Makepkg suddenly not working

Issues & Assistance Unsupported Software (AUR & Other)
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If I want to install any AUR package or invoke makepkg manually I get the following errors:

==> FEHLER: $SRCEXT does not contain a valid package suffix (needs '.src.tar*', got '')
==> FEHLER: $PKGEXT does not contain a valid package suffix (needs '.pkg.tar*', got '')

After some googling I found that I can set vars inline, which brought me to this:

SRCEXT='.src.tar*' PKGEXT='.pkg.tar*' makepkg -s --install

That throws this error:

==> FEHLER: paru steht für die ''-Architektur nicht zur Verfügung.

I can set more vars inline just needing to set more vars.
Further searching made me realize, that makepkg.conf is empty and so no vars are set at all! I tried re-installing pacman, base-devil, etc but the config file simply isnt created and I dont want to do it manually. I have no idea, why exactly it magically stopped working, at first I thought it could have been the switch from zsh to fish some time ago and thus some vars are not set, but I didnt find anything in that direction.

Maybe someone experienced the same issue and got some hint on how to solve this.

Garuda INXI

System:
Kernel: 6.12.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=5702d322-4da7-469d-adda-63a16266e7a2 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=9005141b-26fc-4444-9334-a396c674ce84 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 82JQ v: Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40709 WIN
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_82JQ_BU_idea_FM_Legion 5
Pro 16ACH6H uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: GKCN60WW
date: 03/07/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 73.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 73.3/80.0 Wh (91.6%)
volts: 17.3 min: 15.4 model: Celxpert L20C4PC1 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 186
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA500011
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1108 min/max: 400/4280 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1108 2: 1108 3: 1108
4: 1108 5: 1108 6: 1108 7: 1108 8: 1108 9: 1108 10: 1108 11: 1108 12: 1108
bogomips: 79053
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo
driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2560
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: California Institute of eDP-1-0x1609 built: 2021
res: mode: 2560x1600 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 188 gamma: 1.2
size: 345x215mm (13.58x8.46") diag: 407mm (16") ratio: 16:10
modes: 2560x1600
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 565.77 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2560
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 05:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai MediaTek Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:4
chip-ID: 0489:e0cd class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 7 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 297.28 GiB (62.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS512GDE9X084N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41010C22 temp: 50.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 459.62 GiB size: 459.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 296.99 GiB (64.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 299.4 MiB (100.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 459.62 GiB size: 459.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 296.99 GiB (64.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 459.62 GiB size: 459.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 296.99 GiB (64.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 459.62 GiB size: 459.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 296.99 GiB (64.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.47 GiB used: 1.02 GiB (6.6%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.02 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.4 C mobo: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.47 GiB used: 4.71 GiB (30.5%)
Processes: 344 Power: uptime: 22h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 4 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.14 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2271 libs: 578 tools: octopi,paru,yay
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2024-01-21
Last full system update: 2025-01-29 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
2

The first thing I would try would be a system update followed by a reboot.

3

It isnt working in a while, so that source of failure I can safely dismiss

4

Well, then one possible source of error has been ruled out.

In Arch Linux and in the forum I can only find old articles that probably won’t help you.
I don’t use this script myself and therefore have no experience with it. Sorry.

5

You dont use makepkg at all? If you install via AUR it uses makepkg. Do you have a /etc/makepkg.conf?

6

Yes I do have :grinning:

7

Damnit! :rage:

8

Do you get the same result if you install with paru?

9

If its not available in chaotic and thus precompiled, yes. Same call to makepkg

10

Try restoring the makepkg.conf from a (hopefully) existing backup or load and restore a working snapshot.

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11

Is there no way do regenerate the file? At some point it must have been generated, bc I never created it or modified it…

12

I have to correct: the config file exists, but is empty

13

hi donde,

i had the same issue years ago after a update but i have backups for it.

so maybe you can try my one if it works.My makepkg is working without errors ive compiled for alienfx no errors.

copy and paste it to your file when your file is empty with sudo nano or with kate worked for me.

Thumps pressed for ya.

