zone-pkgbuild

PKGBUILDs for all Zone Linux custom packages, with a unified parallel build system.

Directory Layout

Directory	Contents
local_pkgbuild/	Zone-specific packages (fonts, XFCE config, wallpapers, sounds, editors)
core_pkgbuild/	Core system packages (grub, calamares, release hooks, grub theme)
3rdparty_pkgbuild/	AUR packages cloned at build time via get-pkgs.sh
lib/	Shared build library (common.sh, parallel.sh)

Building Packages

All building is done from the zone-pkgbuild/ root on a Linux build host.

Common Usage

./build.sh              # build + publish all groups (default)
./build.sh --all        # same as above
./build.sh --core       # core packages only
./build.sh --local      # local packages only
./build.sh --3party     # AUR packages only
./build.sh --changed    # only packages whose PKGBUILD changed since last build
./build.sh --jobs 4     # override parallel job count (default: nproc)
./build.sh --no-sign    # skip GPG signing
./build.sh --dry-run    # print build plan without building
./build.sh zone-xfce grub  # build specific packages by name

After a successful build, packages are automatically published to the corresponding repo directory and committed (but NOT pushed — push manually via zone-manager.sh).

Adding a New Package

1. Create local_pkgbuild/<pkgname>/PKGBUILD
2. Create local_pkgbuild/<pkgname>/build.sh (for standalone use)
3. Run ./build.sh <pkgname> on a Linux host to build and publish
4. Add the package name to zone-iso/archiso/packages.x86_64

3rd-Party AUR Packages

3rdparty_pkgbuild/aurpackages lists 18 AUR packages. get-pkgs.sh clones them into 3rdparty_pkgbuild/3rdparty/ at build time. build.sh --3party handles this automatically.

To add a new AUR package, append its name to aurpackages.

Build Library (lib/)

File	Purpose
lib/common.sh	build_pkg, repo_add_pkg, sign_pkg, stamp_success, needs_rebuild
lib/parallel.sh	run_builds (FIFO semaphore), print_summary

Incremental Builds (--changed)

Each successful build_pkg call writes a .build-stamp (sha256 of PKGBUILD) into the package directory. --changed skips packages whose PKGBUILD matches the stamp.

Inter-Package Dependencies (deps.conf)

deps.conf declares build-order constraints within a group. The current audit found no constraints — all packages are independent. Add entries when a package requires another from the same group to be built first:

zone-meta : zone-base zone-theme

Updating Calamares

./zone-manager.sh manage calamares

Fetches the latest release from GitHub, updates pkgver and pkgrel=1 in the PKGBUILD, and runs updpkgsums.

Notable Changes (2022 → 2026)

• Replaced update-all.sh + upd-*.sh with unified build.sh (parallel, incremental)
• Build library extracted to lib/common.sh and lib/parallel.sh
• zone-calamares updated to Calamares 3.3.x (Qt6/KF6 deps)
• grub PKGBUILD still at 2.06 — requires manual update on build host
• paru/yay orphan cleanup replaced with pure pacman equivalent