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[arch-general] 2011.10-1 archboot "2k11-R6" ISO hybrid image released
by Tobias Powalowski 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

Hi Arch community, Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2011.10-1, "2k11-R6" has been released. To avoid confusion, this is not an official arch linux iso release! Homepage and for more information on archboot: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot Forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127923 Summary: - Only use one lzma initrd for each architecture, plain bugfix release. Hybrid image file and torrent is provided, which include i686 and x86_64 core repository. Please check md5sum before using it. Hybrid image file is a standard CD-burnable image and also a raw disk image. - Can be burned to CD(RW) media using most CD-burning utilities. - Can be raw-written to a drive using 'dd' or similar utilities. This method is intended for use with USB thumb drives. Please get it from your favorite arch linux mirror: - https://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/archboot/2011.10/ - <yourmirror>/iso/archboot/2011.10/ Have fun, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] Pacman 4.0.0rc2
by Dan McGee 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

You don't need to be as daring this time- we've had some 246 commits since RC1. The most relevant changes is signing is about 95% functional at this point- see directions below the links. * pacman -U http://dev.archlinux.org/~dan/pacman-4.0.0rc2-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz * pacman -U http://dev.archlinux.org/~dan/pacman-4.0.0rc2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz Please report any issues you may find with this package, as it is getting very close to being an actual releasable version. These are debug builds with symbols, so getting stack traces and helpful logging should be relatively straight forward if necessary. == How to enable package signature checking == 1. Install above pacman RC package. 2. sudo pacman-key --init 3. `SigLevel = Optional` in pacman.conf is the default- for more info, see man pacman.conf, but this means signatures will be checked *if available*, and there will be no error if they are not. However, due to us not having a web of trust for Arch developer keys, you will need to add this to the [options] section: SigLevel = Optional TrustAll 4. Run -Syu or any other operation that fetches packages from sync databases. When it comes time to check package integrity, you may be prompted to import keys that are not in your keychain. If a signature is available, it will be used instead of sha256sums/md5sums. -Dan

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[arch-general] ArchLinux Cheat Cube (english)
by Aurélien Chabot 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Here is my job on the cube, i did some change on the content according to my taste. Hope you like it. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2ztTvm_… -- Aurélien Chabot

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[arch-general] scim and uxterm/urxvt
by Pham Bao Trung 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Can scim work with uxterm/urxvt? If so, could somebody help me to make them work together, please? Of course, I have been throught wiki and googling but nothing helps. Kind regards, Trung

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[arch-general] backpac: A package state snapshot and restore tool
by Ethan Schoonover 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

I've finished basic implementation of 'backpac', which is a package state snapshot and restore tool for Arch Linux with config file save/restore support. I've posted a summary to the forum, an AUR package and a github repo: BBS: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=127768 AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52957 GIT: https://github.com/altercation/backpac It's alpha but usable and, I hope, useful. Essentially it is a system state save/restore tool. Save lists of (explicitly installed only) groups, packages (separate official/aur). Uses a user created simple list of files to snapshot system config data. Feedback solicited. -Ethan Ethan Schoonover es(a)ethanschoonover.com http://ethanschoonover.com

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [prerelease] initscripts-2011.09.2-1
by Geert Hendrickx 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 16:00:52 +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote: > * /etc/localtime may now be a symlink, and is not written to unless it is > necessary. Hi, why not always make it a symlink, so updates to tzdata package are applied immediatly and don't require a reboot? Is it for scenario's where /usr is not available? Geert -- geert.hendrickx.be :: geert(a)hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F This e-mail was composed using 100% recycled spam messages!

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[arch-general] ArchLinux Cheat Cube (english)
by Madhurya Kakati 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Hi, I saw cheat cubes for Fedora and Ubuntu. However someone has created a cheatcube for archlinux but it is in Spanish. I was wondering if anyone could translate it into english. Here is the link for the Spanish cheatcube http://elblogdepicodev.blogspot.com/2010/03/arch-linux-cheat-cube.html Thanks.

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[arch-general] [signoff] linux-3.0.6-1
by Tobias Powalowski 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Latest kernel is in testing, please signoff for both arches Changes: - changed default governor to ondemand instead of performance - added ubifs support - reworked archlinux MTD session based on fedora # enable rico XD card reader support: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25889 # added alix2 led support https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25950 # change default compression to gzip https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25875 # remove ACPI_PROCFS https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25845 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-general] python2-werkzeug and python2-flask moved to [community].
by Thomas Dziedzic 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

I decided to pull these brilliant projects into [community]. I have renamed them from python-* to python2-* so please adjust your dependencies accordingly.

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[arch-general] perl-readline-gnu
by Jorge Almeida 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

I'm trying to update the system, and cannot: # pacman -Su :: Starting full system upgrade... warning: shorewall: local (4.4.23.3-1) is newer than custom (4.4.12.1-1) resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... :: perl and Term-ReadLine-Gnu are in conflict (perl-term-readline). Remove Term-ReadLine-Gnu? [y/N] error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: perl and Term-ReadLine-Gnu are in conflict (perl-term-readline) ~ This is an innovation indeed. What to do? I assume the package perl-term-readline install the Perl package Term::ReadLine. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The Perl package Term::ReadLine does, essentially, nothing. (http://search.cpan.org/~flora/Term-ReadLine-1.07/lib/Term/ReadLine.pm) This is a show-stopper. TIA Jorge Almeida

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