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gnomikian

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[SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

Hi,

I want to use the PAE kernel from the AUR,

My question is: if there's a new version in the AUR, would it be updated to the newest version from Yaourt ? ie: yaourt -Syua ?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by gnomikian (2014-06-13 20:50:41)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

I think it should work as with any other AUR package.
There's also a linux-pae unofficial repository you can use.

runical

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

That should be the case. However, I would advice to implement some more caution when upgrading from the AUR, especially with something as important as the kernel. Get familiar with the process of building a package before relying on things like yaourt.

Have a look at the wiki pages concerning the AUR and ABS:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg

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gnomikian

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

Thanks for your answers,

ABS seems like a more reasonable choice for building a kernel instead of relying on the AUR.

I guess a was using the lazy path

Thanks again.

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

There's also a linux-pae unofficial repository you can use.

gnomikian

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

Hi karol,

Yes I saw that but I couldn't see anywhere which version they provide, it only says 3.x, are they always at the same release as official non-pae from arch repositories ?

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

You can run 'pacman -Si <foo>' as usual, once you enable the repo in your pacman.conf and sync the package databases.

linux-pae 3.14.6-1
linux-pae-docs 3.14.6-1
linux-pae-headers 3.14.6-1

Edit: It's 3.14.6-1, not 3.14.5-1 already ;P

Last edited by karol (2014-06-13 21:09:45)

gnomikian

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

cool man, thanks a bunch!

I'm wondering why the pae stuff is on unofficials repositories and/or AUR.  Does it mean that i686 will be dropped in a near future ?

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34324 -> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20338

Edit:

Does it mean that i686 will be dropped in a near future ?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164418
The standard i686 is still supported.

Last edited by karol (2014-06-13 21:18:28)

gnomikian

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Re: [SOLVED] Updating kernel from AUR...

Well, looks like pae doesn't have a single chance in arch future.  I know pae is a dirty hack but for me it's kind of necessary, for practical and psychological purposes

Last edited by gnomikian (2014-06-13 22:07:28)