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[aur-general] Functional Test - List rename
by Aaron Griffin 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

This is a test of the new list name. If you get this message, please respond, to verify. Thanks, Aaron

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[aur-general] resign as a TU
by Pierre Schmitz 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi all, I have decided to resign from my position as a Trusted User. There are two reasons for this step: * The TU group should be independent. Being a TU and a developer at the same time might be a conflict. (attention: this is only my own opinion) * I don't have the time anymore to follow the aur-ml etc. as I should do. I just have too many unread messages ;-) Greetings and merry Christmas, Pierre -- http://www.archlinux.de

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[aur-general] REMOVAL: xterminus
by Callan Barrett 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

This is an email to propose the removal of the Trusted User xterminus (Charles Mauch), I feel this is required so the group of Trusted Users does not stagnate and he is the perfect candidate for putting the bylaws into effect. xterminus has been gone for what I believe is months without any sort of notification, he has not maintained any of his packages nor has he participated in any of the votes. This will begin the 3 day discussion period as written in the bylaws. I'll start: as much as don't like to do this to someone I knew as well as xterminus the fact is he has disappeared off the face of the earth, nobody knows where he's gone, nobody knows if he'll be back. He does not respond to email and he hasn't done anything as a TU in months, nobody has seen him on irc and his website seems to have long expired. I think his removal is the best thing to do. I know xterminus maintained a *lot* of packages in community, most of them being CPAN modules which, according to xterminus, had a whole set of special scripts he used to maintain them. I don't think it's a good idea to put them into unsupported and that they should be deleted from community altogether, any other packages he maintained that are left over should be taken on by whatever TU can handle them and then anything left should be put into unsupported. I'd like to hear anyone else's opinion on this. -- Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett

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[aur-general] Enforcing TU Bylaws
by Callan Barrett 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

After seeing Roman's post in the pressh TU vote I think we need to start enforcing the bylaws based on inactivity now it has become a problem, last thread we only *just* got half of the TUs to vote in it. I have no problem with pressh becoming a TU anyway as I don't believe someone should miss out because of lazy TUs or TUs marked active who are actually inactive. To combat this I think we should put into effect the "Quorum" section of the bylaws or at least some form of it to keep the votes up properly. I've looked at the last three votes we had, the following people have not voted for a long time (I don't even know who two are?) and should really be put up for removal if they have no explanation of their absence: xterminus vegai dejari encelo I don't like to remove TUs but I believe this is required for us to keep any order and keep from a snowball effect of just gathering more and more TUs over time. If these people do not respond I think it's best we start the removal procedure on all of them (provided people start *VOTING*) at some point we can work out. I also need to mention, aside from these 4 people I think there are about a third of the TUs who MUST vote in the currently running thread (unless of course you already have) or else they'll also have to be added to that list. -- Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett

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[aur-general] smf, sergej read this!
by Callan Barrett 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

sergej, will you please hurry up and adopt this package (smf) because I don't want it. It was taken out of community because it was ILLEGAL to package it without explicit permission from the author, which I'm assuming you never obtained. If you did receive permission from the author I want you to put it back into community with that license change in mind, if you didn't receive permission I still want you to adopt it and keep it in unsupported and please keep in mind how important licenses are for packages. -- Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett

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[aur-general] Safe Flags In The AUR?
by Callan Barrett 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Can we get an update on that patch? When does it actually get applied to the actual, real, running AUR? I think it's been *months* now and nothing has happened even when a patch was given in the same post as the proposal and the person proposing it _was the same person maintaining the AUR now._ Can we please finally get this applied, the sooner safe flags are dead and buried the better. -- Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett

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[aur-general] Packages from extra with no maintainer
by Jordi Cerdan 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Hi, What happens to the packages that are in community with no maintainer? Can someone adopt them or must we wait that the package goes to unsupported? (ex: pygoocanvas) I am new to the list and maybe this question is out of place. If this is the case, please excuse-me... Jordi

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[aur-general] moving xcdroast out of extra
by Varun Acharya 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hi TUs, I'll soon be moving xcdroast out of extra and into AUR/Community. Anyone keen on picking this up and maintaining it? If not, it'll head to unsupported. Thanks, Varun

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[aur-general] Old version of gnome-system-tools in [unstable]
by Hugo Doria 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi, There is a very old version of gnome-system-tools (and system-tools-backends) package in [unstable]. A newer one is already available in [community]. Would it not be better to remove the older one? What would be the procedure to do that? I tried to contact the packager but i got no response so far. Thanks. -- []'s Hugo Doria http://hdoria.archlinux-br.org GNU/Linux user #359340 - http://counter.li.org

