August 2016 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 29
by ITwrx.org 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On 08/19/2016 10:45 AM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:27:16 -0400 > From: Hunter Connelly <blueblur112198(a)gmail.com> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general(a)archlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 24 > Message-ID: <3A86BC26-0A26-4F9A-9E41-E123728F4C11(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I was just wondering about what people thought about having MS code in the repos. I remember Skype used to be in multilib, and that wasn't even open source. I didn't expect this much of a reaction. Sorry if this isn't the place to discuss things like that. i was purposefully trying to make it clear that i was not trying to give you a hard time(maybe i did a poor job of that), while at the same time responding with my honest perspective on the matter b/c i felt the topic was important. I, generally speaking, don't agree with having any proprietary software in official repos but i'm not the one doing the work/packaging and i've never really even looked into it well enough to state an educated opinion, so i've never said anything about that, IIRC. I have no hard feelings towards you, it's hard for any of us to say anything that won't be taken wrong in or be in violation of someone's delicate sensibilities in a mailing list, especially with heated topics. It might be more accepted to post about aur packages in aur-general, though. I unsubscribed to aur-general due to discussions on software i wasn't using, etc.

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Re: [arch-general] arch-general Digest, Vol 142, Issue 24
by ITwrx.org 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On 08/18/2016 08:49 PM, arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org wrote: > Send arch-general mailing list submissions to > arch-general(a)archlinux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > arch-general-request(a)archlinux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > arch-general-owner(a)archlinux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of arch-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Opinions on PowerShell? (Hunter Connelly) > 2. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Kyle Terrien) > 3. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > 4. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Kyle Terrien) > 5. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Hunter Connelly) > 6. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > 7. Re: Opinions on PowerShell? (Eli Schwartz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:30:27 -0400 > From: Hunter Connelly <blueblur112198(a)gmail.com> > To: arch-general(a)archlinux.org > Subject: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell? > Message-ID: <20160818233015.GA27297(a)Hunters-Laptop.fios-router.home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Recently, Microsoft released the source code for PowerShell under the MIT license. > Here's the link for that. > > https://github.com/powershell/powershell > > I was wondering what you guys thought about it. > Specifically, if any of you will be using it, if you think it should be in the main repos, what this might mean for the future, etc. > Nothing personal to the OP(maybe this wasn't intentional flamebait), but I, myself, don't want to hear "news"/propaganda about MS open source trapware in an Arch Linux mailing list or anywhere else for that matter. I see it's been uploaded it to aur. great. I won't be using it or voting for it's inclusion in official repos. I'll refrain from responding to "what this might mean for the future".

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Re: [arch-general] Opinions on PowerShell?
by Eli Schwartz 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On 08/18/2016 09:09 PM, Ido Rosen wrote: > Personal opinions aside, we should treat it like any other package: > if it gets enough votes and is popular, it can move from AUR to > community just like any other free open source software. Um, yeah. That's why I said "But I don't see it being very popular", rather than, say, "it will be rejected on principle". -- Eli Schwartz

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[arch-general] Pacman cache directory
by arnaud gaboury 17 Aug '16

17 Aug '16

>From /etc/pacman.conf: CacheDir = /drawer/system/pacman/cache/pacman/pkg/ This is a convenient place to me as my root system is a not too large SSD. When doing some cleaning on my machines, I found this: $ ls -al /drawer/system ..... lrwxrwxrwx 1 gabx users 34 Aug 12 21:10 pacman -> /tmp/asd-gabx/drawer/system/pacman/ Pacman is working like a charm, but I would like to understand why abd by what the pacman directory is a symlink to a volatile dir? Thank you for any hints on how investigate. google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx

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[arch-general] very out of date packages
by Genes Lists 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

refind-efi has been flagged out of date for 9 months. Are there any packagers who would be willing to take this one over? It is not the most out of date even ... but it's an important component for those who boot with it. There are plenty of others which are also very out of date. I counted over 220 packages marked out of date. Of those nearly 20 were flagged in 2015 or earlier. Some of them have newer versions in AUR; but it would be good to try get at least some of these updated. What's the best way to tackle this issue? -- Gene lists(a)sapience.com

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[arch-general] Libreoffice Google Drive not working
by Martin Zecher 15 Aug '16

15 Aug '16

When trying to access Google Drive under Libreoffice 5.1.4-1, I get "The specified device is invalid". This problem should be fixed since 5.1.3.2 according to https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98416 I think there may be a problem with Arch's compilation. -- Martin Usen DropBox <https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwODk0MDk> (2GB + *500MB bonus*) Taxi de lujo en Santiago a buen precio: Uber <https://www.uber.com/invite/1p48v> ($5.000 gratis) Cabify <http://www.cabify.cl/es/home>. Regístrense con el código MARTINZ5 ($5.000 gratis)

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[arch-general] MSI AMD R7 260x fan speed with AMDGPU
by Foxtrot Mike 14 Aug '16

14 Aug '16

Hi all, I have a little problem with my R7 260x because of which I must check if the fan is working at startup. If it isn't, I give the fan a little push with my finger so it starts working. The fan gets jammed every fortnight or so (I didn't send the fan for repair or warranty claim because I'm sooo lazy, and now I am in another country). Anyway, the point is that I must be able to see my fan speed. Currently, I am using AMD Catalyst just because it lets me find out my fan speed with: aticonfig --pplib-cmd "get fanspeed 0" I would like to get rid of this driver and install AMDGPU. Last time I tried AMDGPU it was around an year ago, and back then fan monitoring fucntion wasn't available. I would like to ask you guys if this function is available now? And if not, how can I get fan speed readings without the AMD Catalyst software? Any help would be appreciated! regards, Fulcrum

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[arch-general] Emacs package is too stable?
by Kwang Moo Yi 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hello, I recently started using arch linux and the official package for emacs is a bit outdated compared to the one provided from Fedora, which is where I come from. I understand that the `emacs` package is intended for stable only, so I didn't mark it as outdated. However, current dev release 25.1 is quite stable, and it would be great if it's provided as a binary package, as cloning and building with the AUR package is quite a pain. The stable releases that is available in the extras repo seem like an LTS release. Any plans on packaging for the recent tag releases? Thanks, Kwang

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[arch-general] Question regarding storm dragon's install script. When trying to tell my vm to run the script, I keep getting the message, bash, no such file or directory. Anyone here that is using the talking arch distort able to get this working. Has the url chabnged perhaps. If so, should this not be fixed in the directions? Also I noticed in the command the url to run has 2 and simples. Is this correct?
by matthew dyer 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

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[arch-general] Arch Linux in Embedded Projects
by Compy 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

Greetings all, I have been using Arch Linux now for several months and have grown quite fond of it. I'm beginning to wonder about its pervasiveness in the field and was wondering if anyone knew of embedded devices or applications that currently use Arch? In the past, I've used buildroot for embedded applications/devices that run on SBCs, but I'm thinking Arch might be better for deployments with more complex hardware configurations and/or conventional motherboards. Any insight would be greatly appreciated regarding the current state/usage of Arch in embedded projects. Thanks! Jimmy

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