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[arch-dev-public] syslinux update to 5.01
by Tobias Powalowski 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Hi, ok syslinux 5.0 series should come to testing again. The problem with this release: You need to copy all .c32 modules to your /boot/syslinux path. - Those who used our shipped install script, will end up in a none menu based syslinux shell. - Manual installers need to do the same or it will stay on the old version. I think manual installers should know how to update a major version from syslinux. Do we need a install message? And yes what should it mention? Thanks for your input on this task. greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] systemd 197 - kdm fails
by Thomas Bächler 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

First of all, sorry for my recent absence, I was hoping to spend some time on Arch over Christmas, which I didn't. Anyway, today's systemd upgrade causes a problem which I was only able to solve by downgrading: When systemd launched kdm.service, X started, but the kdm greeter never appeared - instead X just sat there with the busy mouse pointer. systemctl stop kdm.service hung too, I could only kill -9 the X process. When I downgraded to 196-2, the greeter started immediately after the systemctl daemon-reexec in post_upgrade. I have no idea where to start, so any help is appreciated. Even worse: After the downgrade, systemctl start /boot (and thus the automounter) didn't work, I had to mount /boot manually.

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[arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing]
by Arch Website Notification 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

=== Signoff report for [testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 6 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 8 fully signed off packages * 17 packages missing signoffs * 4 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == New packages in [testing] in last 24 hours (6 total) == * e2fsprogs-1.42.7-1 (i686) * iproute2-3.7.0-1 (i686) * e2fsprogs-1.42.7-1 (x86_64) * iproute2-3.7.0-1 (x86_64) * xf86-video-ati-1:7.1.0-1 (i686) * xf86-video-ati-1:7.1.0-1 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [core] (6 total) == * e2fsprogs-1.42.7-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * iproute2-3.7.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (i686) 1/2 signoffs * e2fsprogs-1.42.7-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * iproute2-3.7.0-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [extra] (11 total) == * seabios-1.7.2-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * cairo-1.12.10-3 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * testdisk-6.13-4 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * xf86-video-ati-1:7.1.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * testdisk-6.13-4 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * xf86-video-ati-1:7.1.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Completed signoffs (8 total) == * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (i686) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (i686) * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (x86_64) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (x86_64) * cairo-1.12.10-3 (x86_64) * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64) == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (4 total) == * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686), since 2012-11-03 * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64), since 2012-11-03 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686), since 2012-12-20 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64), since 2012-12-20 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. bisson - 2 signoffs 2. fyan - 1 signoffs 3. pierre - 1 signoffs

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[arch-dev-public] Steam License
by Daniel Wallace 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

I recently received a license from steam to redistribute the bootstrap, and modify it where required. I want to share it and ask everyones opinion on if I could go ahead and move it back into the repos, or if I should wait until the amd64 version is released.[1] YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE ENTIRE FOLLOWING LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT TERMS THAT AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. BY INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. The software application(s) (the “Program”) is the copyrighted work of Valve Corporation (“Valve”) or its suppliers. All rights reserved, except as expressly stated herein. The Program is provided solely for installation by end users according to the terms of this License Agreement, except as provided below regarding permitted redistributions. 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[arch-dev-public] Potential bricking risk with Samsung notebooks in UEFI mode
by Tobias Powalowski 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi guys, for the whole story have a look here: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI4ODQ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557 New kernels will arrive soon with a fix for this issue. Till then please be very carefull with UEFI mode on Samsung notebooks. 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] Signoff report for [testing]
by Arch Website Notification 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

=== Signoff report for [testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 5 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 12 fully signed off packages * 19 packages missing signoffs * 4 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == New packages in [testing] in last 24 hours (5 total) == * seabios-1.7.2-1 (any) * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (i686) * testdisk-6.13-4 (i686) * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (x86_64) * testdisk-6.13-4 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [core] (5 total) == * cracklib-2.8.22-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (i686) 1/2 signoffs * linux-3.7.5-1 (i686) 1/2 signoffs * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [extra] (14 total) == * seabios-1.7.2-1 (any) 0/2 signoffs * cairo-1.12.10-3 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-313.18-2 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * testdisk-6.13-4 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * testdisk-6.13-4 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Completed signoffs (12 total) == * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (i686) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (i686) * cracklib-2.8.22-1 (x86_64) * linux-3.7.5-1 (x86_64) * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (x86_64) * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (x86_64) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (x86_64) * cairo-1.12.10-3 (x86_64) * nvidia-313.18-2 (x86_64) * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64) == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (4 total) == * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686), since 2012-11-03 * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64), since 2012-11-03 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686), since 2012-12-20 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64), since 2012-12-20 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. fyan - 4 signoffs 2. eric - 4 signoffs 3. bisson - 2 signoffs

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Re: [arch-dev-public] [arch-general] Winter Cleanup of [community]
by Gaetan Bisson 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

[2013-01-19 17:54:51 +0100] Alexander Rødseth: > It's time again for the yearly cleanup of the [community] repository. Please send such messages to arch-dev-public in the future: adopting packages are dev's and TU's decision, and not all read arch-general. > Somehow, time passed, and it's now too late for a "Christmas Cleanup" > like last year. Instead I'm announcing a Winter Cleanup, which I think > is a better name as well. 45.8 degrees beg to differ. -- Gaetan