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[aur-general] Absence
by Callan Barrett 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Just so everyone knows I'm going to be away from home for a few weeks and won't have any ready access to an Arch machine, I'm still not totally sure how long it'll be but probably until after christmas. I'll try update my packages when I can but anyone feel free to update them yourself if required, I don't mind. Thanks, -- Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett

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[aur-general] pkgbuild from aur deleted
by fancris3 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

One of my pkgbuild (libzip) from aur was deleted. I didn't receve any email explaining the reason but i found this pkgbuild in extra:: http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lib/libzip/PKGBUILD?rev=1.1&cv… I didn't receve an email , i'm not in the contribuitor line , i feel like i don't exist :)

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[aur-general] Sponsoring Timm Preetz for TU
by Bjørn Lindeijer 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Hello everybody! A few days ago, Timm Preetz (known as gummibaerchen on the AUR and forums) let me know that he was interested in becoming a TU to help keeping packages up to date as well as maintaining his current AUR packages to community. He is currently maintaining the following packages in AUR: avant-window-navigator java-gnome java-gnome-docs python-clutter telepathy-haze telepathy-sofiasip I have checked his packages and found some small issues like custom variables and missing categories, and Timm was quick to resolve those. In my opinion he shows that he has not only the skills to be a TU but also the necessary attention to details, so I will sponsor him. This email hereby opens the discussion period of 5 days! His introduction to me: ----------------------- My motivation to become a TU is mostly due to the fact that I get simply annoyed by outdated packages (may it be the 64bit-port or the PKGBUILD in AUR in general). When I first installed Arch Linux I was impressed how up to date the packages were. But now 'digging deeper' (into AUR) I see lots of outdated packages or incomplete PKGBUILDs (licence missing for example). As these are issues that are often discussed I thought it would be good to get the hands on myself. There no point in 'mirroring' and updating PKGBUILDs on my HDD and have no way to give anything of my changes back and therefore indirectly force other people who want recent packages to do the same. So my idea was, that I could become a TU and 'collect orphaned packages' (so I just have to contact the 'actual' maintainer to ask what's up if a package isn't updated for long and don't have to bug one of the other TUs for orphaning packages). There is also a good number of outdated packages in AUR that I would maintain myself. Also this would give me the opportunity to share my 64-bit binary packages if they're needed for community. My main areas that I am currently interested in (and therefore have the most PKGBUILDs of) are docs, bindings and 'composited stuff'. One more to add: For the java-gnome packages for example I also worked together with the upstream maintainer to get the configure script working properly on Arch, and having install-instructions on their website. This is also something I would repeat for other packages whenever needed. Coming to myself, there is not too much to say. I am born in the 9th of February in 1990, male, German, visiting a grammar school and having math and physics as honours. Despite of the distro I am an absolutely GNOME/GTK/GObject-Fan, Python and Java programmer and LaTeX writer. In my (technical) spare time I'm actually mostly working on a 2D racing game using Clutter and improve algorithms we worked out in the CS-class. Timm ----------------- Regards, Bjørn

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[aur-general] absence
by Firmicus 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

I am going to be in India during the next two weeks, and will probably have limited internet access. Feel free to update or fix my packages during that period! Best, Firmicus

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Re: [aur-general] aur-general Digest, Vol 38, Issue 4
by Stéphane Gaudreault 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

