error: could not set install reason for package <group name> (could not find or read package) #2137
Description
Affected Version
yay v12.0.4.r7.g8c69356 - libalpm v13.0.2
Describe the bug
Installation of a group (yay -S xorg) fails with the following error:
error: could not set install reason for package xorg (could not find or read package)
-> error installing repo packages
Reproduction Steps
# Spin up a docker container
docker run -it archlinux:base-devel
# Inside the container, install yay-git
useradd yay-test -m
echo 'yay-test ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers.d/yay-test
su yay-test
cd
sudo pacman -Sy
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
cd yay-git
makepkg -si --noconfirm
# Try to install xorg
pacman -Q | grep --count xorg # check that nothing is there, prints 0
yay -S --noconfirm --needed xorg # install the packages from the group but exits with error
pacman -Q | grep --count xorg # check that packages were actually installed, prints 51Expected behavior
yay -S --noconfirm --needed xorg finishes with 0 exit code.
Output
Output of `yay -S --noconfirm --needed xorg`
yay -S --noconfirm --needed xorg
Sync Explicit (1): xorg
:: There are 48 members in group xorg:
:: Repository extra
1) xf86-video-vesa 2) xorg-bdftopcf 3) xorg-docs 4) xorg-font-util 5) xorg-fonts-100dpi 6) xorg-fonts-75dpi 7) xorg-fonts-encodings
8) xorg-iceauth 9) xorg-mkfontscale 10) xorg-server 11) xorg-server-common 12) xorg-server-devel 13) xorg-server-xephyr
14) xorg-server-xnest 15) xorg-server-xvfb 16) xorg-sessreg 17) xorg-setxkbmap 18) xorg-smproxy 19) xorg-x11perf 20) xorg-xauth
21) xorg-xbacklight 22) xorg-xcmsdb 23) xorg-xcursorgen 24) xorg-xdpyinfo 25) xorg-xdriinfo 26) xorg-xev 27) xorg-xgamma
28) xorg-xhost 29) xorg-xinput 30) xorg-xkbcomp 31) xorg-xkbevd 32) xorg-xkbutils 33) xorg-xkill 34) xorg-xlsatoms
35) xorg-xlsclients 36) xorg-xmodmap 37) xorg-xpr 38) xorg-xprop 39) xorg-xrandr 40) xorg-xrdb 41) xorg-xrefresh 42) xorg-xset
43) xorg-xsetroot 44) xorg-xvinfo 45) xorg-xwayland 46) xorg-xwd 47) xorg-xwininfo 48) xorg-xwud
Enter a selection (default=all):
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 2 providers available for man:
:: Repository core
1) man-db
:: Repository community
2) mandoc
Enter a number (default=1):
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: harfbuzz will be installed before its freetype2 dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mesa will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
Package (114) New Version Net Change
extra/default-cursors 2-1 0.00 MiB
extra/fontconfig 2:2.14.2-1 1.09 MiB
extra/freetype2 2.13.0-1 1.68 MiB
extra/graphite 1:1.3.14-3 0.20 MiB
extra/harfbuzz 7.1.0-1 3.67 MiB
extra/libdrm 2.4.115-1 1.18 MiB
core/libedit 20221030_3.1-1 0.28 MiB
extra/libepoxy 1.5.10-1 2.79 MiB
extra/libevdev 1.13.0-1 0.25 MiB
extra/libfontenc 1.1.7-1 0.04 MiB
extra/libglvnd 1.6.0-1 3.70 MiB
extra/libgudev 237-2 0.39 MiB
extra/libice 1.1.1-2 0.36 MiB
extra/libinput 1.23.0-1 1.08 MiB
extra/libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-4 0.58 MiB
extra/libpciaccess 0.17-1 0.06 MiB
core/libpipeline 1.5.7-1 0.07 MiB
extra/libpng 1.6.39-1 0.57 MiB
