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QEMU >= 7.0.0 changes split package setup

David Runge · news.macaw.me / Archlinux News · Monday, 9 May, 2022 - 10:35

With the update to qemu 7.0.0 the package has been turned into a morefine grained split package utilizing meta packages.

The qemu package is now virtually provided by the meta packages qemu-base , qemu-desktop and qemu-full .
The functionality of qemu prior to 7.0.0 is replaced by qemu-desktop
The functionality of qemu-headless is replaced by qemu-base
The functionality of qemu-arch-extra and qemu-headless-arch-extra is replaced by qemu-emulators-full
The meta package qemu-full provides all QEMU related packages (excluding qemu-guest-agent )

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Keycloak 17.0.1-2 update requires manual reconfiguration

Leonidas Spyropoulos · news.macaw.me / Archlinux News · Friday, 25 March, 2022 - 14:25

The keycloak package prior to version 17.0.1-2 was running with WildFly server. Since upstream officially moved to Quarkus distribution , Arch Linux follows this approach. This means some manual intervention is required for the upgrade.

The configuration needs to be adjusted from the old .xml format to the new /etc/keycloak/keycloak.conf .

Prior to the upgrade, stop the keycloak service, upgrade the package and migrate the configuration before starting:

systemctl stop keycloak.servicepacman -Syu keycloak# migrate configuration /etc/keycloak/keycloak.confsystemctl start keycloak.service

See Keycloak migration docs and Keycloak Quarkus server docs

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Arch Linux Leader Election Results

Giancarlo Razzolini · news.macaw.me / Archlinux News · Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 - 11:51

This month we held our leader election, and our current leader Levente Polyák ran unopposed. As per our election rules he is re-elected for a new term.

Congratulations to Levente Polyak on a new term!

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Debug packages and debuginfod

Morten Linderud · news.macaw.me / Archlinux News · Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 - 20:28

We are very happy to announce that debug packages are now available in Arch Linux.

Debug symbols and source listing are provided through our debuginfod instance which can be utilized by debuggers such as gdb and delve.

https://debuginfod.archlinux.org/

A couple of sponsored mirrors are providing the debug repositories while we figure out and communicate the new mirror requirements .

Not all packages provide debug packages as enabling it for all packages is an ongoing effort.

For more information, please visit the Debuginfod wiki article, and also our newly renovated Debugging/Getting traces article.

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linux-firmware 20220119.0c6a7b3-2 requires kernel >=5.3 and package splitting

Andreas Radke · news.macaw.me / Archlinux News · Friday, 21 January, 2022 - 17:35

The linux-firmware package 20220119.0c6a7b3-2 implements kernelfirmware compression. Linux kernel from 5.3 on support loadingfrom xz compressed firmware.
CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS kernel option must be enabled. All official Arch Linux kernel support this for a long time. [1]

The linux-firmware package has been split into smaller packages tofurther reduce required disk space. Some big firmware files ofrarely used hardware have been split into separate packages.
This affects firmware for Mellanox Spectrum switches, Marvell devices,Qualcomm SoCs, Cavium LiquidIO server adapters, QLogic devices, Broadcom NetXtreme II 10Gb ethernet adapters.
Make sure to install additional firmware packages if needed. [2]

[1] FS#72899
[2] FS#72559 + svn commit