Abs cleans out /var/abs

Question: Does abs now clean out all non-recognized directories in /var/abs intentionally? I used to keep everything from the AUR in /var/abs/aur, including some of my own stuff I *was* working on, but after running the newly upgraded abs I find everything in /var/abs gone except for, core, extra, local, README, testing, and unstable -- my AUR directory is gone, which is at least moderately upsetting... :S
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/etc/abs = /var/abs in first sentence.
Last edited by B-Con (2008-08-17 20:00:02)

Allan wrote:@Misfit138: I think you missed the point. If you named you separate build directory /var/abs/build, then it was deleted...
You're absolutely right, I missed that, sorry. *Sigh* I need to get more sleep.

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Script to check for updates to /var/abs/* compaired to /var/abs/local/

Motivation: I built some packages myself by copying the directory from /var/abs/* to /var/abs/local and using makepkg.
I updated abs with the abs command, but I have no way of telling if a package I built and installed has an update.
Goal: This script compares all the PKGBUILD files under /var/abs/local to the PKGBUILD for the same package under /var/abs/* and reports differences which would indicate that the package was updated.
In order not to report differences caused by tweaked configure options, the script only looks up to the 'build()' line in the PKGBUILD file.
I don't have many local packages, so this was not tested extensively or against many cases.
Comments, feedback, requests and all the rest would be appreciated.
#!/bin/bash
# Retrieve a list of man pages from pacman for a package
manpages () {
# Query pacman
pacman -Ql "$1" | \
grep $'/usr/share/man/.\n/usr/man/.' | \
while IFS=' ' read _ file ; do
# Strip the path to a num and man page name
file="${file#/usr}"
file="${file#/share}"
file="${file#/man/man}"
num="${file%%/*}"
file="${file#*/}"
file="${file%%.*}"
[[ $file ]] || continue
echo "$num $file"
done
(( $# == 0 )) && echo "Usage: "$(basename "$0")" package [more_packages...]"
for arg ; do
# Get the list of man number and names
IFS=$'\n' list=( $(manpages "$arg" 2>&1) )
# Check if any found
if ! [[ "$list" ]] ; then
echo "$arg has no man pages."
continue
fi
p='error: package * not found'
if [[ "${list[0]}" == $p ]] ; then
list="${list[0]}"
echo "${list#error: }"
continue
fi
# Only show prompt for more than one man page
prompt=0
if (( ${#list[@]} > 1 )) ; then
echo "$arg has ${#list[@]} man pages."
prompt=1
fi
for pair in "${list[@]}" ; do
IFS=' ' read num name <<< "$pair"
if (( prompt )) ; then
# If prompting, ask and allow user to selectively skip pages
read -p "Show man $pair? [Y/n] " -n 1
[[ $REPLY == [nN] ]] && { echo ; continue ; }
fi
man "$num" "$name"
done
done
Last edited by yitzle (2009-10-06 04:31:46)

Daenyth, thanks for the reply.
When using the bash [[ ]] builtins, quoting is not needed, which is one way they improve on the [ ] tests.
I'll play around with comm and possibly update the above code.

Getting rid of leftovers in /var/abs/local/yaourtbuild

I built kdevelop-git using yaourt and decided not to go through with the install, and now I have two folders under /var/abs/local/yaourtbuild called kdevelop-git and kdevplatform-git containing the targets.
So the question is how do I get rid of this without breaking anything?
Can I just delete the folders?
Last edited by drobole (2012-10-25 22:35:04)

Mr.Elendig wrote:I strongly suggest building in $HOME instead of /var/abs. You can configure yaourt to do so, the manual says how.
I just figured out that yaourt uses /tmp to build software by default so I guess I'm good.
I also think I will pick you up on that. Keeping the sources and binaries under control makes more sense anyway

Abs does not create /var/abs/local?

I'm not necessarily a newb at Linux, but I've only had Arch Linux installed for a short while. I really like Arch. and I have had no real issues getting everything set-up.
However, I'd like to get into building packages, so I have read a lot of documentation available here, on the Wiki, and elsewhere.
One issue that seems to be (and has been) a major topic is where to store the "local" files. Many suggest the standard "/var/abs/local" directory, though others suggest storing elsewhere, e.g. in a $HOME directory.
Without getting into a discussion of where to store the files for now, I figured I'd start with the "standard" location first, play around, then change later if it didn't suit my needs well.
However, here are my very basic questions:
- Is "/var/abs/local" still considered the "standard" starting point as running 'abs' for the first time did not create that directory?
- Is running 'abs' supposed to create it?
- If it doesn't create it in the current version, did it ever create the directory in previous versions?
From all the docs and forum topics (HOW TOs and such), it appears (at least through heavy implication and / or omission of facts to the contrary) that running 'abs' for the first time should create the tree including "/var/abs/local".
Just wondering if something went wrong since the directory was not created for me by 'abs', or if I should just create the directory and move on. I suspect the latter will be my course of action, but I'm curious.
Thank you.

It is not created automatically... Just create it if needed.

Abs times out, but pacman works

I'm at work, behind a firewall and proxy. Pacman works fine since I configured teh gatweay setting in rc.conf, but "abs" times out when I try to run it. I successfully did a "pacman -S cvsup wget". Is there something else I need to do to get abs to work?
Or is there a place where I need to set the proxy for abs? I tried to do "man abs", and it gave me help on the absolute value function, lol.
thx

abs is a wrapper script around cvsup. So, try the man page for cvsup. I have no experience, though, getting cvsup through a proxy. It's using port 5999, I think, and a non-proxy firewall can usually handle this protocol (at least mine can ;-) )

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I have the 4s. I have recently restored my settings and cleaned out the ports. I still cannot hear my audio for music or videos. My volume on the side of the phone does not work either. Everything workds in the setting menu. It is not a speaker issue because the ringtone works when people are calling and I can listen to the different ringtones as well. My notifications and text message audio does not work. My phone does not say that it is on a dock. When I try listening to music, the volume adjustment appears, but it is gray and unusable. Everything works when headphones are in plugged in and when it is on the dock. This started with the last iPhone update. What else can I do... this is becoming very frustrating.

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