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[arch-general] python2-zope-interface - failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
by David C. Rankin 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Just FYI, This may be my fault, but on each box I have updated, I get the following error: (13/13) checking for file conflicts [#######################################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) python2-zope-interface: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/zope.interface-3.6.3-py2.7.egg-info/ exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. I just -f'ed it... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Java 7 is now in [community-testing] and needs testing.
by Thomas Dziedzic 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Hi, Java 7 is getting released on July 28th so I thought it would be a good time to let users test it out. I have just pushed jre/jdk 7 build 147 into [community-testing] so that users can have a month in advance to report bugs, and notify upstream projects if they are incompatible with java 7. You should be able to install jre/jdk 7 without the need to enable any of the testing repos. I have tested it on my computer with a couple of browser games which seem to work fine. The only program that doesn't work with Java 7 afaik is minecraft, the specific problem can be tracked here: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/minecraft_doesnt_work_with_java_7 Hopefully we can have enough users complaining that the devs will take notice. A summary of the changes that come with Java 7: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/ Bugs that are not packaging bugs should be submitted to http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/ The Java 7 feedback forum is located at http://www.java.net/forums/jdk/java-se-snapshots-project-feedback?force=259 Cheers!

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[arch-general] KDE 4.6.4 when?
by Lukáš Jirkovský 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Hello, I'd like to ask what is keeping KDE 4.6.4 from moving to [extra]? I'm using it for some time without any problems, neither I can find any bug report specific for 4.6.4 Have a nice day, Lukas

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Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.39.2-1
by David C. Rankin 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

On 06/27/2011 03:10 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Upstream update, please sign off. > responding on the general list: Signoff - both (2-x86_64, 4-x86) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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[arch-general] Post-processing of packages?
by Magnus Therning 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

I'm in the situation where some of the information that I really would like to have in the pkgver/pkgrel isn't available until after the build step. Also, some information about the dependencies is clearly much easier to extract during the build process (due to the tools I have available to me). So, in short I'd like to massage the typically static values usually found in the head of the PKGBUILD as the build progresses. So, is there some way of either modifying this information during the PKGBUILD, or doing some post-processing from the PKGBUILD on the built package (like processing of the .PKGINFO)? /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus(a)therning.org jabber: magnus(a)therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. -- Alan Kay

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[arch-general] xf86-input drivers in xorg group
by Luštický Josef 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Is anyone still using xf86-input-mouse or xf86-input-keyboard driver? These packages are member of xorg group in repos but http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-mouse/tree/README says: "This driver is mainly used on non-Linux operating systems such as BSD & Solaris, as modern Linux systems use the xf86-input-evdev driver instead."

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[arch-general] Amarok fails to start after upgrade
by Dominik Cermak 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hi list, after upgrading amarok today I get following error after trying to start it: Amarok could not find any collection plugins. It is possible that Amarok is installed under the wrong prefix, please fix your installation using: $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/ $ su -c "make uninstall" $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` && su -c "make install" $ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental $ amarok More information can be found in the README file. For further assistance join us at #amarok on irc.freenode.net. Can anyone confirm this? Is this one considered a packaging bug? Greetings Dominik

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[arch-general] Is 'network' daemon needed when using netcfg?
by XeCycle 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

I recently tried netcfg, and have setup automatic connection at boot. However during the startup, it says something like "This functionality is deprecated". In my /etc/rc.conf, I have these for networking: > HOSTNAME="XeCycle" > NETWORK_PERSIST="no" > NETWORKS=(profile) > DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network net-profiles netfs crond sensors \ > sshd hddtemp dictd cdemud) So, should I remove 'network' from the 'DAEMONS'? Thank you. PS. Is the process of starting daemons logged? When I ran into problems about daemons, usually I can't know exactly what had happened, because before I could read the error messages, they disappeared.

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[arch-general] Makepkg. Disabling automatically aborting on any errors during packaging
by Joker-jar 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Hello. As you know makepkg since 3.4.0 has feature "automatically aborting on any errors during packaging". Sometimes this feature makes me cry, for example, if build() function has: rm [non-existent file] 2> /dev/null This problem is not critical if you are author of the build()'s code (you can adapt code for the capricious makepkg). But i encountered the following situation: i maintain psi-plus aur package. This project has bash library libpsibuild.sh for making (because it is a complex process). I use this library in the build() function of the PKGBUILD. If i run build() function just under the bash, program builds great, but with makepkg it falls with error. I can do patch for this library, but it is not good solution, because of this library updates literally every day. So i requesting something like boolean variable in the PKGBUILD, which can switch automatically aborting. If author preferred to disable this feature, he will take care of error handling in the code directly. As i know, gentoo portages has somesing like this.

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[arch-general] Should ctrl_interface in /etc/wpa_supplicant be changed?
by Oon-Ee Ng 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Hi all, wondering if ctrl_interface in /etc/wpa_supplicant needs changing to /run instead of /var/run. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=952351#p952351

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