October 2010 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-dev-public] Python move news announcement draft
by Allan McRae 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Hi, I will move python stuff from [testing] soon so we will need a news item... Here is a draft: --begin draft-- Major python update A major python update is hitting the repos on a mirror near you. This involves update the python package from the 2.6 series to the 2.7 series. However, with python-2.7 being scheduled to be the last major release in the python-2.x series, python 2.7 is now packaged as "python2", while the "python" package will contain the python 3.x series. This means that /usr/bin/python will point at python 3.x and any programs requiring python2 should point at /usr/bin/python2 instead. All packages in the repos have been updated, but any issues found can be reported to the bug tracker (not the forum or the mailing lists). Any AUR packages using python will likely need updated to point at the correct python binary. --end draft-- Comments?

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[arch-dev-public] iputils fails on docs
by Tobias Powalowski 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi guys, i cannot build new iputils due to fail in docs, osx:/etc/xml/catalog:2:78:E: name expected osx:/etc/xml/catalog:2:18:E: cannot find "PUBLIC"; tried "/etc/xml/PUBLIC", "/usr/share/sgml/PUBLIC", "/usr/share/xml/PUBLIC" osx:arping.sgml:1:0:E: prolog can't be omitted unless CONCUR NO and LINK EXPLICIT NO and either IMPLYDEF ELEMENT YES or IMPLYDEF DOCTYPE YES any help would be much appreciated. thanks greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] Ghostscript 9.00 hits testing
by Andreas Radke 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

It's a major update and probably something with printing and/or pdfviewer will be broken. Please test it. -Andy

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[arch-dev-public] [signoff] hdparm-9.33-1
by Tobias Powalowski 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi guys, please signoff both arches hdparm-9.33 - fix AHCI issues in sg16(): don't ask for sense_data on DATA-xfer commands - fix compiler warnings on old systems - fixed compilation on old systems lacking __be16 greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org

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[arch-dev-public] Python rebuild on its way to [testing]
by Allan McRae 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi all, I am in the process of moving the python rebuild into the [testing] and [community-testing] repositories. There are still a few packages that need rebuilt (the various openoffice incarnations and virtualbox-ose) so if you desperately need them you may want to hold off updating. Other than those packages, this will hopefully be a nice smooth update... I hear some TUs have been running the [staging] repo (which I personally think is crazy!) If you see any of the following, report a bug: * files linked to libpython2.6.so.1.0 * files in /usr/lib/python2.6 or /usr/include/python-2.6 * files with a "#!/usr/bin/python" or "#!/usr/bin/env python" shebang * depends/makedepends/optdepends on "python" instead of "python2" * packages that no longer work... And I mean report a bug... an email is not enough. Allan

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[arch-dev-public] poppler soname bump
by Jan de Groot 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

The poppler/poppler-glib update to 0.14 includes a soname bump for poppler and poppler-glib. Packages depending on these libraries should be rebuilt. I already did all packages in extra, some packages in community still need an update. To track the rebuild, a todo list was created: http://www.archlinux.org/todo/38/ Please rebuild these packages in community-testing and flag them as complete after that.

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[arch-dev-public] Warning: MESA 7.9 going to testing
by Andreas Radke 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

I'm working on the new MESA release today. Please don't -Syu until all 3D drivers have been rebuild properly. If you have trouble with your card catch me in out IRC channels. -Andy

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Re: [arch-dev-public] [arch-general] [signoff] lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1
by Eric Bélanger 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:03 AM, J. W. Birdsong <jwbirdsong(a)jwbirdsong.homelinux.com> wrote: > On 10/04/10 at 07:42pm, Eric Bélanger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> lvm2/device-mapper 2.02.74-1 are now in testing for an upstream >> update. Please test and signoff. I couldn't test much the i686 >> package except in a chroot so 2 signoffs for i686 would be nice. >> Signoff from users are welcome. >> >> Eric >> >> > Signoff x86_64 > Running fine here encrypt LVM > Yes I rebuilt initramfs/rebooted snowman :) > > Bump. Anyone for i686? Eric

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[arch-dev-public] Update to next major mono version and moonlight
by Daniel Isenmann 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi, I will prepare and release the next major version (2.8) of mono to the [extra] repository this week. I will also rebuild all necessary packages, if there are any, normally it isn't necessary. But to the big changes (http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2010-August/017497.h… and http://mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.8) there are maybe some problems, but I don't think so. I will also add moonlight to the [extra] repo, if it's now possible to build the newest version with mono 2.8, I have to check this. Any objections against moonlight? -Daniel

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[arch-dev-public] [devtools] [PATCH] install option (-I) does not require a directory containing a PKGBUILD
by Andrea Scarpino 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

When you install a package in a chroot using makechrootpkg -I, the script checks for a PKGBUILD in the current dir. This patch skip this check. >From 00009de3b189660e8d9729f9aead0c9a75bb22aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Scarpino <andrea(a)archlinux.org> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:54:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] install option (-I) does not require a directory containing a PKGBUILD --- makechrootpkg | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/makechrootpkg b/makechrootpkg index 572a215..65db5c5 100755 --- a/makechrootpkg +++ b/makechrootpkg @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if [ "$EUID" != '0' ]; then exit 1 fi -if [ ! -f PKGBUILD ]; then +if [ ! -f PKGBUILD -a -z "$install_pkg" ]; then echo 'This must be run in a directory containing a PKGBUILD.' exit 1 fi -- 1.7.3.1 -- andreascarpino.it Arch Linux Developer

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