5.0.1

[Elsie19]

Pacstall v5.0.1 Toucan

This update is a bugfix update for bugs present in 5.0.0 Canary found and reported by the community. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file.

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Bug Fixes

• Allow option flags in the -Qa command by @D-Brox in fix(quality-assurance): option flags #1102
• Fix insane stty due to & wait in for-loop (again) by @D-Brox in fix(upgrade): insane stty 3: return of the king #1103
• Repair pacdeps updating by @oklopfer in fix(search.sh): repair pacdeps updating #1100
• Repair deb -B downloads by @oklopfer in fix(package.sh): repair deb -B downloads #1107
• Properly handle pre-existing parentheses by @oklopfer in fix(version-constraints.sh): properly handle pre-existing parentheses #1109
• Fix DNS resolution in the sandbox by @D-Brox in fix(bwrap): dns resolution in the sandbox #1101
• Log previously installed pacdeps as such by @oklopfer in fix({build,package}.sh): log previously installed pacdeps as such #1108

Refactoring and minor changes

• Replace directories with the corresponding *DIR variables by @D-Brox (#/1105)
• Remove the deprecated /tmp/pacstall-pacdep by @D-Brox in (ref(package): remove deprecated /tmp/pacstall-pacdep #1104)
• Normalize script names by @D-Brox (chan(*): normalize script names #1098)
• Re-run shfmt and chmod +x the scripts by @oklopfer (fix(*): re-run shfmt on everything, fix chmod perms #1099)

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Pacscript for this releases Deb

pkgname="pacstall"
pkgver="5.0.1"
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'
  'sensible-utils'
  'iputils-ping'
  'lsb-release'
  'aptitude'
  'bubblewrap'
  'build-essential'
  'ninja-build'
  'meson'
  'jq'
)
optdepends=(
  "axel: faster file downloads"
)
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 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
  mkdir -p "${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/"
}

package() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  install -Dm755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
  install -Dm755 "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
  install "misc/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
  install "misc/completion/fish" "${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
}

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