Arch-Repo DB broken after specific Package was uploaded via API but works on local Forgejo Instance #2647

Awalon commented 2026年05月16日 18:49:00 +02:00

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What happend:
Error message raised by pacman after having package added to Org, error was fixed after package was removed. Both using codeberg.org AP-calls.
This works on my own private Forgejo (v15) instance, where at least size of DB file went from about 2.7 KiB to 39.7 KiB after package was added. On codeberg.org the DB stays at 9.7 KiB (without package 2.7 KiB) after package was added.

Steps:

1. build Arch package for icon theme sours-full-color-icon-theme-git (package contains bigger number of files) using git clone + mkpkg
2. Upload new package (file size 2.5 MiB) with curl:

   curl -X PUT \
    https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/aur \
    --user git@awalon.de \
    --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
    --data-binary '@sours-full-color-icon-theme-git-2025年10月27日.a7027ca-1-any.pkg.tar.zst'
   

3. Installation viaLC_ALL=en sudo pacman -Sy sours-full-color-icon-theme-git (same for other package) fails with (looks like broken DB file):

   error: could not parse package description file 'sours-full-color-icon-theme-git-2025年10月27日.a7027ca-1/files' from db 'gwc-aur.codeberg.org'
   error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted database)
   

4. Error can be fixed by removing package again:

   curl -X DELETE \
    https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/aur/sours-full-color-icon-theme-git/2025.10.27.a7027ca-1/any \
    --user git@awalon.de
   

Arch package is currently available in a brocken repo (different group):
https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/gwc/$arch

Expecation:
Option 1: If this package reached a ressource limit there should be an error message for upload API (like for invalid authorization)
Option 2: Arch repo DB file can be successfully processed by pacman

Btw. thank you very much for your efforts and this great service.

### Comment **What happend:** Error message raised by pacman after having package added to Org, error was fixed after package was removed. Both using codeberg.org AP-calls. This works on my own private Forgejo (v15) instance, where at least size of DB file went from about 2.7 KiB to **39.7 KiB** after package was added. On codeberg.org the DB stays at **9.7 KiB** (without package 2.7 KiB) after package was added. **Steps:** 1. build Arch package for icon theme [sours-full-color-icon-theme-git](https://codeberg.org/GWC-AUR/sours-full-color-icon-theme-git) (package contains bigger number of files) using git clone + mkpkg 2. Upload new package (file size 2.5 MiB) with curl: ```sh curl -X PUT \ https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/aur \ --user git@awalon.de \ --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \ --data-binary '@sours-full-color-icon-theme-git-2025年10月27日.a7027ca-1-any.pkg.tar.zst' ``` 3. Installation via`LC_ALL=en sudo pacman -Sy sours-full-color-icon-theme-git` (same for other package) fails with (looks like broken DB file): ```text error: could not parse package description file 'sours-full-color-icon-theme-git-2025年10月27日.a7027ca-1/files' from db 'gwc-aur.codeberg.org' error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted database) ``` 4. Error can be fixed by removing package again: ```sh curl -X DELETE \ https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/aur/sours-full-color-icon-theme-git/2025.10.27.a7027ca-1/any \ --user git@awalon.de ``` Arch package is currently available in a brocken repo (different group): [https://codeberg.org/api/packages/GWC-AUR/arch/gwc/$arch](https://codeberg.org/GWC-AUR/-/packages/arch/sours-full-color-icon-theme-git/2025.10.27.a7027ca-1) **Expecation:** Option 1: If this package reached a ressource limit there should be an error message for upload API (like for invalid authorization) Option 2: Arch repo DB file can be successfully processed by pacman Btw. thank you very much for your efforts and this great service.

Gusted commented 2026年05月16日 21:49:20 +02:00

Could you try to do this again, you might've been hit by Codeberg/Community#2596

Could you try to do this again, you might've been hit by Codeberg/Community#2596

Awalon commented 2026年05月18日 16:19:04 +02:00

Maybe (if there's an async process on server side, after upload, and error occurres after API response was sent) but already tried multiple times at different days, as there was another reported issue (but already fixed) related to "any" arch and my first ideas was that this could be related to version string and/or file name.
❌ try 2026年05月18日 15:55:46 (CEST)
❌ try 2026年05月18日 16:02:58 (CEST)

At least there's no 500- status for this call (from curl using --verbose parameter):

* upload completely sent off: 2623576 bytes
< HTTP/2 201
< content-length: 0

(cannot see any relevant difference comaprring curl output with my working local instance)

Maybe (if there's an async process on server side, after upload, and error occurres after API response was sent) but already tried multiple times at different days, as there was another [reported issue](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/5605) (but already fixed) related to "any" arch and my first ideas was that this could be related to version string and/or file name. ❌ try 2026年05月18日 15:55:46 (CEST) ❌ try 2026年05月18日 16:02:58 (CEST) At least there's no 500- status for this call (from curl using --verbose parameter): ``` * upload completely sent off: 2623576 bytes < HTTP/2 201 < content-length: 0 ``` (cannot see any relevant difference comaprring curl output with my working local instance)