This commit improves the robustness of the RPM installation step for
Fedora and CentOS by disabling all remote repositories when installing
the locally built package-manager RPM. This prevents failures caused
by flaky or mismatched upstream metadata (e.g., BaseOS repomd.xml
checksum errors). The installer now:
- uses 'dnf5/dnf/yum --disablerepo=*' for fully offline installation
- falls back to 'rpm -i --nodeps' if the package manager fails
- ensures deterministic CI builds without remote repo dependencies
Reference: Conversation with ChatGPT (2025-12-08). https://chatgpt.com/share/6936ff1e-4adc-800f-b508-b5b90c0ef635
- Added rich error reporting to install_repos() for clearer installer failure context
(repository identifier, repo directory, installer name, exit code).
- Updated E2E test 'install_all_shallow' to show additional diagnostics,
including Nix profile dumps and contextual SystemExit handling.
- Removed outdated/deactivated test file.
- New test now mirrors the robust debugging flow of the pkgmgr-only test.
See conversation for full context:
https://chatgpt.com/share/6936241b-52ec-800f-9859-1734a581c002
- Enable test matrix for arch, debian, ubuntu, fedora, centos
- Mount /nix Docker volume only on Arch so image-local Nix installs remain visible on other distros
- Keep shared Nix cache volume for all distros
Details: https://chatgpt.com/share/69361196-e950-800f-ad3d-670156337b7e
This commit fixes the missing `config/defaults.yaml` issue that caused
`pkgmgr --help` to fail with exit code 5 inside Nix builds and during
integration tests.
Changes:
- Added `config/__init__.py` to make the directory a proper Python package.
- Updated `pyproject.toml` to rely on setuptools package discovery.
- Extended `tool.setuptools.packages.find.include` to include both `pkgmgr*` and `config*`.
- Added `tool.setuptools.package-data` so `defaults.yaml` is included
in wheels, Nix builds, and PKGBUILD-derived installations.
- Removed the conflicting `tool.setuptools.packages` declaration.
This ensures that Nix's pypaBuildPhase can build the wheel successfully
and that `pkgmgr --help` no longer crashes due to missing default config.
Reference:
https://chatgpt.com/share/6935f05f-03d8-800f-a126-b3114cc116ec
- Add pyproject.toml to define package-manager as a Python application
- Declare setuptools build backend (setuptools.build_meta) and wheel
- Expose CLI entrypoint via [project.scripts] as `pkgmgr = pkgmgr.cli:main`
- Define PyYAML as a base runtime dependency
- Update flake.nix to build pkgmgr via python311Packages.buildPythonApplication
- Use format = "pyproject" and src = ./. (current git checkout)
- Add setuptools and wheel to nativeBuildInputs for the backend
- Add pyyaml to propagatedBuildInputs to match pyproject dependencies
- Provide a devShell that includes the built pkgmgr, git, and Ansible
- Expose `nix run .#pkgmgr` and `nix run .#default` as flake apps
- Fix Makefile install target for Nix shells
- Treat install as a no-op when IN_NIX_SHELL is set (skip venv / pip)
- In non-Nix environments, create ~/.venvs/pkgmgr, install deps, and
wire automatic activation into shell rc files
- Keep Arch/Manjaro-specific aur_builder/yay setup behind pacman check
- Adjust PKGBUILD prepare() to correctly copy the full project tree
- Stop excluding the top-level src directory from rsync
- Still exclude .git, .github, pkg, and srcpkg
This unifies the installation workflow across Arch, Nix, and local venvs,
and ensures pkgmgr builds cleanly inside the Docker-based Nix devShell tests.
Reference: ChatGPT-assisted refactor & debugging session on 2025-12-07.
https://chatgpt.com/share/6935ee1f-6c0c-800f-bb32-434c4051bd1e
- Add .dockerignore rules to prevent Arch package artifacts from entering the build context
- Rework Dockerfile to remove stale package artifacts before makepkg and use a dev entry script
- Introduce docker-entry-dev.sh to always rebuild pkgmgr from the mounted /src tree
- Update Makefile 'test' target to rebuild pkgmgr inside the container before running tests
- Fix predictable makepkg failures caused by residual *.pkg.tar.* files
Conversation reference: https://chatgpt.com/share/6935e6e8-f3fc-800f-a4e9-7537114f13d1
This commit removes unnecessary source entries from PKGBUILD
to allow full local-tree packaging through prepare(), and updates
the Dockerfile to copy the entire repository and install rsync
for makepkg buildtime dependencies.
See conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6935db4e-f3e8-800f-b0ca-42f77491ef5b
References:
- Current ChatGPT conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6935d6d7-0ae4-800f-988a-44a50c17ba48
- Extended discussion: https://chatgpt.com/share/6935d734-fd84-800f-9755-290902b8cee8
Summary:
This commit performs a major cleanup and modernization of the installation pipeline:
1. Introduced a new capability-detection subsystem:
- Capabilities (python-runtime, make-install, nix-flake) are detected per installer/layer.
- Installers run only when they add new capabilities.
- Prevents duplicated work such as Python installers running when Nix already provides the runtime.
2. Removed deprecated pkgmgr.yml manifest installer:
- Dependency resolution is now delegated entirely to real package managers (Nix, pip, make, distro build tools).
- Simplifies layering and avoids unnecessary recursion.
3. Reworked OS-specific installers:
- Arch PKGBUILD now uses 'makepkg --syncdeps --cleanbuild --install --noconfirm'.
- Debian installer now builds proper .deb packages via dpkg-buildpackage + installs them.
- RPM installer now builds packages using rpmbuild and installs them via rpm.
4. Switched from remote GitHub flakes to local-flake execution:
- Wrapper now executes: nix run /usr/lib/package-manager#pkgmgr
- Avoids lock-file write attempts and improves reliability in CI.
5. Added bash -i based integration test:
- Correctly sources ~/.bashrc and evaluates alias + venv activation.
- ‘pkgmgr --help’ is now printed for debugging without failing tests.
6. Updated unit tests across all installers:
- Removed references to manifest installer.
- Adjusted expectations for new behaviors (makepkg, dpkg-buildpackage, rpmbuild).
- Added capability subsystem tests.
7. Improved flake.nix packaging logic:
- The entire project source tree is copied into the runtime closure.
- pkgmgr wrapper now executes runpy inside the packaged directory.
Together, these changes create a predictable, layered, capability-driven installer pipeline with consistent behavior across Arch, Debian, RPM, Nix, and Python layers.
- Rename requirements.txt to _requirements.txt to avoid unintended self-install via PythonInstaller.
- Update flake.nix to provide Python with pip in both devShell and runtime closure.
- Generate a wrapper for pkgmgr that uses the pip-enabled interpreter.
- Adjust NixFlakeInstaller to correctly handle old profile removal and install outputs.
- Update run_command to support string commands and allow_failure.
- Improve integration test by adding nix profile cleanup and debugging output.
Reference: https://chatgpt.com/share/69345df2-a960-800f-8395-92a7c3a6629f
- Introduce _get_ansible_galaxy_cmd() to resolve ansible-galaxy dynamically
- Prefer system ansible-galaxy when available
- Fall back to Nix: 'nix run nixpkgs#ansible-core -- ansible-galaxy'
- Allow pkgmgr to install Ansible dependencies on hosts without ansible-core
- Print clear warning when neither ansible-galaxy nor nix is available
See: https://chatgpt.com/share/69332bc4-a128-800f-a69c-fdc24c4cc7fe
- Enable 'nix-command' and 'flakes' globally via flake.nix nixConfig
- Improve .gitignore by excluding *.log files
- Add integration test for shallow clone mode using pkgmgr install pipeline
- Ensures pkgmgr works end-to-end inside test container with --clone-mode shallow
See: https://chatgpt.com/share/69332bc4-a128-800f-a69c-fdc24c4cc7fe
- Add ansiblePkg as propagated dependency in flake.nix so ansible-galaxy is available on host
- Introduce strict requirements.yml validator for AnsibleRequirementsInstaller
- Accept roles entries with either 'name' or 'src'
- Ensure run() always validates requirements before installing dependencies
- Extend unit tests to cover valid, invalid and warning-only requirements.yml cases
See: https://chatgpt.com/share/69332bc4-a128-800f-a69c-fdc24c4cc7fe
- Add pyproject.toml and setuptools config for pkgmgr packaging
- Add Nix flake (devShell + pkgmgr package output)
- Add Arch PKGBUILD for system packaging
- Introduce pkgmgr.yml manifest for repo-level dependencies
- Refactor CLI into pkgmgr/cli.py and make main.py a thin entrypoint
- Extend install_repos to handle pkgmgr.yml, PKGBUILD, flake.nix, Ansible and Python manifests
- Enhance status/update to show Nix/yay system status and upgrades
- Improve .gitignore and document requirements.yml
Created with AI (ChatGPT) – see conversation: https://chatgpt.com/share/6932f2ca-f560-800f-8bb0-52cb82f27e88
- Added aur_builder_setup target to Makefile
- Automatically detects Arch/Manjaro via pacman
- Creates aur_builder user and group with sudoers permissions
- Installs yay if not already present
- Skips AUR setup gracefully on non-Arch systems
https://chatgpt.com/share/68f2a922-63f8-800f-a6d6-18b8d06b7139
