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

[arch-general] New pacman features: +package(), -return 1
by Vitaliy Berdinskikh 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi! Where can I read about new features? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD - nothing http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman - nothing -- Виталий Бердинских UR6LAD 73 & 72!

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[arch-general] 'Local mirror' page was removed from wiki
by Fess 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Page "Local mirros" was removed from wiki by this reason: ----- It is generally frowned upon to create a local mirror due the bandwidth that is required. There is not a good reason to create a local mirror, since one of the alternatives below will likely meet your needs. ----- I think it's very useful ability, and why this page was removed... i don't know. It's silly. If anyone else think it must be return - maybe we should do it? P.S. A lot of guys agreed with me this morning, so i think many people want this article back. --

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[arch-general] [PATCH] rc.sysinit: Get rid of grep
by Kurt J. Bosch 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

In my opinion there is no need to use grep in rc.sysinit. From 30b0a63ab9cbc93f79876e2ca7b2526d00ef6107 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt J. Bosch <kjb-temp-2009(a)alpenjodel.de> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:31:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] rc.sysinit: Get rid of grep --- rc.sysinit | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit index 09d5e97..5b9864e 100755 --- a/rc.sysinit +++ b/rc.sysinit @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ run_hook sysinit_start /bin/mountpoint -q /sys || /bin/mount -n -t sysfs none /sys if ! /bin/mountpoint -q /dev; then - if grep -q devtmpfs /proc/filesystems 2>/dev/null; then + if [[ $( </proc/filesystems ) == *devtmpfs* ]]; then /bin/mount -n -t devtmpfs udev /dev -o mode=0755,size=10M,nosuid else /bin/mount -n -t tmpfs udev /dev -o mode=0755,size=10M,nosuid @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi # anything more serious than KERN_WARNING goes to the console # 'verbose' cmdline parameter enables more messages -if /bin/grep -q " verbose" /proc/cmdline; then +if [[ $( </proc/cmdline ) == *" verbose"* ]]; then /bin/dmesg -n 8 else /bin/dmesg -n 3 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ run_hook sysinit_udevsettled status "Bringing up loopback interface" /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up # If necessary, find md devices and manually assemble RAID arrays -if [[ -f /etc/mdadm.conf ]] && /bin/grep -q ^ARRAY /etc/mdadm.conf; then +if [[ -f /etc/mdadm.conf && $( </etc/mdadm.conf ) =~ .*^ARRAY ]]; then status "Activating RAID arrays" /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan fi -- 1.7.0.3

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[arch-general] [PATCH] rc.sysinit: only call modprobe once
by Dave Reisner 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Use modprobe -a and a bash PE to filter the MODULES array. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d(a)falconindy.com> --- rc.sysinit | 12 ++++-------- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit index 09d5e97..4b6e1e7 100755 --- a/rc.sysinit +++ b/rc.sysinit @@ -92,14 +92,10 @@ if /bin/pidof -o %PPID /sbin/udevd >/dev/null; then fi # Load modules from the MODULES array defined in rc.conf -if [[ $load_modules != off && -f /proc/modules ]]; then - stat_busy "Loading Modules" - for mod in "${MODULES[@]}"; do - if [[ $mod = ${mod#!} ]]; then - /sbin/modprobe $mod - fi - done - stat_done +if [[ $load_modules != off && -f /proc/modules ]] && (( ${#MODULES[@]} > 0 )); then + stat_busy "Loading Modules" + /sbin/modprobe -a "${MODULES[@]/#\!*/}" + stat_done fi # Wait for udev uevents -- 1.7.2.3

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[arch-general] Adobe Releases New 64-bit Flash Plugin For Linux
by Rafael Beraldo 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

You may have seen this, however it is interesting to spread the word: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/16/0340226/Adobe-Releases-New-64-bit-… <http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/16/0340226/Adobe-Releases-New-64-bit-…>I hope this comes to the repositories soon…it is kind of sad, though, 'cause a great deal of people (including me) might use [multilib] just because of Flash. -- Rafael Beraldo http://devio.us/~revberaldo/

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[arch-general] How to detect when a package is removed from a group in pacman
by F B 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Hi, recently bin86 was removed from base-devel group but the unique way I know to see this change is manually reading the pkg changelog in the arch site. The problem is simple, how to detect this change in pacman? For example, after a gnome upgrade, if a new package is added to gnome group I can do: pacman -S --needed gnome to install the missing package. But if a package is removed? How can I remove this package that doesn't belong to a group anymore? I hope you understand the question. Why not add metapackages (as for kde) for base, base-devel, gnome and gnome-extra that doesn't have this problem?

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[arch-general] [PATCH] rc.sysinit: only call modprobe once
by Dave Reisner 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Use modprobe -a and a bash PE to filter the MODULES array. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d(a)falconindy.com> --- rc.sysinit | 6 +----- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit index 09d5e97..07180d0 100755 --- a/rc.sysinit +++ b/rc.sysinit @@ -94,11 +94,7 @@ fi # Load modules from the MODULES array defined in rc.conf if [[ $load_modules != off && -f /proc/modules ]]; then stat_busy "Loading Modules" - for mod in "${MODULES[@]}"; do - if [[ $mod = ${mod#!} ]]; then - /sbin/modprobe $mod - fi - done + /sbin/modprobe -a "${MODULES[@]/\!*/}" stat_done fi -- 1.7.2.3

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[arch-general] kernel26-2.6.35.3-1 or intel-537-2.60.80.0-68 breaks suspend (to disk and ram)
by ert256 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hello. If you have similar problem, please comment on my bug report : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20806 Thank you. -- Rafał (ert16) Trójniak WEB : http://trojniak.net/ m@il : ert256(a)gmail.com Jid : ert256(a)gmail.com GPG key-ID : 3F38968F 4711 E3BC B674 C841 BED8 0F8F 69D3 80CF 3F38 968F

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[arch-general] There's no need for acpid
by Lukas Grässlin 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hi there, I discussed with someone else in an IRC channel that actually I have to use acpid for laptop-mode-tools if I want to have settings changed when I plug in AC. Well, actually there is no need of acpid for this. A simply shell script can do the same: #!/bin/bash while read event; do case "$event" in ac_adapter*) /usr/sbin/laptop_mode auto > /dev/null 2>&1 ;; esac done < /proc/acpi/event So I put this script unter /usr/sbin (or something else, whatever) and start it in laptop-mode-tools initscript. Works perfectly and so I don't need acpid just for this little thing. Anyway isn't acpid a bit much for such simple things? I thought maybe somene else could find this useful, so I post this to you ;) Regards, Lukas -- Lukas Grässlin Collax GmbH . Basler Str. 115a . 79115 Freiburg . Germany p: +49 (0) 89-990 157-23 Collax - Flexible IT. Geschäftsführer: Bernd Bönte, Boris Nalbach Amtsgericht München, HRB 173695 USt-ID: DE270819312

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[arch-general] kernel26-2.6.35.4-2 - Hey! No more hang on boot on module load -- cool.
by David C. Rankin 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Guys, Just dropping a line to let you know that I haven't had a hang-on-boot with kernel26-2.6.35.4-2. That's great. I'll keep you posted, but it looks like the issues with the last few kernels are much better. Thanks! -- 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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