November 2009 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-dev-public] New package - libmpc
by Allan McRae 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hi, MPC (http://www.multiprecision.org/) is the complex number version of MPFR and will be required in the future for gcc-4.5. While that is still a while off, I want to add this to [testing] in the mean time to allow easier testing of future gcc builds. Given the clash of names with the other mpc, I have been naming this libmpc as has been the strategy in Debian. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] links-2.2-3
by Eric Bélanger 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hi, links-2.2-3 is now in testing. I've added UTF-8 support as requested in FS#15710. Please test and signoff. Eric

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[arch-dev-public] We need to rebuild ffmpeg, mplayer and x264
by Hugo Doria 05 Nov '09

05 Nov '09

Hi guys, There was a major change in x264's API and FFmpeg and Mplayer were adapted the new changes. We need to updated them and get it working with the new changes. I already rebuilt x264 and mplayer to the latest versions, but we need to do the same with ffmpeg and gstreamer0.10-ugly. Is this a problem? -- Hugo

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] pam-1.1.0-1
by Tobias Powalowski 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi resending because of copy and paste error, sorry folks. new major latest version, please test it well and signoff. I have one open feature request on pam: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13591 I don't know if we should change the default provided upstream here. Changelog: Release 1.1.0 * Update translations * Documentation updates and fixes Release 1.0.92 * Update translations * pam_succeed_if: Use provided username * pam_mkhomedir: Fix handling of options Release 1.0.91 * Fixed CVE-2009-0579 (minimum days limit on password change is ignored). * Fix libpam internal config/argument parser * Add optional file locking to pam_tally2 * Update translations * pam_access improvements * Changes in the behavior of the password stack. Results of PRELIM_CHECK are not used for the final run. Release 1.0.90 * Supply hostname of the machine to netgroup match call in pam_access * Make pam_namespace to work safe on child directories of parent directories owned by users * Redefine LOCAL keyword of pam_access configuration file * Add support for try_first_pass and use_first_pass to pam_cracklib * Print informative messages for rejected login and add silent and no_log_info options to pam_tally * Add support for passing PAM_AUTHTOK to stdin of helpers from pam_exec * New password quality tests in pam_cracklib * New options for pam_lastlog to show last failed login attempt and to disable lastlog update * New pam_pwhistory module to store last used passwords * New pam_tally2 module similar to pam_tally with wordsize independent tally data format * Make libpam not log missing module if its type is prepended with '-' * New pam_timestamp module for authentication based on recent successful login. * Add blowfish support to pam_unix. * Add support for user specific environment file to pam_env. * Add pam_get_authtok to libpam as Linux-PAM extension. * Rename type option of pam_cracklib to authtok_type. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] Status of slimserver
by Eric Bélanger 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, Is there anyone interested in maintaining slimserver? It's currently orphaned, out-of-date and doesn't even install (missing perl-compress-zlib depends FS#16490). If no one wants it, we could solve all these problems by moving it to AUR. Eric

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Re: [arch-dev-public] [arch-events] Fwd: Arch at the FOSDEM 2010 Distribution Miniconf ?
by Dieter Plaetinck 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:19 +0100 Thomas Bächler <thomas(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Roman Kyrylych schrieb: > > I would love to get there too. > > Not sure if my company will sponsor me again this time, > > but if I could keep traveling cost to the minimum > > I'll be able to get there with my own money only. > > I will need to get a new visa though. :-/ > > > > Anyone else would like to join the party? > > Jan, Thomas, you're living not far, right? ;-) > > I'm in for FOSDEM. It's just 1:15 on high speed train from here, so > it's actually easier to get to than St. Augustin was :) great! > Dieter, will you handle the communication with the FOSDEM/Distro > miniconf people? ok sure. i can be the point of contact. i'll let them know we'll be there with a few people and interested to participate! Dieter

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[arch-dev-public] openswan
by Allan McRae 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, Does anyone care to maintain openswan in [core]. It is quite out of date and currently and orphan. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] filesystem-2009.11-1
by Allan McRae 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

There were quite a few changes committed to SVN and this was the last package with a /usr/man directory in [core] and [extra] so I cut a release. Here is a summary of the changes: * securetty Add 'hvc0' for virtual consoles * fstab Change /dev/shm to nodev,nosuid Change "none" to "devpts" for /dev/pts and to "shm" for /dev/shm so they look nicer in mtab * profile Remove LC_COLLATE=C from the default /etc/profile Apparently this is not necessary and has been tested for a while. If this causes regex-based scripts to fail, we should add LC_COLLATE=C to those scripts themselves. See FS#15250 * group Add 'x' to all group passwords by default, to disable them * misc converted to "any" architecture. remove /usr/man Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] samba 3.4.x
by Tobias Powalowski 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Hi guys and users, bumped to new samba 3.4.x series, i only use it very rudimentary. It's a major version upgrade, please give me a signoff on it. Thanks. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] /var/empty
by Roman Kyrylych 03 Nov '09

03 Nov '09

Shouldn't /var/empty be created by filesystem package, instead of by packages that require it? (like openssh and openntpd) -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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