extra/libsm 1.2.4-1 0.26 MiB
extra/libunwind 1.6.2-2 0.25 MiB
extra/libwacom 2.6.0-2 0.68 MiB
extra/libx11 1.8.4-1 10.01 MiB
extra/libxau 1.0.11-2 0.02 MiB
extra/libxaw 1.0.15-1 1.69 MiB
extra/libxcb 1.15-2 3.78 MiB
extra/libxcomposite 0.4.6-1 0.02 MiB
extra/libxcursor 1.2.1-3 0.06 MiB
extra/libxcvt 0.1.2-1 0.03 MiB
extra/libxdamage 1.1.6-1 0.02 MiB
extra/libxdmcp 1.1.4-2 0.13 MiB
extra/libxext 1.3.5-1 0.30 MiB
extra/libxfixes 6.0.1-1 0.04 MiB
extra/libxfont2 2.0.6-2 0.23 MiB
extra/libxft 2.3.8-1 0.13 MiB
extra/libxi 1.8-3 0.48 MiB
extra/libxinerama 1.1.5-1 0.02 MiB
extra/libxkbfile 1.1.2-1 0.19 MiB
extra/libxmu 1.1.4-1 0.33 MiB
extra/libxpm 3.5.16-1 0.16 MiB
extra/libxrandr 1.5.3-1 0.07 MiB
extra/libxrender 0.9.11-1 0.10 MiB
extra/libxshmfence 1.3.2-1 0.02 MiB
extra/libxt 1.3.0-1 2.04 MiB
extra/libxtst 1.2.4-1 0.11 MiB
extra/libxv 1.0.12-1 0.06 MiB
extra/libxxf86vm 1.1.5-1 0.03 MiB
extra/llvm-libs 15.0.7-2 120.48 MiB
extra/lm_sensors 1:3.6.0.r41.g31d1f125-2 0.47 MiB
core/man-db 2.11.2-1 2.27 MiB
extra/mesa 23.0.3-1 85.32 MiB
extra/mtdev 1.1.6-2 0.05 MiB
extra/pixman 0.42.2-1 0.72 MiB
extra/vulkan-icd-loader 1.3.245-1 0.47 MiB
extra/wayland 1.22.0-1 0.78 MiB
extra/xcb-proto 1.15.2-2 0.88 MiB
extra/xcb-util 0.4.1-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xcb-util-image 0.4.1-2 0.05 MiB
extra/xcb-util-keysyms 0.4.1-4 0.02 MiB
extra/xcb-util-renderutil 0.3.10-1 0.03 MiB
extra/xcb-util-wm 0.4.2-1 0.21 MiB
extra/xf86-input-libinput 1.3.0-1 0.10 MiB
extra/xkeyboard-config 2.38-1 6.52 MiB
extra/xorg-fonts-alias-100dpi 1.0.5-1 0.00 MiB
extra/xorg-fonts-alias-75dpi 1.0.5-1 0.00 MiB
extra/xorg-util-macros 1.20.0-2 0.09 MiB
extra/xorgproto 2022.2-1 1.43 MiB
extra/xf86-video-vesa 2.6.0-1 0.03 MiB
extra/xorg-bdftopcf 1.1.1-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-docs 1.7.2-2 0.82 MiB
extra/xorg-font-util 1.4.0-1 0.23 MiB
extra/xorg-fonts-100dpi 1.0.4-2 12.18 MiB
extra/xorg-fonts-75dpi 1.0.4-1 10.64 MiB
extra/xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.7-1 0.61 MiB
extra/xorg-iceauth 1.0.9-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-mkfontscale 1.2.2-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-server 21.1.8-1 3.72 MiB
extra/xorg-server-common 21.1.8-1 0.12 MiB
extra/xorg-server-devel 21.1.8-1 1.20 MiB
extra/xorg-server-xephyr 21.1.8-1 2.26 MiB
extra/xorg-server-xnest 21.1.8-1 1.40 MiB
extra/xorg-server-xvfb 21.1.8-1 1.91 MiB
extra/xorg-sessreg 1.1.3-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-setxkbmap 1.3.3-2 0.03 MiB
extra/xorg-smproxy 1.0.7-1 0.03 MiB
extra/xorg-x11perf 1.6.2-1 0.23 MiB
extra/xorg-xauth 1.1.2-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-xbacklight 1.2.3-3 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xcmsdb 1.0.6-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xcursorgen 1.0.8-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xdpyinfo 1.3.3-4 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xdriinfo 1.0.7-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xev 1.2.5-1 0.03 MiB
extra/xorg-xgamma 1.0.7-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xhost 1.0.9-1 0.03 MiB
extra/xorg-xinput 1.6.3-3 0.06 MiB
extra/xorg-xkbcomp 1.4.6-1 0.21 MiB
