Re: [aur-general] aur/acroread broken - request for help

[Eric Engestrom]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 09:28:48PM +0200, Jens Adam wrote:
> Fri, 3 Jun 2016 18:13:41 +0200
> "G. Schlisio" :
> 
> > some things about lib32-libxcb (running on an x86_64 machine) [2].
> > downgrading libxcp to version 1.11.1 seems to fix this temporarily,
> > but doesnt provide a long term solution.
> > [2] http://pastebin.com/f3Py5LDn
> 
> Not exactly very helpful, but I wanted to let you know that I had the
> same problem with a very old/proprietary/binary 32-bit application I'm
> using.
> 
> Running it on the laptop (CoreDuo, no x86_64 support) with Arch i686:
> no issues.
> On the x86_64 desktop Arch I had to downgrade lib32-libxcb to 1.11.1,
> like you.
> 
> Any further insight appreciated.
> 
> --byte

Have you (both of you) raised a bug [1], sent a mail [2] [3] or dropped
a line on IRC [4] ?  You may well have found a regression, and it would
be very helpful if you could give as much details as possible over the
relevant channels :)

[1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/
[2] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/Xcb
[3] https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
[4] irc://irc.freenode.net/xorg

Re: [aur-general] AUR hook: "missing source files"

[Eric Engestrom]

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 11:39:14AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote:
> 
> Simply use a "file://" prefix in the source array.

Thanks, worked like a charm!
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cov-analysis

For those wondering, the hook seems to only be interested in
the .SRCINFO, so I didn't have to modify the PKGBUILD at all.

[aur-general] AUR hook: "missing source files"

[Eric Engestrom]

Hi all,

I wrote a package for the Coverity [1] scan build tool, but they require
manual download of their tarball, hidden behind a login [2]. Because
of that, my `source` array contains a filename with no URL, as you're
meant to download it manually and build the package afterwards.

When trying to upload my package to the AUR, its hook rejects it,
citing "missing source file":

  remote: error: The following error occurred when parsing commit
  remote: error: f468427b563a71e81656a849b1145166be3449ec:
  remote: error: missing source file: cov-analysis-linux32-7.7.0.4.tar.gz
  remote: error: hook declined to update refs/heads/master
  To a...@aur.archlinux.org:cov-analysis
   ! [remote rejected] master -> master (hook declined)
  error: failed to push some refs to 'a...@aur.archlinux.org:cov-analysis'

I can bypass that check by adding an empty file that will fail checksum
check when the user tries to use it, but I'd prefer no file to be there,
so it's clear to the user that they need to download the file using the
provided URL.

I've pushed it on my GitHub [3] in the mean time, so you can have a look
and tell me if I'm doing something dumb :]

Cheers,
  Eric

[1]: https://scan.coverity.com/
[2]: https://scan.coverity.com/download
[3]: https://github.com/1ace/cov-analysis

[aur-general] [RFC] Limit the height of AUR comments

[Eric Engestrom]

Hi all,

Every now and then, someone will post a huge dump (log, error messages,
etc.) to the AUR comments. Besides being usually useless, those comments
force everyone to scroll for a while before getting to the next comment.

What do you guys think about adding something like this to limit the
vertical space taken by such comments?

> #news div p {
>   max-height: 10em;
>   overflow: auto;
> }

If the idea is approved, I can send a proper patch ;]

An example of such "dumb dump" can be found at:
https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nvidia-vulkan-beta/?comments=all#comment-535438

Cheers,
Eric