On 12/7/07, aur-general-request(a)archlinux.org <aur-general-request(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > Send aur-general mailing list submissions to > aur-general(a)archlinux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-general > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > aur-general-request(a)archlinux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > aur-general-owner(a)archlinux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of aur-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (w9ya(a)qrparci.net) > 2. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Callan Barrett) > 3. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Firmicus) > 4. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Mikko Sepp?l?) > 5. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Aaron Schaefer) > 6. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Jaroslaw Swierczynski) > 7. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Giovanni Scafora) > 8. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) ( Mathias Bur?n ) > 9. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (bardo) > 10. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Varun Acharya) > 11. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Douglas Soares de Andrade) > 12. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Jesse Woo) > 13. Re: VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) (Callan Barrett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:12:49 -0500 (EST) > From: <w9ya(a)qrparci.net> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <34106.192.168.1.108.1196961169.squirrel@gateway> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I vote YES !! > > (bfinch) > > > > Hi! > > > > This message starts a voting period for pressh (Ronald van Haren). His > > introduction is here: > > http://archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2007-November/006260.html The > > discussion period was extremly quiet (0 messages!), I encourage you to > > be more active! (see previous threads for a reason). ;-) > > > > Now, let the voting begins! > > > > And for the first time in the history - I vote in the starting message > > (I always forgot before). :-P > > > > My vote is, obviously, Yes. > > > > You have 1 week to vote. > > > > -- > > Roman Kyrylych (????? ???????) > > _______________________________________________ > > aur-general mailing list > > aur-general(a)archlinux.org > > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-general > > > Liviu Librescu - ?n veci pomenirea lui. > (May his memory be eternal.) > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:15:55 +0900 > From: "Callan Barrett" <wizzomafizzo(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <33f0f4ec0712060915y54030aeakc330c994c32e0232(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Dec 7, 2007 12:41 AM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Now, let the voting begins! > > PKGBUILDs look solid. > YES from me. > > -- > Callan 'wizzomafizzo' Barrett > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:22:31 +0100 > From: Firmicus <Firmicus(a)gmx.net> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <47583DE7.4090206(a)gmx.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > YES for Ronald > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:27:03 +0200 > From: Mikko Sepp?l? <t-r-a-y(a)mbnet.fi> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: <47585B17.5020407(a)mbnet.fi> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > yes > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:30:54 -0500 > From: "Aaron Schaefer" <aaron(a)elasticdog.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <e36e8c790712061330k4e2419cne15ed28211d5c60f(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Dec 6, 2007 10:41 AM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > This message starts a voting period for pressh (Ronald van Haren). > > > > Now, let the voting begins! > > > YES > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:40:02 +0100 > From: "Jaroslaw Swierczynski" <swiergot(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <d73d7acb0712061340i5a7aa521qbffab09c8c471d35(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Yes. > > -- > Jaroslaw Swierczynski <swiergot(a)gmail.com> > www.archlinux.org | www.juvepoland.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:31:28 +0100 > From: "Giovanni Scafora" <linuxmania(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <c357d3ef0712061631q32ef0f2bwa0928223cb626fd4(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 2007/12/6, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych(a)gmail.com>: > > Now, let the voting begins! > > Yes. > > > -- > Giovanni Scafora > Arch Linux Trusted User (voidnull) > http://www.archlinux.org > linuxmania(a)gmail.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:35:58 +0100 > From: " Mathias Bur?n " <mathias.buren(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] VOTE: pressh (Ronald van Haren) > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general(a)archlinux.org> > Message-ID: > <8ccc1dbe0712061635j7becea36x1322b3fca7775966(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yes! > > 2007/12/7, Giovanni Scafora <linuxmania(a)gmail.com>: > > > > 2007/12/6, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych(a)gmail.com>: > > > Now, let the voting begins! > > > > Yes. > > > > > > -- > > Giovanni Scafora > > Arch Linux Trusted User (voidnull) > > http://www.archlinux.org > > linuxmania(a)gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > aur-general mailing list > > aur-general(a)archlinux.org > > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-general > > >

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Re: [aur-general] cooledit in AUR
by R. van Haren 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Works for me: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/cooledit/ Though it is not updated anymore since 2005. Ronald >>Hello, >> >>This project seems to be dead. I did not find any homepage for this >>project. The existing entries in google point to not existing links. >> >>I suggest to reemove this package entirely. >> >>Greetings >> >>Stefan Husmann

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[aur-general] cooledit in AUR
by Husmann, Stefan 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hello, there is an orphaned package "cooledit" in the AUR under "unsupported". This project seems to be dead. I did not find any homepage for this project. The existing entries in google point to not existing links. I suggest to reemove this package entirely. Greetings Stefan Husmann

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[aur-general] Netbeans
by Phil Dillon-Thiselton 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hey all, I don't know what to do with netbeans. The new version is built using some enormous interactive install script, which isn't ideally suited to a PKGBUILD. The previous PKGBUILD was created by somebody else and I just adopted it in to [community] because it was popular and made some minor improvements. However, I think somebody else might do a better job with it now. Any offers to adopt it? Best, Phil

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[aur-general] disown mtasc
by Florian Loitsch 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

could a TU please orphan package mtasc. The PKGBUILD is a binary (and has not been touched for nearly two years). I have contacted the current maintainer jMCg, but did not get any response. I'm not sure if I'll have the time to update the package myself, but at least it would be possible. mfg, // florian loitsch -- "Computers are useless. They can only give answers" - Pablo Picasso

