Jguer/yay · error

generated .SRCINFO is empty, check your PKGBUILD for errors

Error message

generated .SRCINFO is empty, check your PKGBUILD for errors

What it means

Returned by srcinfoExists when 'makepkg --printsrcinfo' exits successfully but produces empty output, meaning no .SRCINFO content could be derived from the PKGBUILD. The guard fires on the empty-string check before any file is written; it usually indicates a PKGBUILD that parses far enough to run but defines no usable package metadata.

Solutions

1. Inspect the PKGBUILD for missing or malformed pkgname/pkgver/source fields
2. Test with 'makepkg --printsrcinfo | head' to confirm empty output
3. Regenerate or fix the PKGBUILD from its upstream source

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at local_install.go:46 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Jguer/yay@328f4b4939 (2026-09-07). Data as JSON: /api/errors/332d4e0d8f6ceeb9. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at local_install.go:46

	cmdBuilder exe.ICmdBuilder, targetDir string,
) error {
	srcInfoDir := filepath.Join(targetDir, ".SRCINFO")
	pkgbuildDir := filepath.Join(targetDir, "PKGBUILD")
	if _, err := os.Stat(srcInfoDir); err == nil {
		if _, err := os.Stat(pkgbuildDir); err == nil {
			return nil
		}
	}

	if _, err := os.Stat(pkgbuildDir); err == nil {
		// run makepkg to generate .SRCINFO
		srcinfo, stderr, err := cmdBuilder.Capture(cmdBuilder.BuildMakepkgCmd(ctx, targetDir, "--printsrcinfo"))
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to generate .SRCINFO: %w - %s", err, stderr)
		}

		if srcinfo == "" {
			return fmt.Errorf("generated .SRCINFO is empty, check your PKGBUILD for errors")
		}

		if err := os.WriteFile(srcInfoDir, []byte(srcinfo), 0o600); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to write .SRCINFO: %w", err)
		}

		return nil
	}

	return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrNoBuildFiles, targetDir)
}

func installLocalPKGBUILD(
	ctx context.Context,
	run *runtime.Runtime,
	cmdArgs *parser.Arguments,
	dbExecutor db.Executor,
) error {

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