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Re: [arch-releng] February release
by Christian Hesse 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh(a)lutzhaase.com> on Thu, 2013/01/31 13:34: > On 31.01.2013 13:33, Christian Hesse wrote: > > Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh(a)lutzhaase.com> on Thu, 2013/01/31 13:19: > >> On 31.01.2013 13:02, Christian Hesse wrote: > >>> Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de> on Wed, 2013/01/30 19:12: > >>>> I am going to build a new ISO image on Friday. I did a test build today > >>>> and everything looks fine. It's just updated packages; no changes to > >>>> ais nor archiso. Let me know if there are any known issues or blockers. > >>> This is not about the ISO itself but its download... > >>> > >>> Torrent download files can contain more than just one file. How about > >>> including gpg signature for the ISO file? Possibly this increases the > >>> number of people actually checking the authenticity of downloaded files. > >> Frankly, why? The torrent already guarantees you didn't get bad data. > > Sure. But the gpg signature is not (only) about integrity but > > authenticity. > > > > If you get a bad (not broken) torrent file you could download a bad ISO > > image without noticing anybody is fooling you. > > Oh so you want to gpg the torrent file itself? Well, that could work, I > guess. No, I do not want to sign the torrent file. I want the ISO image and a gpg signature for that inside the torrent file. Even if anybody fools you, signs his own ISO with his own key and puts these into a torrent file you can easily verify after download: $ pacman-key -v archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso.sig ==> Checking archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso.sig ... gpg: Signature made Thu 31 Jan 2013 01:56:51 PM CET using DSA key ID 2409C107 gpg: Can't check signature: No public key ==> ERROR: The signature identified by archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso.sig could not be verified. Output should look like this though, note this only happens if the key is in pacman's keyring and trusted with the required level: $ pacman-key -v archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso.sig ==> Checking archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso.sig ... gpg: Signature made Fri 04 Jan 2013 11:07:27 PM CET using RSA key ID 9741E8AC gpg: NOTE: trustdb not writable gpg: Good signature from "Pierre Schmitz <pierre(a)archlinux.de>" -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-releng] Arch Linux Netboot Live System
by Christian Hesse 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hello everybody, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, so feel free to redirect me if you have a better address. The "Arch Linux Netboot Live System" [0] allows to boot Arch Linux install media directly from internet. At the moment the iPXE image chainloads a syslinux image providing a graphical menu. The culprit is loading kernel and initramfs from WAN - tftp is horribly slow if latency increases. My suggestion is to drop syslinux completely and just use iPXE. Latest development releases from git do have a menu system [1] and iPXE itself is capable of loading kernel and initramfs via http (or https or whatever you prefer), decreasing boot time dramatically. The only drawback is that iPXE does not have a graphical menu interface... But who cares - it just has to work reliably, no? ;) Let me know if you need help implementing this or if you are need any more information. [0] https://releng.archlinux.org/pxeboot/ [1] http://ipxe.org/cmd/menu -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Chris get my mail address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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[arch-releng] February release
by Pierre Schmitz 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hi, I am going to build a new ISO image on Friday. I did a test build today and everything looks fine. It's just updated packages; no changes to ais nor archiso. Let me know if there are any known issues or blockers. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch testing updated. v5-2-g05758c1
by djgera＠archlinux.org 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The branch, testing has been updated via 05758c185f13524c6cebc6ada61ffee713d85412 (commit) from 00d1126f708f077c333a0da48b5e7643eb4bb8ab (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: docs/README.altbootmethods | 23 ++++++++++------------- docs/README.transfer | 13 +++++-------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch master updated. v5-2-g05758c1
by djgera＠archlinux.org 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The branch, master has been updated via 05758c185f13524c6cebc6ada61ffee713d85412 (commit) from 00d1126f708f077c333a0da48b5e7643eb4bb8ab (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: docs/README.altbootmethods | 23 ++++++++++------------- docs/README.transfer | 13 +++++-------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [configs/releng] Add vim to the live-enviroment
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- configs/releng/packages.both | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.both b/configs/releng/packages.both index 39129f9..3162114 100644 --- a/configs/releng/packages.both +++ b/configs/releng/packages.both @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ sudo tcpdump testdisk usb_modeswitch +vim vpnc wget wireless_tools -- 1.8.1.1

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch master updated. v5-1-g00d1126
by djgera＠archlinux.org 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The branch, master has been updated via 00d1126f708f077c333a0da48b5e7643eb4bb8ab (commit) from 579ea0f3c1aa8d4f94faa9a9d5cca8a006c14772 (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch testing updated. v5-1-g00d1126
by djgera＠archlinux.org 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The branch, testing has been updated via 00d1126f708f077c333a0da48b5e7643eb4bb8ab (commit) from 579ea0f3c1aa8d4f94faa9a9d5cca8a006c14772 (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [archiso] Avoid integer overflow when .fs is > 10.2G
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

--- archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso index 491ed2f..66a6273 100644 --- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso +++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ _mnt_fs() { ro_dev=$(losetup --find --show --read-only "${img}") echo ${ro_dev} >> /run/archiso/used_block_devices ro_dev_size=$(blockdev --getsz ${ro_dev}) - rw_dev_size=$((ro_dev_size*cowfile_size/100)) + if [[ "${cowfile_size}" == "100" ]]; then + rw_dev_size=${ro_dev_size} + else + # size calculation done in this way to avoid integer overflow when ro_dev_size is > 10.2G + rw_dev_size=$((ro_dev_size/100*cowfile_size)) + fi if [[ "${cow_persistent}" == "P" ]]; then if [[ -f "/run/archiso/cowspace/${cow_directory}/${img_name}.cow" ]]; then -- 1.8.1

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch master updated. v5
by djgera＠archlinux.org 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

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