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AUR package "archinstall-git" does not build

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
arch-linux, python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the linked AUR package at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archinstall-git and reproduce its build to capture the reported errors. Inspect the package's current build inputs and determine the relevant failure; done means the AUR package builds successfully.

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Description

The AUR package does not build, spits lots of errors, can some developer fix that?

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archinstall-git

TIA

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