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[arch-announce] Reorganization of Vim packages
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Dziedzic 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Thomas Dziedzic wrote: The Vim suite of packages has been reorganized to better provide advanced features in the standard vim package, and to split the CLI and GUI versions; the new packages are: * vim-minimal: identical to the previous vim package * vim: now includes all the features from gvim which includes the python, lua, and ruby interpreters, without GTK/X support * vim-python3: same as the above for gvim-python3 * gvim: same as before * gvim-python3: same as before * vim-runtime: same as before URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/reorganization-of-vim-packages/

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[arch-announce] xorg-server 1.16 is now available
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Laurent Carlier 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Laurent Carlier wrote: The new version comes with the following changes: * X is now rootless with the help of systemd-logind, this also means that it must be launched from the same virtual terminal as was used to log in, redirecting stderr also breaks rootless login. The old root execution behavior can be restored through the Xorg.wrap config file (man xorg.wrap). Please note that launching X through a login-manager (gdm, kdm, ...) doesn't yet provide rootless access. * The default configuration files are now in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, all host configurations are still taking place in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Please note that files 10-evdev.conf and 10-quirks.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d could be renamed with .pacsave suffix, which could break your configuration, then just rename them and remove the .pacsave suffix. * Better glamor accelerated rendering, deprecating `glamor-egl` package. * A new package `xorg-server-xwayland` that allows running X applications inside a wayland session. * The `xf86-video-intel` package doesn't provide dri3 support anymore because of multiple rendering bugs. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-server-116-is-now-available/

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[arch-announce] MariaDB 10.0 enters [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Bartłomiej Piotrowski 12 Jul '14

12 Jul '14

Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote: A new major release of MariaDB will be moved to [extra] soon. The change in versioning scheme has been made to clearly distinguish provided functionality from MySQL 5.6. From now on, it won't be possible to easily move between various MySQL implementations provided in the official repositories. Due to major changes in MariaDB 10.0, it is recommended (although not necessary) to dump the tables before upgrading and reloading the dump file afterwards. After upgrading to the new version don't forget to restart `mysqld.service` and run `mysql_upgrade` to check the databases for possible errors. Additionally TokuDB storage engine has been disabled because of repeating build failures. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused. For detailed information on changes and upgrade steps, please refer to [MariaDB Knowledge Base][1] and [MySQL Reference Manual][2]. [1]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-100/ [2]: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/upgrading.html URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-100-enters-extra/

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[arch-announce] BBS, Wiki, and AUR maintenance
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Florian Pritz 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

Florian Pritz wrote: The BBS, Wiki and AUR will be moving to a new server starting today at 13:30 UTC. Expected downtime is 2 hours, this post will be updated when the migration is complete. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/bbs-wiki-and-aur-maintenance/

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[arch-announce] Perl updated to 5.20
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Florian Pritz 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Florian Pritz wrote: Perl 5.20, as any other new perl version, requires all modules that are not purely perl code to be rebuilt. We did that for all packages in our repos. The last couple major updates printed an error message when trying to load modules built against the wrong version, 5.20 seems to cause segfaults. Please make sure to rebuild all custom installed CPAN modules and binaries that link to libperl.so. Refer to [my post on arch-dev-public][1] for a script that helps to find those packages. [1]: https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev- public/2014-June/026359.html URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/perl-updated-to-520/

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[arch-announce] Managing Haskell packages with GHC 7.8.2
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Dziedzic 04 May '14

04 May '14

Thomas Dziedzic wrote: Changes that come with the release include: 1. Moving every package that is not ghc or cabal-install to [community]. This will allow better support of the core common haskell libraries since I do not actually use these packages due to cabal-install. 2. The valid paths that a user can take to install packages are the following: 1. Using cabal-install to install haskell packages. This allows the user to access every haskell package in hackage. The problem is that you are now using packages that are managed outside of pacman. This is usually the best option if you are developing any haskell applications due to the new sandboxing that cabal-install 1.18 has introduced. 2. Using pacman to install haskell packages. This allows the user to have access to a small subset of hackage packages which are known to work on archlinux and are usually good enough for non haskell developers. 3. Using an unofficial repository called Arch Haskell. You could find more information about the repository at the following [page][1] [1]: https://github.com/archhaskell/habs/blob/master/README.md URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/managing-haskell-packages-with-ghc-782/

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[arch-announce] screen-4.2.1 cannot reattach older instances either
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Gaetan Bisson 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Gaetan Bisson wrote: Upstream improvements in screen-4.2.1 will make users unable to reattach instances created with version 4.2.0 or older. Please upgrade to screen-4.2.1-2 only when they are unneeded. Apologies again for the inconvenience. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/screen-421-cannot-reattach-older-instances-e…

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[arch-announce] screen-4.2.0 cannot reattach older instances
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Gaetan Bisson 20 Apr '14

20 Apr '14

Gaetan Bisson wrote: Users of the screen program will not be able to reattach older instances after upgrading to version 4.2.0; this is due to upstream having made a lot of changes to the internals, and switching from named pipes to sockets for communication. Please ensure your current screen instances are not anymore needed before upgrading. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/screen-420-cannot-reattach-older-instances/

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[arch-announce] Linux 3.13 WARNING: PS/2 keyboard support is now modular
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Bächler 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Thomas Bächler wrote: It has been requested that we make support for the i8042 keyboard and mouse controller modular. Some people get weird error messages because they don't have one and the manual probing slows down their boot. Tom took care of this on the kernel side (thank you) and the result finally landed in 3.13. In order to get keyboard input during early init, if you don't have it already, add the `keyboard` hook to the `HOOKS=` line in `/etc/mkinitcpio.conf` and run `mkinitcpio -P`. It has been in the default configuration for some time. **WARNING**: There's a downside to all this: On some motherboards (mostly ancient ones, but also a few new ones), the i8042 controller cannot be automatically detected. It's rare, but some people will surely be without keyboard. You can detect this situation in advance: $ dmesg -t | grep '^i8042' i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. If you have a PS/2 port and get this message, add `atkbd` to the `MODULES=` line in `mkinitcpio.conf` and run `mkinitcpio -P`. If you just noticed that you are without keyboard after rebooting, fear not! Simply add earlymodules=atkbd modules-load=atkbd to your kernel command line in your bootloader. I will move Linux 3.13 to [core] a few hours from now, to give everyone a chance to read this before upgrading. I apologize for any inconvenience this transition may cause. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/linux-313-warning-ps2-keyboard-support-is-no…

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[arch-announce] BBS, Wiki, and AUR maintenance
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Dan McGee wrote: The BBS, Wiki, and AUR will be down for maintenance on 2014-02-17 for approximately two hours while we perform some needed maintenance and other activities. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/bbs-wiki-and-aur-maintenance-period/

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