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@kachelaqa, based on @maxkaspar's comment about the search feature, with the help of the excellent WingIde, I came to suspect the Pool() function on line 630 of the backend.py file. An internet search led me to https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/128145 and more specifically to https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/128145#issuecomment-2558090936

In addition to the usual PKGBUILD changes: pkgver=??? pkgrel=??? depends=(‘pacman>=4.1’ 'pacman<7.2' ‘python>=3.2’ 'python<3.15' ‘python-pyqt5’) you just need to modify the main.py file:

if __name__ == ‘__main__’:

  import sys, multiprocessing
  multiprocessing.set_start_method(‘fork’)
  from pkgbrowser import app

  sys.exit(app.run())

You can also modify line 31 of the app.py file:

url = ‘https://codeberg.org/kachelaqa/%s’ % cls.applicationName()

@kachelaqa, I’ve had pkgbrowser integrated into my workflow for about 14 years now, and it’s been an invaluable tool.
I really appreciate all the work you put into it; keeping up with the moving targets is a full-time job in itself.
I wish I could help out with maintenance, but unfortunately, this is well outside my shell scripting wheelhouse.

Sharing my temp workaround https://photos.app.goo.gl/mg2tna9JD6C9wscj9

Create an nspawn container:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn#Examples

Log into the new container to downgrade the system to a prior date.
Edit the container mirrorlist:

[jeff@pkgbrowser-container ~]$ cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
## Rollback to a date:

Server=https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2025/12/31/$repo/os/$arch

To downgrade to a past date, run:

pacman -Syyuu

Additional packages installed in pkgbuilder-container.

[jeff@pkgbrowser-container ~]$ pacman -Qqe
base
base-devel
git
libice
libsm
nano
pkgbrowser
sudo

Setup a user with sudo in container:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Users_and_groups

Build and install pkgbrowser using git and makepkg.

My 'pkgbrowser-container' script ran on host system:
Edit for your setup and YMMV.

#!/bin/bash

XAUTH=/tmp/container_xauth

    xauth nextract - "$DISPLAY" | sed -e 's/^..../ffff/' | xauth -f "$XAUTH" nmerge -
    xhost +$(uname -n)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
    sudo systemd-nspawn     -D /home/jeff/pkgbrowser-container/     \
                -u jeff                 \
                --bind-ro=/tmp/.X11-unix        \
                --bind-ro=/usr/share/fonts      \
                --bind-ro=/var/lib/pacman       \
                --bind-ro=/etc/aurch.conf       \
                --bind-ro=/usr/local/aurch/repo     \
                --bind-ro=/etc/pacman.conf      \
                --bind-ro=/etc/pacman.d         \
                --bind-ro=/tmp/.X11-unix        \
                --bind-ro=/usr/share/fonts      \
                --setenv=DISPLAY=:0             \
                --bind="$XAUTH"             \
                --setenv=DISPLAY="$DISPLAY"     \
                --setenv=XAUTHORITY="$XAUTH"        \
                --setenv=LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1    \
                --setenv=QT_FONT_DPI=125        \
                --as-pid2 /usr/bin/pkgbrowser
#------------------------------------------------------------------------

    xhost -$(uname -n)
    rm /tmp/container_xauth
    echo "pkgbrowser-container exited"

Fair enough, your package, your rules. We are thankful for everything you've done here and await you back!

@SanskritFritz I'd rather just leave the package in limbo for the moment.

You could choose someone you trust as co-maintainer. And please pin that message.

PLEASE READ THIS

I am the author of PkgBrowser as well as the maintainer of the package. For various reasons that I don't wish to discuss, I won't be able to update either the code or package for the forseeable future. I'm not going to abandon it altogether - in fact, I fully intend the next release to be a port to PyQt6. I just cannot work on it at the moment.

I am not going to disown the package. If you want to go on using it, you will just have to fix it yourself.

It's a bit strange. If I install pkgbrowser, it lets me install it. But the next time I run pacman -Syu, everything stops because it finds a check for that package that says it's not OK to find Python 3.14.2 installed. Maybe the latest release of the script will fix this problem too.

After the latest python updates (and rebuilding with '<3.15', the search feature is not working.