Setting build folder using ~/.makepkg.conf

Until recently, I manually downloaded source tarballs from the AUR or copied folders out of my abs tree into my ~/build directory. I recently switched to packer and pacbuilder and these tools by default build in their temporary directories. However, I can't seem to configure them to my liking. The problem is I do not want the src directories to be deleted every time because I build a few devel packages from git and svn and downloading those whole everytime you update them would be a PITA on my connection. It would kinda beat the purpose as well. Right now I have
BUILDDIR="/home/$USER/build/temp"
SRCDEST="/home/$USER/build/sources"
With that setup however, devel packages lose their repositories every time.
Edit: Wait, I think my setup actually works as intended. Please don't investigate this.
2nd edit: I think what confused me is that pacbuilder enforces the usage of /tmp if I understand /usr/bin/pacbuilder correctly. Can someone confirm this?
Last edited by IncredibleLaser (2013-01-01 14:05:11)

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Building package using makepkg does not resolve dependency for another

I am trying to install yaourt from the AUR. Yaourt required that package-query be installed, and this package further required another, etc.
In short, package-query required yajl, which I downloaded from the AUR. This package does not actually have a PKGBUILD, but rather un-tars into a file that you need to merge with /usr. After doing so I tried to make the package-query package but was still met with a dependency discrepancy. Luckily, yajl was available in the official repositories (same version). After using pacman to install it everything went fine and package-query built and installed fine.
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Last edited by sherrellbc (2014-06-08 18:37:19)

cower doesn't have any dependencies that are not in the official repositories. It doesn't build packages automatically, but it will download the source tarballs and unpack them for you. It can also handle dependencies with the official repos and the AUR.
So for example, if you were to do cower -dd yaourt it would tell you that gettext, diffutils, and pacman are in the official repos. Then it would download the source tarball for package-query and resolve all of its dependencies. And it would download the yauort source tarball and unpack that for you. So it gives you an idea of what depends on what and in which order you should build and install.
But you really just shouldn't use yaourt. Many of the upgrade issues that arise on these forums stem from people using yaourt (particularly those who blindly run yaourt -Syua). The pacaur I mentioned above is a bash script that wraps cower. So it too should be able to be built and installed without having to resolve other AUR dependencies.
Edit:
But none of this is really answering the question though. When I make a package from the AUR, the dependency requirement when trying to install another package is never met. That is, if package A requires B and I then installed B (from the AUR), when I try to make A again it still informs me that B was never installed.
If this is the case, then you really don't know how to properly use the AUR, and thus should be reading up on that rather than trying to work around it with an AUR helper.
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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)
==> -------------------------------------------------------
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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')'
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# /usr/bin/snarf
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#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
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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"
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DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
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#-- 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)
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#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
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#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg
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# 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)
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STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
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STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
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MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
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DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
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PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
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# 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

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.

Using makepkg to cross-compile (for sparc64)

I recently acquired a Sun Ultra 5 system with a TI UltraSparc IIi CPU (sparc64). I am in the middle of doing some compiling on it using Debian as the host system while dabbling into cross-compiling for it. It would be superb to have a sparc64 toolchain installed and in the $PATH on a modern x86_64 system while using makepkg to cross-compile sparc64 packages. I would copy /etc/makepkg.conf to a working directory, make the necessary changes, and run makepkg --config /working/dir/makepkg.conf. makepkg would then (theoretically) pick up that I'm cross compiling, see the proper toolchain in the path, and cross compile.
Is this possible? If not, what kind of work/patching would be necessary to make it happen?

cedeel wrote:A Sparc64 chroot isn't possible. The closest thing would be to run a chroot-like environment in QEMU.
A cross toolchain should be preferred, although I have no idea on how to set it up.
Yeah. I'm building a toolchain atm. As long as the PKGBUILDs know that I'm cross compiling, I should be okay. There will be a bit of hand-cranking needed since not all sources use autotools. Not really looking forward to cross-compiling openssl, and the kernel will take a bit of screwing around to work right, but, meh, that's part of the fun, right? There's only 100-ish packages for a base install, so just getting to a functional system won't be too bad.
I'm going to experiment with an auto-build system when I have the system running. I'm very comfortable with bash scripting and am learning c++, so I have some good ideas. I work as a sysadmin too, so I could even give some of the meatier servers at work an extra job to do. That is, if all goes well
Last edited by synthead (2012-01-02 20:18:18)

Silly makepkg.conf question

Does makepkg.conf dictate "make" behavior as well as "makepkg" behavior ?
For instance if I use MAKEFLAGS="-j3" will I be able to benefit from it using regular "make" ?

Cerebral wrote:
Well, if you want default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS you can just set them before the alias:
export CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
export CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS}
alias make='make -j3'
That would work as well.
Ah, brilliant, thank you. There's what I was looking for. I am assuming that this should work whether I put it in /etc/profile or ~/.bashrc. (I only have 1 user and root.)

