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We complement our official package sets with a <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/" title="Arch User Repository (AUR)"> community-operated package repository</a> that grows in size and quality each and every day.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://bbs.archlinux.org/" title="Arch Forums">forums</a> and <a href="https://lists.archlinux.org/" title="Arch Mailing Lists">mailing lists</a> to get your feet wet. Also glance through our <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/" title="Arch Wiki">wiki</a> if you want to learn more about Arch.</p> <p class="readmore"><a href="/about/" title="Learn more about Arch Linux">Learn more...</a></p> </div> <div id="news"> <h3> <a href="/news/" title="Browse the news archives">Latest News</a> <span class="arrow"></span> </h3> <a href="/feeds/news/" title="Arch News RSS Feed" class="rss-icon"><img src="/static/rss.ca03bf98a65a.svg" alt="RSS Feed" /></a> <h4> <a href="/news/cleaning-up-old-repositories/" title="View full article: Cleaning up old repositories">Cleaning up old repositories</a> </h4> <p class="timestamp">2025-02-17</p> <div class="article-content"> <p>Around two years ago, we've merged the <code>[community]</code> repository into <code>[extra]</code> as part of the <a href="https://archlinux.org/news/git-migration-completed/">git migration</a>. In order to not break user setups, we kept these repositories around in an unused and empty state. We're going to clean up these old repositories on <strong>2025-03-01</strong>.</p> <p>On systems where <code>/etc/pacman.conf</code> still references the old <code>[community]</code> repository, <code>pacman -Sy</code> will return an error on trying to sync repository metadata.</p> <p>The following deprecated repositories will be removed: <code>[community]</code>, <code>[community-testing]</code>, <code>[testing]</code>, <code>[testing-debug]</code>, <code>[staging]</code>, <code>[staging-debug]</code>.</p> <p>Please make sure to remove all use of the aforementioned repositories from your <code>/etc/pacman.conf</code> (for which a <code>.pacnew</code> was shipped with <code>pacman>=6.0.2-7</code>)!</p> </div> <h4> <a href="/news/glibc-241-corrupting-discord-installation/" title="View full article: Glibc 2.41 corrupting Discord installation">Glibc 2.41 corrupting Discord installation</a> </h4> <p class="timestamp">2025-02-03</p> <div class="article-content"> <p>We plan to move <code>glibc</code> and its friends to stable later today, Feb 3. After installing the update, the Discord client will show a red warning that the installation is corrupt.</p> <p>This issue has been fixed in the Discord canary build. If you rely on audio connectivity, please use the canary build, login via browser or the flatpak version until the fix hits the stable Discord release.</p> <p>There have been no reports that (written) chat connectivity is affected.</p> <p>UPDATE: The issue has been fixed in Discord <code>0.0.84-1</code>.</p> </div> <h4> <a href="/news/critical-rsync-security-release-340/" title="View full article: Critical rsync security release 3.4.0">Critical rsync security release 3.4.0</a> </h4> <p class="timestamp">2025-01-16</p> <div class="article-content"> <p>We'd like to raise awareness about the rsync security release version <code>3.4.0-1</code> as described in our advisory <a href="https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202501-1">ASA-202501-1</a>.</p> <p>An attacker only requires anonymous read access to a vulnerable rsync server, such as a public mirror, to execute arbitrary code on the machine the server is running on. Additionally, attackers can take control of an affected server and read/write arbitrary files of any connected client. Sensitive data can be extracted, such as OpenPGP and SSH keys, and malicious code can be executed by overwriting files such as <code>~/.bashrc</code> or <code>~/.popt</code>.</p> <p>We highly advise anyone who runs an rsync daemon …</p> </div> <h4> <a href="/news/providing-a-license-for-package-sources/" title="View full article: Providing a license for package sources">Providing a license for package sources</a> </h4> <p class="timestamp">2024-11-19</p> <div class="article-content"> <p>Arch Linux hasn't had a license for any package sources (such as PKGBUILD files) in the past, which is potentially problematic. Providing a license will preempt that uncertainty. </p> <p>In <a href="https://rfc.archlinux.page/0040-license-package-sources/">RFC 40</a> we agreed to change all package sources to be licensed under the very liberal <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/0BSD.html">0BSD</a> license. <strong>This change will not limit what you can do with package sources</strong>. Check out <a href="https://rfc.archlinux.page/0040-license-package-sources/">the RFC</a> for more on the rationale and prior discussion.</p> <p>Before we make this change, we will provide contributors with a way to voice any objections they might have. Starting on 2024-11-19, over the course of a week, …</p> </div> <h4> <a href="/news/manual-intervention-for-pacman-700-and-local-repositories-required/" title="View full article: Manual intervention for pacman 7.0.0 and local repositories required">Manual intervention for pacman 7.0.0 and local repositories required</a> </h4> <p class="timestamp">2024-09-14</p> <div class="article-content"> <p>With the release of <a href="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads">version 7.0.0</a> pacman has added support for downloading packages as a separate user with dropped privileges.</p> <p>For users with local repos however this might imply that the download user does not have access to the files in question, which can be fixed by assigning the files and folder to the <code>alpm</code> group and ensuring the executable bit (<code>+x</code>) is set on the folders in question.