Mirror Arch upstream's /usr/lib/$pkgname/bin/<compiler> -> ../../../bin/distcc
symlink farm in package(). Without it, makepkg's buildenv_distcc() check
[[ -d /usr/lib/distcc/bin ]] fails, BUILDENV=(distcc ...) is silently a
no-op, and aarch64 builds compile locally instead of distributing.
Also keeps the legacy /usr/lib/$pkgname/<compiler> -> ../../bin/distcc
flat layout that update-distcc-symlinks(1) used to produce, so distcc
hosts using the Debian-style invocation continue to work.
Drop the post_install/_warn_masq update-distcc-symlinks dance since the
symlinks now ship in the package. Add pre_upgrade hook that strips
untracked legacy symlinks from <= 3.4-18 so pacman can drop the new
tracked ones in their place without a file conflict.
Compiler set matches Arch upstream (c++ c89 c99 cc clang clang++ cpp g++
gcc, plus \$CHOST-{gcc,g++,gcc-\$(gcc -dumpversion)}).
Stock distcc and earlier distcc-avahi releases ship /etc/conf.d/distccd
with DISTCC_ARGS=, while our distccd.service reads $DISTCC_OPTS. On
hosts that had stock distcc installed first, pacman keeps the existing
conf file (it's marked backup=) so the rename never happens — distccd
starts with empty options, falls back to --allow-private, and warns
about missing /usr/lib/distcc masquerade dir.
Add a post_install/post_upgrade .install hook that:
- detects DISTCC_ARGS= in /etc/conf.d/distccd and renames to DISTCC_OPTS=
(keeping a timestamped backup beside it)
- runs update-distcc-symlinks if /usr/lib/distcc is unpopulated
- prompts the operator to restart distccd if it's already active
Bumps pkgrel to 18.
Hit on ampere 2026-04-29 during fourier-campaign distcc enrollment;
likely lurking on every host with stock-distcc legacy state.
Claude (noether)
marfrit