[Bug-freedink] Re: Instructions for building FreeDink from AUR

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

 Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:33:16PM -0700, Petteri Tolonen wrote:
> Sylvain Beucler wrote:
>>
>>
>> Currently here's what I have:
>>
>>   # Install yaourt with AUR support
>>   wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
>>   cd yaourt
>>   makepkg -c
>>   pacman -U yaourt-*.pkg.tar.gz
>>     yaourt -S freedink-engine
>>   yaourt -S freedink-dfarc
>>
>>   # If you appreciate the game:
>>   yaourt -S aurvote
>>   aurvote freedink-engine
>>
>> Does that look ok?
>>   
>
> That looks ok to me.
>
>>
>> I don't really understand why yaourt asks to edit PKGBUILD
>>
>>   ==> Downloading freedink-data PKGBUILD from AUR...
>>             First Submitted: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:43:00 +0000
>>         Last Updated: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:21:06 +0000
>>   freedink-data 1.08.20080920-2 (Unsupported): Free game data for GNU 
>> freedink
>>   ==>  Edit the PKGBUILD (recommended) ? [Y/n]("A" to abort)
>>   ==>   ----------------------------------------------
>>   ==>
>>
>> Is there a way to skip this? (unless that's not recommended)
>>   
>
> There probably is a way to skip that, but that isn't recommended because  
> anyone can submit packages to AUR and therefore unsupported packages can  
> potentially contain malicious code.  It is also very usual that some  
> pkgbuild isn't up-to-date and must be modified in order to get it  
> working. So it's a good option since you always should at least  take a  
> quick look at the pkgbuild you are installing.
>
>>
>> I also noticed that if the package is not built as root, it won't
>> offer to install the dependencies (while it offers to su/sudo and
>> install built packages).  Should we recommend people to run the
>> commands as root?
>>
>>   
>
> I use sudo configured with nopasswd for pacman and pacdiffviewer and  
> yaourt works fine. And as you noticed, yaourt uses sudo automatically.  
> That's maybe somewhat better than using root.
>
>> You mentioned you asked to remove 'freedink' and replace it by a group
>> of packages.  Did the AUR moderator check your request?  Apparently
>> 'freedink' currently refers to the old release.
>>   
>
> I added it some time ago to:  
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_CleanUp_Day. Now I sent email to  
> address@hidden to get it deleted more quickly. I totally  
> forgot to send e-mail to them earlier, sorry about that. Once they  
> remove the package it it should work right. That means: 'yaourt -S  
> freedink' installs engine, data and dfarc.
>
>>
>> A note: in 'freedink-engine', the 'libzip' dependency isn't necessary
>> anymore, because we're using '--disable-embedded-resources'.
>>   
>
> Removed libzip from dependencies.


Thanks for the info!

About sudo, for some reason yaourt is able to use 'su' if sudo isn't
configured, but _not_ when it comes to dependencies.  Well, I suppose
people usually have sudo configured :)

What package should people vote for after the rename is done?
'freedink' (meta-package) or 'freedink-engine' (normal package)?

-- 
Sylvain