Arch Linux

Summary and Info:

Version 4.0.2 avoids the collation issue of  FS#27221 , but now using the “rmdeps” option produces odd warning and error messages when there are actually no packages to be removed, or when the build fails.

I think one solution would be to revert Git commit df47136 “makepkg: fix error on unnecessary -r” (revert 0fdf0b1 first). I don’t see how either of those “grep” commands will trigger Bash error handling, since error handling is meant to be inhibited inside “if” tests or when the exclamation mark is used.

If there is a reason to keep those commits, then extract just the original test from v4.0.1, since we know it used to work:

(( ${#deplist[@]} == 0 )) && return

Or even just fixing [[ -z "$deplist" ]] with a dollar sign might do the trick.

Steps to Reproduce:

Run “makepkg --rmdeps”. If the build failed I get this because it is running “sudo” in the “fakeroot” environment:

==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
Aborting...
==> Removing installed dependencies...
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libfakeroot.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
error: no targets specified (use -h for help)
==> WARNING: Failed to remove installed dependencies.

Additionally, if there aren’t actually any dependencies to remove, I get this at the end:

==> Removing installed dependencies...
error: no targets specified (use -h for help)
==> WARNING: Failed to remove installed dependencies.