- Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Fwd: dropping opera
by David C. Rankin 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

For what it is worth, it would be nice to see opera picked and continued to be packaged. It is a solid browser that's not brave, vivaldi, etc.... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: dropping opera Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:01:02 +0100 From: Ike Devolder <ike.devolder(a)gmail.com> To: arch-dev-public(a)lists.archlinux.org Hi, Since I have not really used opera for years, I'm finally going to drop it from the repo's. If someone wants it, feel free to adopt it. Else I will drop it to AUR in 2 weeks. --Ike -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

1 0

When I upgrade to dbus-broker should I expect anything to break?
by David C. Rankin 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Archdevs, Just got the announcement about the replacement of dbus-daemon with dbus-broker. The RFC link is rather terse on any problems users may encounter when upgrading. Will all existing rules be accepted by dbus-broker or should we expect custom rules to break? (like custom access to embedded devices as character devices) What has been the experience of the devs in making the change? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

13 22

Postorius configuration help
by Georg 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

Hi list, I'm looking for a good description for postorius configuration. The Arch wiki is unclear to me, and the mailman documentation points to postorius.org configuration, who then points to another mailman doc providing little info on the actual configuration. Long story short, I'm failing to set up postorius so I can create users and let them log in. It would be highly appreciated if someone proficient in this topic is willing to walk me throuh. I'd then amend the wiki for more clarity. Thanks in advance Georg

2 1

libjxl upgrade issue
by Brian Allred 26 Jan '24

26 Jan '24

Hey all, After this morning's upgrade, libjxl was upgraded from 0.8.2-2 to 0.9.1-1. This upgrade broke several apps I use regularly, including Telegram and Discord. Downgrading back to 0.8.2-2 solved the problem, but I figured I'd send a heads-up to anyone else scratching their heads like I did for a bit. Brian

6 7

Postfix db, cdb, lmdb -- general question
by David C. Rankin 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Devs, The "[Postfix] Warn that databases need regeneration" thread touched on a proposed change from BDB to another, either cdb or lmdb. This loosely mentions "licensing" issues. What licensing issue is the problem? The Oracle open-source license is OSI-certified and permits use of Berkeley DB in open source projects ... https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb/berkeleydb-… Is there a question whether Arch or Postfix are open-source? Seems like they certainly qualify. The larger issue is what of other packages using a db backend, like Apache basic auth and the htdbm or dbmmanage tools? This begins to impact a number of server operations if db is dropped and other packages are impacted. This may be a non-issue, but not knowing what all db is integrated with, the prospect of db just going away is a bit concerning. So is this proposed change just for postfix, or could it impact other packages? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

2 1

[Postfix] Warn that databases need regeneration
by Polarian 24 Jan '24

24 Jan '24

Hello, I realised overnight I was not receiving emails after the latest version of postfix [1]. This is currently in testing, however I thought it would be best to discuss in the general mailing list instead of #archlinux-testing as it is a larger topic. I searched for a "updating" or "upgrading" documentation from postfix, and read their announcement and no mention was made of this. [2][3] Background behind this, I thought it was weird I didn't receive any emails for 24 hours (spam emails are pretty common, and mailing list emails so this is unheard of), so I checked the logs and found the following after updating: Jan 23 14:43:46 email postfix/trivial-rewrite[1043]: warning: virtual_alias_domains lookup failure Jan 23 14:43:46 email postfix/trivial-rewrite[1043]: warning: virtual_alias_domains: hash:/etc/postfix/virtual: table lookup problem Jan 23 14:43:46 email postfix/trivial-rewrite[1043]: warning: hash:/etc/postfix/virtual is unavailable. open database /etc/postfix/virtual.db: Invalid argument Jan 23 14:43:46 email postfix/trivial-rewrite[1043]: error: open database /etc/postfix/virtual.db: Invalid argument (Note these are in REVERSE order) So I found this pretty weird and checked my config, and checked to see virtual.db existed, which it did, so I decided to just regenerate it (postmap virtual). And it fixed the issue. I then restarted and found this: Jan 23 14:46:55 email postfix/local[1094]: warning: hash:/etc/postfix/aliases: lookup of 'polarian' failed Jan 23 14:46:55 email postfix/local[1094]: warning: hash:/etc/postfix/aliases is unavailable. open database /etc/postfix/aliases.db: Invalid argument And I did the same thing, regenerated aliases.db (postmap aliases). This fixed the issue and I am back to recieving emails, but there was NO warning of the requirement to regenerate the databases, unless it is deeply nested into the documentation somewhere? I have had my email server for years, and I have never had issues with updating, so I do find it a little strange that this update required regeneration of the databases, and there was no warning in the accouncement about it. So I have a few suggestions: - Adding a upgrading note to the ArchWiki article. [4] - Add a echo to warn the user to regenerate the virtual and aliases database in post_upgrade(). [5] And also a few questions: - Does anyone know if there is any source I am missing which warned about the requirement to regenerate the aliases and virtual databases on upgrade? - Did anyone else encounter this issue? (you would need to have testing repository enabled) Take care, -- Polarian GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 Website: https://polarian.dev JID/XMPP: polarian(a)icebound.dev [1] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/postfix/-/commit/… [2] https://www.postfix.org/smtp-smuggling.html [3] https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.8.5.html [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Postfix [5] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/postfix/-/blob/ma…

3 5

Mouse C & P
by pete 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Hi all i can not get Cut & Paste to work with the mouse any longer it worked fine before the big opps but now humm I used to be able to C&P from xterm to gui term to term with the mouse now it does not work at all What am i mising Cheers Pete

2 7

Re: Stepping down as Python maintainer
by Genes Lists 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

On Wed, 2023-12-13 at 16:28 +0200, Felix Yan wrote: > Hello, > > ... > so I am > making room for others to try on the 3.11 and 3.12 rebuilds. As Jelle > has progressed a lot now, I feel it's approaching the right time for > me > to step down as the Python maintainer. > > .. Thank you Felix for all the work you've done over the years helping to make Arch into what it is today. I wonder if you could share any updates on the maintainer transition and any thoughts around the rather large 3.12 project? I also notice that while many python modules have continued to be updated some have not. Is the thinking perhaps to hold on some, especially perhaps the more complicated ones like pandas, until 3.12 is out? gene

1 0

Can't find KiCad symbols
by Sadeep Madurange 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Hi everyone, I installed kicad and kicad-library (7.0.10-1) using pacman. After I launch KiCad and create a new project, I can't find any symbols in the symbol browser. Appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction to get this set up. -- Sadeep Madurange PGP: 103BF9E3E750BF7E

3 3

polkit upgrade warning
by Jude DaShiell 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/ filesystem: 750 package: 755 (5/6) upgrading polkit [########################################################################] 100%warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/ filesystem: 750 package: 755 What are correct permissions for these directories and has the upgrade corrected permissions that neede correction? -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

5 7