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[aur-general] TU application: Laszlo Papp
by Laszlo Papp 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hello TUs, I'd like to re-apply again for TU position. Since I've applied [0], many things have happened, I tried to do my best. My contributions since my previous application: - Packaging (with some new packages) [1] - AUR, Pacman, AIF project patches - Newsletter/Magazine, AUR Hungarian translation - Mailing list, IRC, Forum and Wiki activity/help - Maintaining of AUR2 project (with Sebastian) [2] - Hyper Activity on the last 2 BUG days :) ( + I try to be on Sunday too) After 4 months, I'd like to be a useful member of the TU team again. My earlier goals remained the same, but extended with some new ones: a) Maintain and support embedded development tools/applications. b) To be active on BUG days again and again, try to help in its organisation, help the Community Packages thread too with editing/closing bugs. c) Maintain and support Lua scripting language/modules. d) Maintain and collaborate with the AUR2 Project (later aurman[3], cli frontend), finish the first 'Roadmap' to provide a useful release. This is my main focus definitely these days. Sergej Pupykin has kindly agreed to sponsor my application. Thanks very much for considering me as a possible addition to your great team! Best Regards, Laszlo Papp [0] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2009-July/006071.html [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=djszapi [2] http://git.berlios.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=aur2;a=summary [3] http://git.berlios.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=aurman;a=shortlog

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[aur-general] removal request
by Lukáš Jirkovský 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Could anyone please remove my package magickwand [1], I have re-uploaded it under name php-magickwand which is IMO better name. thanks in advance, Lukas [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22762

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Re: [aur-general] Orphan Request
by atsutane＠freethoughts.de 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:33:39 +0000 (GMT) Mark Foxwell <markfoxwell79(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > The linux-wbfs-manager package in AUR > (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29128) has been out of date > for 3 months and has been flagged as out of date for ages too. I have > emailed the maintainer (eirik) with the changes to the PKGBUILD for > the new version (just a version bump and change the md5sum) but I > haven't got a response. > > I would happily maintain the package so can you orphan it for me? Or > is there anything else I need to do first? > > Thanks, > > Mark (fastfret79) done -- Jabber: atsutane(a)freethoughts.de Blog: http://atsutane.freethoughts.de/ Key: 295AFBF4 FP: 39F8 80E5 0E49 A4D1 1341 E8F9 39E4 F17F 295A FBF4

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[aur-general] Trusted User Application
by Stefan Husmann 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hello, the voting period for Atsutane's TU application has now ended. With 9 yes votes, 3 no votes, 3 abstains and 2 additional voters, who obviously were not counted, and having 22 active TUs (according to the wiki), quorum has been reached and the application has been accepted. So Atsutane now is a TU. Congratulations and welcome aboard, Thorsten! Go through the new TU checklist here (I've already given you TU status on the AUR. Please check if it works and if the language settings are the ones you want): http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/New_Trusted_User_Checklist#TODO_list_fo… Feel free to ask questions. Regards Stefan.

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[aur-general] Orphan Request
by Mark Foxwell 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hi All, The linux-wbfs-manager package in AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29128) has been out of date for 3 months and has been flagged as out of date for ages too. I have emailed the maintainer (eirik) with the changes to the PKGBUILD for the new version (just a version bump and change the md5sum) but I haven't got a response. I would happily maintain the package so can you orphan it for me? Or is there anything else I need to do first? Thanks, Mark (fastfret79)

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[aur-general] KDE 4.4
by Laurie Clark-Michalek 04 Dec '09

04 Dec '09

Hi, In the spirit of all the desktop haters, is anyone here (apart from me) looking forward to KDE 4.4? From this angle, that is, not minding dbus too much, it looks to be very promising. They have some interesting stuff due to be merged into the trunk, like tabbed window management, revamped oxygen, and other such things. I took the time to read their feature list for 4.4 and it all looks good. Also, does anyone have any opinions on their changing of KDE to KDE SC (KDE Software Compilation)? Personally, it feels a bit silly, and I imagine KDE will continue to prevail, but it's not too important anyway. Regards, Laurie

