packer - New bash aur+pacman wrapper (replaces poorly written yaourt)

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-27 17:07:09

barzam wrote:

I get the terminal too wide error when editing the pkgbuild, I guess this is a system wide error in Vi that I haven't bothered to fix. Any wey to make packer use something else (vim for example) or a solution to the Vi thingy?
Great package btw, with the separate pacdiffviewer package I can dump yaourt for now. Thanks!

Maybe change the vi to nano in these lines:

eval ${EDITOR:-vi} PKGBUILD
eval ${EDITOR:-vi} "$install"

dirty hack..

Btw, I vote for nano being the default editor. It comes with the Arch core install anyway and is easier than vi.

drcouzelis · 2010-01-27 17:23:23

Packer uses the standard "EDITOR" variable. You can set it globally in "/etc/profile" or in "~/.bashrc". (or wherever you want)

export EDITOR="nano"

I personally use vim, which doesn't have a "screen too wide" limit like vi does.

bruenig · 2010-01-27 17:26:10

barzam wrote:

I get the terminal too wide error when editing the pkgbuild, I guess this is a system wide error in Vi that I haven't bothered to fix. Any wey to make packer use something else (vim for example) or a solution to the Vi thingy?
Great package btw, with the separate pacdiffviewer package I can dump yaourt for now. Thanks!

Like it says, packer used $EDITOR. This is a standard unix convention whereby you are supposed to set an environmental variable for your preferred editor.

So in short add a line to your /etc/profile or other relevant places that says

export EDITOR=nano

and it will work.

vi has always seemed to be standard on *nix systems, but if enough people complain I can change the default to nano. However, the real answer ought to be to change your environment variables.

Edit: *shakes fist at drcouzelis*

Last edited by bruenig (2010-01-27 17:27:27)

barzam · 2010-01-27 17:26:18

Thanks for the very quick help guys! I'll set it up to use Vim instead of Vi like drcouzelis suggested.

I also think that nano should be the default editor (due to being easy and straight forward), or maybe make it like yaourt does ("edit pkgbuild with:").

davidm · 2010-01-27 18:08:41

Nice work! Thank you.

handy · 2010-01-28 02:21:20

I also use export EDITOR=nano

If I were a scripter/programmer I would probably be using vim, but I'm not so I don't need to learn how to use vi, vim or emacs for that matter.

Last edited by handy (2010-01-28 02:22:07)

tvale · 2010-01-28 02:22:23

From what I've used so far it seems like a very nice work.
Thanks!

r6 · 2010-01-28 10:20:32

Found a possible bug when I typed "packer epiphany". It doesn't show the version number of the extra/epiphany package for some reason.

tvale · 2010-01-28 13:35:29

Yes, after quick quick test I think running the interactive mode doesn't show the version of packages that belong to a meta-package.
For example, epiphany or xf86-input-evdev.

fgr · 2010-01-28 14:14:55

seems 'packer' doesn't work well here. Take a look at the following:

fgr@ao ~ % packer -Si localepurge
Repository : aur
Name : localepurge
Version : 0.6.2-4
URL : http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/localepurge.html
[...]

fgr@ao ~ % packer -S localepurge
warning: localepurge-0.6.2-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
Aur Targets (1): localepurge
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

fgr@ao ~ % packer -Su
:: Aggiornamento del sistema in corso...
Il database locale è aggiornato
:: Synchronizing aur database...
aur 12 12 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full aur upgrade...
local database is up to date

MajorTom · 2010-01-28 14:48:56

packer -S pkgname will always install/reinstall
packer -Su will do a system upgrade but since that package is up to date, there is nothing to do.

Also, since recently, packer -Su will only upgrade AUR packages. If there is a new package version, you will need to do packer -Syu to refresh the master package list.
Finally, if the package in question comes, for example, from git (like packer itself), you will need to do packer -Syu --devel.

Last edited by MajorTom (2010-01-28 14:56:41)

bruenig · 2010-01-28 17:57:28

fgr wrote:

seems 'packer' doesn't work well here. Take a look at the following:
fgr@ao ~ % packer -Si localepurge
Repository : aur
Name : localepurge
Version : 0.6.2-4
URL : http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/localepurge.html
[...]
fgr@ao ~ % packer -S localepurge
warning: localepurge-0.6.2-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
Aur Targets (1): localepurge
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
fgr@ao ~ % packer -Su
:: Aggiornamento del sistema in corso...
Il database locale è aggiornato
:: Synchronizing aur database...
aur 12 12 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full aur upgrade...
local database is up to date

Here is what happens when I do it here.