[solved] Editing makepkg.conf (x86_64)

Hello everyone,
I just set up my first Arch 64bit-system, so I want get to know its abilities and advantages a bit better for my everyday work.
Before installing any more stuff, I'm actually editing makepkg.conf, because I'd like to have the CPU usage optimzed, though I don't expect any significant performance boost -- I just want to learn about it and then use it. So far I read the specific Wikis Arch, Gentoo, and of course the Arch64 FAQ. -- However, tuning this file would only affect compiling PKGBUILDs from the AUR, or from other sources, because I'll mostly use the precompiled packages as they are, I suppose.
The CPU is a Xeon Kentsfield, looking like an early "quad-core, appearing as a single core" to me:
Wikipedia wrote:Intel released relabeled versions of its quad-core (2x2) Core 2 Quad processor as the Xeon 3200-series (,,,), these models only support single-CPU operation ...
Four processors are found anyway:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 @ 2.13GHz
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
processor : 1
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
processor : 2
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
processor : 3
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
So I wonder: how would this quad-or-no-quad appear or have to be adressed in a (desktop) system monitor -- as 1, 4 or even 2 (as it also a "2x2") CPUs?
The related section of my makepkg.conf actually reads:
CARCH="x86_64"
CHOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
Well, I admit that I'm not sure that I got everything in details. But I guess with this I'd be able to use any PKBGUILD in the AUR (or provide my own that others could use without risk), right?
Last, what about the MAKEFLAGS? The wiki says,
Typically -j2, plus 1 for each additional core/processor is an adequate choice.
If the Xeon is a "real" quad-core (see above), it should rather be
MAKEFLAGS="-j5"
as in this case there are three additional cores, right?
Last edited by cameo (2012-08-19 23:56:24)

I see.
Alternatively, for i686 compiling on this very machine I probably must get to grips with this stuff (if I'm not mixing something up); well, that's a future plan.
Thanks very much anyway.
Hm, regarding that system monitoring matter, I've just a feeling, different programs could just use different hooks for showing the processor loads. I mean if that Xeon is physically a quad, but "acting" like a single, some could maybe show just 1 CPU, and others 4. -- Since my topic here is mainly about editing makepkg.conf, I'd better discuss this in detail in another thread later, if necessary. (But of course, if somebody has got some information about this, please let me know.)
Seems to me, there's nothing more for me to question here then, so I'll mark this as solved.

Makepkg.conf the same as make.conf

Simple question really, is makepkg the same as make? If I add in CFLAGS will they be used when compiling packages from source or does makepkg just work when using makepkg.

makepkg is for compiling from source but the settings from makepkg.conf won't be used if you run
./configure && make && make install
by hand (and it doesn't create an Arch package), they are used when you run 'makepkg'.
'less /usr/bin/makepkg' will show you what 'makepkg' is.
From the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg
makepkg is a script that automates the building of packages; it can download and validate source files, check dependencies, configure build-time settings, compile the sources, install into a temporary root, make customizations, generate meta-info, and package everything together.
Last edited by karol (2011-07-04 20:21:27)

Makepkg.conf and active ftp

I'm trying to build some arch-packages but having problems with makepkg while downloading the tarballs. I think it has something to do with the use of active ftp, but passive doesn't work in the network I use.
My makepkg.conf:
DLAGENTS=('ftp::/usr/bin/wget -c --no-passive-ftp -t 3 --waitretry=3 -O %o %u'
'http::/usr/bin/wget -c -t 3 --waitretry=3 -O %o %u'
'https::/usr/bin/wget -c -t 3 --waitretry=3 --no-check-certificate -O %o %u'
'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync -z %u %o'
'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o')
CARCH="i686"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe"
BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache !xdelta)
OPTIONS=(strip docs libtool emptydirs zipman)
INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,share/}{info,doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{info,doc,gtk-doc})
STRIP_DIRS=(bin lib sbin usr/{bin,lib,sbin,local/{bin,lib,sbin}} opt/*/{bin,lib,sbin})
BUILDSCRIPT='PKGBUILD'
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.gz'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
DB_COMPRESSION='gz'
DB_CHECKSUMS=(md5)
with makepkg I get the following output:
--2008-10-07 23:05:26-- ftp://...
(try: 3) => 'package'
Connecting to ftp.... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /packagedir ... done.
==> SIZE package ... size
==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR package ...
Error in server response, closing control connection.
can someone help me?

It's the only one package. And it fails to build every time on different files with the same error. And if I just enter ./src/arora-build and run qmake && make it does compile ok.
The error example:
.obj/moc_settings.o: file not recognized: File truncated
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
P.S. PKGBUILD is community/arora-git
Last edited by vit (2009-05-06 18:02:36)

Downloading images used to go automatically to the last folder used to save images, even when reopening Firefox. In just the past few days, possibly coinciding wih the most recent updates, the folder defaults to the 'Downloads' folder. This is most annoyi

Downloading images used to go automatically to the last folder used to save images, even when reopening Firefox. In just the past few days, possibly coinciding wih the most recent updates, the folder defaults to the 'Downloads' folder. This is most annoying. What happened? Internet Explorer 8.0 did the same thing. This was one of the reasons why I started using Firefox to download all images. I went into Tools>Options and it only lets me set another folder. I dont want to set a specific folder I want it to always go to the last folder used. So what gives?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== possibly when the most recent updates were installed, a few days ago

Thanks jscher 2000. I guess I didn't make it clear. "It restarts with all the addons activated, and resumes with the tabs that were open before closing it." IE, it's running fine now with all the extensions activated. Everything is OK now.
So something in the Firefox code was causing the bad behavior. It's not essential that I find out what the problem was - I'm just curious. And if anybody else has this same problem, it might be nice to have it corrected at the source.

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