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[aur-general] Disown request
by rafael ff1 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

The packages below don't comply with Multilib and are built from Archlinux binaries, even after I provided the solution (in a src.tar.gz) to the maintainer. Also, I didn't get any reply. Can you please disown them so I can fix the PKGBUILDs? lib32-gdbm <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29642> lib32-allegro <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20892> lib32-devil <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20891> lib32-libxaw <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20894> lib32-zziplib <http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20889> Thanks.

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Max Roder 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, please remove eiskaltdcpp-gtk-svn: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39546 I created eiskaltdcpp-gtk-git (they switched to git): http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46384 In addition, I would like to adopt ripit: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12099 And jaolt-svn: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29109 I've sent an email to both authors as of 2011/02/05 and 02/07 - no reaction yet. Got working packages ready for upload. Thanks, Max -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk1by44ACgkQ3izE/HNrNdoq8wCgmqVYELXi9++/LYY0Q9W/rUhp GBgAnA4ZVJDHO5mAUYRVT56W3XhRzxZC =M0du -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Alessio Sergi 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi TUs, please delete eclipse-classic [1] and eclipse-classic-galileo [2] because both packages have been replaced by eclipse-galileo [3]. Thanks in advance. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32314 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38457 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46573 -- Alessio Sergi

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[aur-general] Please delete python-py from AUR
by Felix Kaiser 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi, can someone please delete python-py from AUR? It's unmaintained and outdated. There's an alternative package, python-pylib, which I maintain. It has been around longer and has got more votes, therefore I believe its better to keep python-pylib and delete python-py. Felix

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[aur-general] appinventor duplicate
by Pierre-Antoine Vanpe 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi all, I noticed that appinventor has changed name upstream, the maintainer has dropped [1] appinventor-extras for [2] appinventor-setup. He asked in the comments of [1] to delete it

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[aur-general] gsettings-desktop-schemas moved to gnome-unstable
by Ionuț Bîru 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi, i just moved that and i would like to ask you not to update the package in community to 0.1.5. I would delete it once the gnome-unstable packages are moved to public repository. Also to inform all the other trusted users about this, i'm going to CC this to aur-general. -- Ionuț

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[aur-general] Cleanup request
by D. Can Celasun 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

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Re: [aur-general] [arch-general] Package deletion request
by Peter Lewis 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

On Monday 14 February 2011 13:02:54 Lukáš Jirkovský wrote: > On 14 February 2011 13:43, D. Can Celasun <dcelasun(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I've adopted, updated and reuploaded the "ejecter"[1] package as > > "indicator-ejecter"[2] to follow the general naming convention regarding > > Ayatana packages [3] . Can someone please delete the original "ejecter" > > package? > > > > [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20493 > > [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46497 > > [3] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99746&p=1 > > > > Thanks. > > Deleted ejecter. So were we both able to delete these simultaneously and the interface let us? Is this totally safe? Just a thought... Pete.

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[aur-general] Packages with update-desktop-database issues
by Matthias Dienstbier 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi, I recently found that wine doesn't run update-desktop-database (FS#22882) but that's not the only package with this issue. I tested all my installed packages with this command: for i in $(grep -Rl 'MimeType=.*/.*' /usr/share/applications/*); do pkg= $(LANG=C pacman -Qo "$i"); grep -L update-desktop-database /var/lib/pacman/local/$(echo $pkg | cut -d\ -f5)-$(echo $pkg | cut -d\ -f&)/install; done The result was that at least these packages don't run update-desktop-database although they install Mime associations: extra/chromium extra/evolution extra/mplayer extra/openjdk6 extra/qt extra/sound-juicer community/mplayer-vaapi community/shotwell community/virtualbox community/wine There are probably many more broken packages which I don't have installed. I tried to get these via pkgfile but didn't succeed. I really wonder why namcap doesn't do any checks on this. -- Matthias Dienstbier

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[aur-general] Request: Package Revision
by Bernardo Barros 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi all, I don't know much about Java.. but I wanted to package this one because of SuperCollider and it seems a good sound editor anyway. Please people with experience with Java and Java packages revise this one: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46459 thanks! Bernardo

