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If you'd rather not deal with Haskell dependencies, a pre-built binary is available in the aura-bin package .

After a bit more testing, it seems that just adding the --hotedit flag is enough even if I answer no when asked whether to edit the pkgbuild. Also, I tested against previous versions of aura (1.2.0.2 and 1.2.0.0), which also resulted in --custom not taking effect.

Also, I don't think it should matter, but just in case: I'm using aura as provided by the aura-bin package.

customizepkg-patching

Thanks. Which of the various `customizepkg`s are you using?

@fosskers Copied below. If I add --hotedit, the editor shows the PKGBUILD with the patch applied and the package builds successfully (patch shown at the bottom for completeness). $ sudo -E aura -Ax --custom --auradebug --builduser=jre2718 gkrellshoot User => root True User => jre2718 Build User => jre2718 Using Sudo? => Yes! Pacman Flags => Other Flags => AURInstall Unsuppress Customizepkg Debug BuildUser "jre2718" Other input => gkrellshoot Language => English Pacman Command => pacman Editor => /usr/local/bin/emacs $CARCH => x86_64 Ignored Pkgs => Build Path => /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ Pkg Cache Path => /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ Log File Path => /var/log/pacman.log Quiet? => No. Silent Building? => No. Must Confirm? => Yes! PKGBUILD editing? => No. Diff PKGBUILDs? => No. Rebuild Devel? => No. Use Customizepkg? => Yes! Forego PowerPill? => No. Keep source? => No. aura >>= Determining dependencies... aura >>= AUR Packages: gkrellshoot aura >>= Continue? [Y/n] y aura >>= Building `gkrellshoot`... /etc/makepkg.conf: line 35: //: Is a directory ==> Making package: gkrellshoot 0.4.4-1 (Mon Aug 19 18:09:54 PDT 2013) ==> WARNING: Using a PKGBUILD without a package() function is deprecated. ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Downloading gkrellshoot-0.4.4.tar.gz... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0Warning: Transient problem: timeout Will retry in 3 seconds. 3 retries left. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0Warning: Transient problem: timeout Will retry in 3 seconds. 2 retries left. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0Warning: Transient problem: timeout Will retry in 3 seconds. 1 retries left. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: mesh.dl.sourceforge.net ==> ERROR: Failure while downloading gkrellshoot-0.4.4.tar.gz Aborting... aura >>= Well, building `gkrellshoot` failed. aura >>= Would you like to continue anyway? [Y/n] n aura >>= Building failed. $ cat /etc/customizepkg.d/gkrellshoot --- ./PKGBUILD.original 2013-08-17 14:49:53.479961233 -0700 +++ ./PKGBUILD 2013-08-17 15:22:17.736621230 -0700 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgdesc="A plugin for GkrellM for screen arch=('i686' 'x86_64') license=('GPL') depends=('imagemagick' 'gkrellm' 'gtk2') -source=(http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gkrellshoot/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz) +source=("http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/$pkgname/GkrellM2.0%20Port/$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz") url="http://gkrellshoot.sourceforge.net/" build() {

@SaBer maybe your permissions for /var/cache/ were modified?

Odd. Can you try using just `--custom` with `--auradebug` and show me the output of that?

The --custom flag in version 1.2.1.1 seems to only work if I also set --hotedit and specifically tell the program to edit the PKGBUILD file. I'd expect --custom to work on its own. Perhaps this is a bug in the way aura parses the command line?

Yup. Set the EDITOR environment variable, and run `sudo` with the `-E` option when building.

@fosskers For sure. Is there an option change the editor that Aura starts when using --hotedit?