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[aur-general] provides version for VCS packages
by Côme Pruvost 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hello ! It's been some time I'm facing the same problem. When one build a package from VCS, one should include the original package name (usually $pkgname with -svn -git ... removed) in the provides array so packages depending on the program provided can find it. For example, if I want to package python-poppler-bzr, I will include "provides=('python-poppler')" so desigle can satisfy its own "depends=('python-poppler')". But now, imagine that desigle needs a recent version of python-poppler, and so it has "depends=('python-poppler>=0.2')". Then, makepkg will not detect python-poppler provided by python-poppler-bzr because it cannot compare versions. One then have to specify the version of the package provided. In case of a VCS, it's not always easy because it can change from a revision to another. So one need a way to get that version, and use it in the provides array. That's here I need your advice, because I successfully tested some workarounds, but I'm not really sure of their "ugliness"... Solution 1: Use pkg-config file (not always present) with awk build() { ... _realver=`cat path/to/package.pc | awk '/^Version/{print $2}'` provides=("realname=${_realver}") } Pros : rather easy Cons : Needs awk and some people hate awk, needs file.pc set. Solution 2: Use pkg-config with grep and sed because some people hate awk build() { ... _realver=`cat path/to/package.pc | grep 'Version' | sed 's/Version: //'` provides=("realname=${_realver}") } Pros : only generic tools are used Cons : still needs file.pc, less clear Solution 3: Use configure.ac build { ... echo "provides=(realpkg=@VERSION@)" > ${pkgname}.provides.in echo "AC_OUTPUT([${pkgname}.provides])" >> configure.ac ./autogen.sh ... source ${pkgname}.provides } Pros : should work in more cases, fun somehow isn't it ? Cons : rather complex, maybe incorrect with the new autoconf syntax (AC_CONFIG_FILES) and it seems that files are then generated two times. Well, thanks for reading, let's discuss that now :) Cilyan

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[aur-general] How to include sources from sourceforge + creating links not provided by package
by Javier Vasquez 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi, I'd like to know how to specify sources coming from sorceforge in PKGBUILD, and example could work just fine. Also I'd like to know how to create a link automatically once the package has been installed. This implies removing it when removing the package. If necessary, checking if the link exists when upgrading the package (if the package gets removed before installing new version, that might be handled by the removing of the link when removing the package)... Thanks, -- Javier.

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[aur-general] Please delete my package "dyson"
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

I decided not to maintain this package (dyson) anymore because it is closed source, upstream won't fix it as they've released a commercial version of it and it only works 1/4 of the time (not due to packaging issues). I think it is best to just remove it. -- Sven-Hendrik

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[aur-general] Package rename (removal request)
by Rene P. 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi, can someone remove xml-security-c ( http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32198)? I replaced it by libxml-security-c (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32353) It's just for renaming purposes. Should be right, right? Regards, Rene

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[aur-general] Package rename (deletion request).
by Peter Lewis 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi there, evilgnome quite rightly pointed out that the package cedega-bin32 should be called bin32-cedega, according to the (perhaps defacto?) conventions for 32 bit packages on x86_64. I've re-uploaded the package with the new name. Could someone please delete the old one, located here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29279 Many thanks, Peter.

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[aur-general] PHP 5.2 in [community]
by Evangelos Foutras 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hi fellow TUs, Would you mind if I brought php52 [1] to [community]? While backward incompatible changes in PHP 5.3 are limited, last time I tried switching a server to it, it broke a Drupal site (due to some parameters being passed by value to functions that were expecting them to be passed by reference). It also seems that the PHP 5.2 branch is still maintained upstream, with a new version (5.2.12) currently in testing. Any objections to the move? :) ---- [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30384

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[aur-general] Unable to submit package
by edogawaconan 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

After 'cleaning up' a package I'm maintaining (nginx-unstable), and verifying it can be built and works fine, AUR rejected the package. Reverting to old version (with updated version) works fine. error message: "Missing build function in PKGBUILD." package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18036 Problematic version attached. -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org