extra/xorg-xkbevd 1.1.5-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xkbutils 1.0.5-1 0.06 MiB
extra/xorg-xkill 1.0.6-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xlsatoms 1.1.4-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xlsclients 1.1.5-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xmodmap 1.0.11-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-xpr 1.1.0-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-xprop 1.2.6-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-xrandr 1.5.2-1 0.07 MiB
extra/xorg-xrdb 1.2.1-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xrefresh 1.0.7-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xset 1.2.5-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xsetroot 1.1.3-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xvinfo 1.1.5-1 0.02 MiB
extra/xorg-xwayland 23.1.1-1 2.23 MiB
extra/xorg-xwd 1.0.8-1 0.04 MiB
extra/xorg-xwininfo 1.1.6-1 0.05 MiB
extra/xorg-xwud 1.0.6-1 0.03 MiB
Total Installed Size: 298.14 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
:: Processing package changes...
installing xf86-video-vesa...
installing xorg-bdftopcf...
installing libpipeline...
installing man-db...
Optional dependencies for man-db
gzip [installed]
installing xorg-docs...
installing xorg-font-util...
installing xorg-fonts-alias-100dpi...
installing xorg-fonts-100dpi...
installing xorg-fonts-alias-75dpi...
installing xorg-fonts-75dpi...
installing xorg-fonts-encodings...
installing xorgproto...
installing libice...
installing xorg-iceauth...
installing graphite...
Optional dependencies for graphite
graphite-docs: Documentation
installing harfbuzz...
Optional dependencies for harfbuzz
harfbuzz-utils: utilities
installing libpng...
installing freetype2...
installing libfontenc...
installing xorg-mkfontscale...
Creating X fontdir indices... done.
installing libepoxy...
installing libxfont2...
installing pixman...
installing xkeyboard-config...
installing xcb-proto...
installing libxdmcp...
installing libxau...
installing libxcb...
installing libx11...
installing libxkbfile...
installing xorg-xkbcomp...
installing libxext...
installing libxrender...
installing libxrandr...
installing xorg-setxkbmap...
installing xorg-server-common...
installing libunwind...
installing libpciaccess...
installing libdrm...
installing default-cursors...
Optional dependencies for default-cursors
adwaita-cursors: default cursor theme
installing wayland...
installing libxxf86vm...
installing libxfixes...
installing libxdamage...
installing libxshmfence...
installing libomxil-bellagio...
installing libedit...
installing llvm-libs...
installing lm_sensors...
Optional dependencies for lm_sensors
rrdtool: for logging with sensord
perl: for sensor detection and configuration convert [installed]
installing vulkan-icd-loader...
Optional dependencies for vulkan-icd-loader
vulkan-driver: packaged vulkan driver
installing mesa...
Optional dependencies for mesa
opengl-man-pages: for the OpenGL API man pages
mesa-vdpau: for accelerated video playback
libva-mesa-driver: for accelerated video playback
installing libglvnd...
installing mtdev...
installing libevdev...
installing libgudev...
installing libwacom...
