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> On May 4, 2025, at 9:21 AM, u...@net9.cf wrote: > > Pocket <poc...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> I am building packages using makepkg for the raspberry pi 4 platform >> >> I changed the CFLAGS adding -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a72 (makepkg.conf). >> >> I started to build all the packages that make up the "Building in a >> clean chroot" following the building in a claen chroot on the wiki. >> All when well. >> I will then build all the "base" package followed by all the packages I >> use on a "desktop" system. >> >> I would now like to make a custom repository for those packages and then >> have pacman install from there, eventually to remove the core extra etc >> repositories. >> >> I know how to create the custom repository (from the various wiki docs) >> using repo-add. I have a nginx web server on a remote raspberry pi and >> it will serve those packages >> >> from /etc/pacman.conf >> [custom] >> SigLevel = Optional TrustAll >> Server = http://www.home.arpa/Repository >> >> >> So my questions are as follows >> >> 1. How to get pacman to pull the packages from the custom >> repository first >> >> 2. I would like to sign the packages in the custom repository. >> >> I have looked at some of the information regarding signing >> packages(maybe missing some of them). It was totally confusing. >> I need guidance in the form of Step 1, step 2 etc. >> >> Is there such docs in existance? >> > > It could be > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Package_signing#Adding_unofficial_keys > is what you are looking for. > I tried that and I either messed it up or I didn’t understand it as it failed to work. Pacman rejected it and when I try to sign the package using repo-add it failed as well. I am looking for a doc that shows the complete steps ie Create a key Add it to the Pacman keyring Then the rest of the steps Ie which key do I add to the keyring public or secret? I need a little hand holding on this one
