Panic when listing AUR packages in AUR repository

[justbispo]

Affected Version

paru -V paru v2.1.0 - libalpm v15.0.0

Description

Have you checked previous issues? Yes

Today I've started to get an error on paru -Sl aur.

It happens on both the latest release and -git version.

I wonder if there's a package with a weird name in the AUR. I've tried to check the last modified packages but, at first glance, didn't see any package with weird characters.

Output

thread 'main' panicked at /home/bispo/.local/share/cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/alpm-4.0.3/src/db.rs:144:39:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: NulError(0, [0, 14, 185, 20, 190, 28, 253, 203, 149, 49, 6, 199, 174, 122, 104, 43, 232, 83, 165, 169, 102, 122, 167, 45, 5, 124, 57, 227, 152, 6, 31, 172, 77, 225, 246, 229, 6])
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
aur ���˕1Ǯzh+�S��fz�-|9��M��� unknown-version

Edit: Less than an hour after, the error is still the same but the undecipherable name is different:

thread 'main' panicked at /home/bispo/.local/share/cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/alpm-4.0.3/src/db.rs:144:39:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: NulError(0, [0, 40, 24, 134, 156, 164, 242, 84, 139, 132, 44, 189, 132, 185, 217, 46, 40, 223, 8, 152, 73, 247, 161, 67, 194, 77, 202, 137, 159, 172, 207, 200, 145, 127, 26, 193, 46, 159, 131, 94, 173, 255, 245, 54, 21, 86, 162, 251, 12, 154, 238, 157, 155, 174, 221, 246, 242, 230, 253, 22, 109, 160, 115, 179, 1, 237, 56, 208, 6, 45, 97, 95, 226, 39, 177, 134, 108, 8, 226, 222, 150, 99, 220, 110, 204, 74, 97, 112, 161, 212, 229, 147, 13, 43, 211, 219, 144, 171, 202, 54, 38, 169, 206, 6, 85, 232, 45, 189, 132, 123, 17, 145, 174, 175, 130, 127, 94, 221, 41, 28, 237, 210, 198, 120, 216, 66, 192, 218, 52, 91, 42, 98, 155, 186, 78, 93, 39, 137, 90, 183, 194, 221, 137, 30, 98, 73, 13, 183, 177, 113, 141, 197, 77, 49, 6, 226, 142, 73, 102, 98, 55, 8, 26, 110, 88, 213, 232, 224, 179, 201, 143, 133, 134, 115, 56, 216, 150, 14, 119, 215, 152, 61, 98, 102, 243, 240, 117, 127, 224, 79, 181, 44, 218, 122, 142, 236, 156, 199, 66, 179, 21, 120, 207, 74, 62, 67, 26, 21, 146, 219, 146, 188, 179, 115, 44, 176, 134, 236, 235, 146, 163, 13, 115, 133, 184, 227, 20, 161, 80, 129, 33, 101, 232, 19, 131, 178, 170, 242, 190, 213, 171, 83, 26, 135, 124, 219, 210, 206, 24, 179, 244, 178, 243, 222, 75, 233, 128, 198, 98, 183, 135, 36, 214, 8, 71, 184, 157, 5, 173, 155, 42, 250, 36, 147, 150, 17, 129, 41, 57, 172, 143, 231, 168, 252, 227, 121, 14, 22, 20, 189, 20, 38, 199, 178, 106, 126, 122, 234, 181, 108, 44, 219, 85, 105, 54, 141, 26, 75, 223, 162, 104, 64, 18, 196, 120, 220, 76, 58, 186, 19, 105, 172, 20, 156, 31, 140, 73, 71, 234, 188, 245, 170, 105, 49, 21, 212, 0, 51, 194, 193, 15, 211, 233, 167, 78, 91, 105, 39, 162, 174, 235, 64, 121, 231, 96, 28, 196, 254, 114, 228, 74, 24, 66, 191, 234, 202, 37, 74, 75, 47, 94, 126, 94, 150, 31, 177, 105, 106, 189, 196, 68, 25, 228, 210, 77, 14, 213, 165, 18, 64, 184, 100, 143, 139, 152, 26, 52, 43, 3, 160, 245, 181, 176, 47, 22, 199, 166, 204, 161, 216, 9, 245, 4, 93, 202, 254, 224, 156, 95, 253, 216, 49, 222, 148, 52, 112, 7, 134, 223, 224, 231, 228, 55, 180, 149, 42, 21, 159, 49, 222, 212, 29, 90, 61, 160, 182, 207, 235, 17, 35, 172, 192, 35, 172, 233, 136, 224, 88, 73, 214, 225, 163, 245, 36, 42, 149, 96, 40, 57, 37, 27, 109, 112, 221, 220, 202, 126, 236, 235, 247, 68, 183, 249, 99, 239, 17, 75, 70, 142, 71, 99, 207, 40, 40, 227, 192, 42, 201, 33, 127, 204, 91, 41, 13, 241, 228, 88, 139, 25, 71, 25, 221, 143, 99, 118, 226, 57, 78, 110, 83, 2, 240, 16, 103, 116, 111, 146, 34, 176, 53, 148, 151, 152, 150, 239, 154, 236, 142, 190, 27, 44, 74, 181, 196, 51, 40, 54, 164, 187, 38, 16, 13, 203, 144, 42, 114, 187, 53, 231, 232, 226, 228, 56, 197, 42, 204, 56, 125, 126, 154, 64, 189, 192, 247, 24, 229, 208, 209, 237, 182, 198, 217, 251, 239, 49, 181, 133, 90, 187, 245, 251, 62, 194, 140, 170, 239, 155, 245, 106, 46, 115, 17, 47, 2, 51, 229, 151, 113, 243, 192, 46, 207, 68, 84, 209, 28, 251, 215, 80, 248, 236, 28, 55, 109, 195, 29, 63, 172, 19, 111, 92, 206, 19, 17, 167, 61, 202, 134, 226, 96, 250, 142, 202, 50, 21, 28, 109, 167, 243, 27, 220, 43, 30, 67, 7, 139, 181, 71, 154, 157, 202, 114, 243, 78, 109])
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
aur (����T��,����.(�I�C�Mʉ���ȑ�.��^���6V��
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[zkwinkle]

