From a9bd8d202f203fe9659ed37efc4daf2af9cb29ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Veen-Birkenbach <kevin@veen.world>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 13:43:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] packaging(arch): make nix optional on non-x86_64
 architectures

Arch Linux ARM currently ships a broken/out-of-sync nix package with
unresolvable dependencies. Declare nix as a hard dependency only on
x86_64 and as optional on other architectures, allowing installation
while relying on the official Nix installer bootstrap.

https://chatgpt.com/share/695e483c-1f68-800f-9f94-87d5295b871d
---
 packaging/arch/PKGBUILD | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
index 10f60fa..3e56ef5 100644
--- a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,8 +8,18 @@ arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/package-manager"
 license=('MIT')
 
-# Nix is the only runtime dependency; Python is provided by the Nix closure.
-depends=('nix')
+# Nix is required at runtime to run pkgmgr via the flake.
+# On Arch x86_64 we can depend on the distro package.
+# On other arches (e.g. ARM) we only declare it as optional because the
+# repo package may be broken/out-of-sync; installation can be done via the official installer.
+depends=()
+optdepends=('nix: required to run pkgmgr via flake')
+
+if [[ "${CARCH}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+  depends=('nix')
+  optdepends=()
+fi
+
 makedepends=('rsync')
 
 install=${pkgname}.install