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Currently we have official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 architectures. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day.

Our strong community is diverse and helpful, and we pride ourselves on the range of skillsets and uses for Arch that stem from it. Please check out our forums and mailing lists to get your feet wet. Also glance through our wiki if you want to learn more about Arch.

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ca-certificates-utils 20170307-1 upgrade requires manual intervention

2017-03-15

The upgrade to ca-certificates-utils 20170307-1 requires manual intervention because a symlink which used to be generated post-install has been moved into the package proper.

As deleting the symlink may leave you unable to download packages, perform this upgrade in three steps:

# pacman -Syuw                           # download packages
# rm /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt  # remove conflicting file
# pacman -Su                             # perform upgrade

mesa with libglvnd support is now in testing

2017-02-27

mesa-17.0.0-3 can now be installed side-by-side with nvidia-378.13 driver without any libgl/libglx hacks, and with the help of Fedora and upstream xorg-server patches.

  • First step was to remove the libglx symlinks with xorg-server-1.19.1-3 and associated mesa/nvidia drivers through the removal of various libgl packages. It was a tough moment because it was breaking optimus system, xorg-server configuration needs manual updating.

  • The second step is now here, with an updated 10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf file that should help to have an "out-of-the-box" working xorg-server experience with optimus system.

Please test this extensively and post ...

Phasing out i686 support

2017-01-25

Due to the decreasing popularity of i686 among the developers and the community, we have decided to phase out the support of this architecture.

The decision means that February ISO will be the last that allows to install 32 bit Arch Linux. The next 9 months are deprecation period, during which i686 will be still receiving upgraded packages. Starting from November 2017, packaging and repository tools will no longer require that from maintainers, effectively making i686 unsupported.

However, as there is still some interest in keeping i686 alive, we would like to encourage the community to make it happen with ...

xorg-server 1.19.1 is now in extra

2017-01-14

The new version comes with the following changes:

  • xf86-input-libinput is the default input driver, however synaptics, evdev and wacom are still available.

  • These packages are deprecated and moved to AUR: xf86-input-joystick, xf86-input-acecad, xf86-video-apm, xf86-video-ark, xf86-video-chips, xf86-video-glint, xf86-video-i128, xf86-video-i740, xf86-video-mach64, xf86-video-neomagic, xf86-video-nv, xf86-video-r128, xf86-video-rendition, xf86-video-s3, xf86-video-s3virge, xf86-video-savage, xf86-video-siliconmotion, xf86-video-sis, xf86-video-tdfx, xf86-video-trident, xf86-video-tseng

OpenVPN 2.4.0 update requires administrative interaction

2016-12-30

The upgrade to OpenVPN 2.4.0 makes changes that are incompatible with previous configurations. Take special care if you depend on VPN connectivity for remote access! Administrative interaction is required:

  • Configuration is expected in sub directories now. Move your files from /etc/openvpn/ to /etc/openvpn/server/ or /etc/openvpn/client/.
  • The plugin lookup path changed, remove extra plugins/ from relative paths.
  • The systemd unit openvpn@.service was replaced with openvpn-client@.service and openvpn-server@.service. Restart and reenable accordingly.

This does not affect the functionality of networkmanager, connman or qopenvpn.

Older News

2016-10-31
ttf-dejavu 2.37 will require forced upgrade
2016-08-06
TeXLive 2016 packages are now available
2016-07-18
test-sec-flags: Call for Assistance
2016-06-26
screen-4.4.0-1 unable to attach old sessions
2016-03-24
Required update to pacman-5.0.1 before 2016-04-23
2016-01-02
PHP 7.0 packages released
2015-12-12
Dropping Plasma 4
2015-12-10
C++ ABI change
2015-11-13
Xorg 1.18.0 enters [testing]
2015-10-08
Downtime (rsync, mail)

Recent Updates (more)

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perl-html-tree 5.06-1 any
perl-json-xs 3.03-1 i686/x86_64
libmicrohttpd 0.9.54-1 i686/x86_64
perl-mail-box-parser-c 3.008-1 i686/x86_64
leptonica 1.74.1-1 i686/x86_64
perl-dbd-pg 3.6.0-1 i686/x86_64
perl-http-cache-transparent 1.4-1 any
drupal 8.3.2-1 any
perl-ipc-run 0.95-1 any
perl-email-mime 1.940-1 any
pacutils 0.5.0-1 i686/x86_64
perl-xml-sax-base 1.09-1 any
perl-xml-namespacesupport 1.12-1 any
geoip 1.6.10-1 i686/x86_64
wine-staging 2.7-1 x86_64