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[arch-announce] Mirror Syncing Change
by Recent News Updates 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Aaron Griffin wrote: With recent backend updates, the Arch Linux package repositories contain symlinks in order to remove some duplicate packaging work and reduce repo size for packages that are non-architecture specific. As such, mirror administrators now need to be aware that symlinks are coming down the pipe. --links (-l) should be used instead of --copy-links (-L) in order to ensure the symlinks remain in place. The [Local Mirror Wiki Page][1] has also been updated to reflect this. [1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Local_Mirror URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/456/

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[arch-announce] KDE 4.3: packaged and split
by Recent News Updates 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Pierre Schmitz wrote: The new major release of KDE does not only include exciting upstream improvements and new features but also introduces a new set of packages that makes it possible to only install those applications you like. All important changes in short: * split packages; for more Information see http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE_Packages and http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Splitting_KDE * Qt uses the Gstreamer backend for Phonon by default. Other backends like phonon-xine can be installed optionally. * Meta packages ensure a smooth upgrade and emulate the old monolith packages for those who prefer them. Important hints for upgraders: * Check if your mirror is up to date. * pacman will ask you to replace all kde packages with kde-meta packages. * Don't force an update. 'If pacman complains about conflicts please file a bug report. * You can remove the meta packages and the sub packages you don't need after the update. * If you don't like split packages just keep using the kde-meta packages. Information about upstream changes will be available at http://kde.org/announcements/4.3/ URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/455/

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[arch-announce] /dev layout cleanup
by Recent News Updates 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Allan McRae wrote: The /dev layout has been cleaned up to comply to the device names specified in the Linux kernel documentation. We had some legacy left from our devfs days, which has now been removed. With this update, it is important that initscripts (2009.07-3), filesystem (2009.07-1), udev (141-5) and syslog-ng (3.0.3-2) are all updated together. The most obvious change from a users perspective is the vc/*->tty* transition. The initscripts-2007.08 update requires adjusting the /etc/inittab file to refer to tty* instead of vc/*. Due to severe system breakages if this file is not updated, this change will be automatically handled by pacman. The original /etc/inittab file is saved as /etc/inittab.pacsave. To be clear: package /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacnew (if needed) system /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacsave system /etc/inittab --sed--> inittab Make sure to check these files after the update and do any merging that is required. Any users who have modified the /etc/securetty file should make sure to merge that file also. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/454/

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[arch-announce] Update on Misuse of Arch Linux Logo
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

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/

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[arch-announce] Arch Linux Newsletter May 2009
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for May 2009][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, [here they are][3]. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2009-may.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=548438 [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/ URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/446/

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[arch-announce] Minimum required kernel version increased
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

With the glibc-2.10 toolchain update, the minimum kernel version requirement for glibc has been increased from 2.6.16 to 2.6.18. For help fixing issues porting software to build with glibc-2.10 and gcc-4.4, see [1] and [2] respectively. [1] [http://udrepper.livejournal.com/20948.html][1] [2] [http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/porting_to.html][2] [1]: http://udrepper.livejournal.com/20948.html [2]: http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.4/porting_to.html URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/447/

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[arch-announce] Dovecot 1.1.14 upgrade requires user intervention
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

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/

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[arch-announce] vi, vim and gvim update
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

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/

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[arch-announce] Arch Linux Newsletter July 2009
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for July 2009][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, [here they are][3]. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2009-july.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75212 [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/ URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/453/

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[arch-announce] portmap replaced by rpcbind & important nfs-utils upgrade
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

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/

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