[Bug]: pavumeter and apt-xapian-index are not part of trixie's repo

[merll002]

What happened?

When trying to compile armbian for uefi-x86 using debian trixie as the base, the compile.sh script tries to install packages pavumeter and apt-xapian-index, however they are not part of the debian trixie repo.
See here: pavumeter apt-xapian-index
This results in an error and the script fails.

How to reproduce?

Compile armbian using debian trixie.

Branch

main (main development branch)

On which host OS are you running the build script and observing this problem?

Ubuntu 24.04 Noble

Are you building on Windows WSL2?

• Yes, my Ubuntu/Debian/OtherOS is running on WSL2

Relevant log URL

https://paste.armbian.de/ukozerivok

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[github-actions]

Jira ticket: AR-2660

[EvilOlaf]

Seems like it has been kicked out of testing last December: https://tracker.debian.org/news/1591843/pavumeter-removed-from-testing/

Have you tried removing the package in question from this file and retry building? https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/desktop/bookworm/environments/kde-plasma/config_base/packages

[merll002]

Do you mean github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/desktop/trixie/environments/kde-plasma/config_base/packages
trixie instead of bookworm?

[merll002]

I have successfully compiled a trixie kde-plasma image and will try booting...

[merll002]

Boots fine and works...

[EvilOlaf]

Do you mean github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/desktop/trixie/environments/kde-plasma/config_base/packages
trixie instead of bookworm?

Yes and no. Trixie is a symlink to bookworm at this time. So the decision is now to split both userspaces or throw pavumeter out of bookworm too...

[igorpecovnik]

For info: we are developing this part - userspace assembly, initially for desktops - from scratch: https://github.com/armbian/apa
But it is in early stages. This should resolve some of such troubles.

[leggewie]

So the decision is now to split both userspaces or throw pavumeter out of bookworm too...

The current package was released in 2021! I still have it in noble but it doesn't appear to do anything. What's the reason to keep it in armbian? Same question for apt-xapian-index, what's the point of forcing it to be around?

I'd say, let's just drop both packages from the default installation.

RoQA apt-xapian-index: https://bugs.debian.org/1100760
RoQA pavumeter: https://bugs.debian.org/1088796

[leggewie]

partially fixed in 3bab66e