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

[arch-ports] [x86_64] Arch64 0.7.2 (Gimmick) Released
by Andreas Radke 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

After the migration to the Archlinux.org server a new set of isos is available for download: 3 different isos: ftp-only(23MB), base(150MB) and full current(506MB). Use a mirror ('mirror'/0.7.2/iso/x86_64/) or a torrent[2] to download. You'll find all the interesting links on our Download[1] page. Enjoy the official x86_64 port! AndyRTR [1] http://www.archlinux.org/download.php [2] full http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=2507 base http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=2506 ftp http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=2505 they will be soon linked in our download section

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[arch-ports] [x86_64] new ISOs for testing out
by Andreas Radke 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

I made a new set of ISOs for the Arch64 port. I used tpowa's mkbootcd/archboot - these're great tools. CDs were made with all current packages up to date until yesterday. This time we have a full current cd(still uploading), a base cd and a ftp-only cd. So please test them and report bugs you will surely find. Network detection worked for me, trying a ftp install worked also well using ftp.archlinux.org. We use the same installer as arch32. So look for bugs in the installer and in our current packages as well. The CDs include the new glibc, openssl, db and gnutils updates. So it's not recommended to use the arch64.org repos anymore when you use the new cds. I'll try to fix and update all extra packages as soon as possible to get missing dependencies resolved. Until that you may decide to wait or try old arch64.org extra repo for missing packages. Good luck and praying for no showstopper bugs! And here they are: http://www.archlinux.org/~andyrtr/ AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] [x86_64] extra ready for use on archlinux.org
by Andreas Radke 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

I finished bringing all packages from arch64.org into the new extra repo db on archlinux.org. If you still find a package laying on the ftp and it's not in the repo db let me know. Now I'm going to keep the repos up to date and fix bugs you report. A new ISO is in work. Community repo and AUR are up to you all out there. From now on forget Arch64.org - it may rest in peace. AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] [x86_64] wanted: PCs for our pacbuild build farm
by Andreas Radke 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Now that the x86_64 port is official we want to make it as good as ArchLinux (i686). You may have noticed that I'm doing most time a one-man-job. And that's now too much work for one person to keep all packages up to date in an acceptable time. Great news: i686 devs and also TUs want to help us. They offer their time to build the packages they maintain for a second time. What we need: a build farm running several machines Arch64. We will use pacbuild. The great distributed package building tool from Xentac. Read here more about it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacbuild and http://xentac.net/~jchu/blog/static/pacbuild i686 package maintainers and TrustedUsers will get accounts to sent pkgbuilds to the farm. The main server will send it further to a pc running the local build daemon. The more pcs we have running Arch64 with pacbuild daemon the lower the load will be. Who can offer his pc for running the pacbuild daemon? What you need: just a clean(!) Arch64 installation for correct linking. So there should be only official packages from current/extra and later community on it. A separate system would be nice but is not a must. Don't be afraid. There's no need to have a ssh deamon running. The system should be online most time. 24/7 up would be great. I will also offer one or two systems. We will test the configuration. It would be great to have more systems later running the build daemon so the nice load would get much lower. So who will join the packaging party? AndyRTR

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[arch-ports] amarok-base 1.4.1-1 in Arch64
by Varun Acharya 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Hi everyone, Does amarok-1.4.1 with the xine engine work ok for you in Arch64? I'm getting "xine-engine claims it cannot play MP3's". Please let me know so I can figure out if its a package problem or whether my installation is corrupt. ganja_guru

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[arch-ports] [x86_64] flyspray is open for 64bit bugs
by Andreas Radke 16 Jul '06

16 Jul '06

Go on. But don't flood it too much :) AndyRTR

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Re: [arch-ports] How to add a machine to the compil farm ?
by Blum 16 Jul '06

16 Jul '06

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 20:10, slubman wrote: > > Now that the x86_64 port is official we want to make it as good as > > ArchLinux (i686). You may have noticed that I'm doing most time a > > one-man-job. And that's now too much work for one person to keep all > > packages up to date in an acceptable time. > > > > Great news: i686 devs and also TUs want to help us. They offer their > > time to build the packages they maintain for a second time. > > > > What we need: a build farm running several machines Arch64. > > > > We will use pacbuild. The great distributed package building tool from > > Xentac. Read here more about it: > > > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacbuild and > > http://xentac.net/~jchu/blog/static/pacbuild > > > > i686 package maintainers and TrustedUsers will get accounts to sent > > pkgbuilds to the farm. The main server will send it further to a pc > > running the local build daemon. The more pcs we have running Arch64 with > > pacbuild daemon the lower the load will be. > > > > Who can offer his pc for running the pacbuild daemon? What you need: > > just a clean(!) Arch64 installation for correct linking. So there should > > be only official packages from current/extra and later community on it. > > A separate system would be nice but is not a must. > > > > Don't be afraid. There's no need to have a ssh deamon running. The > > system should be online most time. 24/7 up would be great. > > > > I will also offer one or two systems. We will test the > > configuration. > > > > It would be great to have more systems later running the build daemon so > > the nice load would get much lower. > > > > So who will join the packaging party? > > > > AndyRTR > > Hello > > I wan't to add my arch64 to the "farm". Do i have to send the mail to the > guy in the wiki, or is someone else responsible for the arch64 port ? I cant't find an answer of this question too... I asked Jason for username and password for the x86_64 farm but no answer yet.

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[arch-ports] [archppc] Kernel 2.6.17 Progress
by James Turner 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I was just wondering how the 2.6.17 kernel progress was going. I'm very excited to finally have Airport Extreme support right in the kernel.

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[arch-ports] How to add a machine to the compil farm ?
by slubman 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

> Now that the x86_64 port is official we want to make it as good as > ArchLinux (i686). You may have noticed that I'm doing most time a > one-man-job. And that's now too much work for one person to keep all > packages up to date in an acceptable time. > > Great news: i686 devs and also TUs want to help us. They offer their > time to build the packages they maintain for a second time. > > What we need: a build farm running several machines Arch64. > > We will use pacbuild. The great distributed package building tool from > Xentac. Read here more about it: > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacbuild and > http://xentac.net/~jchu/blog/static/pacbuild > > i686 package maintainers and TrustedUsers will get accounts to sent > pkgbuilds to the farm. The main server will send it further to a pc > running the local build daemon. The more pcs we have running Arch64 with > pacbuild daemon the lower the load will be. > > Who can offer his pc for running the pacbuild daemon? What you need: > just a clean(!) Arch64 installation for correct linking. So there should > be only official packages from current/extra and later community on it. > A separate system would be nice but is not a must. > > Don't be afraid. There's no need to have a ssh deamon running. The > system should be online most time. 24/7 up would be great. > > I will also offer one or two systems. We will test the > configuration. > > It would be great to have more systems later running the build daemon so > the nice load would get much lower. > > So who will join the packaging party? > > AndyRTR Hello I wan't to add my arch64 to the "farm". Do i have to send the mail to the guy in the wiki, or is someone else responsible for the arch64 port ? -- slubman (aka Nicolas DOUALOT) mail: slubman(a)slubman.net jabber ID: slubman(a)kdetalk.net site: http://www.slubman.net

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[arch-ports] [x86_64] prefer ftp-install to avoid glibc upgrade issues
by Andreas Radke 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

FTP install is now possible from all mirrors again and should be the prefered way to install a fresh Arch64 from now on to not go in trouble with the glibc update. Also our current repo is fresh as the 32bit one again :) http://home.arcor.de/a.radke/arch64/list/pkg_diff.html Updating extra packages and a new ISO will be the next steps. AndyRTR

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