Problems with Yaourt and makepkg.conf

Question

Hi all,
So, I've recently switched all the way over to Arch Linux after playing around with it for some time.  And it's been great!  I am very glad I did it. 
I've been using yaourt to install all of my humble indie bundle games, and it's been going well until I tried to install mark of the ninja. 
Every time I try to install ANYTHING on yaourt now, I get these types of error messages:
[nicholas@nicholas ~]$ yaourt -s markoftheninja-hib
1 aur/markoftheninja-hib 1.38+h20131002-1 (4)
    Mark of the Ninja, a side-scrolling stealth game (Humble Bundle version)
==> Enter n° of packages to be installed (ex: 1 2 3 or 1-3)
==> -------------------------------------------------------
==> 1
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> Downloading markoftheninja-hib PKGBUILD from AUR...
x markoftheninja-hib.desktop
x PKGBUILD
markoftheninja-hib 1.38+h20131002-1  (Wed Sep 11 20:25:29 EDT 2013)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as an unprivileged user will result in non-root
ownership of the packaged files. Try using the fakeroot environment by
placing 'fakeroot' in the BUILDENV array in /etc/makepkg.conf.
==> markoftheninja-hib dependencies:
- sdl (already installed)
- libgl (already installed)
- gcc-libs (already installed)
- xdg-utils (already installed)
==> Continue building markoftheninja-hib ? [Y/n]
==> --------------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as an unprivileged user will result in non-root
ownership of the packaged files. Try using the fakeroot environment by
placing 'fakeroot' in the BUILDENV array in /etc/makepkg.conf.
==> ERROR: markoftheninja-hib is not available for the '' architecture.
    Note that many packages may need a line added to their PKGBUILD
    such as arch=('').
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build markoftheninja-hib.
==> Restart building markoftheninja-hib ? [y/N]
==> -------------------------------------------
==>
[nicholas@nicholas ~]$ sudo gedit /etc/makepkg.conf
So, I already have fakeroot properly activated IN makepkg.conf.  This is my makepkg.conf setup:
# /etc/makepkg.conf
# SOURCE ACQUISITION
#-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources
#  Format: 'protocol::agent'
DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'http::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'https::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o'
          'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o'
          'hib::/usr/bin/find /home/nicholas/Downloads -name $(echo %u | cut -c 7-) -exec ln -s \{\} %o \; -quit')'
# Other common tools:
# /usr/bin/snarf
# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
# /usr/bin/wget
# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
CARCH="x86_64"
CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
# -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
# -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
#-- Debugging flags
DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
# Defaults: BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
#  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
#-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
#-- color:    Colorize output messages
#-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
#-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
#-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
#-- Specify a directory for package building.
#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg
# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
#   These are default values for the options=() settings
# Default: OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !upx !debug)
#  A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#-- strip:      Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
#-- docs:       Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
#-- libtool:    Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
#-- staticlibs: Leave static library (.a) files in packages
#-- emptydirs:  Leave empty directories in packages
#-- zipman:     Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
#-- purge:      Remove files specified by PURGE_TARGETS
#-- upx:        Compress binary executable files using UPX
#-- debug:      Add debugging flags as specified in DEBUG_* variables
OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !upx !debug)
#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
#-- Options to be used when stripping shared libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
#-- Options to be used when stripping static libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
#-- Manual (man and info) directories to compress (if zipman is specified)
MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
#-- Doc directories to remove (if !docs is specified)
DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
#-- Files to be removed from all packages (if purge is specified)
PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
# PACKAGE OUTPUT
# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
#PKGDEST=/home/packages
#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
#SRCDEST=/home/sources
#-- Source packages: specify a fixed directory where all src packages will be placed
#SRCPKGDEST=/home/srcpackages
#-- Log files: specify a fixed directory where all log files will be placed
#LOGDEST=/home/makepkglogs
#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
#PACKAGER="John Doe <[email protected]>"
#-- Specify a key to use for package signing
#GPGKEY=""
# COMPRESSION DEFAULTS
COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
# WARNING: Do NOT modify these variables unless you know what you are
#          doing.
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
# vim: set ft=sh ts=2 sw=2 et:
Here is line 89, which is the one that yaourt flags:
- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for 
It's almost as if it is treating "for" as a command.  This is very strange. 
Also, I do have the architecture specified in the makepkg.  It doesn't matter which package I try to install: it does the same thing. 
Does anyone have any ideas?  I'd really appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Corey Goettsch

