Building dependencies

wankel · 2009-08-15 03:33:56

Now that makepkg can't build dependencies, whats the best way to do this, if its even possible anymore? thanks!

I just reread this:
http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman … h=ae5ef3b9

Would it be possible to get the external script for this option?

Last edited by wankel (2009-08-15 03:47:23)

djszapi · 2009-08-15 08:02:32

Hello Wankel!

"-s, --syncdeps
Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed."
-> From the manual

Allan · 2009-08-15 14:14:41

djszapi wrote:

-> From the manual

And entirely unrelated to the question being asked...

Maybe pacbuilder does what you need.

AdrenalineJunky · 2009-08-15 14:30:45

yaourt?

wankel · 2009-08-15 20:03:02

@djszapl
Thanks for looking into it, Im trying to find a simple way to compile those dependencies from source

@allan
Ive been following the pacbuilder project since it started, but its still quite buggy. I used it about 2 weeks ago and it got caught in a dependency loop. So right now I'm trying to explore other alternatives. Any idea whats happening with the srcpac project? Ive been looking at the mailing list and there seem to be quite a few patches, but nothing has been implemented yet?

@AdrenalineJunky
yaourt -Sb will only compile the main package from source, it still doesn't support dependency building. I do appreciate the suggestion though

Allan · 2009-08-16 04:17:26

wankel wrote:

Ive been looking at the mailing list and there seem to be quite a few patches, but nothing has been implemented yet?

I think the version from git somewhat works. Problem is that no-one is interested in maintaining it any more. However, I do push any patches set to pacman-dev list into git.

wain · 2009-08-16 17:03:05

yaourt-git can now build dependencies (excepting those from community because the move from aur to svn is not totally done yet)

wankel · 2009-08-17 04:00:22

Thanks Allan and wain, these two options are actually working out pretty good. The only real problem im experience with both programs is that pacman wont recognize some of the packages they build as being installed. Other than that I havent really experienced any major problems with either option.

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