[bruenig localepurge]$ pacman -Qi localepurge
Name           : localepurge
Version        : 0.6.2-3

______________________________

[bruenig localepurge]$ packer -Si localepurge
Repository     : aur
Name           : localepurge
Version        : 0.6.2-4

______________________________

[bruenig localepurge]$ packer -S localepurge

Aur Targets    (1): localepurge

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

_____________________________

[bruenig localepurge]$ packer --auronly -Syu localepurge
:: Synchronizing aur database...
 aur                                         26  26 [-------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Starting full aur upgrade...

Aur Targets    (1): localepurge

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

So I don't know what the problem is on your end.

Last edited by bruenig (2010-01-28 17:58:32)

bruenig · 2010-01-28 18:38:56

r6 wrote:

Found a possible bug when I typed "packer epiphany". It doesn't show the version number of the extra/epiphany package for some reason.

You are right. What I was doing was stripping off everything before the last space in pacman output.

extra/epiphany-extensions 2.28.1-1

See this worked very well here because everything before the last space is everything except the version!

extra/epiphany 2.28.2-1 (gnome)

But it failed here because everything before the last space was everything except the group name!

Anyways, I fixed it by stripping off everything before the FIRST space. This allows you to see the version and as luck would have it, also shows the group it belongs too if it in fact does belong to one.

packer -S packer to get change

tvale · 2010-01-28 18:53:23

Confirmed fix.

fgr · 2010-01-28 20:44:58

bruenig wrote:

[...]
So I don't know what the problem is on your end.

Neither do I. I'm looking for a solution anyway.

bruenig · 2010-01-28 21:25:57

fgr wrote:

bruenig wrote:
[...]
So I don't know what the problem is on your end.
Neither do I. I'm looking for a solution anyway.

packer -S packer and try again. I changed the version comparison code to use LC_ALL=C as the only thing that seems to be plausible as a problem is the locale.

MajorTom · 2010-01-29 03:28:02

Here's what happens if the supplied string doesn't match any packages/descriptions:

$ packer nomatch


Type numbers to install. Separate each number with a space.
Numbers: 
$

bruenig · 2010-01-29 04:04:09

MajorTom wrote:

Here's what happens if the supplied string doesn't match any packages/descriptions:
$ packer nomatch


Type numbers to install. Separate each number with a space.
Numbers: 
$

I noticed this the other day, but did not bother with trying to clean it up. I cleaned it up now though.

MajorTom · 2010-01-29 06:25:23

Confirmed. Works nicely now.

Any progress on the -q(uiet) search output or did you decide not to implement it?
Thanks.

kalpik · 2010-01-29 06:29:21

What about the -U flag? Useful for installing/upgrading already downloaded/built packages.

bruenig · 2010-01-29 07:43:54

kalpik wrote:

What about the -U flag? Useful for installing/upgrading already downloaded/built packages.

use pacman

bruenig · 2010-01-29 07:46:31

MajorTom wrote:

Confirmed. Works nicely now.
Any progress on the -q(uiet) search output or did you decide not to implement it?
Thanks.

I put it off for a bit as I try to get everything solidly where I like it. I am toying with how to implement it. Like obviously -Ss, but what about interactive mode?

JayJay · 2010-01-29 11:17:47

Package group oder provider package as dependency

If i try to install fcron, i get this:

% packer -S fcron
Dependency `smtp-server' of `fcron' does not exist.

Then I...

 % packer -S smtp-server
Package `smtp-server' does not exist.

Search for it...

 % packer -Ss smtp-server
extra/courier-mta 0.62.1-4 [5.58 MB]
    IMAP(s)/POP3(s) and SMTP Server with ML-manager, webmail and webconfig
extra/exim 4.69-2 [0.45 MB]
    A Message Transfer Agent
extra/postfix 2.6.5-3 [3.35 MB]
    Secure, fast, easy to administer drop in replacement for Sendmail (MTA)
community/esmtp 1.2-1 [0.02 MB]
    An easy smtp forwarder

If i install esmtp and then fcron it works.
Is this a bug of packer, or is the PKGBUILD of fcron wrong/bad?

JJ

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-29 12:01:42

@JayJay

I think it's a packer issue. Manually compiling fcron using makepkg -s checks for smtp-server and then askss to install courier-mta group which provides smtp-server. However using packer it shows that error you mentioned!

fgr · 2010-01-29 16:52:21

bruenig wrote:

fgr wrote:
bruenig wrote:
[...]
So I don't know what the problem is on your end.
Neither do I. I'm looking for a solution anyway.
packer -S packer and try again. I changed the version comparison code to use LC_ALL=C as the only thing that seems to be plausible as a problem is the locale.

yeah, now it works. From my «pacman.log»:

[2010-01-29 17:32] upgraded fontconfig-ubuntu (2.6.0-8 -> 2.8.0-1)

fontconfig-ubuntu [typo: has been updated -- sorry] was updated on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:37:20 +0000.

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