Arch Linux User Repository

Just a suggestion: could you add the following keywords to the package, it will make finding the package for specific printers easier:

EP-50V Series, EP-879A Series, EP-880A Series, EP-881A Series, ET-3700 Series, ET-3750 Series, ET-4750 Series, ET-8700 Series, ET-M1140 Series, ET-M1180 Series, ET-M2140 Series, ET-M3140 Series, ET-M3170 Series, ET-M3180 Series, EW-M630T Series, EW-M670FT Series, L6160 Series, L6170 Series, L6190 Series, M1180 Series, M2140 Series, M3180 Series, PM-520 Series, PX-M380F, PX-M381FL, PX-M5080F Series, PX-M5081F Series, PX-M680F Series, PX-M7070FX, PX-M7110F, PX-M7110FP, PX-M780F Series, PX-M781F Series, PX-M880FX, PX-M884F, PX-M886FL, PX-S380, PX-S381L, PX-S5010 Series, PX-S5080 Series, PX-S7070X, PX-S7110, PX-S7110P, PX-S880X, PX-S884, WF-2860 Series, WF-3720 Series, WF-3730 Series, WF-4720 Series, WF-4730 Series, WF-4740 Series, WF-7210 Series, WF-7710 Series, WF-7720 Series, WF-C5210 Series, WF-C5290 Series, WF-C5290BA, WF-C529R Series, WF-C529RB, WF-C5710 Series, WF-C5790 Series, WF-C5790BA, WF-C579R Series, WF-C579RB, WF-C8190 Series, WF-C8190B, WF-C8610 Series, WF-C8690 Series, WF-C8690B, WF-C869R Series, WF-M5298 Series, WF-M5299 Series, WF-M5799 Series, XP-15000 Series, XP-5100 Series, XP-6000 Series, XP-6100 Series, XP-8500 Series

Does it work for my Epson WF-3725 printer? Any raccomandations to follow prior to install this package? Thanks.

@AngryUbuntuNerd I figured out what the problem was. My system (uname -r --> 5.5.13-1-MANJARO) has the following default LDFLAGS configured in /etc/makepkg.conf:

LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now,-fuse-linker-plugin

Removing those flags gets the package to compile flawlessly. Kind of sad that the default flags fail just like that :(

Related post on manjaro forums: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/usr-bin-ld-f-may-not-be-used-without-shared/133289

@AngryUbuntuNerd thank you very much for the answer, I'll look into it

I just tried again with a freshly updated Arch Linux (x86_64) and it works:

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

Either a problem with your PC, or there is a dependency missing. Let me know.

makepkg fails with

checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/alberto/build/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2/src/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.1.9':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

Is it a problem in the package or in my computer?

Interesting part of the config.log:

configure:3228: $? = 0
configure:3217: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.1/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /build/gcc/src/gcc/configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-pkgversion='Arch Linux 9.2.1+20200130-2' --with-bugurl=https://bugs.archlinux.org/ --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++,d --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --with-system-zlib --with-isl --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libssp --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-install-libiberty --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-multilib --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-cet=auto gdc_include_dir=/usr/include/dlang/gdc
Thread model: posix
gcc version 9.2.1 20200130 (Arch Linux 9.2.1+20200130-2) 
configure:3228: $? = 0
configure:3217: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3228: $? = 1
configure:3217: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'; did you mean '--version'?
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3228: $? = 1
configure:3248: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3270: gcc -march=native -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -fno-plt -flto=8 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now,-fuse-linker-plugin conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: -f may not be used without -shared
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3274: $? = 1
configure:3312: result: no

Now up to 1.1.9

Version 1.1.8-1 is posted

https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/73/15/fc4bb80b861f15e344c39330d9a310f581d81e22/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.1.8-1lsb3.2.src.rpm

Wow 1.1.6-1 already.

https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/63/40/79e6fb572dd67237635b31f279d3cc43c8885be5/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.1.6-1lsb3.2.src.rpm

Time to update this again. New file path: https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/56/54/3d17564471e3ad2343dd4b8925d25cac27eb0437/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.1.5-1lsb3.2.src.rpm

Looks like a version bump to 1.1.5-1

This hits a 404 when trying to download the package, i updated the url and sha256 to what's below

<https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/49/70/d7d30d9326b55356aaeb68ffd02d014623bfb8e4/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.1.3-1lsb3.2.src.rpm>

32e31d45ab77040230e6334a2cb612680f1b7ede4a404229ab035f33443d957a

I also updated the version to 1.1.3, and ran makepkg

this worked for me... I think that either the src.rpm should be commited to git, or the link gets updated regularly, it seems like it's on a CDN which isn't stable.