pacman wrapper to allow source builds (srcpac)

Xentac · 2004-12-12 04:34:37

With srcpac 0.3 (it really was time to release), srcpac -h outputs the usual usage information and the added srcpac options. No man page needed

Cotton · 2005-01-15 00:50:54

However, srcpac -Sh gives:

usage: pacman {-S --sync} [options] [package]
options:
-c, --clean remove old packages from cache directory (use -cc for all)
-d, --nodeps skip dependency checks
-f, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files
-g, --groups view all members of a package group
-i, --info view package information
-l, --list list all packages belonging to the specified repository
-p, --print-uris print out download URIs for each package to be installed
-s, --search search remote repositories for matching strings
-u, --sysupgrade upgrade all packages that are out of date
-w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything
-y, --refresh download fresh package databases from the server
--ignore <pkg> ignore a package upgrade (can be used more than once)
--config <path> set an alternate configuration file
--noconfirm do not ask for any confirmation
-v, --verbose be verbose
-r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root
-b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location

which is a little confusing regarding the -b option.

Xentac · 2005-01-16 19:37:54

Looks like Judd added an option that directly conflicts with srcpac. I thought -b was a good one for build. I guess I'll have to change that one day.

Xentac · 2005-03-08 02:05:51

I added a manpage, added --ignore support, and fixed a conf handling bug.

cactus · 2005-03-08 02:10:29

8)

phrakture · 2005-03-08 16:53:53

Ya know, I've still yet to use srcpac... maybe I'll try that tonight

phrakture · 2005-04-29 15:07:42

ok, dredging up an old thread, but didn't want to start a new srcpac thread.

Once abs is able to hit the AUR, srcpac is going to be invaluable!

One thing though, as I've just begun messing with srcpac - if I use srcpac exclusively, and let's say I setup some configure options for vim in srcpac.conf - when vim7 is released, will "srcpac -Syu" catch it, understand it was compiled from source, and recompile?

If this isn't the case, it'd be a nice feature...

Anyway, crossing my fingers until I can cvsup the AUR repo...

Xentac · 2005-05-12 05:30:09

To respond a while after these things were posted:

re: USE flags
srcpac uses sed commands to replace chunks of the PKGBUILD. This is really a poor man's USE flags.

re: does srcpac remember which packages were from source
yes, it will. Check out the output of srcpac -Qi <some package you built>.

manica · 2005-09-13 17:50:34

How would I uncomment a line in a PKGBUILD using srcpac? I want to uncomment the following lines from the subversion PKGBUILD and place the entry into srcpac.conf:

# make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg javahl
# make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install-javahl

The tricky part is that the delimiter for srcpac.conf is the # that I wish to uncomment.

Thanks!
Darin

Xentac · 2005-09-13 18:10:15

You don't have to use # as the substitute delimiter. You can use / or % or anything you'd like.

manica · 2005-09-13 19:52:35

Hmmm... it didn't seem to work. I added the following into my srcpac.conf

conf_subversion=('%# make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg javahl%make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg javahl%' '%# make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install-javahl%make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install-javahl%')

It built without error, but the javahl library is not installed. When I uncomment the lines by hand and build the package, everything works fine. I'd just like to automate it with srcpac.

Xentac · 2005-09-13 20:18:06

You have to be aware of the $. $ means end-of-line in regexp speak.

Also, check out the -o option for srcpac. It lets you inspect the PKGBUILD after changes have been applied without building the package.

manica · 2005-09-13 21:42:16

Ah, yes. Thank you. I also noticed that the -o option actually changes the PKGBUILD, so if it takes a little bit of experimenting to get it correct one may have to update the PKGBUILD from cvs to get it back to its original condition. Here is a patch to srcpac that sends the output to stout without ever modifying the PKGBUILD.

Thanks for srcpac and the help!
Darin

--- srcpac    2005-09-13 21:10:23.000000000 +0000
+++ srcpac.patched    2005-09-13 21:10:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@
     fi
 }
 
+output_confs()
+{
+    varname=`echo $1 | sed 's#-#X#g'`
+    eval num_conf=${#conf_$varname[@]}
+    if [ $num_conf -gt 0 ]; then
+        sedvar=""
+        eval "for (( j = 0 ; j < $num_conf ; j++ )); do
+            sedvar="${sedvar}s${conf_$varname[$j]};"
+        done"
+        eval sed "$sedvar" $2/PKGBUILD
+    fi
+}
+
 build_packages()
 {
     action="build"
@@ -426,8 +439,7 @@
                 for pkgdir in $candidates; do
                     if [ -f $pkgdir/PKGBUILD ]; then
                         # Look for config options and apply them
-                        do_confs $i $pkgdir
-                        less $pkgdir/PKGBUILD
+                        output_confs $i $pkgdir | less
                         success=1
                         break
                     fi

Xentac · 2005-09-14 00:40:20

Hmmm, submit that to the bug tracker. I may use that.

What I normally do is srcpac -Syo, the -y always updates from cvs first. That way you know it's right no matter what.

manica · 2005-09-14 13:46:09

Task #3175

I inlined the patch, and then saw I could attach it after the task was created, so it is in both places.

Thanks again --
Darin

alcazoid · 2006-03-11 13:35:46

Hi.
I just want to know how can I use CFLAGS in srcpac? Doesn't it takes this flags from makepkg.conf???
I'm trying to update the whole system using srcpac -Syb, but while installing the firest built package it tells me that some files are existing in my filesystem. The --force option seems not to work in srcpac, so I can't update my system automatically.
Sorry for your support. Arch is great distro, I like it very much
Sorry for my english

unixlust · 2007-02-04 09:50:04

I really like the idea of srcpac. Is this project discontinued ?

phrakture · 2007-02-04 10:23:47

Nope, srcpac is still valid, and it still works fine. It's not discontinued, just idle. pacman -S srcpac

wain · 2007-02-04 12:00:38

phrakture wrote:

Nope, srcpac is still valid, and it still works fine. It's not discontinued, just idle. pacman -S srcpac

There are several rather old requests here:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?tas … ing=srcpac

When will we see a new release ?

wankel · 2009-03-09 04:21:21

If i try to install anything using srcpac, i just get a

Error: failed to build "pidgin"

It gives me that for anything I try to install. Any ideas on what the issue is?

wankel · 2009-08-12 21:54:15

Does this program still work?

ilpianista · 2009-12-09 18:05:27

I hope so, I am trying to resuscitate this project.
Please report any bug, thanks!

ilpianista · 2010-12-16 16:52:04

...and here we are! srcpac 0.8 is out

ilpianista · 2011-03-31 11:10:32

srcpac 0.10 is out with splitted packages support

see the ChangeLog for more.

starfry · 2011-08-22 09:26:02

Hello, I just found this whilst searching for source building options.

Has anyone used srcpac and mkarchroot together? Is there a way to make mkarchroot use srcpac in place of pacman and can I set it up so it compiles everything for i586?

I'd like to build a small server to run on some old kit. This looks promising...

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