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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] procps-3.2.8-3
by Eric Bélanger 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Hi, procps-3.2.8-3 is in testing. Added patch to fix "Unknown HZ value!" on some machines. Please test and signoff. Eric

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] pkg-config 0.25-3
by Stéphane Gaudreault 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

* Rebuild of old package * Use system popt and glib Please signoff both. Thanks Stéphane

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[arch-dev-public] tcp_wrappers- does anyone actually use it?
by Dan McGee 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Guys, For the umpteenth time today I stared at ssh wondering why it wasn't accepting incoming connections until I remembered about tcp_wrappers junk, and put the standard "sshd : ALL : allow" line in hosts.allow. Does anyone use this for anything useful at all? 1. The package is now at version 7.6-12 (clearly it is getting a lot of upstream attention) 2. We have 11 patches applied to the package 3. It is inferior to iptables-based filtering 4. It is not very transparent Discussion welcome, but I am raising a vote to remove this dependency from packages currently using it (hopefully this is possible for all 21 of them, http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/tcp_wrappers/) and eventually remove it from core and the repositories. -Dan

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] bash 4.1.009-3
by Pierre Schmitz 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Hi, the main difference between this and bash from [core] is that /etc/profile.bash has been removed as it is no longer sourced by /etc/profile (see filesystem package). This package was in testing for 2 weeks and I am not aware of any real problem here. This is now similar to Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora. The whole thing is a little weird though as bash does not source /etc/bash.bashrc on its own even if configured to do so. We have to do this in /etc/profile. Please sign off, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[arch-dev-public] For how long should we support a smooth update?
by Pierre Schmitz 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

Hi all, because our development is always moving forward we sometimes need to break compatibility with old installations of Arch. For example switching to xz as compression for all packages of course requires a version of libarchive which can handle it. Allan's request for bumping glibc's kernel dependency is similar (but also a special case). Or imagine some special treatment in install files when updating from old package versions. We have also had some repository changes which made updates from very old setups difficult or broke old install isos. I would suggest to decide on a maximum age within which an update should be supported. What about one year? That would mean updating a system which hasn't been updated for more than one year or installing from an ISO image older than one year might not work. The benefit of such a defined "rule of thumb" would be that code and packages can be simplified and we are not hold back by keeping very old backwards compatibility. A side effect of this rule would be that keeping your system up to date is a requirement for using Arch. This is no big deal though and should affect virtually nobody. What do you think? Would you agree in general? Is a year too short or too long? Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] zlib 1.2.5-3
by Pierre Schmitz 13 Dec '10

13 Dec '10

This is a core rebuild/cleanup. I have also added a workaround for a bug in recent gcc versions. See https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20647 (bug report title is a little misleading here though) Please sign off, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre

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[arch-dev-public] Mailman updated, let's hope for the best
by Thomas Bächler 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

We just updated mailman. If this mail arrives, we are happy!

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[arch-dev-public] Integrity Check x86_64: core, extra, community, multilib 12-12-2010
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Warning : the repository multilib does not exist in /srv/abs/rsync/any =========================================================== = Integrity Check x86_64 of core,extra,community,multilib = =========================================================== Performing integrity checks... ==> parsing pkgbuilds ==> parsing db files ==> checking mismatches ==> checking archs ==> checking dependencies ==> checking makedepends ==> checking hierarchy ==> checking for circular dependencies ==> checking for differences between db files and pkgbuilds Missing PKGBUILDs ------------------- /srv/abs/rsync/any/multilib Missing Dependencies ---------------------- community/perl-ppi --> 'perl-params-util' Missing Makedepends --------------------- community/gnome-do-plugins --> 'flickrnet' community/ogmrip --> 'gpac' community/xmobar --> 'haskell-parsec>=3.1.0' multilib/lib32-libx11 --> 'xf86bigfontproto>=1.2.0' Repo Hierarchy for Dependencies --------------------------------- community/winetricks depends on multilib/wine (72 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/miro depends on community/python-pycurl (0 extra (make)deps to pull) Repo Hierarchy for Makedepends -------------------------------- community/virtualbox-ose depends on multilib/gcc-multilib (6 extra (make)deps to pull : binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc gcc-multilib lib32-gcc-libs) community/virtualbox-ose depends on multilib/lib32-glibc (6 extra (make)deps to pull : gcc-multilib binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc lib32-gcc-libs) community/virtualbox-ose-additions depends on multilib/gcc-multilib (6 extra (make)deps to pull : binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc gcc-multilib lib32-gcc-libs) community/virtualbox-ose-additions depends on multilib/lib32-glibc (6 extra (make)deps to pull : gcc-multilib binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc lib32-gcc-libs) community/virtualbox-ose-additions-modules depends on multilib/gcc-multilib (6 extra (make)deps to pull : binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc gcc-multilib lib32-gcc-libs) community/virtualbox-ose-additions-modules depends on multilib/lib32-glibc (6 extra (make)deps to pull : gcc-multilib binutils-multilib gcc-libs-multilib gcc-ada-multilib lib32-glibc lib32-gcc-libs) core/ca-certificates depends on extra/python (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/ca-certificates depends on extra/ruby (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/crda depends on extra/python-m2crypto (33 extra (make)deps to pull) core/e2fsprogs depends on extra/bc (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-ada depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-fortran depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-libs depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-objc depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/glib2 depends on extra/python2 (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/ghostscript (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/netpbm (54 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/psutils (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/opensp (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26 depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26 depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-docs depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-docs depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-headers depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-headers depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/sqlite3 depends on extra/tcl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/sqlite3-doc depends on extra/tcl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/gobject-introspection (35 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/gperf (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/gobject-introspection (35 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/gperf (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/bigloo depends on community/jdk (2 extra (make)deps to pull : jre chrpath) extra/gnome-speech depends on community/espeak (1 extra (make)deps to pull : portaudio) extra/go-openoffice depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/grml-zsh-config depends on community/txt2tags (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libiodbc depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libreoffice depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libsmbios depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/opengtl depends on community/llvm (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-base-beta depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-base-devel depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-sdk-beta depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-sdk-devel depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/speech-dispatcher depends on community/espeak (1 extra (make)deps to pull : portaudio) extra/vigra depends on community/python-sphinx (2 extra (make)deps to pull : python-pygments python-jinja) extra/xfconf depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) Packages found in db, but not in tree --------------------------------------- community/sysprof-module Packages found in tree, but not in db --------------------------------------- extra/go-openoffice Summary --------- Missing PKGBUILDs: 1 Invalid PKGBUILDs: 0 Mismatching PKGBUILD names: 0 Duplicate PKGBUILDs: 0 Invalid archs: 0 Missing (make)dependencies: 5 Repo hierarchy problems: 53 Circular dependencies: 0 In db, but not in tree: 1 In tree, but not in db: 1