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[aur-general] Please help create package lib32-gobject-introspection
by rafael ff1 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi all, I'm trying to build gobject-introspection for lib32 version for my Arch64, but it is failing in the "configure" command saying that Python headers were not found. This 32 bit library package seems to be dependecy (not sure, though) for some lib32 packages (afaik "at-spi", "gconf", "polkit", "gstreamer0.10"). Can someone please help as I really don't know how to solve this issue? Thanks! ( Sorry for the size of the email. I thought it would be good to add some log messages and didn't know if attachment is allowed. PLEASE remove some lines when reply!) *** My "configure" command in the PKGBUILD ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib32 --disable-static \ PYTHON='python2' CC='gcc -m32' *** See part of the output of it below: (...) checking for python2 version... 2.7 checking for python2 platform... linux2 checking for python2 script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/site-packages checking for python2 extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/site-packages checking for headers required to compile python extensions... not found configure: error: Python headers not found Aborting... *** Part of the "config.log" : (...) configure:13341: checking for headers required to compile python extensions configure:13356: gcc -m32 -E -I/usr/include/python2.7 conftest.c In file included from /usr/include/python2.7/Python.h:8:0, from conftest.c:45: /usr/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:989:0: warning: "SIZEOF_LONG" redefined conftest.c:31:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition In file included from /usr/include/python2.7/Python.h:58:0, from conftest.c:45: /usr/include/python2.7/pyport.h:849:2: error: #error "LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config?)." configure:13356: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "gobject-introspection" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gobject-introspection" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.9.12" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "gobject-introspection 0.9.12" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT " http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=glib&component=introspection " | #define PACKAGE_URL "" | #define PACKAGE "gobject-introspection" | #define VERSION "0.9.12" | #define STDC_HEADERS 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1 | #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1 | #define HAVE_STRING_H 1 | #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1 | #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1 | #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1 | #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1 | #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1 | #define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1 | #define LT_OBJDIR ".libs/" | #define YYTEXT_POINTER 1 | #define HAVE_LIBDL 1 | #define SHLIB_SUFFIX "so" | #define GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_LIBDIR "/usr/lib32" | #define GIR_SUFFIX "gir-1.0" | #define GIR_DIR "/usr/share/gir-1.0" | #define SIZEOF_CHAR 1 | #define SIZEOF_SHORT 2 | #define SIZEOF_INT 4 | #define SIZEOF_LONG 4 | #define STDC_HEADERS 1 | #define HAVE_FCNTL_H 1 | #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1 | #define HAVE_STRING_H 1 | #define HAVE_MEMCHR 1 | #define HAVE_STRCHR 1 | #define HAVE_STRSPN 1 | #define HAVE_STRSTR 1 | #define HAVE_STRTOL 1 | #define HAVE_STRTOULL 1 | #define HAVE_BACKTRACE 1 | #define HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS 1 | /* end confdefs.h. */ | #include <Python.h> configure:13361: result: not found configure:13363: error: Python headers not found (...)

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[aur-general] aur RSS down
by keenerd 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

http://aur.archlinux.org/rss.php has not updated since Feb 4. Thought someone here might want to know. -Kyle http://kmkeen.com

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Alessio Sergi 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi TUs, please delete awn-extras-bzr [1] because it's superseded by awn-extras-applets-bzr [2]. Also, please delete awn-extras [3] because it's superseded by awn-extras-applets [4] in [community]. Thanks in advance, [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12603 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40511 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24760 [4] http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/awn-extras-applets/ -- Alessio Sergi

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Alessio Sergi 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi TUs, please delete libdesktop-agnostic-gconf [1] and libdesktop-agnostic-gnome-bzr [2] because both packages have been replaced by libdesktop-agnostic-bzr [3]. Thanks in advance, [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35295 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31432 [3] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46451 -- Alessio Sergi

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[aur-general] Fwd: [arch-notifications] Community Sourceballs 13-02-2011
by Allan McRae 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

==> Failed to create source packages for [community]... -> qtfm-4.5-2.src.tar.gz The current PKGBUILD has the correct md5sums but there is the old tarball in /home/sourceballs/sources on sigurd. Can someone with the appropriate privileges delete that? Allan

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[aur-general] Deletion request
by Marcel Korpel 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Please delete these packages, as they are *very* old, unmaintained and/or there exists a more current one: kernel26zen 20090915-1 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13902 kernel26zenmm-git 20080913-8 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18272 kernel26zenmmotm-git 20080825-8 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19364 klibc-zen 1.5-3 http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13906 Regards, Marcel

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[aur-general] Delete Request
by speps 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Hi, please delete openoctave-midi-git ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28558 oom ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45905 they are duplicates of oomidi-git ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46388 oomidi ==> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46430 Just talked with openoctave devs, oomidi is the right name for distributing. Thanks - speps -

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Re: [aur-general] AUR & Copyright
by Thomas S Hatch 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

You raise a good point, I would think that we would need to post something on the submit page stating the copyright nature. My brothers are lawyers, I will check with them as to what the right thing to do is. -Thomas S Hatch On Feb 6, 2011 10:49 AM, "Xyne" <xyne(a)archlinux.ca> wrote: > Eric Waller wrote: > >> I am not a lawyer and I generally tune out all license flame wars. >> That said, PKGBUILDS generally do not contain copyright or license >> declarations. Unless I am mistaken, that means someone who comes into >> possession of a PKGBUILD does not have the right to republish it. >> >> As a minimum, I think Arch should get a nod from the creator of a >> PKGBUILD prior to absorbing it into the colective -- It might help >> avoid any misunderstandings. > > What is the legal status of files submitted to the AUR? I have always assumed > that anything uploaded to the AUR is automatically licensed under the GPL or > something similar, in the same way that content contributed to the wiki is. > > I can't find anything that states this on the AUR site, which is a potentially > calamitous legal oversight. > > The legal issue should be cleared up. If we needed to obtain explicit > permission from every contributor then the AUR would cease to be useful. You > would not be able to adopt and update PKGBUILDs without permission, and you > would need to enable users to delete their own PKGBUILDs when they decide to > withdraw permission. >

