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Re: [arch-dev-public] [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1
by Thomas Bächler 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

Damjan Georgievski schrieb: > Just be aware of this problem > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=627145 > > This Arch user lost /dev/tty0,1,2,3 device nodes on boot with 2.6.31 > from the Arch testing repositry. > > A friend of mine also had the same issue with a self compiled 2.6.31. > On my laptop the same config works just fine - the only difference is > he uses highmem=4G, while I don't - I only have 1G ram.. Even our > hardware is allmost the same (thinkpad X60s his is an USA model mine > is a EU model). > > The problem is mentioned here too http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/24/444 > but there hasn't been any response. I was unaware of this, as there is no bug report assigned to me about it. Does this also happen with 2.6.31.1?

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[arch-dev-public] groff-1.20.1-3 for i686
by Giovanni Scafora 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

please signoff. -- Arch Linux Developer http://www.archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.it

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[arch-dev-public] Rewriting crypto support in initscripts
by Thomas Bächler 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

I keep getting many init feature requests for more fancy and cool features in crypttab. Now, the crypttab file format is unflexible and extending it makes the code pretty much unreadable an unmaintainable. This is what I am planning: - Rewrite crypto support in initscripts, with a new configuration scheme (our normal sourced bash-files) - adding all the features from feature requests on the bugtracker. - crypto support will be in a function outside of rc.sysinit for more readability - that function will be POSIX sh compatible (see below) - Add a compatibility layer that converts crypttab entries into the new scheme at runtime so crypttab will still work, but will be deprecated. - Add the optional possibility to also configure the root device like this, so mkinitcpio will add a config file to the initramfs and use the same code, making crypto configuration more straight-forward. The cryptdevice= logic on the kernel command line will override such a configuration and won't be deprecated. I am in the stage of designing the configuration layout, you'll see patches in git soon.

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[arch-dev-public] Bug Squashing Day: This Sat 10/3 1pm EDT
by Paul Mattal 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

All, Andrea and I are organizing a bug squashing day this Saturday 10/3, starting at 1pm EDT and going until we run out of steam (or bugs). Join us if you can! We'll be around in the main IRC forum. If you can't make this one, there'll always be another. We're hoping to get onto a monthly schedule. Squashing bugs is one of the highest-impact and lowest-commitment ways you can help improve Arch. Software that works builds momentum. Everyone can contribute-- finding the issue, talking through the possible solutions, and creating the patch are all critical parts of the process. I hope to see you all on Saturday! - P

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] tzdata 2009n-1
by Andreas Radke 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

Time is changing again... Or has the earthquake changed timezones? No idea. Anyways, please signoff. -Andy ...this reflects the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list (added commentary for Argentina and a change to the end of DST in 2009 in Pakistan).

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] man-pages 3.23-1
by Andreas Radke 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

New upstream release. Please signoff. -Andy

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] groff-1.20.1-3 for x86_64
by Paul Mattal 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

Please signoff x86_64 only (it's the only one affected/rebuilt). This version resolves the missing PDF documentation issue from FS#14517. Fix was to add: makedepends=('netpbm' 'psutils' 'ghostscript') This is the only change. - P

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1
by Thomas Bächler 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

Kernel is in testing for both architectures, please sign off (at least one for x86_64, two for i686). I think tpowa had the kernel all ready to move to core, except he was waiting for the .1 release, which is there now. The only thing bugging me is http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16149, opinions?

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[arch-dev-public] [PATCH] Check if ${SRC, PKG}DEST exist and are dirs before move files
by Andrea Scarpino 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

code speak -- Andrea `bash` Scarpino Arch Linux Developer

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[arch-dev-public] New core package: wpa_actiond
by Thomas Bächler 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

This is a small daemon that was originally part of autowifi. It will be a depend or optdepend on the next netcfg's auto-wireless mode. This will be a reliable wireless roaming mode. The daemon is somewhat similar to wpa_cli -a $script, but adds logging and avoids race conditions by adding a timeout on disconnection, an idea stolen from ifplugd. Is it okay to bring this to core? Dependencies are only glibc and wpa_supplicant, makedepends just gcc. Package is in testing for review.

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