testing->{extra,current} move: carelessness? (with python DIY method)

lloeki · 2007-03-20 10:23:00

since the last update, parts of my desktop were beginning to fail.

Though we have taken care of most rebuilds, it is possible that we missed a package. A package you use and which is broken now. If you encounter such packages, please report them to our bugtracker.

well, most? I would have expected one of the most used desktop (gnome) to be part of them...

for the sake of it, I learned how to use abs properly.
then, to find which packages were to be rebuilt, I simply had a peek at /usr/lib/python2.4[/site-packages]

routine:

abs
cd /var/abs/local

then

ls /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/

pick a file (e.g gnome-common.pth)

pacman -Qo /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gnome-common.pth

this gives a package name (here gnome-common 2.12.0-5)

find ../ |grep gnome-common

gives a dir

cp -R ../extra/lib/gnome-common .
cd gnome-common
makepkg -sr
pacman -U gnome-common-2.12.0-7.pkg.tar.gz

then, check that file(s) have disapperared (from py24):

ls /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/

repeat and rinse.

in the end, I had to rebuild (took me 30~45 mins, barring the big badass xulrunner, which I did last):

$ ls /var/abs/local/
alacarte                 gnome-common          libieee1284      subversion
avahi                    gnome-python          pycrypto         vte
beryl-settings-bindings  gnome-python-desktop  pyorbit          xulrunner
dbus-python              libbeagle             python-pysqlite
gnome-bluetooth          libbtctl              revelation

(oh, and pyrex too, but it was just a build dep)

that's one hell of an overlook... while I understand that people are donating their time freely, to me this seemed a bit careless to roll that python25 upgrade that fast, forgetting many semi-critical packages in the run.

well, I'm not opening bugs for each one of these packages (or should I?), since there is certainly many more of them anyway.

Last edited by lloeki (2007-03-20 10:27:35)

dolby · 2007-03-20 11:30:36

lloeki wrote:

since the last update, parts of my desktop were beginning to fail.
well, I'm not opening bugs for each one of these packages (or should I?), since there is certainly many more of them anyway.

open one with a proper description mentioning all pkgs u found something wrong with

Last edited by dolby (2007-03-20 11:31:08)

AndyRTR · 2007-03-20 11:45:02

lloeki wrote:

that's one hell of an overlook... while I understand that people are donating their time freely, to me this seemed a bit careless to roll that python25 upgrade that fast, forgetting many semi-critical packages in the run.
well, I'm not opening bugs for each one of these packages (or should I?), since there is certainly many more of them anyway.

don't blaim the devs if you cannot read the frontsite announcements. all packages are in the repos and users have been warned to give the mirrors some time to get them all.

iphitus · 2007-03-20 11:49:28

just because they're in the python-2.4 directory does not mean that they are not updated.

AFAIK, the python2.4 path is added to the 2.5 path, so many do not need to be rebuilt.. or something like that. Only packages which use the C abi or dated routines need to be rebuilt.

James

AndyRTR · 2007-03-20 12:07:17

But rebuilding is already done and the path has changed as expected: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/files/3287/

lloeki · 2007-03-20 14:44:38

don't blaim the devs if you cannot read the frontsite announcements

I received python25 yesterday, and I'm pretty sure there was no announcement on the front page at the time.

anyway, be sure that I am not blaming anyone, I was just wondering

phrakture · 2007-03-20 14:49:00

Here's the problem with all this stuff.
IIRC there was a fairly large bug report detailing quite a few packages that was not addressed when python was moved.

edit: removed mention of pyc stuff - that's not the real issue, xentac set me straight - it's .so files.

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