I was unable to install mist from the MPR manually with makedeb. Here is the output:

error: failed to run custom build command for `rust-apt v0.3.0`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-0f28b79758bb7da8/build-script-build` (exit status: 1)
  --- stdout
  cargo:CXXBRIDGE_PREFIX=rust-apt
  cargo:CXXBRIDGE_DIR0=/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/include
  cargo:CXXBRIDGE_DIR1=/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate
  TARGET = Some("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
  OPT_LEVEL = Some("3")
  HOST = Some("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
  CXX_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CXX_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CXX = None
  CXX = None
  CXXFLAGS_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CXXFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CXXFLAGS = None
  CXXFLAGS = Some("-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions         -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security         -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS")
  CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS = None
  DEBUG = Some("false")
  CARGO_CFG_TARGET_FEATURE = Some("fxsr,sse,sse2")
  CXX_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CXX_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CXX = None
  CXX = None
  CXXFLAGS_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
  CXXFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
  HOST_CXXFLAGS = None
  CXXFLAGS = Some("-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions         -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security         -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS")
  CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS = None
  CARGO_CFG_TARGET_FEATURE = Some("fxsr,sse,sse2")
  running: "c++" "-O3" "-ffunction-sections" "-fdata-sections" "-fPIC" "-m64" "-march=x86-64" "-mtune=generic" "-O2" "-pipe" "-fno-plt" "-fexceptions" "-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" "-Wformat" "-Werror=format-security" "-fstack-clash-protection" "-fcf-protection" "-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/include" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate" "-std=c++14" "-o" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/sources/rust-apt/src/raw.rs.o" "-c" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/sources/rust-apt/src/raw.rs.cc"
  cargo:warning=In file included from /home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/sources/rust-apt/src/raw.rs.cc:1:
  cargo:warning=/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate/rust-apt/apt-pkg-c/apt-pkg.h:3:10: fatal error: apt-pkg/cachefile.h: No such file or directory
  cargo:warning=    3 | #include <apt-pkg/cachefile.h>
  cargo:warning=      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  cargo:warning=compilation terminated.
  exit status: 1
  running: "c++" "-O3" "-ffunction-sections" "-fdata-sections" "-fPIC" "-m64" "-march=x86-64" "-mtune=generic" "-O2" "-pipe" "-fno-plt" "-fexceptions" "-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" "-Wformat" "-Werror=format-security" "-fstack-clash-protection" "-fcf-protection" "-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/include" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate" "-std=c++14" "-o" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/apt-pkg-c/apt-pkg.o" "-c" "apt-pkg-c/apt-pkg.cc"
  cargo:warning=apt-pkg-c/apt-pkg.cc:1:10: fatal error: apt-pkg/acquire-item.h: No such file or directory
  cargo:warning=    1 | #include <apt-pkg/acquire-item.h>
  cargo:warning=      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  cargo:warning=compilation terminated.
  exit status: 1

  --- stderr

  CXX include path:
    /home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/include
    /home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate


  error occurred: Command "c++" "-O3" "-ffunction-sections" "-fdata-sections" "-fPIC" "-m64" "-march=x86-64" "-mtune=generic" "-O2" "-pipe" "-fno-plt" "-fexceptions" "-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" "-Wformat" "-Werror=format-security" "-fstack-clash-protection" "-fcf-protection" "-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/include" "-I" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/crate" "-std=c++14" "-o" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/sources/rust-apt/src/raw.rs.o" "-c" "/home/emma/mist/src/mist-0.8.0/target/release/build/rust-apt-545f23bdf7bea3d0/out/cxxbridge/sources/rust-apt/src/raw.rs.cc" with args "c++" did not execute successfully (status code exit status: 1).

Hey Hunter, saw you post on mist in /r/linux yesterday!

As a fan of Arch/AUR(though using PopOS atm) i gave it a try and installed nodejs and npm from MPR - good stuff, i'd say!

Then i checked out the mist repo - and bam, it's in rust!

Well, i have some time on my hands and some rust experience, so why not contribute to a good project?!

Here's the initial draft of #28.

