6.3.0 Absinthe #1361

oklopfer · 2025-05-21T20:04:48Z

oklopfer
May 21, 2025
Maintainer

Pacstall v6.3.0 Absinthe

This update is a quality of life update focusing on important bug fixes and adding requested features. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file. The prebuilt deb is also available from the Chaotic PPR, using sudo apt install pacstall.

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Features

Add KVER internal variable and limit_kver pacscript variable by @oklopfer (feat: KVER and limit_kver #1357)

Bug Fixes

Fix mktemp cases of -p flag being masked by -t by @D-Brox (fix(mktemp): -p flag masked by -t #1355)
Let is_apt_package_installed check against version constraints by @oklopfer (fix(is_apt_package_installed): check against version constraints #1359)

Translations

Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate (Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1349, Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1350, Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1351, Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1353, Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1354, Translations update from Hosted Weblate #1358)

Current translation status:

See https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall#translations for how to help.

How to use the new features

`KVER` internal variable and `limit_kver` pacscript variable

Maintainers may want some of their packages, such as external kernel modules, to build slightly differently based on device kernel versions, or may want to exclude certain versions entirely from being able to build a package. We have added two new variables to assist in this interaction:

$KVER: this is an internal variable, similar to CARCH and DISTRO; one could potentially use the variable like the following:

build() {
  case "${KVER}" in
    "4."*) echo "Kernels on 4.x" ;;
    "5."*) echo "Kernels on 5.x" ;;
    "6."*) echo "Kernels on 6.x" ;;
  esac
}

limit_kver=: this is a pacscript variable, similar to pkgver and depends; it is a singular string, as opposed to an array, and should be a number prefixed by one of the version constraints <= >= = < >, such as the following:

limit_kver=">=4.4"
# OR
limit_kver="<6.0"

Pacscript for this releases Deb

pkgname="pacstall"
pkgver="6.3.0"
arch=("all")
pkgdesc="An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Pacstall is the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the concept of the AUR
and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install and update downstream programs,
without scouring github repos and the likes."
url='https://pacstall.dev'
depends=(
  'bash'
  'curl'
  'wget'
  'git'
  'unzip'
  'zstd'
  'tar'
  'gzip'
  'sensible-utils'
  'iputils-ping'
  'lsb-release'
  'aptitude'
  'bubblewrap'
  'build-essential'
  'jq'
  'distro-info-data'
  'gettext'
)
makedepends=(
  'gettext'
  'gzip'
)
recommends=(
  'axel'
  'ninja-build'
  'meson'
  'spdx-licenses'
)
maintainer=(
  "Pacstall Team <pacstall@pm.me>"
  "Elsie19 <hwengerstickel@pm.me>"
)
backup=('usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo' 'usr/share/pacstall/update')
source=("https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.zip")

prepare() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man5/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/log/pacstall/error_log/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/lib/pacstall/metadata/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/cache/pacstall/"
  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/src/pacstall/"
  mapfile -t linguas <"misc/po/LINGUAS"
  for lang in "${linguas[@]}"; do
    mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/locale/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES/"
  done
}

package() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  install -Dm755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
  install -Dm755 "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
  gzip -9n misc/man/pacstall.8
  gzip -9n misc/man/pacstall.5
  install "misc/man/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
  install "misc/man/pacstall.5.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man5/"
  install "misc/completion/fish" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/pacstall.fish"
  install "misc/completion/bash" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pacstall"
  echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/master" | tee "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo" > /dev/null
  mapfile -t linguas <"misc/po/LINGUAS"
  for lang in "${linguas[@]}"; do
    msgfmt -o "${pkgdir}/usr/share/locale/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES/pacstall.mo" "misc/po/${lang}.po"
  done
  rm -f "${pkgdir}/usr/share/scripts/update.sh"
}

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Pacstall v6.3.0 Absinthe

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Features

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How to use the new features

KVER internal variable and limit_kver pacscript variable

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May 21, 2025
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`KVER` internal variable and `limit_kver` pacscript variable