gdweber@iue.edu wrote:
For about a month, it seems, when I ran 'bauerbill -Syu' it would list a bunch of packages that were upgradable, and I think actually downloaded the packages, but would not build or install them.
Now that I've finally found time to post a question about it, it's mysteriously resumed building and installing packages.
Just wondering, anyone know the explanation for this?
If it's able to detect upgradable packages then it would have downloaded them and tried to build any that needed to be built. The only thing that would prevent installation is if the build failed and the output would have made that clear. A situation similar to your description might have been caused by the order of the build queue. It previously failed to consider dependency order within the queue itself if those dependencies were satisfied by installed packages. For example, if you were upgrading haskell-pandoc, it would detect that its dependencies were already installed and build it first, even if some of the package's dependencies were in the queue. Re-running the command several times would eventually get through all of the builds. I fixed the ordering algorithm as soon as I noticed the error, but it was there for a while and would only appear with certain build queues, so it fits the time frame. The switch to HTTPS would not have caused such a problem, plus it was fixed quickly. As jwbirdsong mentioned, you should include [xyne-any] above [community] in pacman.conf. It's updated automatically with my release scripts, and I release fixes as soon as I have them, which is usually the same day that I discover the problem. Regards, Xyne