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   <span class="headline">XFree86 4.3.0 is out</span>
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   <span class="fineprint">February 27, 2003<br>posted by judd</span>
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XFree86 4.3.0 was released today and the Arch package is ready to go.<pr>
The new version of Xfree86 now has xft2 and fontconfig built in, so if you've
already got these packages installed on your system, you will get a package
conflict error when you try to <b>--sysupgrade</b> with pacman.
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You can fix this by removing the xft2 and fontconfig (ignoring dependencies)
and then re-running --sysupgrade.</p><p>
You might get a couple file conflicts as well, but these are just leftover
cache files from the fontconfig package.  If they're
<code>fonts.cache-1</code> files, you can safely <b>--force</b> them.
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# pacman -Rd xft2 fontconfig<br>
# pacman -Syu
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   <span class="headline">Pacman 2.3 Released</span>
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   <span class="fineprint">February 23, 2003<br>posted by judd</span>
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Pacman 2.3 went out today.  It has a few key bugfixes, a cleaner --search
output, and the first stage of source-side auto-resolving dependencies.
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We've also opened a third package repository called
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?r=unstable">unstable</a>.  This repo
will contain packages that are deemed unstable by the software author(s) and/or
the Arch Linux package maintainers.
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   <span class="headline">Arch 0.4 (Dragon) Released</span>
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   <span class="fineprint">December 18, 2002<br>posted by judd</span>
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We are pleased to present Arch 0.4 to the public for general consumption.
The <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.archlinux.org/changelog.php">ChangeLog</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.archlinux.org/dragon.pkglist">package
list</a> are at their usual locations.
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This release comes with KDE 3.1rc5 and GNOME 2.0.2 as well as the latest
versions of all our usual packges: OpenSSL 0.9.6h, OpenSSH 3.5p1,
XFree86 4.2.1, Linux 2.4.20, GCC 3.2.1, and Glibc 2.3.1.
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Dragon still provides a streamlined package set (323 packages) but if you want
more you can always access our unofficial package repository, which has about
350 more packages and is growing fast.  Docs can be found
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.archlinux.org/archdoc.html">here</a> and live help can usually be found in the
#archlinux channel on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.freenode.net/">irc.freenode.net</a>.
We also have a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://bbs.archlinux.org/">user forum</a> where you
can post your problems and suggestions.
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Happy holidays!
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   <span class="headline">Arch moves to GCC 3.2</span>
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   <span class="fineprint">October 2, 2002<br>posted by judd</span>
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 After a few weeks of testing, we are ready to move to gcc 3.2.   We have
 rebuilt every package with the gcc3 compiler, so this means that you will
 see a very large update the next time you run <code>pacman -Syu</code>.
 It is advisable to reboot your machine after this upgrade.  Remember to
 run 'lilo' before rebooting.<p>
 Note that packages from the unofficial repository may not work for a few
 days.  We are in the process of rebuilding them now.</p><p>
 With gcc3 out of the way, we are focusing our efforts on the 0.4 release.
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   <span class="fineprint">August 22, 2002<br>posted by judd</span>
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  Pacman 2.1 has new functionality to allow the use
	of multiple package repositories and multiple servers.  This was brought about
	so we could open a new 'unofficial' package repository that will hold all the
	unsupported packages that never made it into the official Arch package area.
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	To start using the unofficial repository, just upgrade to pacman 2.1 and
	edit your /etc/pacman.conf.  Find the block that starts with '[unofficial]'
	and uncomment it and the servers listed underneath.  Then just run pacman
	as usual and it will check both repositories for packages.</p><p> 
	This also opens up a new opportunity for the more adventurous:  You can
	now create and use your own local package repositories.  I often keep
	my own PKGBUILD files in /usr/abs/local and install them on to my box.  Now
	I can turn that into a functional repository that can be used with the
	'pacman --sync' operation.  The new 'gensync' script will do the dirty work
	for you.  See the pacman manpage for a crude explanation.
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   <span class="fineprint">August 7, 2002<br>posted by judd</span>
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  At long last, Arch Linux 0.3 is released!  Firefly sports the new pacman 2.0,
	many new/updated packages and a (hopefully) smoother installation process.
	There	is also some user documentation available which will get you started
	with the nuances of pacman and makepkg.  All packages now have meta-info
	and dependencies, and the improved ABS system will allow you to follow
	different package trees.  See the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030330090147/http://www.archlinux.org/changelog.php">changelog</a>
	for a list of new packages.<br><br>
	The 0.3 iso is about 543 MB with all the new packages.  If there is enough
	demand, I will release a second, smaller iso that only contains the base
	packages.  From there it is easy to install any additional packages with
	pacman's new --sync feature.
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   <span class="fineprint">July 23, 2002<br>posted by judd</span>
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  Pacman 2.0 was released yesterday and should be on the mirrors soon.<br><br>
	Some new pacman features:<br>
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	 <li>Package-level dependency functionality</li>
	 <li>Built-in FTP support</li>
	 <li>New database structure</li>
	 <li>md5-based backup file control (a la rpm)</li>
	 <li>Ability to upgrade packages from a remote server</li>
	 <li>Auto-resolving dependencies with --sync</li>
	 <li>A search option for finding new packages</li>
	 <li>The 'abs' sync script for updating your ABS tree</li>
	 <li>Dependency checking at the source level with makepkg</li>
	 <li>More package meta-info available with the --info option</li>
	 <li>Easy conversion from a pacman 1.x database</li>
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	I expect to release Firefly in the next week or so.
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