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xflock4 doesn't work anymore
by Ralf Mardorf 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Hi, usually I lock the screen of my openbox sessions (no DE) on demand by running xflock4 . Today I locked the screen using dm-tool lock , since xflock4 fails. I don't know when it exactly stopped working. The time frame is between the beginning of last week, until today. pacman.log shows [2022-12-16T13:56:41+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-session (4.16.0-2 -> 4.18.0-1) I wonder if it's a bug or if some changes require to re/start something etc.. Regards, Ralf

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XMPP support for Arch Linux
by Polarian 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

Hello, So currently there is two methods (which I know of) with communicating with the Arch Community, those are email (mailing list) and IRC (I believe on libera.chat?!?!?). Is there any plans to support XMPP? Thanks, Polarian

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Re: XMPP support for Arch Linux
by Óscar García Amor 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

El vie, 16 dic 2022 a las 10:42, progandy (<admin(a)progandy.de>) escribió: > You seem to have misunderstood xiretza. The channel already exists [1] > and is mentioned in the wiki [2]. Right. I was completely unaware of this. As it does not appear on the main website under the community section, the truth is that I did not even know it existed. In this case maybe what should be done is simply that this information appears where I have commented (IMHO). Greetings [1]: https://matrix.to/#/#archlinux:archlinux.org [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Matrix -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me

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Should git be contained in base-devel group?
by Polarian 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Hello, I do not know which mailing list to send this in but I have a question to bring up. After being brought up in the aur mailing list, I was wondering why is git not in the base-devel group, which contains all the tools needed for building PKGBUILDs, but cloning from the AUR (and a lot of PKGBUILDs) all use git, therefore wouldn't it make sense for this to be include in base-devel? Thanks, Polarian

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update warnings
by Fons Adriaensen 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Hello, A full update gives me a number of warnings about dependency cycles. Can this be safely ignored, or is some special handling required ? TNX, -- FA

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Suggest to use more long options arguments at /etc/makepkg.conf
by u34＠net9.ga 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

I think long command line options are more readable compared to short one. There fore, I suggest: --- a/makepkg.conf 2022-12-12 17:00:57.773722168 +0000 +++ b/makepkg.conf 2022-12-12 18:00:46.612320662 +0000 @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ # #-- The download utilities that makepkg should use to acquire sources # Format: 'protocol::agent' -DLAGENTS=('file::/usr/bin/curl -qgC - -o %o %u' - 'ftp::/usr/bin/curl -qgfC - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u' - 'http::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u' - 'https::/usr/bin/curl -qgb "" -fLC - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 -o %o %u' - 'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd -z %u %o' +DLAGENTS=('file::/usr/bin/curl --disable --globoff --continue-at - --output %o %u' + 'ftp::/usr/bin/curl --disable --globoff --fail --continue-at - --ftp-pasv --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 --output %o %u' + 'http::/usr/bin/curl --disable --globoff --cookie "" --fail --location --continue-at - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 --output %o %u' + 'https::/usr/bin/curl --disable --globoff --cookie "" --fail --location --continue-at - --retry 3 --retry-delay 3 --output %o %u' + 'rsync::/usr/bin/rsync --no-motd --compress %u %o' 'scp::/usr/bin/scp -C %u %o') # Other common tools: @@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ # COMPRESSION DEFAULTS ######################################################################### # -COMPRESSGZ=(gzip -c -f -n) -COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 -c -f) -COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z -) -COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -z -q -) -COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip -q) -COMPRESSLZO=(lzop -q) +COMPRESSGZ=(gzip --to-stdout --force --no-name) +COMPRESSBZ2=(bzip2 --stdout --force) +COMPRESSXZ=(xz --to-stdout --compress -) +COMPRESSZST=(zstd --stdout --compress --quiet -) +COMPRESSLRZ=(lrzip --quiet) +COMPRESSLZO=(lzop --quiet) COMPRESSZ=(compress -c -f) -COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 -q) -COMPRESSLZ=(lzip -c -f) +COMPRESSLZ4=(lz4 --quiet) +COMPRESSLZ=(lzip --stdout --force) ######################################################################### # EXTENSION DEFAULTS -- u34

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With a XferCommand, pacman -Sw doesn't download packages sig files
by u34＠net9.ga 04 Dec '22

04 Dec '22

With a XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl --socks5-hostname localhost:9451 --silent --show-error --continue-at - --fail-early --fail --output %o %u in pacman.conf, pacman -sync --downloadonly doesn't download packages sig files. Is it because I have not set up a proxy variable? Something else? The pkg.tar.zst is downloaded. Just the detached sig file does not. And there isn't any message to warn about it. Commenting out XferCommand makes the sig files downloaded as well. Manual download also succeed. -- u34

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Documentation for Order of HOOKS array in mkinitcpio.conf?
by David C. Rankin 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

All, The wiki doesn't have ordering information for the HOOKS scripts, but the comments in mkinitcpio.conf says Ordering in important and cautions against changing from the default order. But, that doesn't account for additional script added that are not in the default HOOKS example. I updated HOOKS from a much earlier version of mkinitcpio.conf to match the new .pacnew file. There keyboard moved from after filesystems to just after blocks. Is there a reference that explains where each script should be placed aside for the note or two in the Common hooks section of the wiki? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Using long options at example #XferCommand in /etc/pacman.conf
by u34＠net9.ga 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

As long options are more readable, I suggest to --- a/etc/pacman.conf 2022-11-27 12:31:42.955317302 +0000 +++ b/etc/pacman.conf 2022-11-27 12:43:57.878284493 +0000 @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ #GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ #HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/ HoldPkg = pacman glibc -#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u -#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u +#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl --location --continue-at - --fail --output %o %u +#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp --continue --output-document %o %u #CleanMethod = KeepInstalled Architecture = auto I also suggest to add, or change, pacman.conf %o and %u to make it more descriptive. -- u34

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[arch-general] Any package providing "ast" firmware?
by Javier 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

Hello ! Just as the "subject" indicates, any package providing "ast" firmware? On [1], I don't see it referenced, and "ast" is way too common for a quick search on the repos and AUR, :) Thanks ! -- Javier [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio#Possibly_missing_firmware_for_m…

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