Re: [arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-17 Thread James Rayner
On Sat, August 18, 2007 10:21, Dimitrios Apostolou wrote: > Hello list, > > for testing purposes I need to boot my arch system using old versions of > linux. However, because of udev and libc, I doubt I'll be able to boot > old enough kernels. > > So what is the oldest kernel that should work out o

[arch] booting with old kernels

2007-08-17 Thread Dimitrios Apostolou
Hello list, for testing purposes I need to boot my arch system using old versions of linux. However, because of udev and libc, I doubt I'll be able to boot old enough kernels. So what is the oldest kernel that should work out of the box with current archlinux? What are the problems and how can

[arch] Testers needed for wlan-ng

2007-08-17 Thread Tom K
Due to the recent death of my prism2 USB wifi dongle, I am no longer able to test the wlan-ng packages before they are released. I am quite happy to continue maintaining them, but I'm looking for others who use this driver, and who would be willing to test future releases for me. Anyone who is

Re: [arch] Diff between i686 and x86_64

2007-08-17 Thread Sergej Pupykin
>RK> To make diff more correct your script should omit everything after '.' >RK> in $pkgrel. >RK> That's because 8.1.1-3 and 8.1.1-3.1 are equivalent, .1 is used by >RK> x86_64 devs to indicate that the only difference between them is some >RK> x86_64-specific patch for example. I fix it and setup

Re: [arch] Diff between i686 and x86_64

2007-08-17 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2007/8/17, Sergej Pupykin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > I made enchanced version of http://archlinux.org/~andyrtr/pkg_diff.html. > > You can see result example at > > http://web.vrn.ru/sergej/ > > and download package from > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=12589 > (See al

Re: [arch] Abandoned rt2x00 package, possible to renew whole/part?

2007-08-17 Thread Thomas Bächler
Stanto schrieb: > I'm interested in maintaining a package based upon the rt2x00-cvs hourly > tarball supplied by rt2x00. > > However I've noticed that the current rt2x00 in [unstable] has been > abandoned with no maintainer. > > According to the wiki, I shouldn't submit a package to AUR (even tho

[arch] Diff between i686 and x86_64

2007-08-17 Thread Sergej Pupykin
Hi, I made enchanced version of http://archlinux.org/~andyrtr/pkg_diff.html. You can see result example at http://web.vrn.ru/sergej/ and download package from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=12589 (See also http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch-Repodiff) This include