diff --git a/archlinux/.config/pacman/makepkg.conf b/archlinux/.config/pacman/makepkg.conf
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+#!/hint/bash
+# shellcheck disable=2034
+
+#
+# /etc/makepkg.conf
+#
+
+#########################################################################
+# SOURCE ACQUISITION
+#########################################################################
+#
+#-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources
+#  Format: 'protocol::agent'
+DLAGENTS=('file::/usr/bin/curl -qgC - -o %o %u'
+          'ftp::/usr/bin/curl -qgfC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
+          'http::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
+          'https::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u'
+          'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o'
+          'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o')
+
+# Other common tools:
+# /usr/bin/snarf
+# /usr/bin/lftpget -c
+# /usr/bin/wget
+
+#-- The package required by makepkg to download VCS sources
+#  Format: 'protocol::package'
+VCSCLIENTS=('bzr::bzr'
+            'fossil::fossil'
+            'git::git'
+            'hg::mercurial'
+            'svn::subversion')
+
+#########################################################################
+# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
+#########################################################################
+#
+CARCH="x86_64"
+CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
+
+#-- Compiler and Linker Flags
+#CPPFLAGS=""
+CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions \
+        -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security \
+        -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection"
+CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS"
+LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now"
+#RUSTFLAGS="-C opt-level=2"
+#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
+MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"
+#-- Debugging flags
+DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+#DEBUG_RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=2"
+
+#########################################################################
+# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
+#########################################################################
+#
+# Makepkg defaults: BUILDENV=(!distcc !color !ccache check !sign)
+#  A negated environment option will do the opposite of the comments below.
+#
+#-- distcc:   Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
+#-- color:    Colorize output messages
+#-- ccache:   Use ccache to cache compilation
+#-- check:    Run the check() function if present in the PKGBUILD
+#-- sign:     Generate PGP signature file
+#
+BUILDENV=(!distcc color !ccache check sign)
+#
+#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
+#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
+#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
+#
+#-- Specify a directory for package building.
+#BUILDDIR=/tmp/makepkg
+
+#########################################################################
+# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
+#   These are default values for the options=() settings
+#########################################################################
+#
+# Makepkg defaults: OPTIONS=(!strip docs libtool staticlibs emptydirs !zipman !purge !debug !lto)
+#  A negated option will do the opposite of the comments below.
+#
+#-- strip:      Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
+#-- docs:       Save doc directories specified by DOC_DIRS
+#-- libtool:    Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
+#-- staticlibs: Leave static library (.a) files in packages
+#-- emptydirs:  Leave empty directories in packages
+#-- zipman:     Compress manual (man and info) pages in MAN_DIRS with gzip
+#-- purge:      Remove files specified by PURGE_TARGETS
+#-- debug:      Add debugging flags as specified in DEBUG_* variables
+#
+OPTIONS=(strip docs !libtool !staticlibs emptydirs zipman purge !debug lto)
+
+#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, b2
+INTEGRITY_CHECK=(sha512 b2)
+#-- Options to be used when stripping binaries. See `man strip' for details.
+STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
+#-- Options to be used when stripping shared libraries. See `man strip' for details.
+STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
+#-- Options to be used when stripping static libraries. See `man strip' for details.
+STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
+#-- Manual (man and info) directories to compress (if zipman is specified)
+MAN_DIRS=({usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info})
+#-- Doc directories to remove (if !docs is specified)
+DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,local/}{,share/}{doc,gtk-doc} opt/*/{doc,gtk-doc})
+#-- Files to be removed from all packages (if purge is specified)
+PURGE_TARGETS=(usr/{,share}/info/dir .packlist *.pod)
+#-- Directory to store source code in for debug packages
+DBGSRCDIR="/usr/src/debug"
+
+#########################################################################
+# PACKAGE OUTPUT
+#########################################################################
+#
+# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
+#
+#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
+PKGDEST=/var/lib/makepkg/pkg
+#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
+SRCDEST=/var/lib/makepkg/src
+#-- Source packages: specify a fixed directory where all src packages will be placed
+SRCPKGDEST=/var/lib/makepkg/backup
+#-- Log files: specify a fixed directory where all log files will be placed
+LOGDEST=/var/log/makepkg
+#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
+PACKAGER="George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>"
+#-- Specify a key to use for package signing
+GPGKEY="034D823DA2055BEE6A6BF0BB25EA6900D9EA5EBC"
+
+
+#########################################################################
+# COMPRESSION DEFAULTS
+#########################################################################
+#
+COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n)
+COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f)
+COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -)
+COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -T0 --ultra -20 -)
+COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q)
+COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q)
+COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f)
+COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 -q)
+COMPRESSLZ=(lzip -c -f)
+
+#########################################################################
+# EXTENSION DEFAULTS
+#########################################################################
+#
+PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.zst'
+SRCEXT='.src.tar.gz'
diff --git a/archlinux/.makepkg.conf b/archlinux/.makepkg.conf
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+.config/pacman/makepkg.conf
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