Unable to run makepkg -s

[charlesbrandt]

Thank you for compiling this set of fixes. I tried following the instructions with manjaro-xfce-18.1.0-stable-x86_64.

I get the following when I get to step 4. Run makepkg -s to build the kernel packages.

$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: linux53 5.3.1-1 (Mon 23 Sep 2019 02:45:13 AM EDT)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
==> Installing missing dependencies...
[sudo] password for account: 
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
error: target not found: xmlto
error: target not found: docbook-xsl
error: target not found: elfutils
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.

I do not have a network connection at this point. I tried:

sudo cp -r linux-firmware /lib/firmware/ 

After rebooting I still don't have a network connection.

Any clues about what I'm doing wrong?

[endeavour]

Are you sure the copy command is correct? Presumably thats going to create a linux-firmware subdirectory under /lib/firmware

[endeavour]

Note that you can always build the kernel on another machine and copy it (and the firmware files) across on a USB stick if that's easier.

[endeavour]

I think you want: sudo cp -r linux-firmware/* /lib/firmware/

[charlesbrandt]

Thanks for the response. After compiling the new kernel on a VM with network access and then transferring over, everything works as expected. Thanks for making this available!