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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] 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] 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] 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] 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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[arch-announce] kernel 2.6.30 series moved to the [core] repository
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hi arch community, The new 2.6.30 kernel series moved to the [core] repository. Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges Arch Linux changes: - removed the acpi-dsdt-initramfs.patch There is no functional patch anymore available. If you need a custom dsdt, please compile it yourself into your custom kernel. - removed snd-pcspkr module #14958 - added dccp #15071 - added SCHED_DEBUG=y - changed to lzma kernel compression - removed rt2500 module it is supported by in kernel drivers now URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/451/

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[arch-announce] New module-init-tools changes modprobe configuration file location
by Recent News Updates 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

The new module-init-tools 3.8 package changes the location of the configuration file: /etc/modprobe.conf is no longer read, instead /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf is used. Files in /etc/modprobe.d without a .conf suffix will be ignored in the future. Please adjust your local configuration files after the update. URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/450/

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

03 Jul '09

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for June 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-june.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73650 [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/ URL: http://gerolde.archlinux.org/news/448/

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