Given that there are a lot of hidden assumptions here(expected test structure? exitcode::USAGE for missing 'package base'? rest of subcommands?), i'd like to have some input from you on structure/tests/overall picture.

Feel free to comment on PR, so it can be improved as you see fit.

The goal of this project is to eventually be a fully-fleshed MPR helper, with support for things like installing and updating packages (from both APT repos and the MPR). Likewise, I'd like to rename this project to something new, as doing something like sudo mpr install build-essential doesn't make much sense, considering that it's installing an APT package.

If anyone has any project name ideas, feel free to leave them below.

After a fresh install of mist, I am getting the following panic:

❯ mist search just
thread 'main' panicked at 'called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value', src/cache.rs:268:43
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
❯

This PR takes advantage of more statically known type safety for CLI argument parsing, making use of clap's derive feature. I prefer this over so-called "stringly-typed" code, as less runtime checks have to be performed: i.e., there are notably less .unwrap()'s and if-guards for things that clap can check for automatically.

Exactly as the title says. Running on Ubuntu 22.04, and the strip module is still being called. Had to use extensions=() to prevent the module from loading, and then I ended up with a properly un-stripped binary.

I was trying to make the https://mpr.makedeb.org/packages/xivlauncher package, for the record.

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| Package | Type | Update | Change | |---|---|---|---| | clap | dependencies | patch | 3.2.14 -> 3.2.16 | | serde (source) | dependencies | patch | 1.0.140 -> 1.0.142 | | serde_json | dependencies | patch | 1.0.82 -> 1.0.83 |

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When running makedeb with the mist-bin package on an unsupported distribution, a curl error shows without stating that the user simply isn't on a supported distribution. An image by @​siduck:matrix.org on Matrix shows the issue:

currently, attempting to follow the official documentation here results in the following:

cobalt@ideapad-flex-5:~$ git clone 'https://mpr.makedeb.org/mist'
cd mist/
makedeb -si -H 'MPR-Package: yes'
Cloning into 'mist'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 61, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (61/61), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (61/61), done.
remote: Total 61 (delta 29), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (61/61), 6.82 KiB | 6.82 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (29/29), done.
[#] Making package: mist 0.10.0-1 (Sun 04 Dec 2022 08:54:44 PM EST)
[#] Checking for missing dependencies...
[#] Installing missing dependencies...
[sudo] password for cobalt: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 satisfy:command-line : Depends: rustup but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
[!] Failed to install missing dependencies.

I've installed rustup following the script on their official site, but makedeb can't see this because it's not installed as an apt package.

From Matrix:

hiddeninthesand

btw there's a bug where it'll offer the apt/mpr prompt on all packages, not just ones with versions in repos

@hwittenborn

It might be because Mist is registering those dummy debs and thinking those are from APT, I think that might be what's up

On running mist update, I get the following-

Err: Failed to process MPR package 'libx52'. The package won't be available to install from the MPR.
dpkg-deb: error: parsing file 'libx52/DEBIAN/control' near line 2 package 'libx52':
 'Version' field value '0.2.3_4_gb45dc59-1': invalid character in version number
Err: Failed to process MPR package 'bashtop-git'. The package won't be available to install from the MPR.
dpkg-deb: error: parsing file 'bashtop-git/DEBIAN/control' near line 2 package 'bashtop-git':
 'Version' field value 'r313.4bf71e6-1': version number does not start with digit

The error comes from https://github.com/makedeb/mist/blob/1cba9249bbba22435912de12d61866e6e84a7a7b/src/update.rs#L221-L224 I have modified the source code to also print the stderr of the failed command to get the full error messages printed above.

message::error(&format!(
    "Failed to process MPR package '{}'. The package won't be available to install from the MPR.\n{}",
    pkg.pkgname.bold().green(),
    String::from_utf8_lossy(&cmd.stderr)
));

System info: Kubuntu 22.10 dpkg-deb 1.21.9

Currently the prebuilt mpr doesn't support arm64 so I can't install from there, and I've had issues building it from source with makedeb, building from binary installs but won't run, giving the following error.

-bash: /usr/bin/mist: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error