</p> <pre><code>$ chown :alpm -R /path/to/local/repo </code></pre> <p>Remember to <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave">merge the .pacnew</a> files to apply the new default.</p> <p>Pacman also introduced <a href="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/commit/9548d6cc765b1a8dcf933e8b1b89d0bcc3e50209">a change</a> to improve checksum stability for git repos that …</p> </div> <h3> <a href="/news/" title="Browse the news archives">Older News</a> <span class="arrow"></span> </h3> <dl class="newslist"> <dt>2024-07-01</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/the-sshd-service-needs-to-be-restarted-after-upgrading-to-openssh-98p1/" title="View full article: The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1">The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1</a> </dd> <dt>2024-04-15</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/arch-linux-2024-leader-election-results/" title="View full article: Arch Linux 2024 Leader Election Results">Arch Linux 2024 Leader Election Results</a> </dd> <dt>2024-04-07</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/increasing-the-default-vmmax_map_count-value/" title="View full article: Increasing the default vm.max_map_count value">Increasing the default vm.max_map_count value</a> </dd> <dt>2024-03-29</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/" title="View full article: The xz package has been backdoored">The xz package has been backdoored</a> </dd> <dt>2024-03-04</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/mkinitcpio-hook-migration-and-early-microcode/" title="View full article: mkinitcpio hook migration and early microcode">mkinitcpio hook migration and early microcode</a> </dd> <dt>2024-01-09</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/making-dbus-broker-our-default-d-bus-daemon/" title="View full article: Making dbus-broker our default D-Bus daemon">Making dbus-broker our default D-Bus daemon</a> </dd> <dt>2023-12-03</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/bugtracker-migration-to-gitlab-completed/" title="View full article: Bugtracker migration to GitLab completed">Bugtracker migration to GitLab completed</a> </dd> <dt>2023-11-02</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/incoming-changes-in-jdk-jre-21-packages-may-require-manual-intervention/" title="View full article: Incoming changes in JDK / JRE 21 packages may require manual intervention">Incoming changes in JDK / JRE 21 packages may require manual intervention</a> </dd> <dt>2023-09-22</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/changes-to-default-password-hashing-algorithm-and-umask-settings/" title="View full article: Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings">Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings</a> </dd> <dt>2023-08-19</dt> <dd> <a href="/news/ansible-core-2153-1-update-may-require-manual-intervention/" title="View full article: ansible-core >= 2.15.3-1 update may require manual intervention">ansible-core >= 2.15.3-1 update may require manual intervention</a> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> <div id="content-right"> <div id="pkgsearch" class="widget"> <form id="pkgsearch-form" method="get" action="/packages/"> 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multilib-testing">lib32-openssl 1:3.5.0-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/multilib-testing/x86_64/lib32-openssl/" title="Details for lib32-openssl [multilib-testing]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">workerd 1.20250410.0-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/workerd/" title="Details for workerd [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">signal-desktop 7.50.0-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/signal-desktop/" title="Details for signal-desktop [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">remmina 1:1.4.40-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/remmina/" title="Details for remmina [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">gdal 3.10.2-3</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/gdal/" title="Details for gdal [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">poppler 25.04.0-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/poppler/" title="Details for poppler [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">php-mongodb 2.0.0-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/php-mongodb/" title="Details for php-mongodb [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">memray 1.17.1-1</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/memray/" title="Details for memray [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">libreoffice-still 24.8.6-2</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/libreoffice-still/" title="Details for libreoffice-still [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">libreoffice-fresh 25.2.2-2</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/libreoffice-fresh/" title="Details for libreoffice-fresh [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">kitinerary 24.12.3-6</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/kitinerary/" title="Details for kitinerary [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">inkscape 1.4.1-2</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/inkscape/" title="Details for inkscape [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="pkg-name"><span class="extra">gambas3 3.20.2-3</span></td> <td class="pkg-arch"> <a href="/packages/extra/x86_64/gambas3/" title="Details for gambas3 [extra]">x86_64</a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="nav-sidebar" class="widget"> <h4>Documentation</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/" title="Community documentation">Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="https://man.archlinux.org/" title="All manpages from Arch packages">Manual Pages</a></li> 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