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[aur-general] Trusted User Application
by Ranguvar 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hello Archers, This is Devin Cofer, aka Ranguvar. I'm writing because I have been thinking for a while about applying to become a Trusted User, and I feel that now I have enough basic knowledge of C, Bash, sed, and Perl to apply. I maintain quite a few<http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=Ranguvar>packages, and I'm very fast at updating them, if I may say so, going so far as to provide my own i686 builds for use by bin32-wine<http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7915>when [extra] is taking a long time between updates :) The firefox-pgo <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22296> and firefox-pgo-beta <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22919> packages are not mine, but they were completely rewritten by me, as you can see from the comments there. I do officially maintain firefox-pgo-minefield<http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32030> . I have sometimes contributed to [extra] and [community] work; I sent an initial mail<http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2009-October/007004.html>to aur-general about updating LLVM to 2.6, and worked on the PKGBUILD for it. Also, I filed a bug <http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16165> for the speedup of Vim package building, and wrote a new script to handle fetching patches, which was much faster than the original (until another user used a better idea to make a far better package :p). Lastly, I have commented on other packages many times and suggested improvements (recent example being autoconf-compat<http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7224>), and I submit regular bug reports and duplicate packages -- and I'm very active on the forums <http://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=18355>. As a TU, I will continue to try to improve the quality of AUR PKGBUILDs as a whole, commenting and offering suggestions, deleting duplicates, and orphaning long-out-of-date packages. As for packages I bring into [community], I will probably end up focusing on development tools. Xyne has kindly agreed to sponsor my application; he will likely reply to this soon. Thanks very much for considering me as a possible addition to the TU team! -- Ranguvar

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[aur-general] Remove package
by David Dupin 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi, I do a mistake when creating my AUR teecomp package and do an accidental revival of teeworlds AUR entry. Can you remove it please because teeworlds is in official arch depo for long time now. I apologize for this. Regards.

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[aur-general] Application as a Trusted User
by Thorsten Töpper 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA224 Hello, I've been playing for a while with the thought to apply as a Trusted User, but I never really had the courage to do so, well now I try it. About my person: I'm a 1990 born student from the south of Germany, I study Computer Science(first semester) and use Arch as my main system now since two years and 4 days. I'm mainly active in the german part of the community as the international forums and IRC are too lively for me to actively participate a lot, so I mostly only read the topics, but don't post in the threads. However I read nearly every mail at the mailing lists (except for the ones concerning problems of Users with software I haven't used in years e.g. KDE), but as my opinion was often already stated I don't feel that I have to repeat what's already been said, so I mail rarely to the lists too. About my skills: I'm programming in C since a few years, though I mostly review code in order to learn more, I'm also capable of the basics with python 2.5, several BASIC dialects, C++, Objective C, Java and of course shell scripting. Whereas the focus for the next years lies upon C and Java as they're both needed by my study. About my packages: I maintain 10 packages in AUR[1], whereby I also participate in the development of the i3 window manager to whom's project family 6 of these packages belong(3 projects, each as stable and git package), the other four are the git package of the newsbeuter feedreader and the cococpp package which is a build dependency for the previously named, structorizer which is a Java program to design structograms (or Nassi- Schneiderman diagrams) and a mecurial package for objfw which is a portable framework for the Objective C language, not one of them was adopted. If you want to see their history, I also keep them in a git repository at github.com[2]. About my Application: I asked Stefan Husmann if he would like to sponsor me and he agreed to do so. I have two Arch systems, my laptop running an i686 installation and my desktop machine running a x86_64 installation, both run without the testing repository. As I have to use Java and corresponding util- ities for my study I'd take care of orphanages of the Java development segment, but also orphans in the topics I'm mainly interested in(window managers, development and networks). And as I check my mail whenever it's possible I'd also help with the request of users regarding the administration of the AUR. If you want to search for me, my nick at Arch related sites is Atsutane. Regards Thorsten [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=Atsutane [2] http://github.com/Atsutane/packages - -- Jabber: atsutane(a)freethoughts.de Blog: http://atsutane.freethoughts.de/ Key: 295AFBF4 FP: 39F8 80E5 0E49 A4D1 1341 E8F9 39E4 F17F 295A FBF4 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iFYEARELAAYFAksIGCkACgkQOeTxfyla+/QIXgDgq6vF0HVT5ab9E2eMNjcRvxzw MLDlK0b2ILDHugDeLTJMdLx609Qhnh5Z87jPEDohZiLX0i4Cd/0HZQ== =uTIK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] tablet waltop, linuxwacom 0.8.4-9 patch for waltop
by andrew james 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