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[arch-dev-public] filesystem package
by Allan McRae 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

So... some unintended consequences of moving /lib to filesystem. Install scriptlet can not run until filesystem is installed. That means, glibc really should depend on filesystem, but the filesystem package is a bit "bloated": Depends On : iana-etc bash coreutils nss-myhostname bash, coreutils and nss-myhostname all are for the install scriptlets to run. In fact, we are entirely saved here by a bug in pacman: nss-myhostname is provided by systemd, but pacman does not order packages correctly with provides, so systemd is not installed first at a time when install scriptlets fail... Anyway, I say we can just remove post_install from filesystem and reduce the dependencies to only iana-etc, and then make glibc depend on filesystem. We can assume coreutils and bash are installed before an upgrade of filesystem. Lets see what is in filesystem's post_install: post_install() { [ -f var/log/lastlog ] || : >var/log/lastlog [ -f var/log/wtmp ] || : >var/log/wtmp [ -f var/log/btmp ] || { : >var/log/btmp && chmod 600 var/log/btmp; } # workaround for bug #7194 # readded due to bug #9465 # please do not remove! chmod 1777 var/spool/mail tmp var/tmp } The chmod part can be removed (despite the warning). It was initially a bug in pacman and then the installer. Given pacman has been fixed for years and we just use "pacman -r" for the installer, there is no need for that. This is entirely the wrong place to fix this non-existent bug. That leaves the initialising of log files. I guess the lastlog one should be moved to the shadow package. Definitely not the job of filesystem. I am not sure what package should do the wtmp and btmp ones. Anyone know? Allan

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[arch-dev-public] Signoff report for [testing]
by Arch Website Notification 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

=== Signoff report for [testing] === https://www.archlinux.org/packages/signoffs/ There are currently: * 11 new packages in last 24 hours * 0 known bad packages * 0 packages not accepting signoffs * 12 fully signed off packages * 17 packages missing signoffs * 6 packages older than 14 days (Note: the word 'package' as used here refers to packages as grouped by pkgbase, architecture, and repository; e.g., one PKGBUILD produces one package per architecture, even if it is a split package.) == New packages in [testing] in last 24 hours (11 total) == * man-pages-3.46-1 (any) * linux-3.7.5-1 (i686) * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (i686) * linux-3.7.5-1 (x86_64) * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (x86_64) * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (i686) * nvidia-313.18-2 (i686) * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (i686) * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (x86_64) * nvidia-313.18-2 (x86_64) * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (x86_64) == Incomplete signoffs for [core] (7 total) == * cracklib-2.8.22-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (i686) 1/2 signoffs * linux-3.7.5-1 (i686) 1/2 signoffs * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * cracklib-2.8.22-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * iw-3.8-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs * linux-lts-3.0.61-1 (x86_64) 1/2 signoffs == Incomplete signoffs for [extra] (10 total) == * cairo-1.12.10-3 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-313.18-2 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (i686) 0/2 signoffs * lirc-1:0.9.0-36 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-313.18-2 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * nvidia-304xx-304.64-3 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs * wpa_supplicant_gui-2.0-1 (x86_64) 0/2 signoffs == Completed signoffs (12 total) == * man-pages-3.46-1 (any) * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (i686) * reiserfsprogs-3.6.22-1 (i686) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (i686) * linux-3.7.5-1 (x86_64) * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64) * openvpn-2.3.0-1 (x86_64) * reiserfsprogs-3.6.22-1 (x86_64) * wpa_supplicant-2.0-1 (x86_64) * cairo-1.12.10-3 (x86_64) * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64) == All packages in [testing] for more than 14 days (6 total) == * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (i686), since 2012-11-03 * lvm2-2.02.98-3 (x86_64), since 2012-11-03 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (i686), since 2012-12-20 * qemu-1.3.0-1 (x86_64), since 2012-12-20 * reiserfsprogs-3.6.22-1 (i686), since 2013-01-09 * reiserfsprogs-3.6.22-1 (x86_64), since 2013-01-09 == Top five in signoffs in last 24 hours == 1. foutrelis - 5 signoffs 2. stephane - 2 signoffs 3. allan - 2 signoffs 4. pierre - 2 signoffs 5. dan - 1 signoffs

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[arch-dev-public] Silent removal of initscripts?
by Dan McGee 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

I know we posted a news item back in November about the deprecation of old school rc.d scripts, but the current silent removal thing is not real cool, and one never knows what package is going to fail to start up next. Last week it was openvpn, today it appears samba has lost its script. We should post a news item saying "scripts are disappearing as of now, please be aware", as any machine booted remotely gives absolutely zero indication that some service startup failed until you try to actually use the service. Also, rumor has it a community package exists to catalog these old rc.d scripts once they are removed, but `pacman -Ss initscripts` and `pacman -Ss rc.d` found me nothing. Giving our users (and hell, other developers) at least a bit of heads up would be awesome here. Thanks, -Dan

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