September 2005 - Arch-ports - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-ports] [i586 Port] Problems with installer CD and broken/missing packages
by Alexander Baldeck 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hey list, only recently I got a old surplus laptop which is powered by a AMD K6-2+ which means I couldn't just simply run Arch-i686 on it. So it was obvious that it was time to try the i586 port. Anyway I ran into several problems I'd like to point out here since there is no bugtracker right now, is there? Installer CD: The iso I downloaded was: http://genesis.blogdns.net/packages/i586/iso/arch_i586-2005-04-11.iso 1) the modules lack proper dependencies so one needs to probe network modules manually for PCMCIA 2) 8390.ko lacks symbols obviously because crc32.ko cannot be probed first since it does not exist 3) the both above made it impossible for me to use my PCMCIA network card and furthermore to use FTP as the install media at all, since this laptop has no network card built-in there was no way to get decent versions from the start 4) the packages cause Pacman to display the strangest warning I've seen so far. something about a syntax error on line 11 probably in the .PKGINFO 5) syslog-ng depends on libol for runtime. libol cannot be resolved cos it's not referenced in the package set on the cd Anyhow I made it to do a forced manual install the hard way (pacman -Ad *.pkg.tar.gz) for base/. Package repository: First try was on: http://genesis.blogdns.net/packages/i586/repo/current 1) Pacman badly requires modification of it's defaults in pacman.* and makepkg.conf for i586 2) autoconf is broken, the autom4te binary is missing which made it impossible for me to build coreutils (there may be more packages around that it breaks) 3) pcmcia-cs is missing, which I again manually built with crunching my teeth :) I started my own repository therefore and plan to contribute to address a lot of the mentioned issues as soon as the problems I heard about on IRC are solved. My partitial current can be found here: http://archppc.kleiner-weise.de/archlinux/current/os/i586/ Keep in mind that it cannot be used as a current replacement yet but I plan to in the future. Also I updated gcc, binutils and glibc plus applied libtoolslaying to some of the packages. Cheers! -kth5

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[arch-ports] how to can help to arch x64
by Juan Carlos Faundez 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

hi im like help to arch x64 , proving packages and packing for this architecture

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[arch-ports] Rsync Problem
by Alexander Baldeck 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hey, I know it's someone in here: c-24-147-98-103.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (24.147.98.103) Please make you rsyn settings a bit more log friendly, as it seems your sync touches all packages not only the changes. ;-) Thank you! Best regards, -kth5

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[arch-ports] 32bit support
by seshu yamajala 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I have found a much better solution for the 32bit backwards compatibility issue. After looking at how debian does things, i have found that for 32bit support they setup a chroot. I thought about this, and it seems like an excellent idea. It will save a lot of time, and it addresses the problem of installing 2 versions of the same package. dchroot could be used to make the chroot almost transparent to the user. The existing 32bit arch packages could be used as well. Since i have not started working the multilib support, this will probably be implemented instead. For more info on the chroot method look here: https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/ 30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id271960 Also I would like to mention that vitorlima has joined the project and has already made great contributions! - syamajala

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[arch-ports] Do you need any help with Arch64
by Mr Green 10 Sep '05

10 Sep '05

Hi, If you need any help please let me know ..... Mr Green Arch64 User

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[arch-ports] New PPC Mirror
by Alexander Baldeck 03 Sep '05

03 Sep '05

Hey List, just underwent the hassle to finally set up my very own server for to mirror the ppc packages. Feel free to give it a shot: [current] Server = http://kleiner-weise.de/~kth5/archlinux/current/os/ppc [testing] Server = http://kleiner-weise.de/~kth5/archlinux/testing/os/ppc Additionally everyone who rsyncs the packages should start to use this machine instead as well: rsync kleiner-weise.de::archppc-current/ rsync kleiner-weise.de::archppc-testing/ Extra will not be mirrored since it is *NOT* maintained at the moment! regards, -kth5

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[arch-ports] x86_64 update
by Seshu Yamajala 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

ok, its been a while since i have actually done some work on the port. Today I grabbed the latest pkgbuilds from testing, current, extra, and started working on gcc 4. The packages will now support the emt64 and amd64 chips. I have also decided that 32bit support will be included in the base install. This make life much easier for me and anyone else who decides to help out. Many things like the ati drivers, grub, opera, and openoffice 1 will only work with 32bit "stuff" installed. Also i am gonna start a subversion repo soon and put pkgbuilds up. Xentac knows how i was doing things before. I had managed 2 dirs. one where development occured (packages were built there, pkgbuilds were edited...) and one where the final pkgbuild for the package was kept. It worked fine for me, but people weren't able to see the pkgbuilds or get them from me unless i put them on my web server. Since cvsup is still messed up on x86_64 i'm gonna go with subversion. I have no experience in these thi ngs (subversion, cvs, ...), so if i shouldn't use subversion or something please tell me. - Seshu Yamajala (syamajala)

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