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Pacstall v5.3.0 Phthalo

This update is a quality of life update focusing on important bug fixes and adding requested features. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file.

Developers, Developers, Developers...

Features

Allow pkgbase splitting by @oklopfer (#1153)
Parse parent distro if exists by @oklopfer (#1155)

Bug Fixes

Run replaces check before breaks/conflicts by @oklopfer (#1146)
Make sure builddeps always install and not build by @oklopfer (#1147)
Fix -Qa with packages that have a . by @oklopfer (#1148)
Don't chown with a group by @oklopfer (#1149)
stacktrace and safe rms, pretty deps prompt by @oklopfer (#1156)
Always log at least one provides by @oklopfer (#1165)
Add Bugs deb-logging by @Elsie19 (#1167)
Decompress .tar.bz/.tbz without the 2 by @oklopfer (#1170)
Make pacdeps check prompt pretty by @oklopfer (#1172)
only make /tmp/pacstall-no-build with -K by @oklopfer (#1174)
and many more small ones

For the Pacscript Maintainers

How to use the new features

`pkgbase` splitting

Like in the AUR, pacscripts can now build multiple packages:

pkgbase="rhino-pkg-git"
source=("https://github.com/rhino-linux/rhino-pkg.git")
pkgver="0.1.2"
makedepends=("make" "gettext")
depends=("gettext")
pkgdesc="Rhino-pkg wrapper script"
maintainer=("Oren Klopfer <oren@taumoda.com>")
pkgname=("rhino-pkg-git" "rpk-git")

package_rhino-pkg-git() {
  gives="rhino-pkg"
  cd "${gives}"
  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" make install
}

package_rpk-git() {
  gives="rpk"
  pacdeps=("pacstall-qa-git")
  cd "${pkgbase%-git}"
  DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" make install
  mv "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/rhino-pkg" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/rpk"
  rm -r "${pkgdir}/usr/share/locale"
}

The following variables can be overridden in split package functions: gives, pkgdesc, arch, url, license, depends, checkdepends, optdepends, pacdeps, provides, conflicts, breaks, replaces, enhances, recommends, priority, backup, repology

Inside the pacstall-programs repository, .SRCINFO generation is now required to be done before packagelist generation. Both are handled by ./scripts/srcinfo.sh:

./scripts/srcinfo.sh write packages/pkgname/pkgname.pacscript
# generates .SRCINFO to packages/pkgname/.SRCINFO

# OR

list=($(ls packages/*/*.pacscript))
./scripts/srcinfo.sh write "${list[@]}"
# does it for the whole repo

./scripts/srcinfo.sh check
# checks if SRCINFOs exists for files and is tracked by git, for preventing merges without one
# can be run on individual files or array of files, assumes every file if none passed

./scripts/srcinfo.sh packagelist
# must be run from the head of the repository, updates the packagelist

All .SRCINFO files now declare pkgbase at the top
If a pacscript does not include pkgbase
- pkgbase in .SRCINFO will default to the pkgname
- packagelist entry is same as before
If a pacscript does include pkgbase, then the packagelist entries are split up like:

${pkgbase}:pkgbase
${pkgbase}:${pkgname}

so for the example in #1153, our entries become:

rhino-pkg-git:pkgbase
rhino-pkg-git:rpk-git
rhino-pkg-git:rhino-pkg-git

This can of course also be done by hand, but either way is required for pacstall to handle pkgbase split packages.
They can then be called to install with any of the following:

pacstall -I rhino-pkg-git # same as with :pkgbase
pacstall -I rhino-pkg-git:pkgbase # prompts which to install
pacstall -I rhino-pkg-git:rpk-git # auto-selects only rpk-git split package
pacstall -I rhino-pkg-git:rhino-pkg-git # auto-selects only rhino-pkg-git split package

if using -Qa, this must be done without any :extensions:

pacstall -Qa "${pkgbase}#6143" # prompts which to install, will do all if none selected
pacstall -Qa rhino-pkg-git#1153 # as an example

Once installed on the system, you call split packages without their parent:

pacstall -Qi rpk-git
pacstall -R rpk-git

parent distros

the following distro examples are described with the combination child:codename/num|parent:codename/num:

debian:trixie/13|debian:sid/sid
elementary:next/8|ubuntu:noble/24.04
linuxmint:elsie/5|debian:bullseye/11
linuxmint:virginia/21.3|ubuntu:jammy/22.04
pop:focal/20.04|ubuntu:focal/20.04
ubuntu:devel/2024.1
ubuntu:oracular/24.10

for each of these, the new variable CDISTRO is:

debian:trixie
elementary:next
linuxmint:elsie
linuxmint:virginia
pop:focal
ubuntu:devel
ubuntu:oracular

and DISTRO is:

debian:sid
ubuntu:noble
debian:bullseye
ubuntu:jammy
ubuntu:focal
ubuntu:devel
ubuntu:oracular

Important

enhanced arrays use the DISTRO variable.

Pacscript for this releases Deb

pkgname="pacstall"
pkgver="5.3.0"
pkgdesc="An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Pacstall is the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the concept of the AUR
and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install and update downstream programs,
without scouring github repos and the likes."
url='https://pacstall.dev'
depends=(
  'bash'
  'curl'
  'wget'
  'git'
  'unzip'
  'zstd'
  'tar'
  'sensible-utils'
  'iputils-ping'
  'lsb-release'
  'aptitude'
  'bubblewrap'
  'build-essential'
  'jq'
  'distro-info-data'
)
optdepends=(
  "axel: faster file downloads"
  "ninja-build: common building tool"
  "meson: common building tool"
  "spdx-licenses: commonly provided licenses"
)
maintainer=(
  "Pacstall Team <pacstall@pm.me>"
  "Elsie19 <hwengerstickel@pm.me>"
)
backup=('usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo' 'usr/share/pacstall/update')
source=("https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.zip")

prepare() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/log/pacstall/error_log/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/lib/pacstall/metadata/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/cache/pacstall/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/src/pacstall/"
}

package() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  install -Dm755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
  install -Dm755 "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
  gzip -9n misc/pacstall.8
  install "misc/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
  install "misc/completion/fish" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/pacstall.fish"
  install "misc/completion/bash" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pacstall"
  echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/master" | tee "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo" > /dev/null
}

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