fix(arch): sync declared dependencies missing from AUR metadata - #157
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## Minimal fix One file, one extra paru option and one explanation comment. No packages.yaml changes, package replacement, custom dependency resolver, or Windows/WSL changes. Based directly on master, independent of #156. ```diff - paru -S --needed --noconfirm ... + paru -S --needed --noconfirm --mflags "--syncdeps --noconfirm" ... ``` ## Root cause and upstream status (2026-09-12) The [master Arch install log](https://github.com/CollieIsCute/dotfiles/actions/runs/34634470805) fails while building localsend-bin 1.18.2-1: `Missing dependencies: libayatana-indicator`, then `Could not resolve all dependencies`, even after the existing retries. The maintainer [confirmed adding the dependency on September 10](localsend/localsend#3390 (comment)). A direct read of the current AUR Git checkout confirms [commit 75f9faba](https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=localsend-bin&id=75f9faba7aedbfb0a1c74b5c32a5f250d22a0bec) adds it to PKGBUILD, but does not regenerate .SRCINFO. The [AUR RPC metadata](https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/v5/info?arg%5B%5D=localsend-bin) still lists only fuse2, xdg-user-dirs and libayatana-appindicator. No follow-up metadata repair or ETA was found in that history/thread. Thus this is not an undeclared PKGBUILD dependency anymore: it is stale AUR metadata. Paru resolves the stale metadata first; makepkg later reads the corrected PKGBUILD and fails because the dependency was never installed. [Paru --mflags](https://man.archlinux.org/man/paru.8.en) forwards flags to makepkg. [makepkg --syncdeps](https://man.archlinux.org/man/makepkg.8.en) installs missing declared dependencies through pacman; --noconfirm keeps the existing unattended workflow. Dependency/integrity checks remain enabled. The missing library is an official-repository package, so no hardcoded dependency is needed. This fallback only resolves pacman repository dependencies; missing AUR-only dependencies still require correct metadata. Remove the workaround when upstream regenerates .SRCINFO. ## Validation - Arch template render contains the native flags; Bash syntax passes. - Rendered Ubuntu and macOS installers are byte-identical to master after newline normalization. - git diff --check passes; package manifest is unchanged. - Full existing CI is triggered by this branch push. Results are pending; no all-green claim yet.
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Minimal fix
One file, one extra paru option and one explanation comment. No packages.yaml changes, package replacement, custom dependency resolver, or Windows/WSL changes. Based directly on master, independent of #156.
Root cause and upstream status (2026-09-12)
The master Arch install log fails while building localsend-bin 1.18.2-1:
Missing dependencies: libayatana-indicator, thenCould not resolve all dependencies, even after the existing retries.The maintainer confirmed adding the dependency on September 10. A direct read of the current AUR Git checkout confirms commit 75f9faba adds it to PKGBUILD, but does not regenerate .SRCINFO. The AUR RPC metadata still lists only fuse2, xdg-user-dirs and libayatana-appindicator. No follow-up metadata repair or ETA was found in that history/thread.
Thus this is not an undeclared PKGBUILD dependency anymore: it is stale AUR metadata. Paru resolves the stale metadata first; makepkg later reads the corrected PKGBUILD and fails because the dependency was never installed.
Paru --mflags forwards flags to makepkg. makepkg --syncdeps installs missing declared dependencies through pacman; --noconfirm keeps the existing unattended workflow. Dependency/integrity checks remain enabled. The missing library is an official-repository package, so no hardcoded dependency is needed.
This fallback only resolves pacman repository dependencies; missing AUR-only dependencies still require correct metadata. Remove the workaround when upstream regenerates .SRCINFO.
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