vasm

Category: local-install (rebuilt only so archlinuxaba/the cluster gets it too; not maintained/adapted/owned by us — see arch/scripts/install_only_packages).

Portable/retargetable multi-CPU assembler (6502, 6800, 6809, arm, c16x, jagrisc, m68k, pdp11, ppc, qnice, tr3200, vidcore, x86, z80, …).

Build notes (2026-08-17)

• Upstream AUR PKGBUILD declares arch=('i686' 'x86_64') only — no pentium4/i486/arm. The pre-existing /data/INSTALL/vasm checkout on this machine had a local edit expanding arch=() to also include pentium4, but per the standard local-install workflow (fresh git clone from AUR each release) that edit does not survive and was dropped. Built/published only for i686 and x86_64, matching upstream. If pentium4 support is wanted long-term, the arch=() edit needs to be re-applied by hand after every fresh clone (not automated).
• Straightforward build: iterates a fixed CPU_LIST x SYNTAX_LIST matrix invoking make CPU=... SYNTAX=... per combination, installing each resulting binary as vasm_<cpu>_<syntax> plus a vasm<cpu>_<syntax> symlink. No real issues; only namcap noise (missing FULL RELRO on the produced binaries, license=('custom') not being a valid SPDX identifier, unused libm linkage) — all upstream packaging choices, not worth patching locally.
• Also produces a vasm-debug package (debug symbols), published alongside the main package as usual.