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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] crda 1.0.1-2, wireless-regdb 2009.03.09-1
by Thomas Bächler 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Changes compared to 1.0.1-1: - Split crda into crda and wireless-regdb (as it is done by all other distros that already include it) The regdb will probably be updated more often than crda - If crda is installed, the integrity of the regdb is now verified on build and install time (if not, a warning is issued on build time, and nothing happens on install time) A warning is issued if the database is corrupted. - The file /etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom moved from crda to wireless-regdb. If the user has already set the domain there, the .pacorig file overwrites the one from wireless-regdb. This is safe, as the only changes that may be in the stock file are newly added domains, which are commented - It is not necessary to add wireless-regdom to DAEMONS any more. As soon as cfg80211 is loaded, the regdom is set (if one is specified in /etc/conf.d/wireless-regdom) This is not only more convenient, but also ensures the regdom is still set correctly after rmmod cfg80211; modprobe cfg80211 Please sign off. Note that with 2.6.29-ARCH and newer, you will only get access to the "World" regdom (channels 1-11, plus some 5GHz channels with passive scanning only) if you don't install crda and set your regdom. (With 2.6.28-ARCH and older, the "US" regdom was enabled by default, and you could set "EU" and "JP" domains with a module parameter) Signoff procedure: 1) If crda is already installed, wireless-regdb will issue a warning on installation if anything is corrupted. (You can also run regdbdump /usr/lib/crda/regulatory.bin manually, if that shows you a bunch of data instead of an error, all is fine). 2) After a you reboot, reload cfg80211 or "/etc/rc.d/wireless-regdb start", "iw list" should show you the proper channels. You will also see messages in your syslog if you change the regdom. Pending issues: Updates for BN (missing two 5GHz bands) and KR, see http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/30811 DE domains misses some 5GHz bands due to confusing documents from the Bundesnetzagentur: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/30803

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[arch-dev-public] x86_64 machines for Arch devs
by Dusty Phillips 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hey guys, I know we all agreed to drop i686 support, but it leaves me with a small problem -- I'm one of the few devs not yet blessed with a 64 bit machine. I was thinking maybe we could use the donation funding to buy x86_64 build boxes for each of us. We've got a lot of donation funding and the income from Schwag would of course help, but we'd probably have to do a donation drive to raise about half the funds. It seems like a good use of the funding to me, and our community is totally awesome, I'm sure it won't be hard to raise it. What do you guys think? In the meantime, I'm going to continue maintaining an i686 repo of my own for a few weeks, but lets face it: this machine is a dinosaur, its time to upgrade! Dusty

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] gettext-0.17-2
by Allan McRae 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Added cvs optdep for autopoint Install script for info pages. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] xinetd-2.3.14-5
by Allan McRae 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Signoff for xinetd-2.3.14-5 - License rebuild - Fix man page location - Add optdepends on perl (xconv.pl script) I needs someone to build for x86_64. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] mdadm-2.6.9-1
by Tobias Powalowski 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10651 http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9122 both states raid is broken for more complex setups. According to my earlier mail about assembling raid arrays i wrote a new hook and install file. It uses mdassemble.static from mdadm tarball which is smaller than mdadm.static and does the assembling job and loading of the needed raid module. How does it work: - If a an array is defined on users system /etc/mdadm.conf, the file will be added to initramfs and used for the assembling things. - If no array was defined it falls back to commandline assembling and a madm.conf file will be created on the fly during bootup. Old command line syntax wasn't changed, uuid support is added (eg. md=0,0900878d:f95f6057:c39a36e9:55efa61b) Last Fix: -fixed booting from partitionable raid, by loading md_mod before assembling. Passed Tests: - Tested normal raid 1 setup with and without mdadm.conf modified. - Tested raid1 partitionable raid with extended and without extended partition. - Tested uuid assembling from commandline I think this is ready to move to core, 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] acl-2.2.47-2
by Allan McRae 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Fixes the RPATH issue: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13891

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] gawk-3.1.6-3
by Allan McRae 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Removed mawk replaces (FS#12430), added info files Allan

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