- Arch-announce - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-announce] PHP updated to version 5.4
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Pierre Schmitz 09 May '12

09 May '12

Pierre Schmitz wrote: PHP has been updated to its latest major release 5.4. The upstream changelog can be found at [php.net/ChangeLog-5.php][1] a detailed migration guide is at [php.net/migration54][2] In addition to this the following packaging changes have been made: * The Suhosin patch and extension have been removed. Learn more about the reasoning behind this decision at [pierre-schmitz.com/php-5-4-1-in-suhosin- out/][3] If you had used the suhosin extension before remove the php-suhosin package as it is no longer compatible with PHP 5.4 * Note that the extension API has been changed. If you are using any third party extensions that are not in our repositories, you have to at least recompile them or update to a compatible version. * The json module is now built into PHP itself. Therefore, remove the `extension=json.so` directive from your php.ini file. * The gd extension has been built with webp support using the libvpx library. Make sure to merge the changes of php.ini into your local copy; or probably easier: adjust the new php.ini to your needs. If you any encounter problems using the APC extension you may try the php-xcache package which has been added to the repository. Last but not least: especially if you are running old scripts, make sure they do not rely on features like "Safe Mode" or "Magic Quotes". As these features were removed, an update to PHP 5.4 will result in serious security holes. [1]: http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php [2]: http://php.net/migration54 [3]: https://pierre-schmitz.com/php-5-4-1-in-suhosin-out/ URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/php-updated-to-version-54/

1 0

[arch-announce] Arch Linux turns 10
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Dan McGee wrote: If you follow [Arch Planet][1], you may have already heard the news that we are celebrating a decade of existence, with the release of [0.1 Homer][2] on March 11, 2002. If you haven't already, grab some birthday cake and head over to Arch Planet to read several developers chronologies and wonderful words of praise for Arch Linux. There is also a brief article from [The H Open Source][3] as well as [discussion on Reddit][4]. With good fortune and a little luck, hopefully we'll be around to celebrate another 10 years! As a way to see how far we've come, we've put together a yearly snapshot of the home page thanks to our friends at the [Wayback Machine][5]. Please don't judge our former (lack of) design too harshly! For your viewing pleasure, the home page as it existed in [2002][6], [2003][7], [2004][8], [2005][9], [2006][10], [2007][11], [2008][12], [2009][13], [2010][14] and [2011][15]. [1]: https://planet.archlinux.org/ [2]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/arch-linux-01-homer-released/ [3]: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Arch-Linux-turns-ten-years- old-1469191.html [4]: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/qri0p/arch_linux_is_10_years_old_ since_11032002/ [5]: http://web.archive.org/ [6]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2002/ [7]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2003/ [8]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2004/ [9]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2005/ [10]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2006/ [11]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2007/ [12]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2008/ [13]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2009/ [14]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2010/ [15]: http://www.archlinux.org/retro/2011/ URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/arch-linux-turns-10/

1 0

[arch-announce] Minimum kernel requirement 2.6.32
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Allan McRae wrote: >From the glibc-2.15-5 package, the minimum required kernel version will be increased from 2.6.27 to 2.6.32. This reflects the oldest kernel version still receiving updates upstream. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/minimum-kernel-requirement-2632/

1 0

[arch-announce] libpng/libtiff rebuilds move from [testing]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîr u 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote: Recent releases of libpng and libtiff have required a rebuild of all packages that depend on them; these have just been moved from [testing] to the main repos. As usual, remember to fully update your system and check your unofficial packages (especially the cairo-* packages from AUR) for required rebuilds. The update might output messages similar to: g_module_open() failed for /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders /libpixbufloader-svg.so: libpng14.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory These can be safely ignored if you use our official cairo package; otherwise you may need to reinstall librsvg. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/libpnglibtiff-rebuilds-move-from-testing/

1 0

[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/

1 0

[arch-announce] kmod replaces module-init-tools
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dave Reisner 21 Jan '12

21 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/

1 0

[arch-announce] pacman 4 moves to core
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dave Reisner 16 Jan '12

16 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/

1 0

[arch-announce] Users of unofficial kernels must enable devtmpfs support
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Tom Gundersen 02 Jan '12

02 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…

1 0

[arch-announce] filesystem upgrade - manual intervention required
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Tom Gundersen 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Tom Gundersen wrote: When upgrading to `filesystem-2011.12` there will be a conflict with `/etc/mtab`. Install the package as follows: `pacman -S filesystem --force` It is strongly advised to avoid the `--force` or `-f` switch as it is not safe. However, in this particular case it is needed as deleting `/etc/mtab` manually would break pacman. The reason for the conflict is that the file used to be generated at boot and hence not owned by any package. Now it is a symlink to `/proc/self/mounts` owned by `filesystem`. This change means that `initscripts` no longer requires write access to the rootfs (though other packages might). URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-requir…

1 0

[arch-announce] wiki and bbs downtime
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîr u 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote: On October 23th the data center where our server is located had a power failure. The server was rebooted and at the first look everything was fine. In the morning we noticed that the performance was bad and started to investigate and found out that one of the hard disks was failing. The drive has been replaced and is now synchronizing. We are sorry for the long downtime and we have adjusted our procedures so that this won't happen again. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/wiki-and-bbs-downtime/

1 0