October 2010 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-general] Building packages, and their dependencies
by Magnus Therning 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

I have a tree of packages, organised similarly to ABS, i.e. directory names match package name, and in each directory is a PKGBUILD (and what else is needed). Something like this: my-packages/ foo/ PKGBUILD bar/ PKGBUILD bar.install baz/ PKGBUILD ... Is there some tool that would allow me to move into one of these directories, build the package including any dependencies? (Basically an ABS helper that handles dependencies.) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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[arch-general] bugs.archlinux.org search feature - different defaults?
by Ng Oon-Ee 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi all, I just got a bug closed as dup (concerning the python rebuild) because the python rebuild bug did not show up when I searched the package name. Of course, now I realize that I should search with 'search details' on. Would it be difficult to default to having that switch turned on? Would it stress the backend too much (no idea about such things) or require patching which would break on updates? I've also added a sentence to the dup-search section of the bug-reporting guidelines which will hopefully prevent other noobs from making my mistake =).

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[arch-general] Inclusion of wvdial in the ISO
by Nilesh Govindarajan 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Hi, Recently I've been going to my friends' house and installing arch on their boxes. Some of them had high speed wireless dialup internet (3.1 megabytes/s is the max) which required wvdial, so I had to carry wvdial's package in another pen drive. It would be nice if wvdial was included in the ISO, so such people can have the latest system if they conduct an FTP install. -- Regards, Nilesh Govindarajan Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nilesh.gr Twitter: http://twitter.com/nileshgr Website: http://www.itech7.com Cheap and Reliable VPS Hosting: http://j.mp/arHk5e

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[arch-general] pacman -Syu -- then tons of kio and kbuildsycoca warnings. Bug or coincidence?
by David C. Rankin 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Guys, just updated and got a slew of warning dumped back to konsole: 23:39 nirvana:/srv/http/dl/bugs/kde4> pmsu :: Synchronizing package databases... core 35.6K 117.5K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################] 100% extra 467.8K 297.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################################] 100% community 386.6K 318.9K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% archlinuxfr is up to date kdemod-legacy is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... warning: python-fuse: local (20090921-1) is newer than community (0.2.1-1) resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (14): glibc-2.12.1-2 binutils-2.20.1-4 blas-3.2.2-2 feh-1.10-1 lapack-3.2.2-2 libmysqlclient-5.1.51-1 libva-1.0.5-1 logrotate-3.7.9-1 mysql-clients-5.1.51-1 mysql-5.1.51-1 qt-4.7.0-3 rasqal-0.9.20-1 redland-1.0.11-1 vdpau-video-0.7.2-1 Total Download Size: 52.43 MB Total Installed Size: 279.04 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving packages from core... glibc-2.12.1-2-x86_64 7.2M 471.7K/s 00:00:16 [#####################################] 100% binutils-2.20.1-4-x86_64 2.5M 451.8K/s 00:00:06 [#####################################] 100% logrotate-3.7.9-1-x86_64 26.8K 85.7K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################] 100% :: Retrieving packages from extra... blas-3.2.2-2-x86_64 114.3K 149.7K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% feh-1.10-1-x86_64 207.4K 190.9K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% lapack-3.2.2-2-x86_64 1497.2K 408.9K/s 00:00:04 [#####################################] 100% libmysqlclient-5.1.51-1-x86_64 8.7M 457.1K/s 00:00:20 [#####################################] 100% libva-1.0.5-1-x86_64 129.4K 164.7K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% mysql-clients-5.1.51-1-x86_64 99.6K 154.4K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% mysql-5.1.51-1-x86_64 7.4M 461.6K/s 00:00:16 [#####################################] 100% qt-4.7.0-3-x86_64 24.2M 446.3K/s 00:00:55 [#####################################] 100% rasqal-0.9.20-1-x86_64 199.6K 212.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% redland-1.0.11-1-x86_64 232.0K 249.6K/s 00:00:01 [#####################################] 100% vdpau-video-0.7.2-1-x86_64 36.8K 112.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################################] 100% checking package integrity... (14/14) checking for file conflicts [#####################################] 100% ( 1/14) upgrading glibc [#####################################] 100% Generating locales... en_US.UTF-8... done en_US.ISO-8859-1... done Generation complete. ( 2/14) upgrading binutils [#####################################] 100% ( 3/14) upgrading blas [#####################################] 100% ( 4/14) upgrading feh [#####################################] 100% ( 5/14) upgrading lapack [#####################################] 100% ( 6/14) upgrading libmysqlclient [#####################################] 100% ( 7/14) upgrading libva [#####################################] 100% ( 8/14) upgrading logrotate [#####################################] 100% ( 9/14) upgrading mysql-clients [#####################################] 100% (10/14) upgrading mysql [#####################################] 100% X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. [##################-------------------] 50% X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. kbuildsycoca running... Reusing existing ksycoca kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : basket_config_features.desktop kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : basket_config_notes.desktop kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file .hidden/kdiff3plugin.desktop has Type=Service but is located under "apps" instead of "services" kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : .hidden/kdiff3plugin.desktop kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file .hidden/dirfilterplugin.desktop has Type=Service but is located under "apps" instead of "services" kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : .hidden/dirfilterplugin.desktop kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/emerald-theme-manager.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-emerald-theme' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde4/kompare.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-patch' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde4/kolourpaint.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/bmp' <snip 100's of lines> Did something in the update trigger this or is this just a coincidental kde4 explosion? Full update terminal history here: [125k txt] http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/Archlinux/bugs/update-explodes.txt strange. Any ideas? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com

