August 2008 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] packager sometimes missing in arch's web interface
by Adam Vogt 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

I'm wondering whether it is a bug that [1] and [2] don't claim to have maintainers, but they actually do. If the web interface doesn't know of a maintainer, can it still send the maintainer an email that it is outdated (which is the case for [2]), of which a build for a newer version can be found at [3] [1] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/testing/i686/glib2/ [2] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/testing/i686/bitlbee/ [3] http://github.com/Pnevma/config/tree/master/Builds/bitlbee

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[arch-general] running sybase under arch linux
by Scott Weisman 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hello everyone, I've got a big problem I hope someone can help with. I've been a huge fan and user of Arch since early 2004. I really like it and it works great for me. I have several production servers also running it, with no problem whatsoever. However, I have one ancient server running a creaky version of Red Hat Linux that I would love to replace, but can't. This is running Sybase 11.0.3.3, and I simply can't get it working on my replacement server. First of all, for those who are shaking their heads, this is a legacy server dating to 1998. Second, I had nothing to do with the original design. Third, I hate Sybase. Even though a free version has been available for years, it is absolutely hostile to Linux in general. It needs a very specific configuration or it simply won't run. And good luck figuring that out, unless you use one of their supported configurations. My new server is running Arch x86_64. I have no choice about this. I have the old 11.0.3.3 RPMs and extracted them to /opt/sybase. I installed the following packages: local/libstdc++5 3.3.6-2 local/emul32-compat 1.0-3 local/lib-compat 1.4.1-1 No matter what I try though, I get segfaults when trying to run Sybase. Has anyone had any success getting ANY version of Sybase running on Arch? Please let me know if you have, or if you have any suggestions at all! VERY much appreciated. Thanks, Scott

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[arch-general] PKGBUILD problem Can't exec "aclocal":
by richard terry 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

I wonder if anyone can help me trace how to fix this error message: Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 326. autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory which seems to be holding up one of my PKGBUILDs which does in fact compile on my laptop, but now won't on a new machine, so I'm obviously missing something. Thanks.

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[arch-general] Arch linux shirt
by Ryan M. Clough 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

Hey guys, I jsut ordered a fitted, black large size Arch shirt from the zazzle store, and didn't realize until it was too late that I ordered a large when I am actually a small. The order hasn't even gotten to my house yet, but I'm willing to resell the shirt untouched for a fraction of the price so that I don't have to waste my money (completely) on getting another one. Hope someones interested :/

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] cleaning up games in extra
by Daenyth Blank 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Ronald van Haren <pressh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > When I was adding licenses last week I went through the games > category. I know we don't have a lot of games in our repo > (relatively), but some just seem to be there for historic purposes. > > I'll start making a list of most ancient games for you to comment on > which we can delete. That is, if nobody says something like 'please > don't remove them, I like playing old games' :) > > Ronald It might help you to look at the arch-games repo. http://github.com/Stythys/arch-games/tree/master If you're interested in helping with the repo itself, talk to Stythys in #archlinux-games or mail arch-games(a)twilightlair.net

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[arch-general] gnome-language-selector
by ponto 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

i've read that to solve a problem that i have using virtualbox, i may use gnome-language-selector and enable "Enable support to enter complex characters". where's gnome-language-selector on Arch? i've tried gconf-editor to enable this, but i couldn't find anything. any suggestions?

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[arch-general] rotate pacman log?
by David Rosenstrauch 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

I noticed that the pacman log doesn't get rotated. Seems like it should, as it could get rather big over time. Any particular reason why the package doesn't provide a /etc/logrotate.d/ script by default? DR

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[arch-general] Tom K?
by David Rosenstrauch 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Is Tom K still an Arch dev? I dropped him a couple of emails about the openvpn package (which he's listed as the maintainer on) but haven't heard anything back. DR

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[arch-general] deluge pakage out-of-date
by raca 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Hi! The deluge package http://archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/deluge/ has been flagged as out-of-date for sometime now. The oficial site provides a PKGBUILD for arch, for the lastest stable version http://download.deluge-torrent.org/arch/0.5.9.4/deluge-0.5.9.4.pkgbuild I'm using and seems to be working fine. If someone wants to upgrade the package you can use this. Cheers

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[arch-general] Bad package page(s) on Arch site
by David Rosenstrauch 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Anyone know why these pages are coming up in error? http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/memtest86+/ http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/memtest86+/ TIA, DR

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