On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Devs, > > I have been looking at the Arch [core] packages and have noticed some > issues, could you please take at look and where possible rectify them > as soon as possible? Thank-you. <Arch Linux> > > > Aaron > libdownload - http://phraktured.net/libdownload reports a 404 error > > logrotate - hard to find a proper upstream url > Best so far are: > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=logrotate > http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/devel/src/logrotate-3.7.7-1.fc10.src.html > also might be useful: > http://www.sfr-fresh.com/unix/privat/ > ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/source/SRPMS/ > and Tomas Smetana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> seems to be the person to ask. > > heimdal - http://www.h5l.org/ > netkit-telnet - ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/ > > bash > Update Description?: The GNU Bourne Again SHell > > > Allan > ncurses - http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ > > > Alexander Baldeck > Madwifi > Update Description?: Madwifi drivers for Atheros wireless chipsets > > > Andy > As per request from Andy - Bugs reported: FS#11546 to 11551 inclusive. > > reiserfsprogs - website/domain is gone, would it be correct to have > "None" as the upstream url? > > binutils - http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ > gzip - http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ > * libelf - http://www.mr511.de/software/english.html > libsasl - http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > readline - http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html > > FS#11608 bin86 - http://www.debath.co.uk/ > > db - http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/ > patch - http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/ > tar - http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ > wget - http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ > > dialog > Update Description?: Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell > scripts > ed > Update Description?: A line-oriented text editor > man-pages > Update Description?: Linux man-pages - documents for Linux kernel and C > library interfaces > nano > Update Description?: A small and functional text editor > readline > Update Description?: GNU readline library - provides a set of functions > that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in > sed > Update Description?: GNU Sed (Streams EDitor) is used to filter text > tzdata > Update Description?: Time zone and daylight saving time data > > > Daniel > rp-pppoe - http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/pppoe > > > Dan McGee > dash > Update Description?: A POSIX-compliant shell that aims to be as small > as possible without sacrificing speed > > > Eric > links - http://links.twibright.com/ > Update Description?: A console web browser > > pcre - http://www.pcre.org/ > procinfo - ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/00-OLD/svm/ > procps - http://procps.sourceforge.net/ > psmisc - http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/index.html > Update Description?: A set of small useful utilities that use > the /proc filesystem > sysvinit - ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/ > gpm > Update Description?: General purpose mouse support for the console > > > James > mlocate > Update Description?: Index and quickly search for files on your system > > > Jan > mpfr > Update Description?: A library for multiple-precision floating-point > computations with correct rounding > > > Kevin > dnsutils > Update Description?: A collection of Domain Name Server (DNS) utilities > - dig, host, nslookup, nsupdate > > > Paul > sudo - http://www.sudo.ws/ > Update Description?: (su "do") allows sys admin to delegate authority to > give certain users the ability to run some commands as root > > > Pierre > zlib - http://www.zlib.net/ > gdbm > Update Description?: GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use > extensible hashing > ca-certificates > Update Description?: The common Certification Authority (CA) > certificates > run-parts > Update Description?: run-parts from the debianutils package - run > scripts or programs in a directory > > > Thomas > acl - better url? ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/ > attr - better url? ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/ > gmp - http://gmplib.org/ > ntfsprogs - http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ > > cryptsetup > Update Description? (from manpage): > Setup cryptographic volumes for dm-crypt (including LUKS extension) > iproute > Update Description?: A collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP > networking and traffic control > iptables > Update Description?: A userspace command-line program used to configure > the IPv4 and IPv6 packet filtering rulesets > ntfs-3g > Update Description?: A stable read/write NTFS driver > ppp > Update Description?: A daemon which implements the Point-to-Point > Protocol (PPP) protocol for dial-up networking > wpa_supplicant > Update Description?: A utility providing key negotiation for > WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X wireless networksopenswan > Update Description?: Open Source implementation of Internet Protocol > Security (IPsec) > > > TomK > bridge-utils > Update Description?: Connect multiple Ethernet segments together in a > protocol independent way > bzip2 > Update Description?: A patent-free, high-quality data compression > program > e2fsprogs > Update Description?: Ext2/3/4 Filesystem Utilities > libldap > Update Description?: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) > client libraries > libevent > Update Description?: An event notification library > lzo2 > Update Description?: A portable lossless data compression library > openswan > Update Description?: Open Source implementation of Internet Protocol > Security (IPsec) > popt - http://rpm5.org/files/popt/ > Update Description?: A command-line options parser > portmap > Update Description?: Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) connection manager > > openvpn - http://openvpn.net/ > > wlan-ng26 & wlan-ng26-utils > upstream is called linux-wlan-ng > Can we rename to upstream or just wlan-ng & wlan-ng-utils? > wlan-ng - http://www.linux-wlan.org/ > Update Description?: Providing driver support for Wireless Prism2/2.5/3 > PCMCIA, PCI, and USB devices > wlan-ng-utils - http://www.linux-wlan.org/ > Update Description?: Wireless Lan userspace tools > > > Tpowa > gen-init-cpio - better url link?, how do you know latest/best version? > sdparm - website doesn't exist anymore, temporary fault? not on > sourceforge & freshmeat anymore? > Update Description?: A shell utility to set and view SCSI hard disk > parameters > > dmapi - better to have? ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/cmd_tars/ > gawk - http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ > Update Description?: A text-processing programming language that is a > useful and simple tool for manipulating text > groff - http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/ > iputils - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Iputils > Update Description?: > IP Configuration Utilities - ping, traceroute, rdisc, clockdiff, tftpd > > cracklib > Update Description?: Next generation version of libCrack password > checking library > dmraid > Update Description?: Device-Mapper Software RAID Tool > hdparm > Update Description?: A shell utility to set and view IDE hard disk > parameters > linux-atm > Update Description?: Drivers and tools to support ATM networking > mdadm - http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm > Update Description?: A tool for managing and monitoring Software RAID > arrays > xinetd > Update Description?: Provides networking access control capabilities > and good security against intrusion > > pciutils v3.0.2 - http://mj.ucw.cz/pciutils.shtml > > util-linux-ng - http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/ > > > Thanks to all for your great work on Arch!
Just wanted to bump this thread in case it had been missed in the shuffle. There's a LOT of stuff here that seems worthwhile to take a look at. Please look them over
