Dropbox Fails To Build

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A Dropbox update was available this morning. It fails…

❯ yay
[sudo] password for wombat: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 1 package to upgrade/install.
1  aur/dropbox  205.4.5765-1 -> 210.4.4854-1
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 
AUR Explicit (1): dropbox-210.4.4854-1
:: PKGBUILD up to date, skipping download: dropbox
  1 dropbox                          (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
  1 dropbox                          (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: dropbox 210.4.4854-1 (Tue 22 Oct 2024 09:05:14 AM CDT)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg
  -> Found terms.txt
  -> Found dropbox.service
  -> Found dropbox@.service
  -> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz
  -> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz.asc
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures.
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg ... Passed
    terms.txt ... Passed
    dropbox.service ... Passed
    dropbox@.service ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz ... FAILED
    dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz.asc ... Skipped
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error downloading sources: /home/wombat/.cache/yay/dropbox 
         context: exit status 1 
         

:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: dropbox
pub   rsa2048 2010-02-11 [SC]
      1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E
uid           [ unknown] Dropbox Automatic Signing Key <linux@dropbox.com>

==> Making package: dropbox 210.4.4854-1 (Tue 22 Oct 2024 09:05:16 AM CDT)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg
  -> Found terms.txt
  -> Found dropbox.service
  -> Found dropbox@.service
  -> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz
  -> Found dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz.asc
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg ... Passed
    terms.txt ... Passed
    dropbox.service ... Passed
    dropbox@.service ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz ... FAILED
    dropbox-lnx.x86_64-210.4.4854.tar.gz.asc ... Skipped
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error making: dropbox-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
dropbox - exit status 1
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I checked the Arch AUR Dropbox page, it seems to be an issue with sha256sums_x86_64. So I did cd /home/wombat/.cache/yay/dropbox/ then updpkgsums and it also fails…

❯ cd /home/wombat/.cache/yay/dropbox
❯ updpkgsums
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found DropboxGlyph_Blue.svg
  -> Found terms.txt
  -> Found dropbox.service
  -> Found dropbox@.service
  -> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86-210.4.4854.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 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://clientupdates.dropboxstatic.com/dbx-releng/client/dropbox-lnx.x86-210.4.4854.tar.gz
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Failed to generate new checksums
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I use maestral (think I spelled it correctly), open source client.

4

Appreciate the response, but I’m not looking to replace the Dropbox client. I may look at the Maestral app at some point, but I’m looking into the issue at hand for the time being.

5

Those keys in the comments could easily be out of date, the comments where made in 2019
I would search the source of the files for an answer but yer being dropbox it might be a bit difficult

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Scroll down slightly “latest comments”. This isn’t about gpg keys.

7

sorry was busy looking here, would any of this help?

8

I see what i missed sorry mate

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9

Not really looking to reinstall building from source when an AUR package is available. Perhaps I’ll just wait in hopes it gets another update.

10

This seems sort of like a dead end too, they support fedora and debian nothing else officially from my understanding, the checksum should be somewhere on the git site I just cant find

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It’s available in /home/wombat/.cache/yay/dropbox/PKGBUILD, but editing the file has no effect. It just reverts back to the old one.

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my brain is real tired but I would start here then
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD

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