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[aur-general] delete streamtuner2-plugins
by widomaker2k7＠gmail.com 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Hello, do you delete a package streamtuner2-plugins because the developer has changed site for sourceforge, the plugins don't exist. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39226

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[aur-general] Standardized CPAN Package Versions
by Xyne 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, I have CC'd this to aur-general as this concerns all CPAN packagers on Arch. CPAN package versions are a mess on Arch Linux. It seems that many if not most CPAN packagers on Arch are unaware of how CPAN deals with versions and thus they do not correctly translate the CPAN version. Most of the time a naive translation is used instead, and this prevents Pacman from working correctly. To give an example, CPAN considers "1.15" to be a later version than "1.23.0", whereas Pacman will consider the latter version the newer version. This is because "1.15" is short for "1.150" on CPAN, whereas "1.23.0" is short for "1.023.0". This can be confirmed using the "version" module[1]. I have written a simple Perl script[2] that addresses this issue.* It accepts CPAN versions as command-line arguments and prints out standardized Pacman package versions. The package versions enable Pacman to correctly compare CPAN packages, e.g. when resolving minimal dependencies. I propose that the script be packaged and made an official tool for Perl package developers.** It should also be included on the Perl Package Guidelines wiki page[3]. I hope that this will be seriously considered as it addresses a real issue. Tools that generate CPAN packages for Pacman (e.g. Bauerbill) cannot work properly when there is no consistency in how Arch packages are versioned. Please note as well that this is completely separate from my previous (and continued) contention regarding the "provides" array of CPAN packages. Regards, Xyne [1]: http://search.cpan.org/~jpeacock/version-0.88/ [2]: http://xyne.archlinux.ca/scripts/pacman/ver_cpan2pacman [3]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Package_Guidelines * The script only depends on Perl. The name and license are preliminary. I will gladly change both to something more suitable. * I would be willing to maintain it, but an official tool should probably be included in [core] or [extra], not [community].

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[aur-general] AIDE out-of-date
by Tony C 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, AIDE has been flagged out-of-date since July of 2010. I went ahead and tidied up the PKGBUILD for the most recent version of AIDE. Please update this in AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22591 Kind Regards, -- Tony

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[aur-general] Please delete gimp-save-for-web
by Marcel Korpel 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, Can someone please delete gimp-save-for-web [1], as it is a duplicate of gimp-plugin-saveforweb [2] (though it has a nice package ID ;). Thanks! Regards, Marcel [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20000 [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13473

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[aur-general] How to handle installers in PKGBUILDs
by Michael Schubert 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, I am already maintaining a couple of PKGBUILDs and wanted to add one for CellDesigner, which is used to model biochemical pathways. The download is only available as binary package with its own installer. Now, I thought that I could use the installer inside a PKGBUILD with $pkgdir as root. However, the installer cross-references some files in others with absolute paths, i.e. when the package is installed it still links to the build dir instead of the system dir. Because of the way the cross-refs are inserted, simple sed'ing these does not work. The obvious solution would be to use fakeroot/chroot in the $pkgdir and use to to emulate a root directory structure. My question now is: (1) am I on the right track and (2) is there any standard way to do this in PKGBUILDs? I couldn't find any sample PKGBUILDs concerning this issue and the ArchWiki contains no information either. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Michael

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[aur-general] Deletion Request
by Fergus Symon 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi, The package latex-minted (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45813) is provided by texlive-latexextra, and I believe the author wants it deleted. Thanks, Fergus

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Re: [aur-general] How to handle installers in PKGBUILDs
by jesse jaara 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

On 9.2.2011 14.08, "Michael Schubert" <mschu.dev(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am already maintaining a couple of PKGBUILDs and wanted to add one > for CellDesigner, which is used to model biochemical pathways. The download > is only available as binary package with its own installer. > > Now, I thought that I could use the installer inside a PKGBUILD with $pkgdir > as root. However, the installer cross-references some files in others with > absolute paths, i.e. when the package is installed it still links to the > build dir instead of the system dir. Because of the way the cross-refs are > inserted, simple sed'ing these does not work. > > The obvious solution would be to use fakeroot/chroot in the $pkgdir and use > to to emulate a root directory structure. My question now is: (1) am I on > the right track and (2) is there any standard way to do this in PKGBUILDs? > > I couldn't find any sample PKGBUILDs concerning this issue and the ArchWiki > contains no information either. > Any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers, Michael Usually the installers are shell acripts with a binary tar.gz blob in the end of the file. This can be cat:ed from the file and piped to tar. This is what the installer does Open it and you see how to cat the contents and what else might ne needed

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