On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote:
hi folks, as per subject - just some questions about the 'community' repo that i've noticed...
Firstly, i've noticed that something seems to be wrong with the "official" community repositories that i have in /etc/pacman.d/community. Why are some servers serving out only the "db" (database) of files within the repo, but not serving out the actual packages? (like take a look at ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64/) While others (eg. ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub/ArchLinux/) have deleted the community repo altogether (the list gives ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub/ArchLinux/community/os/x86_64), such that the directory isnt even there. What has happened to the "community" repo here?
There is no community repo for Arch64 yet. The db is just an empty file.
Right now, i am using the "community64" repo at http://www.archlinux-br.org/people/dsa/repository/community64, but is this supposed to be the "new" (or "actual") "community" repo now?
That repo is just a temporary place to keep the packages that have been ported up to this date. It's mainly there to make these packages avaliable to users.
Secondly, I think it would be great (for code audit, and for peace of minds' sake - as well as for reference as how to compile or port packages to Arch64) that the packagers of these packages provide the PKGBUILDs for the packages that they build. Where are the PKGBUILDs for these packages, and how may i get them? Specifically, i am looking for the PKGBUILD for wmii-3 (where is it? can i have a look at it?), but i am sure the rest who use the community64 repo would like to see the other PKGBUILDs too.
-jf
Use the regular community PKGBUILD from ABS. I would say most of the stuff will compile without modifying the PKGBUILD. If a PKGBUILD must be modified, the changes will be merged in the Arch32 PKGBUILD like it is done for the current/extra PKGBUILD. Snowman -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.