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[arch-announce] GnuPG-2.1 and the pacman keyring
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Gaetan Bisson 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

The upgrade to gnupg-2.1 ported the pacman keyring to a new upstream format but in the process rendered the local master key unable to sign other keys. This is only an issue if you ever intend to customize your pacman keyring. We nevertheless recommend all users fix this by generating a fresh keyring. In addition, we recommend installing haveged, a daemon that generates system entropy; this speeds up critical operations in cryptographic programs such as gnupg (including the generation of new keyrings). To do all the above, run as root: pacman -Syu haveged systemctl start haveged systemctl enable haveged rm -fr /etc/pacman.d/gnupg pacman-key --init pacman-key --populate archlinux URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/gnupg-21-and-the-pacman-keyring/

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[arch-announce] Changes to Intel microcode updates
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Bächler 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Microcode on Intel CPUs is no longer loaded automatically, as it needs to be loaded very early in the boot process. This requires adjustments in the bootloader. If you have an Intel CPU, please follow [the instructions in the wiki][1]. [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode#Enabling_Intel_Microcode_Upd… URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/changes-to-intel-microcodeupdates/

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[arch-announce] Java users: manual intervention required before upgrade
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Guillaume Alaux 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

Guillaume Alaux wrote: To circumvent a conflicting files issue, manual intervention is required **only if package `java-common` is installed**. This can be checked with the following command: $ pacman -Q java-common java-common ... If so, please run the following **prior** to upgrading: # archlinux-java unset # pacman -Sydd --asdeps java-runtime-common :: java-runtime-common and java-common are in conflict. Remove java-common? [y/N] y # archlinux-java fix You can then go ahead and upgrade: # pacman -Su Please note that new package [`java-runtime-common`][1] does **not** use nor support forcing `JAVA_HOME` as former package `java-common` did. See the [Java wiki page][2] for more info. [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/java-common/ [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/java-users-manual-intervention-required-befo…

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[arch-announce] nvidia-340xx and nvidia
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Sven-Hendrik Haase 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: As NVIDIA dropped support for G8x, G9x, and GT2xx GPUs with the release of 343.22, there now is set of nvidia-340xx packages supporting those older GPUs. 340xx will receive support until the end of 2019 according to NVIDIA. Users of older GPUs should consider switching to nvidia-340xx. The nvidia-343.22 and nvidia-340xx-340.46 packages will be in testing for a few days. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/nvidia-340xx-and-nvidia/

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[arch-announce] mesa updated to 10.3.0
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Laurent Carlier 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Laurent Carlier wrote: mesa is now available with some packaging changes: * Related to the megadriver work done, splitted dri drivers doesn't have sense anymore, all dri drivers are now packaged in `mesa-dri`. * vdpau drivers are now in `mesa-vdpau` package. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mesa-updated-to-1030/

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[arch-announce] Mailinglists maintenance
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Florian Pritz 26 Sep '14

26 Sep '14

Florian Pritz wrote: Starting 14:30 UTC today I'll move our mailing lists to a new server. Expected downtime is 2 hours. This post will be updated once the move is done. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mailinglists-maintenance/

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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 28 Jul '14

28 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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