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It seems like the sha256sums of zen-source-1.19.8b.tar.zst is 7a17bf92f0030e1100df8a42fe981a07cb6a599750c8c26661f92ca60247733f.

And when running build() of this package on my machine, these errors showed as below:

 1:13.48 W error[E0599]: no method named `select` found for struct `Mask<T, N>` in the current scope
 1:13.49 W   --> /usr/src/debug/zen-browser/zen-source/third_party/rust/encoding_rs/src/x_user_defined.rs:23:56
 1:13.49 W    |
 1:13.49 W 23 |             unpacked + unpacked.simd_gt(highest_ascii).select(u16x8::splat(0xF700), u16x8::splat(0))        }
 1:13.50 W    |                                                        ^^^^^^
 1:13.50 W    |
 1:13.50 W   --> /rustc/2c8c85df041cdcea3778a5495e4059869006bdcb/library/core/src/../../portable-simd/crates/core_simd/src/select.rs:53:7
 1:13.50 W    |
 1:13.50 W    = note: the method is available for `Mask<i16, 8>` here
 1:13.50 W    |
 1:13.51 W    = help: items from traits can only be used if the trait is in scope
 1:13.51 W help: trait `Select` which provides `select` is implemented but not in scope; perhaps you want to import it
 1:13.51 W    |
 1:13.51 W 10 + use core::simd::Select;
 1:13.51 W    |
 1:13.52 W help: there is a method `set` with a similar name
 1:13.52 W    |
 1:13.52 W 23 -             unpacked + unpacked.simd_gt(highest_ascii).select(u16x8::splat(0xF700), u16x8::splat(0))        }
 1:13.52 W 23 +             unpacked + unpacked.simd_gt(highest_ascii).set(u16x8::splat(0xF700), u16x8::splat(0))        }
 1:13.52 W    |
 1:13.54    Compiling litemap v0.8.0
 1:13.87    Compiling hashbrown v0.16.0
 1:14.22 W For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0599`.
 1:14.26 E error: could not compile `encoding_rs` (lib) due to 1 previous error
 1:14.26 W warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
 1:16.19 accessible/html
 1:18.45 accessible/ipc
 1:21.22 accessible/xpcom
 1:24.83 E make[4]: *** [/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/zen-source/config/makefiles/rust.mk:525: force-cargo-library-build] Error 101
 1:24.85 E make[3]: *** [/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/zen-source/config/recurse.mk:72: toolkit/library/rust/target-objects] Error 2
 1:24.85 E make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 2:03.60 E make[2]: *** [/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/zen-source/config/recurse.mk:34: compile] Error 2
 2:03.60 E make[1]: *** [/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/zen-source/config/rules.mk:359: default] Error 2
 2:03.60 E make: *** [client.mk:60: build] Error 2
 2:03.71 W 8 compiler warnings present.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

Don't know if it's an error from upstream or the package itself.

Maintenance note: Updated to the latest version.

I will be updating package today: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/tag/1.19.8b

Package update: zen-browser | build system overhaul

We have reworked the zen-browser package to move away from the previous unstable live-build approach to a deterministic source snapshot build.

Major changes

• Switched from live build (git + pnpm + surfer + submodules + l10n clone) to a fixed upstream source snapshot:
• zen.source.tar.zst
• Removed dependencies on:
• VCS sources (git+https://...)
• SKIP checksums for remote sources
• pnpm install
• live cloning of firefox-l10n
• helper script setffver.sh
• Restored full standard build phases:
• prepare()
• build()
• package()
• The build now performs a proper ./mach build with PGO instead of unpacking prebuilt binaries
• Dependencies and makedepends were aligned with the current Firefox package in Arch

Patches

Added three Arch-specific compatibility patches:

• 0002-Patch-glsl-optimizer-to-build-with-glibc-2.43.patch
• 0003-Bug-2016618-Fix-Linux-sandbox-build-breakage-on-glib.patch
• 0004-Use-wasm32-wasip1-target.patch

Packaging improvements

• Unified launcher setup:
• wrapper in /usr/bin/zen-browser
• symlink /usr/bin/zen
• desktop entry now launches zen-browser instead of /usr/lib/...
• Added/maintained Arch-specific configuration files:
• vendor.js
• distribution.ini
• policies.json (with self-update disabled)
• Upstream updater is removed from the payload in all variants

Package relationships

• Added conflict rules:
• zen-browser conflicts with zen-browser-bin
• zen-browser-bin conflicts with zen-browser and provides ("zen-browser=$pkgver")

Repository structure

• Kept a separate zen-browser-bin directory for the binary repack variant
• Added publish-zen-browser-aur.sh helper script:
• regenerates .SRCINFO
• clones ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/zen-browser.git
• copies only valid source package files
• removes legacy/binary artifacts from the AUR clone

Removed legacy components

The following files and patches were dropped from the AUR workflow:

• 0001-bootstrap-without-vcs.firefox.patch
• 0001-fix-desktop.zen.patch
• 0003-do-not-disable-system-extensions.zen.patch
• 0004-fix-package-json.zen.patch
• 0005-source-firefox-language-packs.patch
• setffver.sh

Validation

• bash -n PKGBUILD passed
• bash -n zen-browser-bin/PKGBUILD passed
• makepkg --verifysource passed for zen-browser sources

the PKGBUILD is currently broken. the package fails to build. it might be outdated or missing something. i tried fixing it myself, but had no luck. could you take a look and fix it?

Same issue for 1.19.3b-1 here. Found trailing white-spaces in 0003-do-not-disable-system-extensions.zen.patch at lines 30, 37 and 38 and blank line at the end of the file.

Pls check: It's not enough to update the versions and checksums; any build issues - including the ones reported here - should also be checked and fixed. Thank you.

When applying patches of this package I got these errors:

==> Starting prepare()...
  -> init repo submodules
  -> apply patches
/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/0003-do-not-disable-system-extensions.zen.patch:30: trailing whitespace.

/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/0003-do-not-disable-system-extensions.zen.patch:37: trailing whitespace.

Falling back to direct application...
/home/utane/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser/src/0003-do-not-disable-system-extensions.zen.patch:37: new blank line at EOF.
+
Applied patch to 'package.json' with conflicts.
U package.json
warning: 3 lines add whitespace errors.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare().
    Aborting...

Is it a bug or something?

Hi! Please bump this package because it will fail on GNOME 50 (which is in RC)

[GFX1-]: (gnome) Wayland protocol error: interface 'wp_image_description_v1' has no event 2

This is a Firefox bug which is fixed in later versions