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cryptsetup 2.8.5-1 pulled from core-testing
by Christian Hesse 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

Hello everybody, I pushed a bad package of cryptsetup to core-testing. Pulled it from the repository after just 72 seconds... Anyway - if you managed it install it please downgrade to the last stable version still in core. Already reported the issue: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/work_items/984 -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Best regards my address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* Chris cc -ox -xc - && ./x */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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News draft: iptables now defaults to the nft backend
by Felix Yan 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

The old iptables-nft package name is replaced by iptables, and the legacy backend is available as iptables-legacy. When switching packages (among iptables-nft, iptables, iptables-legacy), check for .pacsave files in /etc/iptables/ and restore your rules if needed: - /etc/iptables/iptables.rules.pacsave - /etc/iptables/ip6tables.rules.pacsave Most setups should work unchanged, but users relying on uncommon xtables extensions or legacy-only behavior should test carefully and use iptables-legacy if required. -- Regards, Felix Yan

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util-linux v2.42 pre-releases
by Christian Hesse 01 Apr '26

01 Apr '26

Hello everybody, Karel Zak has pushed the first util-linux pre-release for the upcoming v2.42 release. Please see the NEWS [0] for details. As announced in the PKGBUILD [1] I have prepared packages and pushed them to my personal testing repository. Have a look at this if you are brave and want to have a first look. Happy testing! [0] https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/blob/stable/v2.42/NEWS [1] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/util-linux/-/blob… -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Best regards my address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* Chris cc -ox -xc - && ./x */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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HEADS UP: Qt 6.11 in testing
by Antonio Rojas 23 Mar '26

23 Mar '26

As usual, this means the anything compiled against it will automatically depend on it so will have to stay in testing until Qt itself moves. With 6.11, besides the usual private API changes, there is an additional potentially breaking change due to a QWayland native interface version bump. The symptoms may vary from programs not starting to subtle bugs, but the issue can be easily identified by the message "warning: Native interface revision mismatch (requested 1 / available 2) for interface QWaylandApplication" printed in the application's logs. Unfortunately, it is not easy to figure out in advance which applications will be affected. So please test Qt applications thoroughly, and if you notice an affected one, rebuild it with Qt 6.11 in testing and add it to the todo list https://archlinux.org/todo/additional-qt-611-rebuild/[1] to make sure it's moved to stable along with Qt. -------- [1] https://archlinux.org/todo/additional-qt-611-rebuild/

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Spring cleanup '26
by Antonio Rojas 20 Mar '26

20 Mar '26

It's that time of the year again. Please head to https://archlinux.org/devel/reports/unneeded-orphans/ and adopt packages you want to keep in the repos. For reference, a current list of packages is attached (but this may vary as packages are adopted/disowned). If you adopt a package from the list, make sure to check its dependencies and also adopt them in case they are orphan. This is also a good time to check your out-of-date and/or unmaintained by upstream packages and disown the ones you no longer have interest in/time to maintain, so they can find a maintainer in the official repos or otherwise in AUR. Keeping packages out of date and/or with unfixed issues for months/years is not ideal and can be detrimental to the overall quality of our distro in the long run. I will start dropping packages to AUR in ~ 10 days. archlinux-themes-slim axel b43-fwcutter banner beebeep byobu caja-actions clusterssh coolreader cutefish-screenshot djview dma dnsperf erlang-docs finch focuswriter gcdmaster gephi gobby gtksourceviewmm-docs hepmc hepmc-docs horst inadyn ipv6calc josm lhapdf libbobcat libmemcached-awesome libofa libxml++2.6-docs ls++ ltrace manuskript merkaartor mono-addins nginx-mod-vts nitroshare nrpe openui5 pam-krb5 pencil2d penguin-subtitle-player photoflare php-geoip php-legacy-geoip php-legacy-memcache php-memcache php-memcached polly purple-plugin-pack python-cpplint python-olm python-oset python-sphinxcontrib-bibtex python-sphinxcontrib-spelling python-virtualenvwrapper qjournalctl qnapi quilt radcli reactphysics3d reactphysics3d-docs remind rhino-javadoc rofi-pass slim-themes splix sysdig tinyemu ukui-notification-daemon vim-seti volumeicon wakatime xbindkeys xfce4-artwork xfce4-datetime-plugin xfwm4-themes xplot

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Removal of remaining packages signed by 86CFFCA918CF3AF47147588051E8B148A9999C34
by David Runge 20 Mar '26

20 Mar '26

Hi all, a rebuild of the remaining packages signed by Evangelos Foutras has been started in January[1]. It unfortunately still has six remaining packages: - dosemu - icoutils - libcdaudio - netperf - tsocks - wipe None of the above are used by other packages (any longer) and fail to build (for various reasons) and are mostly just extremely old/unmaintained pieces of software. To not block the revocation of the certificate [2] further I suggest to remove those remaining packages from the repositories. If you intend to keep any of the above packages in the repositories, please fix and rebuild them before 2026-03-22. I will move any remaining packages to the AUR on that day. Best, David [1] https://archlinux.org/todo/rebuild-packages-signed-by-86cffca918cf3af471475… [2] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-keyring/-/issues/314

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systemd v260 pre-releases
by Christian Hesse 17 Mar '26

17 Mar '26

Hello everybody, the systemd development team has pushed the first pre-release for the upcoming v260 release. Please see the NEWS [0] for details. As announced in the PKGBUILD [1] I have prepared packages and pushed them to my personal testing repository. Have a look at this if you are brave and want to have a first look. Happy testing! [0] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/v260-rc1/NEWS [1] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/systemd/-/blob/ma… -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Best regards my address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* Chris cc -ox -xc - && ./x */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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Stepping down as Arch Linux Packager
by kgizdov＠archlinux.org 15 Feb '26

15 Feb '26

Dear all, After careful consideration, I have decided to step down from my role as an Arch Linux Packager. Over the past months I have not been able to maintain the level of activity and responsiveness that this role requires. I made several attempts to reorganize my schedule and return to consistent contributions, but it has become clear that I cannot currently dedicate the time and focus that Arch deserves. I believe it is more responsible to step aside. It has been a privilege to contribute to Arch and to work alongside such a competent and principled team. The standards we uphold are something I deeply respect. This is not a farewell to the project itself. I hope to return to an active Packager role in the future when I can commit the time and energy it deserves. Thank you all for the collaboration, the discussions, the memories, and the shared commitment to keeping Arch on the edge. Best regards, Konstantin Gizdov

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glibc 2.43 in testing - moving to stable repos affected
by Frederik Schwan 10 Feb '26

10 Feb '26

I've pushed glibc 2.43 to testing. Do not move packages linked against 2.43 to extra or core until glibc itself moves around Thursday/Friday. Otherwise the package will probably break. Best regards, Frederik

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radicale 3.6.0-1 pulled from extra-testing
by Jakub Klinkovský 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Hi, the radicale 3.6.0-1 package has been pulled from extra-testing. If you have upgraded, downgrade to the version available in extra. The reason is that the new version strictly requires python-bcrypt < 5.0.0 *or* the "libpass" fork of python-passlib. Since we already have python-bcrypt 5.0.0, we need to wait until we can package libpass in our repositories: https://github.com/notypecheck/passlib/issues/11 Jakub

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