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[aur-general] Help needed with the xsensors package
by bardo 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Hi guys. I'm asking for a little help with xsensors. I'm trying to make it work with the new lm_sensors: there's a patch and it fixes compilation errors, but I can only get a segfault when I run the program. Debugging (after adding '#define DEBUG_XSENSORS') finds the incriminated function, add_sensor_tab() in src/gui.c: (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/xsensors (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) Adding tab for coretemp Adding feature 1, Core 0. curvalue = 48,000000, curmax = 10000,000000, curmin = 0,000000, percent = 0,004800 Adding tab for coretemp Adding feature 1, Core 1. curvalue = 50,000000, curmax = 10000,000000, curmin = 0,000000, percent = 0,005000 Adding tab for w83627dhg Adding feature 1, VCore. Adding feature 2, in1. Adding feature 3, AVCC. Adding feature 4, 3VCC. Adding feature 5, in4. Adding feature 6, in5. Adding feature 7, in6. Adding feature 8, VSB. Adding feature 9, VBAT. Adding feature 10, Case Fan. Adding feature 11, CPU Fan. Adding feature 12, Aux Fan. Adding feature 13, fan4. Adding feature 14, fan5. Adding feature 15, Sys Temp. Adding feature 16, CPU Temp. Adding feature 17, AUX Temp. Adding feature 18, cpu0_vid. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x08049f67 in add_sensor_tab () (gdb) bt #0 0x08049f67 in add_sensor_tab () #1 0x0804b22e in start_gui () #2 0x08049914 in main () I can't get beyond this: gtk is not in my knowledge base, and the function just looks ok to me. Can anybody help me? Attached you can find the PKGBUILD. Thanks, Corrado

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Re: [aur-general] [tur-users] Applying to become a TU
by Roman Kyrylych 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

2007/11/23, R. van Haren <pressh(a)gmail.com>: > Hey all, > > Using Arch for about 2 and a half year I think it's time for me to > step up and apply to become a trusted user. I really want to help make > Arch even beter than it is in its current state! > > Let me first introduce myself. > My name is Ronald, I'm from the Netherlands, and currently I'm busy > with getting my Masters degree in Aerospace engineering. Computer > oriented I've done some courses on java, matlab, and currently taking > on python for another course. I switched to linux fulltime in 2001, > after a couple of years of dual booting. > > What have I done so far to help the Arch community ? > Obviously helping out on the forum (my username is pressh). Had a > period of helping out on IRC as well, but I guess I just like the > forum more. > Tried to start up the ArchWD project > (http://user-contributions.org/wikis/userwiki/index.php?title=ArchWD-FVWM) > back in 2005 together with Rasat but it is currently in sleeping mode > ever since 2006. > I also once wrote a wiki entry on fsab but, although the wiki is very > important, it is just not my thing. > > Now do I have packages in the AUR ? Yes of course I do have them > (although some have picked up by some of you trusted users :)). > Currently I'm maintaining 14 packages, listed below: > > desktop-flickr-organizer > f-spot-svn > gnome-main-menu-svn > kdestyle-serenity > kmp > ksquirrel > ksquirrel-libs > nautilus-image-converter > picasa > pyneighborhood > ristretto > ttf-aquafont > ttf-inconsolata > usp2 > > Most of them I do not use myself,but I picked them up either because > someone requested, or I once used them myself. I think it's important > to keep updating these packages as some people do still use them (at > least that's what I hope). > > Now that I've introduced myself I'm looking for someone who wants to > sponsor me (if any). Please feel free to ask any questions I do not > have answered yet. > > Kind regards, > > Ronald van Haren > > a.k.a. pressh > It seems sometimes such messages are unreplied for quite some time... Your nick was pretty noticeable for me in times when I was visiting forums very often. :-) Your packages in AUR are OK, though I have some suggestions, which I've sent to you in private mail. In fact, I've added 2 of your packages to my "grab them sometime" list some time ago. :-P Oh, BTW, don't we already have someone studiying Aerospace engineering? /me looks at James ;-) I'm sponsoring Ronald on his way to become a TU. This starts a standard discussion period. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[aur-general] Why do we still have compatibility rename for community?
by Varun Acharya 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi Devs/TU's, Why do we still have the renaming of packages in community so that packages are uploaded without the '-arch' in the filename? Official repo's were converted a while back, any reason were not editing communitypkg to do the same? Varun

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[aur-general] -mtune=generic
by bardo 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi. This flag was introduced with glibc-2.6 and gcc-4.2 as suggested for devs and tus (http://archlinux.org/news/326/) Is it still needed? Was it a temporary thing that was erroneously introduced in the aforementioned packages or is it a necessary and thus "definitive" flag? Thanks for any clarification. C.

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[aur-general] Build machine update
by Aaron Griffin 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

For any Devs/TUs in need of an x86_64 build machine, we're now in business. This machine I have sitting here is not powerful, but it's doing nothing, so we might as well all help out and heat my apartment this winter 8) What I've done is set this machine up to use the new chroot tools from our devtools package, and allow users rights to run the chroot build script. Dan, Jeff, and myself have tested it and it seems to work fine for right now. For people with existing accounts - I will add a motd with instructions soon, so when you see a small HOWTO on login, feel free to go to town. For people who DON'T have an account but still want to build x86_64 packages and don't have a machine, let me know.

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[aur-general] New list alias test.
by eliott 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

test

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