November 2006 - Arch-ports - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-ports] x86_64: testing repo ready for use
by Andreas Radke 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

we have setup the testing repo. you can enable it now in your /etc/pacman.conf to test latest stuff if you want to help finding bugs before they move to current or extra. don't expect every i686 testing pkg to appear in our repo. sry not enough time. AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] Packages
by Rudolf 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Would it be possible to package the mouse-input-drivers and keyboard-input-drivers with X11? I'd also like to know how to submit packages. I might just submit them to the AUR but I'd rather have PowerPC binaries in the repo. I've already created a nethack, pycrypto, leafpad and bittorrent package. Thanks, Rudolf

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[arch-ports] Install script
by Rudolf 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Small typo in /arch/quickinst: ``snarf %u %O'' should be changed to either ``snarf %u %o'' or ``snarf %u''. I used the latter when installing.

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[arch-ports] [archlinux ppc] Scripts
by N4 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi everyone, I decided to try archlinux on ppc even if it's still on his early stages 'cos I really like the x86 flavour of this distro :) The installation went _almost_ smooth: there are still a few typos in the installation guide wiki and I had to build my own kernel to have it running. Still don't understand why, more on this later if it's of general interest. I'm trying to set up a full gnome desktop development environment and there are a few quirks I stumbled upon I'd like to ask you about: 1) why isn't abs the same script as in x86 archlinux ? 2) why isn't /etc/rc.d/fam the script as in the x86 archlinux ? 3) is there any particular reason for changing the scripts ? I copied abs from my x86 archlinux machine, ran it and it went smooth. Most of the PKGBUILDS work out of the box (e.g. glade-3), a few don't but that's no surprise, due to the different architecture, right ? I copied /etc/rc.d/fam from the x86 box and it replaced perfectly the wrong script from current/fam-2.7.0-8. bash-3.1$ !diff diff fam fam.old 9,10d8 < #Check for running portmap, start when not running < ck_daemon portmap && /etc/rc.d/portmap start 12,15c10,13 < if [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/portmap ]; then < stat_fail < echo "ERROR: PORTMAP is not running" < exit 1 --- > if [ ! -f /var/run/daemons/fam ]; then > stat_fail > echo "ERROR: fam is not running" > exit 1 see? It looks for a running fam before starting fam, that makes no sense to me ;) Keep up the good work everybody, I really love this distro :) N4

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