Missing community package

[SP-937-215]

Affected Version

yay v8.1173.0 - libalpm v11.0.1

Issue

running yay reflector does not propose the package community/reflector (https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=reflector)

Steps to reproduce

1. yay -Suy
2. yay reflector

Output

$ yay -Suy
[sudo] password for odroid: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 alarm is up to date
 aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: Searching AUR for updates...
 there is nothing to do

$ yay reflector
6 aur/cubemap 1.3.2-3 (+0 0.00%) 
    A scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC.
5 aur/vncreflector 1.2.4-1 (+1 0.00%) 
    VNC server acting as a proxy
4 aur/ilspymono-git r2.933d582-1 (+3 0.00%) 
    CLI reflector for Mono based on ILSpy
3 aur/pacmirror-git auto-1 (+3 0.05%) 
    Update the pacman mirror list using reflector
2 aur/reflector-timer 9-1 (+39 1.23%) 
    A service and timer for the reflector mirrorlist upgrade.
1 aur/pacman2aria2 2012-2 (+53 0.00%) 
    Convert pacman download URL lists to reflector-augmented aria2c input lists. Includes powerpill-light.
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)

Comparison with aurman

$ aurman -Ss reflector
community/reflector 2018-2
    A Python 3 module and script to retrieve and filter the latest Pacman mirror list.
aur/reflector-timer 9-1 (39, 1.225687)
    A service and timer for the reflector mirrorlist upgrade.
aur/pacmirror-git auto-1 (3, 0.049685)
    Update the pacman mirror list using reflector
aur/ilspymono-git r2.933d582-1 (3, 0.001141)
    CLI reflector for Mono based on ILSpy
aur/pacman2aria2 2012-2 (53, 0.000188)
    Convert pacman download URL lists to reflector-augmented aria2c input lists. Includes powerpill-light.
aur/vncreflector 1.2.4-1 (1, 8e-06)
    VNC server acting as a proxy
aur/cubemap 1.3.2-3 (0, 0)
    A scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC.

[parkerlreed]

[parker@stealth ~]$ yay reflector
7 aur/cubemap 1.3.2-3 (+0 0.00%) 
    A scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC.
6 aur/vncreflector 1.2.4-1 (+1 0.00%) 
    VNC server acting as a proxy
5 aur/ilspymono-git r2.933d582-1 (+3 0.00%) 
    CLI reflector for Mono based on ILSpy
4 aur/pacmirror-git auto-1 (+3 0.05%) 
    Update the pacman mirror list using reflector
3 aur/reflector-timer 9-1 (+39 1.23%) 
    A service and timer for the reflector mirrorlist upgrade.
2 aur/pacman2aria2 2012-2 (+53 0.00%) 
    Convert pacman download URL lists to reflector-augmented aria2c input lists. Includes powerpill-light.
1 community/reflector 2018-2 (16.4 KiB 58.0 KiB) (Installed)
    A Python 3 module and script to retrieve and filter the latest Pacman mirror list.
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> ^C
[parker@stealth ~]$ yay --version
yay v8.1173.0.r17.g431118b - libalpm v11.0.1

Seems to work fine here.

[Jguer]

I installed the same version as you have yay v8.1173.0 - libalpm v11.0.1, ran yay -Syu

 yay reflector                                                                                         ~
1 community/reflector 2018-2 (16.4 KiB 58.0 KiB) 
    A Python 3 module and script to retrieve and filter the latest Pacman mirror list.
2 aur/pacman2aria2 2012-2 (+53 0.00%) 
    Convert pacman download URL lists to reflector-augmented aria2c input lists. Includes powerpill-light.
3 aur/reflector-timer 9-1 (+39 1.22%) 
    A service and timer for the reflector mirrorlist upgrade.
4 aur/pacmirror-git auto-1 (+3 0.05%) 
    Update the pacman mirror list using reflector
5 aur/ilspymono-git r2.933d582-1 (+3 0.00%) 
    CLI reflector for Mono based on ILSpy
6 aur/vncreflector 1.2.4-1 (+1 0.00%) 
    VNC server acting as a proxy
7 aur/cubemap 1.3.2-3 (+0 0.00%) 
    A scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC.
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 

(The order is reverted from default yay behavior because release version of yay and -git right now have different ways of handling sort mode)

So it appears to be setup specific, if you can give me some insight into your pacman.conf and yay -Pg I can see if there's any clash.

[SP-937-215]

Thanks a lot for the fast reply.

$ yay -Pg
{
	"aururl": "https://aur.archlinux.org",
	"buildDir": "/home/odroid/.cache/yay",
	"editor": "",
	"editorflags": "",
	"makepkgbin": "makepkg",
	"makepkgconf": "",
	"pacmanbin": "pacman",
	"pacmanconf": "/etc/pacman.conf",
	"tarbin": "bsdtar",
	"redownload": "no",
	"rebuild": "no",
	"answerclean": "",
	"answerdiff": "",
	"answeredit": "",
	"answerupgrade": "",
	"gitbin": "git",
	"gpgbin": "gpg",
	"gpgflags": "",
	"mflags": "",
	"sortby": "votes",
	"gitflags": "",
	"removemake": "ask",
	"requestsplitn": 150,
	"sortmode": 0,
	"completionrefreshtime": 7,
	"sudoloop": false,
	"timeupdate": false,
	"devel": false,
	"cleanAfter": false,
	"gitclone": true,
	"provides": true,
	"pgpfetch": true,
	"upgrademenu": true,
	"cleanmenu": true,
	"diffmenu": true,
	"editmenu": false,
	"combinedupgrade": false,
	"useask": false
}

pacman.conf

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = armv7h

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux ARM
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[alarm]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[aur]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

[Morganamilo]

How does that [aur] entry work? No way it should work with the official mirror list. also see the last sentence of this commit 5446f5d. That may be the cause.

[Jguer]

Was thinking the same thing, that aur entry seems very unexpected for the way a lot of parsing and display is done

[SP-937-215]

I did not add it myself, it is part of the standard pacman.conf provided with the archlinux arm base package installation.
I commented it but it does not change anything:

[odroid@xu4 ~]$ yay -Suy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 alarm is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: Searching AUR for updates...
 there is nothing to do

[odroid@xu4 ~]$ yay reflector
6 aur/cubemap 1.3.2-3 (+0 0.00%) 
    A scalable video reflector, designed to be used with VLC.
5 aur/vncreflector 1.2.4-1 (+1 0.00%) 
    VNC server acting as a proxy
4 aur/ilspymono-git r2.933d582-1 (+3 0.00%) 
    CLI reflector for Mono based on ILSpy
3 aur/pacmirror-git auto-1 (+3 0.05%) 
    Update the pacman mirror list using reflector
2 aur/reflector-timer 9-1 (+39 1.20%) 
    A service and timer for the reflector mirrorlist upgrade.
1 aur/pacman2aria2 2012-2 (+53 0.00%) 
    Convert pacman download URL lists to reflector-augmented aria2c input lists. Includes powerpill-light.
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 

[Morganamilo]

You should probably mention if you're using an alternative distribution. Archlinux arm does not ship reflector.

[SP-937-215]

My bad, that makes perfectly sense. I was confused by the "any" flag in the architecture. I apologize for the confusion.