I want this patch included in the package. It works with the tablet, WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet, two pen buttons are errored currently (both work like mouse middle click ?button 3?), but pressure and button 1 at pen tip work. The patch is one line to include the WALTOP vendor id, written generically at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wacom#WALTOP_tablet_support_by_the_Waco… Another AUR package has this patch but the package failed to get the controllers from linuxwacom. awx was maintainer. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28999 I think other users may like the convenience of this patch included for their tablet. I wrote the patch for the current package linuxwacom 0.8.4-9. It is attached, to include it in the PKGBUILD add something like, #patch to work with tablet WALTOP # tested WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/linuxwacom-0.8.4_3-waltop.patch || return andrew diff -aur a/src/xdrv/wcmUSB.c b/src/xdrv/wcmUSB.c --- a/src/xdrv/wcmUSB.c 2009-09-16 21:54:04.000000000 +0200 +++ b/src/xdrv/wcmUSB.c 2009-11-06 03:40:27.904101443 +0200 @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ ioctl(local->fd, EVIOCGNAME(sizeof(id)), id); /* vendor is wacom */ - if (sID[1] == 0x056A) + if (sID[1] == 0x056A || sID[1] == 0x172f) { common->tablet_id = sID[2];

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[aur-general] Orphaning request (pidgin-hotkeys)
by Lukas Fleischer 29 Nov '09

29 Nov '09

Hi, pidgin-hotkeys is out-of-date for more than two years (0.2.4 has been released on 2007-06-22). Although this plugin doesn't seem to be developed actively anymore, I still use it and would like to see it maintained in the AUR (using a hotkey to switch to the next window with activity - just like Meta-a in irssi's default config - is quite useful). However, pidgin-hotkeys needs to be patched to work with pidgin>=2.2.0. The author didn't react on AUR comments for about 9 months and didn't respond to a detailed mail I wrote one week ago. Could you please orphan this package, so that I can adopt it and upload a working PKGBUILD? Best regards, Lukas Fleischer

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[aur-general] Bunch of deletion candidates
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 28 Nov '09

28 Nov '09

openoffice (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24413) This package is plainly named "openoffice" when it seems to provide a -dev version of some kind and it also appears to duplicate the effort of the packages in [extra]. Personally I think it is confusing even though the package appears to be maintained. Your call. go-oo-bin-base (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19457) This package also seems to duplicate the package of the same mission in [extra]. I know that the difference is that this one uses the provided rpm packages instead of compiling by itself. Your call again. go-oo-{calc,draw,impress,math} These are outdated and at best match the go-oo-bin-base package. We however already have the functionality in [extra]. Also I'd like box2d-svn (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24278) orphaned for me to pick up. The maintainer didn't show any effort to communicate or fix the package. -- Sven-Hendrik

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[aur-general] Orphaning request
by Raphael Scholer 27 Nov '09

27 Nov '09

Hello TUs, could you please orphan vim-snipmate, since it needs an update to work with current vim versions. I posted a comment regarding this problem, nearly two months ago in aur, but the maintainer didn't reply/or update the PKGBUILD. I tried today to reach him via e-mail, but the given adress in his aur profile doesn't seem to be active anymore. Regards, Raphael Scholer

