Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
On 02/10/10 21:19, Mike Sampson wrote: On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Allan McRae wrote: On 02/10/10 19:29, Mike Sampson wrote: [snip] Slightly off topic. I always wondered why there wasn't a Python proto PKGBUILD included in abs. There is one in the wiki[1] which I use when I need it though it would be handy to have one included with the rest of the prototypes. I can open a feature request for this unless there is a reason why it is not included. It has never been added mainly because no-one ever asked or submitted a patch with one. Allan Should have guessed. :) As PERL is included it makes sense to me to have Python included as well. I'll submit a feature request with a patch for consideration. Here you go: http://projects.archlinux.org/abs.git/commit/?id=90cbf6fc Allan
Re: [arch-general] RPM Question
On 10/2/2010 7:41 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: It works on all the major distros but fails to install on Arch due to an RPM dependency. Their install script just fails saying it can't find rpm. The script contains much ugliness and is McAfee proprietary, so I doubt hacking it will be productive. So the question is: can Arch be configured/tricked into an rpm install? Does their installer actually require use rpm to install, or just wants rpm to be there? Most distros allow you to install rpm, Arch is no different except it is in aur: aur/rpm 5.2.1-1 (153) The RedHat Package Manager. Don't use it instead of Arch's 'pacman'. If it actually uses rpm for the process, this is probably not the solution. Two package managers at once is not a good thing.
Re: [arch-general] RPM Question
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: > > So the question is: can Arch be configured/tricked into an rpm install? > > If you can get a hold of the rpm spec file, you could feed it to spec2arch (from pkgtools), run makepkg -s on the resultant PKGBUILD, and modify their script to use pacman -U /path/to/your/pkg instead of rpm.
[arch-general] RPM Question
Hi Folks, New Arch user here. I really like it! Another Arch user recommended it to me after I started noticing quality issues with another of the main distributions. I'm currently working on a test install to see if Arch will function in a very restricted environment. So far I've successfully installed KDE and configured for a true IPv6 network. Yet to be done is support for Common Access Cards and their USB readers. I've been having issues with pcscd but I'm not ready to ask for help yet. I also tried fake-raid but gave up in favor of the much simpler JBOD (two disks) config. But I ran into a problem installing something called HBSS from McAfee. This is a package for Windows that is nothing more than a root-kit that allows remote administrators to set policy, remove/block programs, report versions, etc. Unfortunately management mandates that non-Windows systems also run it. So McAfee labored mightily and emitted a Java port of the Windows package that gives minimal reporting capabilities for Linux installs. It works on all the major distros but fails to install on Arch due to an RPM dependency. Their install script just fails saying it can't find rpm. The script contains much ugliness and is McAfee proprietary, so I doubt hacking it will be productive. So the question is: can Arch be configured/tricked into an rpm install? Thanks for a great distro, and your wiki is amazing! It's a little light on IPv6 info, but I might be able to help there later. Regards, Lew Wolfgang
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] packages are newer in extra than in staging
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Ionuț Bîru wrote: > Hi, > > some packages have been updated in extra and have been mark as done in the > python todo list but they weren't rebuilt against staging. > > looking quick on the list, django (staging removed on 9 september) > > extra 1.2.3-1 > marked as done and nothing in staging. > > mercurial > 1.6.4-1 in extra, 1.6.3-2 in staging > > please, check your packages again because i don't intent to fix any of this > inconsistencies > > -- > Ionuț I wrote a script [1] to check for packages in [staging] and [community-staging] that are not newer than their [core], [extra] and [community] counterparts. So, below are a few more possibly problematic packages. mercurial isn't included because the ABS tree hasn't been updated with it yet. ==> Checking [staging] denyhosts (2.6-4 isn't newer than 2.6-4 in [extra]) python-pip (0.8-2 isn't newer than 0.8.1-1 in [extra]) python-virtualenv (1.4.9-2 isn't newer than 1.5.1-1 in [extra]) ==> Checking [community-staging] cdemu-client (1.2.0-2 isn't newer than 1.3.0-1 in [community]) griffith (0.11-3 isn't newer than 0.11-3 in [community]) lilypond (2.12.3-5 isn't newer than 2.12.3-6 in [community]) openshot (1.2.2-1 isn't newer than 1.2.2-1 in [community]) python-sphinx (1.0.3-2 isn't newer than 1.0.4-1 in [community]) recoll (1.13.04-3 isn't newer than 1.14.2-1 in [community]) trac (0.12-3 isn't newer than 0.12-4 in [community]) [1] http://gist.github.com/608121
Re: [arch-general] Need help with compilation
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Christian wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to compile a package from source called BRLTTY. The current > version that is in the repository is v4.1 so I looked in the PKGBUILD script > and I installed the dependencies, but most of them were already installed > when I installed the version that was in the repository. > But I am getting an error 2 when I run make after some time. Would anyone be > interested in eventually trying compiling it? Post the error. Someone can give you a solution without needing to download and try to compile it. -- «Dans la vie, rien n'est à craindre, tout est à comprendre» Marie Sklodowska Curie.
