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xyz978

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Registered: 2025-11-23

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[solve] issue of build yay

Hi Sirs,
when i use makepkg to build yay,  it is always show error at some where,  and i try to install yay-bin first(success), then rebuild yay,  still show something wrong.

is it need to install other application first ??    already install   base_develop  go  yay-bin

[william@ArchLinux yay]$ makepkg -si
==> Making package: yay 12.5.2-2 (Sun 23 Nov 2025 11:24:41 AM CST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found yay-12.5.2.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    yay-12.5.2.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting yay-12.5.2.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
go build -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw -ldflags '-X "main.yayVersion=12.5.2" -X "main.localePath=/usr/share/locale/" -linkmode=external -compressdwarf=false' -buildmode=pie -o yay
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
	Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
make: *** [Makefile:114: yay] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

Last edited by xyz978 (2025-11-27 03:16:26)

seth

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Re: [solve] issue of build yay

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/769 … able-vcs-s
https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/1909
https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/2374

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WorMzy

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Re: [solve] issue of build yay

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues

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xyz978

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Registered: 2025-11-23

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Re: [solve] issue of build yay

thank sirs

i install yay-git (but not install yay) than can search aur

seth

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Re: [solve] issue of build yay

You do understand that the predominant reason for this is still root owned files in the build directory?

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