Was coming to open a similar issue. With paru -Slq, which I use regularly, it seems like it's listing official packages fine and as soon as it gets to AUR it spits a bunch of gibberish. With the -q flag it just spits around ~6000 lines of gibberish instead of crashing like OP's example.

This is what my output looks like at the point where it stops listing official packages and goes off the rail with AUR packages:

lib32-zstd
multilib-devel
steam
umu-launcher
wine-mono
wine-nine
zsnes 
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                                                                     ծ |�9��4;�$�/���GbY�n�¤��>.��
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[5f�cӳAIv����ǟO"7�3�ߡqf�Iy���N���y�A�-��G�]n�;h

(... etc, another ~6000 lines of this)

[plum]

Same problem here when using paruz and paru -Sl aur

[justbispo]

Following @zkwinkle comment, I've just tried with paru -Slq aur and got the same gibberish output. I've saved the output to this file:

output.txt

Also, can confirm it's not only a paru issue, since yay also shows the same gibberish. But pikaur does run the command correctly.

Edit: and also, I've checked the packages.gz file used by both made available by Arch and looks fine.

[espeer]

Haven't looked at the paru code, but suspect the same root cause as in: https://github.com/Jguer/yay/issues/2709

[espeer]

For further rationale on the v2 approach, refer to: https://github.com/Jguer/yay/pull/2710#discussion_r2558733076 (similar issue).

[cuihaoleo]

Hi this is an unfortunate consequence of a fix to: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/issues/545 that I reported.

I open a new bug report to notify AUR about broken clients: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/aurweb/-/issues/546

[Zilibobka-S]

Here just to say that i have the same issue

[Shallow-Seek]

Here just to say that i have the same issue

[kbuckleys]

You're not alone.

[arne-vl]

Same problem here

[McPhale]

I'm also seeing this

[gestate-8]

Stop sending useless 'mee tooo' pings.

[debuxxed]

same issue, but do not encounter this with yay -Sl aur The output with yay is:

aur zzz unknown-version
aur zzz-mod-manager-git unknown-version
aur zzzfm-bin unknown-version
aur zzzfm-common-bin unknown-version
aur zzzfm-dpup unknown-version
aur zzzfm-git unknown-version

paru on other hand, still panicks. Same issue when pressing Tab in fish shell upon typing paru -S <PACKAGE_NAME>

[Xerxes-2]

archlinuxcn/paru works fine