Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Hi lists,
>
> we made some changes to repositories and packages which I'd like to
> summarize here.
>
> 1) (everyone, including users):
> The current repository is gone. Instead, we have a slimmer core
> repository and the rest of the packages went to the extra repository. I
> won't discuss the reasons for that change here, but if necessary, I'd be
> happy to explain it in a later post.
> If any packages are missing, don't hesitate to post bug reports.
> A pacman update will add a /etc/pacman.d/core file and users should
> change all references in pacman.conf from current to core. We added
> symlinks for compatibility, so the name current should still work for a
> while.
>
> 2) (everyone, including users):
> The repository scripts on our server now support the pacman3 style
> package naming. Our repositories are now partially incompatible with
> pacman2, as it will fail to find some files. If you haven't updated to
> pacman3 yet, you can still manually download the libarchive, libdownload
> and pacman packages from the ftp and install them with pacman2.
>
> 3) (users)
> FTP installations are broken for now, maybe we will have time to fix
> them soon. Until then, use a base CD to install.
>
> 4) (developers and TUs)
> Related to 1) and 2), a new devtools package has been uploaded.
> Packages are not renamed any more when uploading. An exception to this
> is communitypkg, as the community scripts on the server haven't been
> updated to the pacman3 naming style yet. All devs are encouraged to use
> the new style names from now on.
> The currentpkg script is gone, instead there is a corepkg script now, as
> well as /arch/db-core{,64} on the server.
>
> 5) (developers and TUs)
> The gcc package has been split in gcc and gcc-libs. Packages must not
> depend on gcc anymore, all those packages should be changed to depend on
> gcc-libs. This allows us to use C++ applications without forcing users
> to have gcc installled. Please update your packages as soon as possible.
>
> 6) (developers)
> All former current packages are now in extra or core. We lost the
> mantainer data for those, so please adopt all packages that were
> previously yours. This also affects packages which were moved from extra
> to core.
>
> If I forgot anything, tell me.
> Keep having fun with Arch.
> Thomas
way to go guys! This one was a long time getting done, but at last has
been done. yay!
cheers,
Essien
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