Answer 1

Karol,
Thank you for the suggestion.  Here are the code outputs
[nicholas@nicholas ~]$ yaourt -S markoftheninja-hib
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> Downloading markoftheninja-hib PKGBUILD from AUR...
x markoftheninja-hib.desktop
x PKGBUILD
markoftheninja-hib 1.38+h20131002-1 (Wed Sep 11 20:25:29 EDT 2013)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as an unprivileged user will result in non-root
ownership of the packaged files. Try using the fakeroot environment by
placing 'fakeroot' in the BUILDENV array in /etc/makepkg.conf.
==> markoftheninja-hib dependencies:
- sdl (already installed)
- libgl (already installed)
- gcc-libs (already installed)
- xdg-utils (already installed)
==> Continue building markoftheninja-hib ? [Y/n]
==> --------------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
/etc/makepkg.conf: line 89: for: command not found
==> WARNING: Running makepkg as an unprivileged user will result in non-root
ownership of the packaged files. Try using the fakeroot environment by
placing 'fakeroot' in the BUILDENV array in /etc/makepkg.conf.
==> ERROR: markoftheninja-hib is not available for the '' architecture.
Note that many packages may need a line added to their PKGBUILD
such as arch=('').
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build markoftheninja-hib.
==> Restart building markoftheninja-hib ? [y/N]
==> -------------------------------------------
==>
[nicholas@nicholas ~]$ sudo gedit /etc/makepkg.conf
[sudo] password for nicholas:
(gedit:2211): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: notebook.css:6:13: Theming engine 'unico' not found
(gedit:2211): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: nemo.css:90:13: Theming engine 'unico' not found
And this is my makepkg.conf:
# /etc/makepkg.conf
# SOURCE ACQUISITION
#-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources
# Format: 'protocol::agent'
DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/curl -fC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'http::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'https::/usr/bin/curl -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o'
'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o'
'hib::/usr/bin/find /home/nicholas/Downloads -name $(echo %u | cut -c 7-) -exec ln -s \{\} %o \; -quit')'
# Other common tools:
# /usr/bin/snarf
# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
# /usr/bin/wget
# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
CARCH="x86_64"
CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
# -march (or -mcpu) builds exclusively for an architecture
# -mtune optimizes for an architecture, but builds for whole processor family
CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
#-- Debugging flags
DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
# Defaults: BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
# A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
#-- distcc: Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
#-- color: Colorize output messages
#-- ccache: Use ccache to cache compilation
#-- check: Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
#-- sign: Generate PGP signature file
BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache check !sign)
#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
#-- Specify a directory for package building.
#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg
# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
# These are default values for the options=() settings
# Default: OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !upx !debug)
# A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#-- strip: Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
#-- docs: Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
#-- libtool: Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
#-- staticlibs: Leave static library (.a) files in packages
#-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
#-- zipman: Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
#-- purge: Remove files specified by PURGE_TARGETS
#-- upx: Compress binary executable files using UPX
#-- debug: Add debugging flags as specified in DEBUG_* variables
OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !upx !debug)
#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
#-- Options to be used when stripping shared libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
#-- Options to be used when stripping static libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
#-- Manual (man and info) directories to compress (if zipman is specified)
MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
#-- Doc directories to remove (if !docs is specified)
DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
#-- Files to be removed from all packages (if purge is specified)
PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
# PACKAGE OUTPUT
# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
#PKGDEST=/home/packages
#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
#SRCDEST=/home/sources
#-- Source packages: specify a fixed directory where all src packages will be placed
#SRCPKGDEST=/home/srcpackages
#-- Log files: specify a fixed directory where all log files will be placed
#LOGDEST=/home/makepkglogs
#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
#PACKAGER="John Doe <[email protected]>"
#-- Specify a key to use for package signing
#GPGKEY=""
# COMPRESSION DEFAULTS
COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
# WARNING: Do NOT modify these variables unless you know what you are
# doing.
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
# vim: set ft=sh ts=2 sw=2 et:
And, last, here is the output from line 89:
#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
So, the problem is that "for" in line 89 is being treated like a command.  Which is very strange.  Also, I already have fakeroot set up in makepkg.conf.  And, last, I also have the architecture specified in the PKGBUILD.  So, I'm a bit at a loss here.  I would really appreciate any help.