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[arch-general] python-numpy 1.5.0
by Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

PKGBUILD to version 1.5.0 http://pastie.org/private/fgdzkqkdn0tvragmq4zjg The test work very well. >>> import numpy >>> numpy.test() Running unit tests for numpy NumPy version 1.5.0 NumPy is installed in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy Python version 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 1 2010, 05:28:39) [GCC 4.4.3 20100316 (prerelease)] nose version 0.11.3 .................................................................................................................................................S...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................SSS........................K..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................K............................................................................................K......................K...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 2966 tests in 21.739s OK (KNOWNFAIL=4, SKIP=4) <nose.result.TextTestResult run=2966 errors=0 failures=0> Thanks -- Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto Robinho robsonpeixoto(a)gmail.com Computer Science Master's degree student, University of Campinas Linux Counter #395633 IRC: robsonpeixoto Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrspba github: https://github.com/robsonpeixoto

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[arch-general] [patch] Eclipse 3.6.1
by Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Patch for Eclipse 3.6.1 -- Robson Roberto Souza Peixoto Robinho robsonpeixoto(a)gmail.com Computer Science Master's degree student, University of Campinas Linux Counter #395633 IRC: robsonpeixoto Twitter: http://twitter.com/rrspba github: https://github.com/robsonpeixoto

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[arch-general] Ghostscript 9.00 hits testing
by Andreas Radke 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

It's a major update and probably something with printing and/or pdfviewer will be broken. Please test it. -Andy

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[arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1
by Eric Bélanger 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1 are now in testing for an upstream update. Please test and signoff. I couldn't test much the i686 package except in a chroot so 2 signoffs for i686 would be nice. Signoff from users are welcome. Eric Version 2.02.74 - 24th September 2010 ===================================== Allow : and @ to be escaped with \ in device names of PVs. Replace alloca with dm_malloc in _aligned_io to avoid stack corruption. Fix partial mode operations for lvm1 metadata format. Track recursive filter iteration to avoid refreshing while in use. (2.02.56) Revert to old glibc vsnprintf behaviour in emit_to_buffer() to catch overflow. Allocate buffer for metadata tags dynamically to remove 4k limit. Add random suffix to archive file names to prevent races when being created. Reinitialize archive and backup handling on toolcontext refresh. Make poll_mirror_progress report PROGRESS_CHECK_FAILED if LV is not a mirror. Like mirrors, don't scan origins if ignore_suspended_devices() is set. Fix return type qualifier to avoid compiler warning. (2.02.69) Automatically generate LSB Requires-Start for clvmd init script. Fix return code of pvmove --abort PV. Fix pvmove --abort to remove even for empty pvmove LV. Add configure --with-default-data-alignment. Update heuristic used for default and detected data alignment. Add "devices/default_data_alignment" to lvm.conf. Add implmentation for simple numeric 'get' property functions. Define GET_NUM_PROPERTY_FN macro to simplify numeric property 'get' function Add properties.[ch] to lib/report using columns.h. Add macro definitions to report infrastructure for character array length. Remove explicit double quotes from columns.h 'id' entries. Add 'flags' field to columns.h and define FIELD_MODIFIABLE. Add vg_mda_size and vg_mda_free functions. Simplify MD/swap signature detection in pvcreate and allow aborting. Allow --yes to be used without --force mode. Fix file descriptor leak in swap signature detection error path. Detect and allow abort in pvcreate if LUKS signature is detected. Always mask lock flags correctly when checking for LCK_WRITE. Version 1.02.55 - 24th September 2010 ===================================== Fix the way regions are marked complete to avoid slow --nosync cmirror I/O. Add DM_REPORT_FIELD_TYPE_ID_LEN to libdevmapper.h.

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[arch-general] Benchmarks (GUI)
by Manne Merak 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Anyone know of some reliable benchmark utilities I can use to evaluate display cards? and different drivers (mostly Nvidia on KDE 4.5). I know I can install some 3D game or demo and compare FPS, but I need something more focused on basic desktop experience; and must be repeatable with some form of formatted results. I know KDE had a benchmarking suite way back, can't seem to find it? Manne

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[arch-general] [testing] Missing glx{info,gears} in mesa 7.9
by Stefano Avallone 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi, the latest mesa package (7.9) in testing is missing utilities such as glxinfo and glxgears. Since I built mesa 7.9-rc2 myself I noticed that those utilities are not built with the current PKGBUILD. As a workaround, I added cd "${srcdir}/Mesa-${pkgver}/progs/xdemos" make to the build() function. Don't know if there is a better solution. Cheers, Stefano

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