[aur-general] I need some help with nexuiz-data

[Evangelos Foutras]

Xyne wrote:
> I sent a message to this list about this yesterday but it seems to have
> been lost. It seems that things like to stop working all at once.
>
>
> I can't get nexuiz-data into the database. I keep getting the following
> error:
>
> [xyne at sigurd ~]$ /arch/db-community 
> ==> Processing 1 new/updated arch-independent packages for
> 'community'... Checked out revision 3198.
>     Validating package arch (any) nexuiz-data
>     Checking SVN for nexuiz-data
>     WARNING: nexuiz-data-2.5.1-3-any.pkg.tar.gz does not match PKGBUILD
> in community-any Updating DB for community-i686
> ==> Copying DB file from 'community'...
> ==> Processing 1 new/updated packages for repository 'community'...
> D         checkout/nexuiz-data
> Checked out revision 3198.
> Errors found when adding packages
> Updating DB for community-x86_64
> ==> Copying DB file from 'community'...
> ==> Processing 1 new/updated packages for repository 'community'...
> Checked out revision 3198.
> Errors found when adding packages
>
>
>
> I've tried removing (svn rm) the PKGBUILD in nexuiz-data/repos/,
> commiting the changes and re-releasing the trunk. I've double-checked
> that I've followed all the steps for adding and updating the package
> against the wiki and my own working scripts. I've even tried bumping
> the pkgrel and rebuilding the package.
>
> I've also removed the local svn copy of nexuiz-data, checked it out
> again to make sure that I have the same version of the PKGBUILD, and
> used that to rebuild the package.
>
> I have no idea what to do now and would appreciate any help.
>
> The package is in ~/staging/community on Sigurd. I also have a copy of
> the current PKGBUILD along with the Nexuiz source code in ~/build for
> quick rebuilds (all it does is unzip the sources, move them to $pkgdir,
> remove some unnecessary Windows and Mac files, then recompress).
>
> Thanks,
> Xyne

It looks like _pkgname in the PKGBUILD overrides a variable which is 
internal to db-update and happens to have the same name.

Here are the relevant lines in /arch/db-update: 
http://pastebin.com/f2b478ad - see my comments on each highlighted line 
for what I believe is going on and causes it to fail.

I would suggest losing the _pkgname in the PKGBUILD, but there may be a 
better and more universal solution.