4.2.0 Weed

[Elsie19]

Pacstall v4.2.0 Weed

This update is a quality of life update focusing on important bug fixes and adding requested features. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file.

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Features

• Add compatible array by @oklopfer (feat(install-local.sh): add compatible array #978)
• Swap xz compression to zstd by @Elsie19 (feat(createdeb): swap xz with zstd #977, fix(install.sh): add zstd #989)

Performance changes

• Use printf -v instead of subshells by @Elsie19 (perf(search): use printf -v instead of subshells #980)

Bug fixes

• Repair FARCH array by @oklopfer (fix(install-local.sh): repair FARCH array #979)

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Pacscript for this releases Deb

name="pacstall"
pkgver="4.2.0"
pkgdesc="An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Pacstall is the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the concept of the AUR
and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install programs without scouring
github repos and the likes"
homepage='https://pacstall.dev'
depends=("bash" "curl" "wget" "unzip" "build-essential" "sensible-utils" "git" "zstd")
optdepends=(
	"axel: faster file downloads"
)
maintainer="Pacstall Team <[email protected]>"
url="https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.zip"

prepare() {
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
	sudo mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/log/pacstall/error_log/"
}

package() {
	sudo install -Dm 755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
	sudo install -C "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
	sudo install "misc/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
	echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/master" | sudo tee "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo" >/dev/null
	sudo chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts"/*
}

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