DeveloperWiki:Unimportant Rebuild List
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Packages with old install file syntax
All are fixed in SVN trunk but many packages still require a rebuild. Generate list with: grep -R 'op=\$1' * | cut -f1 -d"/"
[extra] docbook-xml fuse vde2 xorg-fonts-type1
Packages that can be converted to arch=any
List thanks to Gerardo (http://archlinux.djgera.com.ar/misc/any-20091019.txt). Care needs to be taken as some packages in the original list contained references to the arch in their scripts (e.g. pacman-mirrorlist, abs)
[extra] (95 pkgs, about 880M per arch) boo 1776.00 K gecko-sharp-2.0 180.00 K gettext-mono 40.00 K maxima 88800.00 K mono-basic 2520.00 K mono-tools 3488.00 K mono-zeroconf 300.00 K smplayer-themes 5228.00 K taglib-sharp 464.00 K usermin 25752.00 K webmin 73344.00 K windowmaker-extra 580.00 K xsp 1812.00 K (can not convert as from split packages - repo management scripts limitation) [core] kernel26-docs udev-compat [extra] foomatic-db 48224.00 K foomatic-db-nonfree 8917.00 K gconfmm-docs 960.00 K glibmm-docs 15396.00 K gtkmm-docs 50104.00 K kdeartwork-aurorae 132.00 K kdeartwork-colorschemes 56.00 K kdeartwork-desktopthemes 1656.00 K kdeartwork-emoticons 688.00 K kdeartwork-iconthemes 26364.00 K kdeartwork-sounds 1504.00 K kdeartwork-wallpapers 78676.00 K kdeartwork-weatherwallpapers 7728.00 K kdesdk-kdepalettes 28.00 K kdesdk-kprofilemethod 16.00 K koffice-karbon-doc 40.00 K koffice-kchart-doc 416.00 K koffice-kexi-doc 256.00 K koffice-kpresenter-doc 1456.00 K koffice-kspread-doc 676.00 K koffice-pics 788.00 K koffice-servicetypes 40.00 K koffice-templates 64.00 K koffice-thesaurus-doc 44.00 K libsigc++-docs 10836.00 K libxml++-docs 1960.00 K pangomm-docs 3340.00 K ruby-docs 281180.00 K xorg-server-common 188.00 K xorg-server-devel 1520.00 K
Packages with leading /'s for paths in their .install files
TODO: generate list...
Packages greater than two years old
See https://www.archlinux.org/devel/reports/old/
Done!
For reference, the following lists have been completed:
- Packages without the arch in their file name
- Packages containing a .FILELIST file
- Packages depending on gcc
- Packages with files in /usr/man
- Packages with uncompressed man pages
- Packages with uncompressed info pages
- Packages in [core] needing more deps to run their install files
- Packages removed from base group