January 2012 - Arch-announce - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-announce] Arch Linux @ FOSDEM 2012
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dieter Plaetinck 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Dieter Plaetinck wrote: The [FOSDEM][1] conference takes place on 4/5 February in Brussels, Belgium and our attendance this year is bigger than ever. On the [list of Archers coming][2] we find developers Roman Kyrylych, Tom Gundersen, Thomas Bächler, Jan Steffens, Pierre Schmitz and myself. We're putting together meetups on Friday afternoon, evening and Saturday evening. Our program is not definitive yet, so to stay up to date (or make suggestions) check the [wiki page][3] or the [meetups thread][4] on the [arch- events mailing list][5] Hope to see you there! [1]: http://fosdem.org [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FOSDEM [3]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FOSDEM#2012 [4]: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch- events/2012-January/000443.html [5]: http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-events URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/arch-linux-fosdem-2012/

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[arch-announce] kmod replaces module-init-tools
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dave Reisner 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Dave Reisner wrote: With module-init-tools being declared a dead project by its current maintainer, a new project has stepped up to take its place: kmod. This is intended to be a drop-in replacement, though deprecated functionality in module-init-tools has not been reimplemented. If, upon upgrade, pacman moves `/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf` to a .pacsave, you should move it back. This file, and any other config read by module-init- tools, is still read by kmod. However, the kmod package will no longer include a blank config file. You'll find the same (if not more) documentation in the manpages and --help output for the binaries. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/kmod-replaces-module-init-tools/

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[arch-announce] pacman 4 moves to core
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dave Reisner 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dave Reisner wrote: Pacman 4 has landed in core! Thanks to 24 contributors producing 893 commits, you'll find many [new features][1]. The one explicitly worth calling out is gpg signing. However, until the last few details regarding database signing and keyring distribution are ironed out, this is disabled in pacman's default config. If you're interested trying out package verification, please refer to the documentation on the wiki about [pacman-key][2] or [Allan's blog post][3]. As always, please make sure to merge your pacnew files! [1]: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS (NEWS) [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman-key (pacman-key) [3]: http://allanmcrae.com/2011/12/pacman-package-signing-4-arch-linux/ (pacman-package-signing) URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/pacman-4-moves-to-core/

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[arch-announce] Users of unofficial kernels must enable devtmpfs support
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Tom Gundersen 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Tom Gundersen wrote: As of udev-176, the Arch Linux userspace tools will no longer be able to boot kernels without devtmpfs support. The official Arch kernels (`kernel26-lts` and `linux`) have both had devtmpfs support for a long time, so only people who compile their own kernels are potentially affected by this change. More information about the kernel options required by udev is available in the udev [README][1]. [1]: here: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=blob_plain;f=README URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/users-of-unofficial-kernels-must-enable-devtm…

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