[arch-general] Core and Extra repos

[Grigorios Bouzakis]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 03:41:06PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2009 01:20:32 pm Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 08:59:18AM -0500, Baho Utot wrote:
> > > Should a goal of ArchLinux be that the core and extra repos build without
> > > error.
> > >
> > > I am rebuilding all the packages from core and some selected packages
> > > from extra to take advantage of my processor an AMD Athlon processors,
> > > which I use exclusive.
> > >
> > > I have used makeworld from a make file and there are several PKGBUILDs
> > > that do not build or build incorrectly.  Some of the packages fail
> > > because of gcc-4.3.2. I have since patched those.
> >
> > Report this upstream (the packages ypstream) if this hasnt been reported
> > yet. Make a bug report for each package you found not building in the
> > Archlinux bugtracker. Attach patches for the ones you have managed to
> > build.
> >
> > Greg
> 
> Ok, I will go through my local copy of core and extra and file the bug 
> reports, though I don't think I will get a good response as I have filed bug 
> reports here before and so far I am at zero for a fix or even some one 
> looking at it.  This is evidence by cpio which I filed a bug report in Oct 
> 2008 and it has set without a dev looking at it.  It has been assigned but 
> only after I had complained about it.  It also has been validated as a bug by 
> another user so I know it was not something that has to do with what I am 
> doing here.
>
 
Usuallu the developers wait for an excuse, most of the times,a new
package version, in order to rebuild a package. That reduces packaging
load. Of course that only happens if the bug isnt serious, and affects
not to many users.

> The capi4k-utils package from core is a prime example of a package failing as 
> it spawns a lot shells locking up the host computer from using all the 
> resources available.
>

That looks dead upstream. Theres already a lot of patching done by the
developers. eg.
http://repos.archlinux.org/viewvc.cgi/capi4k-utils/repos/core-x86_64/capi-compile.patch?view=markup
 
> As far as the up stream go that will take some time as I have found 20+ 
> packages that exibit the problem with gcc 4.3.2.
>

If you actually do report upstream, or find already open reports,
include the link to yoyr Archlinux bug report too.
 
> My intent is to up my local abs every Sunday and run makeworld from cron
> to keep my systems current from my custom repos.
> 

Thats a nice idea, and an alternative way to contribute back to Arch.

> Maybe Arch should use something similar where the devs create the PKGBUILDs 
> placing them on a computer that does nitely builds (make world runs) to 
> update or keep current the public core and extra repos.
> 
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