Arch Linux @lemmy.ml egsaqmojz @lemmy.ml 2mo ago

python-polib moves from aur to extra

Hi all,

I have reason to believe a package I use (python-polib) was moved from the aur to the official extra repo. I'm now having trouble getting it installed.

The old page gives a 404: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-polib This now seems to be the right source for this package: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/python-polib/

However, I do a # pacman -Syyu python-polib and pacman can't find the target. Do I need to do something here that I'm missing?

My pacman.conf includes the "extra" repo and it updates during the Syyu command.

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output:

Server = https://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://mirrors.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://us.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://america.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://mirrors.vectair.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://mirrors.lug.mtu.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://arch.hu.fo/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://archmirror1.octyl.net/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://mirror.theash.xyz/arch/$repo/os/$arch

Server = https://us.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
- Well for the arch.mirror.constant.com mirror at the top, its certainly there. so doing pacman -Syyu python-polib Should find the package.
  
  For sanity's sake, you are on a X86_64 system, right?
  
  absolutely. i've tried this on two x86 systems as well, my desktop and laptop. if there's no quick fix or obvious problem, i'm not above doing a full reinstall to fix this.
  
  i'll spin up a vm to test too
  
  I suppose you could also clean out cached packages with pacman -Scc and then delete the package database files in /var/lib/pacman/sync so that you know for a fact that you are getting a fresh sync and it not depending on anything cached.
  
  but the package is certainly there, are you able to directly download it from https://arch.mirror.constant.com/extra/os/x86_64/python-polib-1.2.0-2-any.pkg.tar.zst from a browser so we can rule out any weird dns fuckiness?
  
  yep, dns points me to 108.61.5.83 and i can get there by hostname and address thru the browser. i spun up a new live arch session i built with archiso. still can't get a hit thru pacman tho. really can't explain it.
  
  Entertain me, what's the output of pacman -Qi python| grep Architecture?
  
  pacman -Qi python | grep Architecture yields Architecture : x86_64
  
  this is very, very strange behavior you're seeing then. I have the following in my /etc/pacman.conf
  
  [core] SigLevel = PackageRequired Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [extra] SigLevel = PackageRequired Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist [multilib] SigLevel = PackageRequired Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
  
  Does yours look like that?
  
  and for mirror list, I have the following mirrors:
  
  Server = https://mirror.stephanie.is/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch Server = https://arch.mirror.ivo.st/$repo/os/$arch
  
  these settings yield me the python library just fine
  
  Edit: the multilib repo is optional in the pacman.conf, as the package you want is in the extra repo.
  
  that asciicinema thing is super cool too
  
  okay i got it now.
  
  was something wrong with the mirror i was using? if so, is there some way to know if i have a "lesser" mirror? or was the arch linux world just going thru a major update today and i had to wait it out?
  
  My only gut 'guess' is that your original mirror was out of date, then you happened to switch to one mid sync potentially.
  
  thanks so much for the coaching!
  
  so... i did another reflector refresh and then did an Syyu. Now this is happening...
  
  this is with the mirrorlist shown in the picture below. not sure why i'd be getting almost 3 gigs of updates right now. i've been updating this and using this machine daily for months on this installation. when that is complete i'll try for python-polib again.
  
  about 15 ruby packages got replaced with extra/ruby just now too.
  
  well... thats a good sign at least. hopefully it finally latched on to some working mirrors then. I'd surely think it should find that library now lol

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