Due to a limitation in pacman's conflict checking when a directory is replaced by a file with the same name, the upgrade to dovecot-1.1.14-1 requires manual interaction. It's safe to update using "pacman -Sf dovecot" to avoid two file conflicts. Please also have a look at the changed file layout and changes in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-example.conf.
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/444/
Finally, the new vi* packages are up. There will be a little migration pain. For optimal results, I recommend to "sudo rm /usr/bin/{view,rview}" before you run "sudo pacman -Syu"
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/445/
After publishing the article discussing a misuse of our old logo in the June Newsletter, I received an unexpected e-mail from the operator of the company in question. He has made a formal apology and has removed the logo from his website. We thank him for his compliance and wish him well in designing a new logo to represent his company. Apparently he received several vulgar and threatening e-mails in response to this issue. I am very disappointed that this has occurred; The Arch Linux community prides itself on its friendliness among other things and individuals who identify themselves as members should be above this sort of behaviour. I did not intend to motivate such actions, and I hope that those responsible will act more maturely in the future.
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/449/
The new module-init-tools 3.8 package changes the location of the configuration file: /etc/modprobe.conf is no longer read, instead /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf is used. Files in /etc/modprobe.d without a .conf suffix will be ignored in the future. Please adjust your local configuration files after the update.
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/450/
Hi arch community, The new 2.6.30 kernel series moved to the [core] repository. Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges Arch Linux changes: - removed the acpi-dsdt-initramfs.patch There is no functional patch anymore available. If you need a custom dsdt, please compile it yourself into your custom kernel. - removed snd-pcspkr module #14958 - added dccp #15071 - added SCHED_DEBUG=y - changed to lzma kernel compression - removed rt2500 module it is supported by in kernel drivers now
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/451/
Hi arch community, portmap is replaced by rpcbind in the [core] repository. It has more features, like ipv6 support and nfs4 support. Please change your /etc/rc.conf file accordingly. Important nfs-utils upgrade: - NFS4 support is now implemented This is a rather important upgrade, you are going to have to change config files. /etc/rc.conf daemons changes: 1) Change portmap to rpcbind 2) Change nfslock to nfs-common 3) Change nfsd to nfs-server Extended configuration options for NFS (clients & server) are available in: /etc/conf.d/nfs-common /etc/conf.d/nfs-server Please change them to your needs.
URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/452/