#!/hint/bash
# shellcheck disable=2034

#
# /etc/makepkg.conf
#

#########################################################################
# SOURCE ACQUISITION
#########################################################################
#
#-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources
#  Format: 'protocol::agent'
DLAGENTS=('file::/usr/bin/curl -qgC - -o %o %u'
          'ftp::/usr/bin/curl -qgfC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'http::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'https::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
          'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o'
          'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o')

# Other common tools:
# /usr/bin/snarf
# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
# /usr/bin/wget

#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
#  Format: 'protocol::package'
VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::breezy'
            'fossil::fossil'
            'git::git'
            'hg::mercurial'
            'svn::subversion')

#########################################################################
# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
#########################################################################
#
CARCH="x86_64"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"

#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
#CPPFLAGS=""
CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions \
        -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security \
        -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection \
        -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now \
         -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
LTOFLAGS="-flto=auto"
#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
#-- Debugging flags
DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g"
DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS"

#########################################################################
# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
#########################################################################
#
# Makepkg defaults: BUILDENV=(!distcc !color !ccache check !sign)
#  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#
#-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
#-- color:    Colorize output messages
#-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
#-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
#-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
#
BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check !sign)
#
#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
#
#-- Specify a directory for package building.
#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg

#########################################################################
# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
#   These are default values for the options=() settings
#########################################################################
#
# Makepkg defaults: OPTIONS=(!strip docs libtool staticlibs emptydirs !zipman !purge !debug !lto !autodeps)
#  A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
#
#-- strip:      Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
#-- docs:       Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
#-- libtool:    Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
#-- staticlibs: Leave static library (.a) files in packages
#-- emptydirs:  Leave empty directories in packages
#-- zipman:     Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
#-- purge:      Remove files specified by PURGE_TARGETS
#-- debug:      Add debugging flags as specified in DEBUG_* variables
#-- lto:        Add compile flags for building with link time optimization
#-- autodeps:   Automatically add depends/provides
#
OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge debug lto)

#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, b2
INTEGRITY_CHECK=(sha256)
#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
#-- Options to be used when stripping shared libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
#-- Options to be used when stripping static libraries. See `man strip' for details.
STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
#-- Manual (man and info) directories to compress (if zipman is specified)
MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
#-- Doc directories to remove (if !docs is specified)
DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
#-- Files to be removed from all packages (if purge is specified)
PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
#-- Directory to store source code in for debug packages
DBGSRCDIR="/usr/src/debug"
#-- Prefix and directories for library autodeps
LIB_DIRS=('lib:usr/lib' 'lib32:usr/lib32')

#########################################################################
# PACKAGE OUTPUT
#########################################################################
#
# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
#
#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
#PKGDEST=/home/packages
#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
#SRCDEST=/home/sources
#-- Source packages: specify a fixed directory where all src packages will be placed
#SRCPKGDEST=/home/srcpackages
#-- Log files: specify a fixed directory where all log files will be placed
#LOGDEST=/home/makepkglogs
#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
#PACKAGER="John Doe <john@doe.com>"
#-- Specify a key to use for package signing
#GPGKEY=""

#########################################################################
# COMPRESSION DEFAULTS
#########################################################################
#
COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -T0 -)
COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 -q)
COMPRESSLZ=(lzip -c -f)

#########################################################################
# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
#########################################################################
#
PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.zst'
SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'

#########################################################################
# OTHER
#########################################################################
#
#-- Command used to run pacman as root, instead of trying sudo and su
#PACMAN_AUTH=()
# vim: set ft=sh ts=2 sw=2 et:
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It works, I just installed the atom editor just because it was one I remembered that I wanted to try for some dev stuff.
The installation is rather slow and it throws an error (not sure if that occured before this problems)

libfakeroot internal error: payload not recognized!
objcopy: ./opt/atom-ng/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/symbols-view/vendor/ctags-linux: debuglink section already exists

But that could just be because I tried installing it with yay and paru without succes. Ill see if that pops up again! Atom seems to run fine, though.
Thanks alot!

15

im glad it worked=)

Based on the search results, it appears that this error may be caused by a problem with the fakeroot package, specifically with versions 1.36 and later.You may want to try downgrading to an earlier version of fakeroot or checking for any updates to the package that may resolve the issue.

objcopy error yes because the files are existing so should be not a problem.

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