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Zosoled

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Registered: 2023-10-30

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[SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

Ever since Use devtools x86_64.conf as /etc/makepkg.conf was merged, most of my AUR packages now generate, and offer to install, a correlated debug symbol package. I do not want to install these packages, so I'm looking for help with this debug option.

I have tried reverting the change to the OPTIONS line in the two file locations indicated by the man page for user config of makepkg.conf:
~/.config/pacman/makepkg.conf
~/.makepkg.conf

OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !debug !lto)

I also tried changing the relevant line in /etc/makepkg.conf by commenting out the default and adding a line with my options, like so:

#OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge debug lto)
OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !debug !lto)

An example AUR package is epson-inkjet-printer-escpr. Its PKGBUILD contains no options=() array, so it's not overriding my config, yet when I run `makepkg -Ccisf` it generates a new package "epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-debug" as if the debug and strip options are both enabled when only strip is enabled. I consulted the #archlinux-pacman IRC channel and was met with confusion, so any help I can get here would be greatly appreciated!

Last edited by Zosoled (2024-02-16 06:15:26)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

add "set -x" to the head of /usr/bin/makepkg and run "makepkg -eo  > /tmp/makepkg.log 2>&1", then inspect /tmp/makepkg.log for what's going on.
Then remove the "set -x" again.

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Zosoled

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

Here is the log output: https://0x0.st/HdhA.txt

For what should I be searching? From what I can tell, OPTIONS has indeed disabled debug throughout, but I do not know enough to know for sure.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

This happens on a clean build, with nothing starting in the dir? That log does not show that package being created.

Edit: Oh, you were using the -o option, so nothing got created. It would probably be a pretty huge log with everything.

Last edited by Scimmia (2024-02-15 02:11:25)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

Yeah, unfortunately the configs are properly sourced, '!debug' is read and quoted.
Wipe the AUR path, remove the "set -x" again, fetch and rebuild the package again - does it still build the debug package?

If so wrap the create_debug_package() function w/ set -/+x

create_debug_package() {
# check if a debug package was requested
set -x
…
set +x # skip tracing the actual creation
create_package
}

and build the package again w/ that

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Zosoled

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot disable debug symbol packages with makepkg.conf

OK cleaning completely seems to have worked.

$ sudo pacman -Runsc epson-inkjet-printer-escpr
$ rm -rf epson-inkjet-printer-escpr
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.git
$ cd epson-inkjet-printer-escpr
$ makepkg -Ccis

No debug package generated.