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Laszlo Papp 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hello TUs, kermit[1] seems to be a duplicate of ckermit[2]. It installs the same version of kermit project like ckermit. The Maintainer of kermit didn't react for the comments which were taken nearly 3 years ago. I've checked it won't hurt any other package on AUR, because this package is not the dependency of other package. I've checked which name is better to be in AUR, but after a small researching ckermit is better according to the official site/project, and other distribution (like Ubuntu, Gentoo) use ckermit too instead of kermit. [1]: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3385 [2]: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14006 Best Regards, Laszlo Papp

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[aur-general] Please delete package aurget-git
by Jordy van Wolferen 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hey all, I would like to request the removal of the package aurget-git: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25551 I used some code from brisbin33 scripts and he now wrote a complete AUR frontend and wants to use the name aurget. Aurget-git isn't the dev package of aurget, so to don't confuse people I changed the name to aurget-jordz (non-git). Best Regards, jordz

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[aur-general] LDFLAGS question
by bardo 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Hi all. Recently I've been having fun with the latest pulseaudio quirk: it doesn't build because of the --as-needed flag in linking. I don't understand linking in depth, but as I understood it there's some dependency cycle that gets triggered by the aforementioned ld flag. However this doesn't happen when building in a chroot, where the package builds fine. It isn't the only package where it happens, and I have a handful of questions about the correct way to handle this. 1. If something like this happens, is it an upstream bug? 2. If it builds fine in a chroot there's obviously a software that triggers the bug, does it mean I am missing a dependency? 3. If a package builds inside a chroot but not outside, should it be changed in such a way that it builds everywhere regardless of the changes that are to be made? Or should it be left as it is, and related bugs closed with "build it in a chroot"? 4. What does the absence of the ld flag imply in practical terms? Is it just a "nice to have" or has it some real implications?

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Re: [aur-general] LDFLAGS question
by Ranguvar 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 18:58, bardo <ilbardo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > Recently I've been having fun with the latest pulseaudio quirk: it > doesn't build because of the --as-needed flag in linking. I don't > understand linking in depth, but as I understood it there's some > dependency cycle that gets triggered by the aforementioned ld flag. > However this doesn't happen when building in a chroot, where the > package builds fine. > > It isn't the only package where it happens, and I have a handful of > questions about the correct way to handle this. > > 1. If something like this happens, is it an upstream bug? > 2. If it builds fine in a chroot there's obviously a software that > triggers the bug, does it mean I am missing a dependency? > 3. If a package builds inside a chroot but not outside, should it be > changed in such a way that it builds everywhere regardless of the > changes that are to be made? Or should it be left as it is, and > related bugs closed with "build it in a chroot"? > 4. What does the absence of the ld flag imply in practical terms? Is > it just a "nice to have" or has it some real implications? > Hello bardo, 1.) Depends on whether they see it as such :p Some upstreams get all annoyed and tag the bug as WONTFIX. Others care about it and take a look into it. I would file it upstream though, just in case. Also, check the Gentoo bug reports, both closed and open, for your problem -- Gentoo has lately been trying to resolve all --as-needed compile issues. 2.) Probably not missing a dependency so much as revealing a flaw in how the software is built (or the linker itself). --as-needed affects how binaries link in other stuff, a certain package may trigger the problem. 3.) I would say, personally, make it build the same everywhere. Do put a comment in the PKGBUILD though, for future reference by others 4.) --as-needed reduces some of the library dependencies of binaries, and also speeds up the dynamic linking step -- applications start faster. Therefore, it's nice to have, but can be removed if it presents problems (as it does every now and again). And lastly, please filter --as-needed in a sane way instead of exporting LDFLAGS :P I like the following three-line solution to filter all variants of --as-needed: LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS//-Wl,--as-needed}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS//,--as-needed}" export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS//--as-needed}" Again, please tag that block with a comment about the failure and that it doesn't fail in a clean chroot or whatever :) Hope that helps, -- Ranguvar [Devin Cofer]

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[aur-general] Deletion request: pulseaudio-airtunes-git
by Clément Démoulins 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Hello, Please delete my package pulseaudio-airtunes-git [1] Thanks Clément Démoulins [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19564

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