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Fixed. Thank you, codewithmoss and everybody else.

# Maintainer: mrxx <mrxx at cyberhome dot at>

pkgname=speedtest++
_gitname=SpeedTest
pkgver=1.15.r72.b743996
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Unofficial speedtest.net cli using raw TCP for better accuracy. Written in C++."
arch=('any')
url="https://github.com/taganaka/SpeedTest"
license=('MIT')
depends=('curl' 'openssl' 'libxml2')
makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
source=("git+${url}.git")
md5sums=('SKIP')

pkgver() {
  cd "${_gitname}"
  local maj=$(grep -m 1 VERSION_MAJOR CMakeLists.txt |sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
  local min=$(grep -m 1 VERSION_MINOR CMakeLists.txt |sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
  printf "%s.%s.r%s.%s" $maj $min "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
}

prepare() {
  cd "$srcdir/$_gitname"
  # Replace any cmake_minimum_required line with version >= 3.5
  sed -i 's/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION [0-9.]\+)/cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)/' CMakeLists.txt
}


build() {
  mkdir -p build
  cd build
  cmake "$srcdir/${_gitname}" \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  make
}

package() {
  cd "$srcdir/build"
  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
  ln -s "/usr/bin/SpeedTest" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/speedtest++"
  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/${_gitname}/README.md" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${_gitname}/README"
}

use this PKGBUILD file only this will work.

It appears the upstream package is no longer maintained.

There's a PR which removes the libxml2 dependency and that allows building with newer cmake:

https://github.com/taganaka/SpeedTest/pull/52

I suggest pointing the source to that commit and setting "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5" to get this working, e.g.:

...

depends=('curl' 'openssl')
makedepends=('git' 'cmake')
source=("git+${url}.git#commit=b7db370449cfe2b453c22b74a660701f78bd7ce3")
md5sums=('SKIP')

...

build() {
  mkdir -p build
  cd build
  cmake "$srcdir/${_gitname}" \
    -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
  make
}

Package needs to be fixed for cmake 4.0.1 so it can be compiled against libxml2 2.14.2.

Well, if it makes you happy, why not.

Sorry, but I do not quite understand how anybody would type "Written in C++" when looking
for a speed test tool.

I think you also dont understand what the "Description" field is usefull for. Especially in this case, with dozens of tools.

Putting "Written in C++" is primarly not meant to help the minority of people looking for stuff written in C++.

It is meant to help, anyone, quickly look at a very very long list of similar results, and quickly choose and or discard what they want or do not want.

Sorry, but I do not quite understand how anybody would type "Written in C++" when looking for a speed test tool.

If you search for these words separately, of course there will be dozens of matches, as they are quite generic.

But if you start typing them together, "speedt" already suggests this package as first hit.

If you search the AUR for "speed" "test" there are dozens and dozens of tools with similar name written in many different languages.

It gets confusing for the end user to quickly know which one is which.

  Description:   Unofficial speedtest.net cli using raw TCP for better accuracy

Could you edit that "Description" to something like,

  Description:   Unofficial speedtest.net cli using raw TCP for better accuracy. Written in C++

Doesnt cost you anything.

Thanks in advance.

Apr 8th update has resolved whatever issue I was having - thanks