feat: fallback to version-less package on arch if not found

src/doxygen/doxygen.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function setupDoxygen(version: string, setupDir: string, arch: stri
       let installationInfo: InstallationInfo
       if (version === "" || isArch() || hasDnf()) {
         if (isArch()) {
-          installationInfo = setupPacmanPack("doxygen", version)
+          installationInfo = await setupPacmanPack("doxygen", version)
         } else if (hasDnf()) {
           return setupDnfPack("doxygen", version)
         } else if (isUbuntu()) {

src/gcc/gcc.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export async function setupGcc(version: string, setupDir: string, arch: string)
     case "linux": {
       if (arch === "x64") {
         if (isArch()) {
-          installationInfo = setupPacmanPack("gcc", version)
+          installationInfo = await setupPacmanPack("gcc", version)
         } else if (hasDnf()) {
           installationInfo = setupDnfPack("gcc", version)
           setupDnfPack("gcc-c++", version)

src/python/python.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function setupPythonViaSystem(
     case "linux": {
       let installInfo: InstallationInfo
       if (isArch()) {
-        installInfo = setupPacmanPack("python", version)
+        installInfo = await setupPacmanPack("python", version)
         setupPacmanPack("python-pip")
       } else if (hasDnf()) {
         installInfo = setupDnfPack("python3", version)

src/utils/setup/setupPacmanPack.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-/* eslint-disable require-atomic-updates */
 import { InstallationInfo } from "./setupBin"
 import { execRootSync } from "admina"
-import { info } from "ci-log"
+import { info, warning } from "ci-log"
+import { execa } from "execa"
 
+/* eslint-disable require-atomic-updates */
 let didUpdate: boolean = false
 let didInit: boolean = false
 
 /** A function that installs a package using pacman */
-export function setupPacmanPack(name: string, version?: string, aur?: string): InstallationInfo {
+export async function setupPacmanPack(name: string, version?: string, aur?: string): Promise<InstallationInfo> {
   info(`Installing ${name} ${version ?? ""} via pacman`)
 
   const pacman = "pacman"
@@ -18,21 +19,52 @@ export function setupPacmanPack(name: string, version?: string, aur?: string): I
     didUpdate = true
   }
 
+  // install base-devel
   if (!didInit) {
-    // install base-devel
     execRootSync(pacman, ["-S", "--noconfirm", "base-devel"])
     didInit = true
   }
 
+  const runInstall = (arg: string) => {
+    return execRootSync(aur ?? pacman, ["-S", "--noconfirm", arg])
+  }
+
   if (version !== undefined && version !== "") {
-    try {
-      execRootSync(aur ?? pacman, ["-S", "--noconfirm", `${name}=${version}`])
-    } catch {
-      execRootSync(aur ?? pacman, ["-S", "--noconfirm", `${name}${version}`])
+    // check if version is available
+    const availableVersions = await availablePacmanVersions(pacman, name)
+    if (availableVersions.includes(version)) {
+      // try different version formats
+      try {
+        runInstall(`${name}=${version}`)
+      } catch {
+        runInstall(`${name}${version}`)
+      }
+    } else {
+      // try without version
+      info(`Failed to install ${name} ${version} via pacman, trying without version`)
+      runInstall(name)
     }
   } else {
-    execRootSync(aur ?? pacman, ["-S", "--noconfirm", name])
+    // version not specified, install latest
+    runInstall(name)
   }
 
   return { binDir: "/usr/bin/" }
 }
+
+const pacmanSiVersionRegex = /Version\s*:\s*(.*)/g
+
+/** Query pacman for available versions */
+async function availablePacmanVersions(pacman: string, name: string) {
+  const availableVersions = []
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execa(pacman, ["-Si", name])
+
+    for (const match of stdout.matchAll(pacmanSiVersionRegex)) {
+      availableVersions.push(match[1])
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    warning(`Failed to get available versions for ${name}: ${err}`)
+  }
+  return availableVersions
+}