Optional dependencies for libwacom
python-libevdev: for libwacom-show-stylus
python-pyudev: for libwacom-show-stylus
installing libinput...
Optional dependencies for libinput
gtk4: libinput debug-gui
python-pyudev: libinput measure
python-libevdev: libinput measure
installing xf86-input-libinput...
installing libxcvt...
installing xorg-server...
>>> xorg-server has now the ability to run without root rights with
the help of systemd-logind. xserver will fail to run if not launched
from the same virtual terminal as was used to log in.
Without root rights, log files will be in ~/.local/share/xorg/ directory.
Old behavior can be restored through Xorg.wrap config file.
See Xorg.wrap man page (man xorg.wrap).
installing xorg-util-macros...
installing xorg-server-devel...
installing libxv...
installing xcb-util...
installing xcb-util-image...
installing xcb-util-renderutil...
installing xcb-util-wm...
installing xcb-util-keysyms...
installing xorg-server-xephyr...
installing xorg-server-xnest...
installing libsm...
installing libxt...
installing libxmu...
installing xorg-xauth...
installing xorg-server-xvfb...
installing xorg-sessreg...
installing xorg-smproxy...
installing fontconfig...
Creating fontconfig configuration...
Rebuilding fontconfig cache...
installing libxft...
installing xorg-x11perf...
installing xorg-xbacklight...
installing xorg-xcmsdb...
installing libxcursor...
installing xorg-xcursorgen...
installing libxi...
installing libxtst...
installing libxcomposite...
installing libxinerama...
installing xorg-xdpyinfo...
installing xorg-xdriinfo...
installing xorg-xev...
installing xorg-xgamma...
installing xorg-xhost...
installing xorg-xrandr...
installing xorg-xinput...
installing xorg-xkbevd...
installing libxpm...
installing libxaw...
installing xorg-xkbutils...
installing xorg-xkill...
installing xorg-xlsatoms...
installing xorg-xlsclients...
installing xorg-xmodmap...
installing xorg-xpr...
installing xorg-xprop...
installing xorg-xrdb...
Optional dependencies for xorg-xrdb
gcc: for preprocessing [installed]
mcpp: a lightweight alternative for preprocessing
installing xorg-xrefresh...
installing xorg-xset...
installing xorg-xsetroot...
installing xorg-xvinfo...
installing xorg-xwayland...
installing xorg-xwd...
installing xorg-xwininfo...
installing xorg-xwud...
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/8) Reloading system manager configuration...
Skipped: Current root is not booted.
(2/8) Updating udev hardware database...
(3/8) Creating temporary files...
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/journal-nocow.conf:26: Failed to replace specifiers in '/var/log/journal/%m': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:23: Failed to replace specifiers in '/run/log/journal/%m': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:25: Failed to replace specifiers in '/run/log/journal/%m': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:26: Failed to replace specifiers in '/run/log/journal/%m/*.journal*': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:29: Failed to replace specifiers in '/var/log/journal/%m': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:30: Failed to replace specifiers in '/var/log/journal/%m/system.journal': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:32: Failed to replace specifiers in '/var/log/journal/%m': No such file or directory
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf:33: Failed to replace specifiers in '/var/log/journal/%m/system.journal': No such file or directory
(4/8) Reloading device manager configuration...
Skipped: Device manager is not running.
(5/8) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(6/8) Updating fontconfig configuration...
(7/8) Updating fontconfig cache...
(8/8) Updating X fontdir indices...
error: could not set install reason for package xorg (could not find or read package)
-> error installing repo packages
Relevant output with the `--debug` flag
debug: loading package cache for repository 'local'
debug: added 259 packages to package cache for db 'local'
debug: returning error 33 from alpm_db_get_pkg (../lib/libalpm/db.c: 248) : could not find or read package
error: could not set install reason for package xorg (could not find or read package)
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
-> error installing repo packages