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[arch-dev-public] 2008.03 TEST ISOs released
by Tobias Powalowski 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Hi i just placed the new "Core Dump" TEST ISO to the mirrors eg: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/rc-iso/2008.03/ some days testing should be enough, I tested them in kvm-qemu and didn't find an issue. ATTENTION: This ISO contains packages that are in testing repository. So don't be suprised by getting package is newer then repository on first pacman -Syu. Those errors will be gone when we moved in the packages, which will happen soon. Changelog: GENERAL: - kernel 2.6.24.3 usage - pacman 3.1.3 usage - RAM usage has been revisited, these are the new recommendations: * FTP ISO, CORE ISO: arch boot image 160 MB RAM x86_64/i686 (all packages selected, with swap partition) * CORE ISO: lowmem boot image 64 MB RAM x86_64/i686 (all packages selected, with swap partition) FIXES: - fixed intel wireless automatic module loading (arch boot image) - fixed auto prepare of harddisk (lowmem boot image) - added more checks and improvements to autoprepare of harddisk - added missing netfilter modules and some wireless addon modules - added dmraid and linux-atm to install environment - added gpt support to grub - added tiacx module and firmware files to install environment - added parted to install environment - updated ftp mirrors to latest status references to bug reports: - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4762 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5825 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7975 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8422 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8431 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8435 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8561 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8616 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8638 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8699 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8835 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8852 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8886 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8898 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8952 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9374 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9436 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9452 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9494 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9560 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9697 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9734 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9864 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9865 As usual check md5sum before using the images and also be aware of the new RAM recommendations the images have. Have fun greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26-2.6.24.3-4 & all binary modules rebuild against it
by Tobias Powalowski 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Hi kernel bump release for both arches in testing repository: fixed: gcc-4.3 build added at daemon patch added new pre .24.4 patch fixed intel graphics fixed booting on via and crusoe processors bugs for reference: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9830 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9801 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9800 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9883 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9565 please signoff greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] Libtool issues
by Tobias Kieslich 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Doing my exiv2 update I saw that this time really some packages must be rebuilt. However, digikam can't be rebuilt because it depends on a libgphoto2 that was rebuilt with libtool-1.x based version. libgphoto2 can't be rebuild with libtool2 because it just bails. I have not found any patch/hint how to fix that. Can anyone come up with an idea? I have no real libtool experience. -T

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] udev-119-1
by Tobias Powalowski 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hi update to new version, fixed pnp device loading fixed usb_id path in rules http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9867 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9885' please signoff for both arches greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] ISO 2008.03-5 release status update
by Tobias Powalowski 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hey guys, following packages i would like to see in core: pending signoffs and move to base: initscripts (showstopper!)? Bump to 2008.03-4 waiting for rtc fix Roman wants to add. e2fsprogs? waiting for signoff on x86_64 ntfs-3g? waiting for signoff on x86_64 kbd/klibc-kbd/mkinitcpio? mkinitcpio needs a small fix in resume hook. Thomas is working on it. kbd and klibc-kbd waiting for signoff and depend on new mkinitcpio. perl? Add exact move date please? delayed package moves due to rebuilds and issues: gcc build-toolchain libtool any other comments? greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kbd and klibc-kbd
by Roman Kyrylych 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hi! After days of extreme hacking and scratching my head I'm happy to present them: * kbd-1.14.1.20080309-1 * klibc-kbd-1.15.20080312-1 Don't scare those pkgrels. There are many good reasons that I've used the latest git versions. (Actually, klibc support was added by current maintainer on my request, and 2 patches I've made today are still not in git.) What has changed: * replaced statically built binaries with klibcified ones (saves almost 2Megabytes!) * heavily modified keymap hooks, fixed some bugs * at least 2 bugs in our bugtracker closed by the latest mainstream changes * in *euro.maps 'currency' was changed to 'euro' (by mainstream) * many nice things for Cyrillic alphabet users * splitted hooks and klibcified binaries into a separate package (this will allow to update them separately, and was required in this case). Both i686 and x86_64 packages available (thanks Thomas!). Please signoff. ;-) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] initscripts-2008.03-3
by Roman Kyrylych 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

This build removes the double creation of /dev/pts and /dev/shm. i686 and x86_64 packages available. Rebooted without any error messages here. People with hwclock errors - please confirm they've gone. Signoffs are welcome ;) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[arch-dev-public] Tedious: Moving packages from testing to the real repo
by Aaron Griffin 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

I've noticed this process is real tedious. cvs update tag -d TESTING or TESTING-64 tag -F CURRENT or CURRENT-64 ssh archlinux.org mv files from testing to staging/testing(64)/del cp staging/testing(64)/del to staging/$REPO(64)/add run /arch/db-testing(64) run /arch/db-$REPO It gets even more tedious when you have to do it for both architectures. So, I want to improve this, but I want to know what _you_ all would like as a usecase here? Should there be a script on gerolde to do it, or should it be part of devtools with the db-scripts still run on gerolde. Opinions?

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] e2fsprogs 1.40.8
by Tobias Powalowski 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Hi bump to new version: E2fsprogs 1.40.8 (March 13, 2008) ================================= Fixed e2image -I so it works on image files which are larger than 2GB. Fixed e2fsck's handling of directory inodes with a corrupt size field. If the size is larger than the number of blocks found in the inode, don't try to allocate extra empty blocks at the end of the directory to make up the difference; there's no point to doing that. In addition, if the size is not a multiple of a blocksize, always fix it. E2fsck handled a pass 2 "should never happen error" by not giving enough information and then core dumping. Unfortunately, it was all too easy to trigger the "should never happen" situation if a directory's inode size was not correct. This has been fixed, but e2fsck has also been taught how to handle this situation more gracefully, by simply removing the inode hash tree information, so that it can be rebuilt again after e2fsck's pass 3. (Addresses Launchpad Bug: #129395) Resize2fs had a bug resizing large inodes with extended attributes that was fixed in 1.40.6; unfortunately, it turned out it wasn't fixed completely on big-endian systems such as PowerPC. The bug should be completely fixed now. Yay for regression test suites. (Addresses Red Hat Bugzilla: #434893) Updated German, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Sweedish, and Vietnamese translations. Many thanks to Philipp Thomas from Novell for stepping up to become the new German translation maintainer! (Addresses Debian Bugs: #302512, #370247, #401092, #412882). When e2fsck is clearing a corrupt inode's HTREE directory information, make it clear that it is just clearing the HTREE information, not the entire inode. Fixed spelling mistakes, typos, and otherwise clarified man pages. please signoff greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] ntfs-3g 1.2310-1
by Thomas Bächler 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

Minor update and fixed #9748. Please sign off.

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