December 2005 - Pacman-dev - lists.archlinux.org

[pacman-dev] release roadmap?
by VMiklos 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

hi all just wanted to suggest let's make a list of bugs that blocks us to release a public rc (and then the first stable) release of pacman3 we have several ideas, for example replacing the ugly chroot system() call, adding gettext support, etc, but these features were not in pacman2, and i think they're not "musthave" so what are the points from TODO that must be solved before a release? i think the only one is the lack of handling of package conflicts during packages replacement, and maybe the manpages of public funtions (via doxygen) udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] change the cwd from / to config->root while running scriplets
by VMiklos 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/20051222/installf… several scriptlet uses just usr/lib instead of /usr/lib and this is needed for them. also this was an incompatibility with pacman2 udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: more verbose error messages on file conflicts
by VMiklos 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/verbose_conflicts… currently: $ sudo pacman -S foomatic-filters-ppds --noconfirm resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... done. Targets: foomatic-filters-ppds-20051211-1 Total Package Size: 11.5 MB Beginning upgrade process... checking package integrity... done. ERROR: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) expected: $ sudo pacman -S foomatic-filters-ppds --noconfirm resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... done. Targets: foomatic-filters-ppds-20051211-1 Total Package Size: 11.5 MB Beginning upgrade process... checking package integrity... done. ERROR: foomatic-filters-ppds: /usr/share/ppd: exists in filesystem ERROR: could not prepare transaction error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) the patch mentioned above implements this udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: more verbose error message for unsatisfied deps
by VMiklos 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/verbose_unsat_dep… before: $ sudo pacman -S kdebase :: kdebase-3.5.0-4: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) after: $ sudo pacman -S kdebase :: kdebase-3.5.0-4: local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... done. looking for inter-conflicts... ERROR: cannot satisfy dependency for "kdebase" (requires "hal>=0.5.5-2") error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) (ok, till dont_hide_errors.diff isn't applied you'll need the --debug option to get this) udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: avoid double free() in trans_free()
by VMiklos 03 Jan '06

03 Jan '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/trans_double_free… trans->packages is only a list of package _pointers_ so using FREELISTPKGS() on it will cause a double free(). use FREELISTPTR instead how to reproduce this bug: $ sudo pacman -Rs k9copy --noconfirm checking dependencies... done. Targets: k9copy toolame removing k9copy... done. removing toolame... done. *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0824eea0 *** udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] autoconf cleanup
by VMiklos 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/wipe_out_pacman_v… as PACKAGE_VERSION is already defined, it's no good defining our own PACMAN_VERSION in pacman.c and #VERSION# in pacman.8.in and makepkg.8.in udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: typo fix for pre_install/pre_upgrade
by VMiklos 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/pre_install_typof… the bug reported by users: if a package has a scriptlet, then the /tmp/alpm_foo directory isn't delted after the install/upgrade udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman: display alpm errors by default
by VMiklos 01 Jan '06

01 Jan '06

http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/20051222/dont_hid… original status: $ sudo pacman -S cabextract resolving dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not resolve dependencies) current status: $ sudo pacman -S cabextract resolving dependencies... ERROR: cannot resolve dependencies for "cabextract" ("foo" is not in the package set) error: failed to prepare transaction (could not resolve dependencies) udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman: -Sg fixes
by VMiklos 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/sync_groups.diff 1) fix a typo which caused a segfault 2) display the contents of groups only when -v is used (more compatible with pacman2) udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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[pacman-dev] [PATCH] pacman: make --ignore actually work
by VMiklos 31 Dec '05

31 Dec '05

hi http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/ignore.diff just found this "yet another ignored" option the attached patch makes it work udv / greetings, VMiklos -- Developer of Frugalware Linux, to make things frugal - http://frugalware.org

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