August 2025 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Proposal: Announcing VLC package split on Arch-announce
by Ameyama Izumi 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

Hello, The VLC package in [extra] was recently split into multiple subpackages (vlc, vlc-plugin-*, vlc-gui-*, etc.). This change adjusts dependencies, separates plugins, and alters installation paths. It affects not only VLC users but also other packages and third-party scripts that depend on VLC. This change has already caused multiple issues for me and others I know. Because the update may cause missing functionality, playback failures, or broken dependencies, and given its wide impact, I suggest posting an announcement on the Arch-announce mailing list so users are aware of the change before updating and can make necessary adjustments. Ameyama Izumi

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archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service failed
by Łukasz Michalski 05 Aug '25

05 Aug '25

Today archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service failed on all my servers: Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138804]: Refreshing key 262A58EC6C51F7EA395B2E2DFDC3040B92ACA748 with UID antiz(a)archlinux.org... Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138999]: gpg: error retrieving 'antiz(a)archlinux.org' via WKD: Network error Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138999]: gpg: error reading key: Network error after manual retry: Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215497]: Refreshing key 14E46FE5FD69F2E287E244DB632C3CC0D1C9CAF6 with UID bgyorgy(a)archlinux.org... Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215702]: gpg: error retrieving 'bgyorgy(a)archlinux.org' via WKD: General error Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215702]: gpg: error reading key: General error Errors are for all keys that needs to be refreshed. Anyone seeing this? How to fix it? Regards, Łukasz

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Next steps for non-x86 contributions?
by Fermín Olaiz 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right mailing list, please let me know if I'm missing anything :) I've been doing some reading around the Arch Linux Ports RFC [1] and I must say I'm super excited about this idea. I would like to help but I'm a bit lost as to where to go. Last thing I found was Levente's mail in arch-dev-public [2], and if anything I think I could be helpful with anything related to the tooling and underlying infrastructure. I would eventually like to apply for maintainership status and help with packaging but I don't see myself with enough experience yet. Is there anyone coordinating those efforts? What would be some areas where help would be needed? Anyways, thank you all for bringing the distro forward! Fermín Olaiz. [1] https://rfc.archlinux.page/0032-arch-linux-ports/ [2] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.o…

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folder in /var/cache/pacman/pkg
by Frank 01 Aug '25

01 Aug '25

Good afternoon, I just discovered this folder /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-LyI4Km/ with the following content: -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 34091008 5. Apr 07:49 calibre-8.0.1-3- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 62468096 5. Apr 07:49 electron34-34.5.0-2- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 19755008 2. Apr 21:00 mesa-1:25.0.3-1- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 60813312 5. Apr 07:49 qt6-webengine-6.9.0-1- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 37257216 5. Apr 07:49 telegram-desktop-5.13.1- 2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.part -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 106354016 5. Apr 01:17 zen-browser-bin-1.11b-2- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst -rw-r--r-- 1 alpm alpm 566 5. Apr 01:17 zen-browser-bin-1.11b-2- x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig Don't know where this is coming from but am wondering whether it's safe to delete it? THX Frank

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