandar2810
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[SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Hey guys,
For some time now (a few months for sure, I hoped some update would repair it), my makepkg won't work. When I run it on any PKGBUILD it says:
==> ERROR: arch should be an array I didn't change any of the PKGBUILDs. And today I downloaded fresh arch install and made live usb to reinstall base and base-devel packages just to be sure. Didn't work.
This is currently running on my laptop:
Linux alek 4.18.5-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 24 12:48:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux This is makepkg.conf https://pastebin.com/2XhzQaAC/
Btw, pacman works correctly.
Thanks
Last edited by aleksandar2810 (2018-09-04 19:34:38)
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#2 2018-09-04 17:28:22
- loqs
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Please post a PKGBUILD you have the issue with and the full output of makepkg.
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#3 2018-09-04 17:28:57
- jasonwryan
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Moving to AUR Issues...
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#4 2018-09-04 17:38:02
- Scimmia
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
The error is pretty clear. The "arch" variable in the PKGBUILD has to be a bash array.
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#5 2018-09-04 17:44:32
- aleksandar2810
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Yes, sorry...
It's aurman's PKGBUILD https://pastebin.com/9Ews0zPi. (Also yay and proton)
Whole output I get in console is what I posted, and it's:
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#6 2018-09-04 17:52:19
- loqs
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
In that directory what is the output of the following?
type makepkg
which makepkg
cat PKGBUILD
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#7 2018-09-04 18:07:55
- aleksandar2810
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
type makepkg:
makepkg is hashed (/usr/bin/makepkg) which makepkg:
/usr/bin/makepkg cat PKGBUILD:
https://pastebin.com/3hEamhMG
bash -x /usr/bin/makepkg:
https://pastebin.com/kXPzBVFD
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#8 2018-09-04 19:04:17
- eschwartz
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Well, for some reason bash -x makepkg claims that the `arch=('any')` is not what it's seeing, instead it sees `export arch='x86_64'`
+ [[ declare -x arch="x86_64" == declare\ -*([[:alnum:]])a*([[:alnum:]])\ * ]]
+ return 1
++ gettext '%s should be an array'
+ error '%s should be an array' archSooooo.
Where is that getting set? I'm guessing in your bashrc or something.
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#9 2018-09-04 19:22:02
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Also, this error is technically because of a bug in makepkg, see https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/p … 22807.html
That being said, it's wrong to export such generic variables.
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#10 2018-09-04 19:33:58
- aleksandar2810
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Re: [SOLVED]makepkg won't work; ERROR: arch should be an array
Thank you!
Yeah, I know I shouldn't do that, but who knows what was in my mind back then...
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