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[arch-dev-public] Integrity Check i686: core, extra, community 12-12-2010
by repomaint＠archlinux.org 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

================================================ = Integrity Check i686 of core,extra,community = ================================================ Performing integrity checks... ==> parsing pkgbuilds ==> parsing db files ==> checking mismatches ==> checking archs ==> checking dependencies ==> checking makedepends ==> checking hierarchy ==> checking for circular dependencies ==> checking for differences between db files and pkgbuilds Missing Dependencies ---------------------- community/perl-ppi --> 'perl-params-util' Missing Makedepends --------------------- community/gnome-do-plugins --> 'flickrnet' community/ogmrip --> 'gpac' community/xmobar --> 'haskell-parsec>=3.1.0' Repo Hierarchy for Dependencies --------------------------------- extra/miro depends on community/python-pycurl (0 extra (make)deps to pull) Repo Hierarchy for Makedepends -------------------------------- core/ca-certificates depends on extra/python (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/ca-certificates depends on extra/ruby (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/crda depends on extra/python-m2crypto (33 extra (make)deps to pull) core/e2fsprogs depends on extra/bc (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-ada depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-fortran depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-libs depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/gcc-objc depends on extra/dejagnu (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/glib2 depends on extra/python2 (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/ghostscript (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/netpbm (54 extra (make)deps to pull) core/groff depends on extra/psutils (151 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/iputils depends on extra/opensp (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26 depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26 depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-docs depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-docs depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-headers depends on extra/docbook-xsl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/kernel26-headers depends on extra/xmlto (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/sqlite3 depends on extra/tcl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/sqlite3-doc depends on extra/tcl (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/gobject-introspection (35 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/gperf (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/gobject-introspection (35 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/gperf (32 extra (make)deps to pull) core/udev-compat depends on extra/libxslt (32 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/bigloo depends on community/jdk (2 extra (make)deps to pull : jre chrpath) extra/gnome-speech depends on community/espeak (1 extra (make)deps to pull : portaudio) extra/go-openoffice depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/grml-zsh-config depends on community/txt2tags (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libiodbc depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libreoffice depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/libsmbios depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/opengtl depends on community/llvm (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-base-beta depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-base-devel depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-sdk-beta depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/openoffice-sdk-devel depends on community/cppunit (0 extra (make)deps to pull) extra/speech-dispatcher depends on community/espeak (1 extra (make)deps to pull : portaudio) extra/vigra depends on community/python-sphinx (2 extra (make)deps to pull : python-pygments python-jinja) extra/xfconf depends on community/chrpath (0 extra (make)deps to pull) Packages found in db, but not in tree --------------------------------------- community/sysprof-module Packages found in tree, but not in db --------------------------------------- extra/go-openoffice Summary --------- Missing PKGBUILDs: 0 Invalid PKGBUILDs: 0 Mismatching PKGBUILD names: 0 Duplicate PKGBUILDs: 0 Invalid archs: 0 Missing (make)dependencies: 4 Repo hierarchy problems: 46 Circular dependencies: 0 In db, but not in tree: 1 In tree, but not in db: 1

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[arch-dev-public] glibc and minimum kernel version
by Allan McRae 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Hi, I am in the progress of updating the toolchain and thought it time to review what our minimum required kernel version is for glibc. For those that do not know, assuming a newer kernel allows glibc to have less workarounds compiled in. So it may be advantagous to have a more recent version as the minimum required. This comes at the obvious cost of not having support for older kernels so a tradeoff is needed... When we discussed this 18 months ago, it was decided 2.6.18 was appropraite then, but much has changed since. I am going to suggest that we follow the oldest longterm support kernel. That would now be the 2.6.27.x series, which has been around for over two years. That might be being overly bold, so feel free to point out how much such an update would break... and suggest an alternative minimum. Allan

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