xbps-src throws an error of unknown trigger

[vadim-zyamalov]

System

• xuname: Void 5.9.11_1 i686 GenuineIntel uptodate rF
• package: xbps-src

Expected behavior

Custom package is created.

Actual behavior

I'm trying to build a custom package for st, but I can't copy a .desktop file to /usr/share/applications.
xbps-src pkg st aborts with the error unknown trigger update-desktopdb while executing 04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts hook.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

I've cloned void-packages and called xbps-src binary-bootstrap.
I've deleted all folders from srcpkgs except st & st-terminfo.
I've used the template file in template.zip.
Specifically, I've added vinstall ${FILESDIR}/st.desktop 644 usr/share/applications to the post_install function.

[biopsin]

Can't reproduce..print the /builddir/.xbps-st/do_install.log

[vadim-zyamalov]

Sure

mkdir -p /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/bin
cp -f st /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/bin
chmod 755 /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/bin/st
mkdir -p /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/share/man/man1
sed "s/VERSION/0.8.4/g" < st.1 > /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/share/man/man1/st.1
chmod 644 /destdir//st-0.8.4/usr/share/man/man1/st.1
Please see the README file regarding the terminfo entry of st.
cp -f st.desktop /usr/share/applications

[biopsin]

ah update-desktopdb

It is automatically added to packages that have /usr/share/applications available as a directory.
I suppose the trigger is not needed in your template then

[Duncaen]

I've deleted all folders from srcpkgs except st & st-terminfo.

This is not supported, it looks up the xbps-triggers package to verify that the trigger exist.
Deleting all packages from the repository breaks a lot more things like dependency checks.

[vadim-zyamalov]

I've deleted all folders from srcpkgs except st & st-terminfo.

This is not supported, it looks up the xbps-triggers package to verify that the trigger exist.
Deleting all packages from the repository breaks a lot more things like dependency checks.

Maybe that's the case. I always try to keep as little extra files as possible...
I'll check it in couple of hours whether it works.

[Duncaen]

Its 100% the case, xbps-src needs the tree of all involved packages to function normally, including all dependencies of the package you build and their dependencies and all the packages that are required to setup and update the masterdir.

Here is the exact place where the error happens, it looks up the xbps-triggers source package to verify that the trigger it tries to include exist:

void-packages/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh

Lines 317 to 320 in e4be86c

	if [ ! -f $XBPS_TRIGGERSDIR/$f ]; then
	rm -f $tmpf
	msg_error "$pkgname: unknown trigger $f, aborting!\n"
	fi

void-packages/xbps-src

Line 543 in 795429f

readonly XBPS_TRIGGERSDIR=$XBPS_SRCPKGDIR/xbps-triggers/files

[vadim-zyamalov]

Yep, it works, my fault!
Thanks and sorry for wasting your time!

[jirutka]

I just ran into the same problem.

This is not supported, it looks up the xbps-triggers package to verify that the trigger exist.
Deleting all packages from the repository breaks a lot more things like dependency checks.

How can the users create repository for their own templates?