[Dev] [dev] manual intervention required for local pacman repositories

NOTE: pacman v7 is currently in [libre-testing]; but it will be promoted to libre soon from arch: With the release of [version 7.0.0] pacman has added support for downloading packages as a separate user with dropped privileges. For users with local repos however this might imply that the downl

[Dev] [dev] restart sshd immediately after upgrade

from arch: After upgrading to `openssh-9.8p1`, the existing SSH daemon will be unable to accept new connections (see <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/openssh/-/issues/5>). When upgrading remote hosts, please make sure to restart the sshd service using `systemct

[Dev] [dev] [arch-announce] The xz package has been backdoored

From: "Arch Linux: Recent news updates: David Runge" TL;DR: Upgrade your systems and container images **now**! As many of you may have already read [1], the upstream release tarballs for `xz` in version `5.6.0` and `5.6.1` contain malicious code which adds a

[Dev] [dev] budgie-desktop >= 10.7.2-6 update requires manual intervention

from arch: When upgrading from budgie-desktop 10.7.2-5 to 10.7.2-6, the package mutter43 must be replaced with magpie-wm, which currently depends on mutter. As mutter43 conflicts with mutter, manual intervention is required to complete the upgrade. First remove mutter43, then immediately perfor

[Dev] [dev] OpenBLAS >= 0.3.23-2 update requires manual intervention

>From Arch: The openblas package prior to version 0.3.23-2 doesn't ship optimized LAPACK routine and CBLAS/LAPACKE interfaces for compatibility. This decision has been reverted now, and the ability to choose a different default system BLAS/LAPACK implementation while keeping openblas installe

[Dev] [dev] [From Arch] Switch to the base-devel meta package requires manual intervention

The `base-devel` package group has recently been replaced by a meta package of the same name. People that had the `base-devel` package group installed (meaning people that installed `base-devel` before February 2nd) have to explicitly re-install it to get the new `base-devel` package install

[Dev] [dev] systemd encrypted boot may be broken by upgrade (systemd-cryptsetup) - suggest to postpone upgrading

until https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/76440 is resolved > FS#76440 : systemd-cryptsetup still refers to libcrypto.so.1.1 after upgrading to openssl3 URL: /news/systemd-encrypted-boot-may-be-broken-by-upgrade-systemd-cryptsetup-suggest-to-postpone-upgrading/ __

[Dev] [dev] Grub bootloader upgrade and configuration incompatibilities

2022-08-30 - Christian Hesse Recent changes in grub added a new command option to fwsetup and changed the way the command is invoked in the generated boot configuration. Depending on your system hardware and setup this could cause an unbootable system due to incompatibilities between the instal

[Dev] [dev] [wxgtk2]: manual intervention may be required

if pacman gives an error message like: > error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: removing wxgtk-common breaks dependency 'wxgtk-common' required by wxgtk2 you will need to uninstall 'wxgtk2' and it's dependents first (the only such parabola packages are 'freefi

[Dev] [dev] i686 desktop users should refrain from upgrading

users of a GTK-based desktops (LXDE, MATE, possibly others) on the i686 system, should refrain from upgrading for some time, or else the desktop may not start properly - this bug does not affect X86_64 URL: /news/i686-desktop-users-should-refrain-from-upgrading/