On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 07:18:07PM GMT, gromit wrote: > Hello everyone, > > with the move of pacman version 7.0.0 a few changes might require manual > intervention from end users, which shall be described in the following > news item! > > If you have feedback to it feel free to reply directly! > > ------ > # Manual intervention for pacman 7.0.0 and local repositories required > > With the release of [version 7.0.0][0] pacman has added support for > downloading packages as a separate user with dropped privileges, which > we deem a good default for our distribution. > > For users with local repos however this might imply that the download > user does not have access to the files in question, which can be fixed > by assigning the files and folder to the "alpm" group. > > $ chown $USER:alpm -R /path/to/local/repo > > This is of course only relevant after you have successfully [merged the > .pacnew][1] files. > > Pacman also introduced [a change][2] to improve checksum stability for > git repos that utilize .gitattributes files. This might require a > one-time checksum change for PKGBUILDs that use git sources. > > [0]: > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads > [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave > [2]: > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/9548d6cc765b1a8dcf933e8b1b89d0bcc3e50209
Fwiw, already reviewed by me :) Thanks for doing the work gromit! -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16
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