Re: [arch-general] Need help with compilation
Am Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:36:51 +0200 schrieb "Christian" : > Hi all, > I am trying to compile a package from source called BRLTTY. The > current version that is in the repository is v4.1 so I looked in the > PKGBUILD script and I installed the dependencies, but most of them > were already installed when I installed the version that was in the > repository. But I am getting an error 2 when I run make after some > time. Would anyone be interested in eventually trying compiling it? > Go to: www.mielke.cc/brltty and download the new v4.2 release. Many > thanks for any help, Christian You should go to http://www.archlinux.org/packages/ and flag it as out-of-date. Heiko
[arch-general] Need help with compilation
Hi all, I am trying to compile a package from source called BRLTTY. The current version that is in the repository is v4.1 so I looked in the PKGBUILD script and I installed the dependencies, but most of them were already installed when I installed the version that was in the repository. But I am getting an error 2 when I run make after some time. Would anyone be interested in eventually trying compiling it? Go to: www.mielke.cc/brltty and download the new v4.2 release. Many thanks for any help, Christian
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Allan McRae wrote: > On 02/10/10 19:29, Mike Sampson wrote: >> [snip] >> >> Slightly off topic. I always wondered why there wasn't a Python proto >> PKGBUILD included in abs. There is one in the wiki[1] which I use when >> I need it though it would be handy to have one included with the rest >> of the prototypes. I can open a feature request for this unless there >> is a reason why it is not included. > > It has never been added mainly because no-one ever asked or submitted a > patch with one. > > Allan Should have guessed. :) As PERL is included it makes sense to me to have Python included as well. I'll submit a feature request with a patch for consideration. Mike
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
On 02/10/10 19:29, Mike Sampson wrote: On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Allan McRae wrote: On 02/10/10 18:52, Guillaume Brunerie wrote: 2010/10/2 Allan McRae Hi, I just pushed a new abs release to [testing]. The "major" changes are: - use the tarball method for initial sync - fix tarball method to work with $arch in mirrorlist - updated prototypes for pacman-3.4 - addition of bzr prototype I will push it to [extra] if I hear about no breakages in the next day or two. Hi, It seems that the bzr prototype is not there: Ah... crap! I forgot to add it to the makefile... I will fix that some time. Allan Slightly off topic. I always wondered why there wasn't a Python proto PKGBUILD included in abs. There is one in the wiki[1] which I use when I need it though it would be handy to have one included with the rest of the prototypes. I can open a feature request for this unless there is a reason why it is not included. It has never been added mainly because no-one ever asked or submitted a patch with one. Allan
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Allan McRae wrote: > On 02/10/10 18:52, Guillaume Brunerie wrote: >> >> 2010/10/2 Allan McRae >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just pushed a new abs release to [testing]. The "major" changes are: >>> - use the tarball method for initial sync >>> - fix tarball method to work with $arch in mirrorlist >>> - updated prototypes for pacman-3.4 >>> - addition of bzr prototype >>> >>> I will push it to [extra] if I hear about no breakages in the next day or >>> two. >> >> >> Hi, >> It seems that the bzr prototype is not there: >> > > Ah... crap! I forgot to add it to the makefile... I will fix that some > time. > > Allan > Slightly off topic. I always wondered why there wasn't a Python proto PKGBUILD included in abs. There is one in the wiki[1] which I use when I need it though it would be handy to have one included with the rest of the prototypes. I can open a feature request for this unless there is a reason why it is not included. Regards, Mike
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
On 02/10/10 18:52, Guillaume Brunerie wrote: 2010/10/2 Allan McRae Hi, I just pushed a new abs release to [testing]. The "major" changes are: - use the tarball method for initial sync - fix tarball method to work with $arch in mirrorlist - updated prototypes for pacman-3.4 - addition of bzr prototype I will push it to [extra] if I hear about no breakages in the next day or two. Hi, It seems that the bzr prototype is not there: Ah... crap! I forgot to add it to the makefile... I will fix that some time. Allan
Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] abs-2.4.0-1
2010/10/2 Allan McRae > Hi, > > I just pushed a new abs release to [testing]. The "major" changes are: > - use the tarball method for initial sync > - fix tarball method to work with $arch in mirrorlist > - updated prototypes for pacman-3.4 > - addition of bzr prototype > > I will push it to [extra] if I hear about no breakages in the next day or > two. Hi, It seems that the bzr prototype is not there: $ pacman -Qi abs | grep Version Version : 2.4.0-1 $ pacman -Ql abs abs /etc/ abs /etc/abs.conf abs /usr/ abs /usr/bin/ abs /usr/bin/abs abs /usr/bin/makeworld abs /usr/share/ abs /usr/share/pacman/ abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-git.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-gnome.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-haskell.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-hg.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-perl.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-rubygem.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-svn.proto abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-gnome.install abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-haskell.install abs /usr/share/pacman/proto-info.install abs /usr/share/pacman/rc-script.proto abs /var/ abs /var/abs/ abs /var/abs/README abs /var/abs/local/ $ Guillaume Brunerie
