jordansissel/fpm · error · ArgumentError

Pacman compression value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be o

Error message

Pacman compression value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be one of #{COMPRESSION_TYPES.join(", ")}

What it means

Error "Pacman compression value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be one of #{COMPRESSION_TYPES.join(", ")}" thrown in jordansissel/fpm.

Source

Thrown at lib/fpm/package/pacman.rb:26

class FPM::Package::Pacman < FPM::Package

  option "--optional-depends", "PACKAGE",
    "Add an optional dependency to the pacman package.", :multivalued => true

  option "--use-file-permissions", :flag,
    "Use existing file permissions when defining ownership and modes"

  option "--user", "USER", "The owner of files in this package", :default => 'root'

  option "--group", "GROUP", "The group owner of files in this package", :default => 'root'

  # The list of supported compression types. Default is xz (LZMA2)
  COMPRESSION_TYPES = [ "gz", "bzip2", "xz", "zstd", "none" ]

  option "--compression", "COMPRESSION", "The compression type to use, must " \
    "be one of #{COMPRESSION_TYPES.join(", ")}.", :default => "zstd" do |value|
    if !COMPRESSION_TYPES.include?(value)
      raise ArgumentError, "Pacman compression value of '#{value}' is invalid. " \
        "Must be one of #{COMPRESSION_TYPES.join(", ")}"
    end
    value
  end

  def initialize(*args)
    super(*args)
    attributes[:pacman_optional_depends] = []
  end # def initialize

  def architecture
    case @architecture
      when nil
        return %x{uname -m}.chomp     # default to current arch
      when "amd64"                    # Debian uses amd64
        return "x86_64"               # Arch Linux uses x86_64
      when "arm64"                    # Debian uses arm64
        return "aarch64"              # Arch Linux ARM uses aarch64

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/fpm/package/pacman.rb:26 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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