Three bugs caught while smoke-testing against an existing
build.ArchR-RK3326.aarch64/install_pkg tree:
1. BUILD_DIR auto-detection glob did not include the trailing arch
suffix, so build.ArchR-RK3326.aarch64 never matched. Now matches
build.*-RK3326*aarch64*.
2. Version sanitization used `echo | tr -c '[charset]' '.'` which
turns the trailing newline into a stray '.', producing versions
like "1.0.8." that pacman refuses. Swapped to printf.
3. Package layout was wrong for pacman 7 repo-add:
- .PKGINFO must be the FIRST entry in the tar (pacman streams it).
- No "./" prefix on file names (matches makepkg output).
- .PKGINFO needs `pkgbase` and `xdata = pkgtype=pkg` lines, not
just `pkgname`.
Rewrote the packing block to assemble an explicit file list with
.PKGINFO first, then tar -T.
Also: install_pkg name extraction is more robust now — sed strips
both 40-char git hashes and semver suffixes to recover the real
package name, and the package.mk lookup uses find rather than
literal globbing so packages nested at any depth are found.
Smoke test confirms repo-add accepts the resulting archive, signs
archr.db with the configured signer, and emits the expected
symlinks archr.db -> archr.db.tar.gz.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Decision: pacman repo lives on GitHub Releases at
archr-linux/archr-repo. No VPS, no repo.arch-r.io. Google Drive stays
out of runtime (backup/archive only). Cloudflare R2 fallback deferred.
Detail in docs/release-policy.md.
archr-update rewritten end-to-end:
- 188 lines of dead POST-to-update.arch-r.io code replaced by an
87-line wrapper around pacman -Syu. The POST endpoint never existed
so there is no legacy compat to preserve.
- subcommands: check, update, info. system.cfg "updates.branch" maps
to repo-stable / repo-next / repo-dev tags on archr-linux/archr-repo;
the mirrorlist is rewritten on every invocation so channel switches
are immediate.
pacman.conf rebuilt around a single [archr] repo (Arch Linux ARM
upstream removed). SigLevel starts at "Required DatabaseOptional"
during bootstrap; will tighten to "Required" once the production
master key signs the .db.
pacman-init reachability test points at github.com and the keyring
populate target is "archr" instead of "archlinuxarm".
archr-keyring repurposed: the three archlinuxarm keyring files are
removed; package.mk now expects archr.gpg / archr-trusted /
archr-revoked under keys/ and ships empty placeholders until the real
ArchR master key is generated.
scripts/repo/gen-pacman-repo + README: take the build.*-RK3326 tree
that "make docker-RK3326" leaves behind, package each install_pkg/<x>
as a .pkg.tar.zst with synthesized .PKGINFO, run repo-add to build
archr.db, optionally GPG-sign everything. Emits a `gh release create`
command for the publish step. CI hook left as a follow-up.
docs/improvements.md 2.1 marked partial: client and build script are
ready; what blocks the first usable release is generating the GPG
master key, creating archr-linux/archr-repo on GitHub, and one manual
publish for the repo-dev tag to validate the end-to-end loop.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
scripts/image: rewrite /etc/os-release block to the freedesktop layout
expected by third-party tools. ID_LIKE=arch is the change that makes
ArchR detect-cleanly as Arch family across distros, package managers
and analytics. PRETTY_NAME, ANSI_COLOR, LOGO, DOCUMENTATION_URL,
SUPPORT_URL and BUG_REPORT_URL added on top, with sensible fallbacks
from GIT_ORGANIZATION/GIT_REPO when the user has not overridden them
in distributions/ArchR/options.
Drop the empty /etc/archr-release sentinel file alongside os-release.
Arch ships /etc/arch-release the same way (empty by convention) for
tools that detect distro family by file presence rather than by parsing
os-release.
distributions/ArchR/options: fix typo HOME_URL "arc-r.io" -> "arch-r.io".
projects/ArchR/packages/archr: ship archr(7) under /usr/share/man/man7.
First man page of the distro, covers the public command surface
(archr-update, archr-config, archr-systems, etc.), the file locations
that matter (/etc/os-release, /etc/archr-release, /storage layout) and
the architectural decision recorded today (LibreELEC-style read-only
rootfs + storage overlay is by design, not technical debt; SteamOS
validates the model).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Bump Mesa version from 26.0.3 to 26.0.5 with updated SHA256 checksum.
- Modify RK3326 device tree to increase regulator max voltage for ARM.
- Update OPP settings in RK3326 DTS patch for improved performance.
- Add Python3 and xz to PortMaster dependencies.
- Enhance PortMaster startup script for better directory handling and cleanup.
- Implement HDMI resolution check with timeout in autostart script.
- Add turbo mode configuration to system settings.
- Refactor CPU frequency functions to utilize available frequencies more effectively.
- Update Dolphin emulator scripts to improve gptokeyb process handling.
- Introduce new systemd configuration for timesyncd to optimize polling intervals.
- Set uinput permissions in udev rules for better controller input handling.
- Adjust emulator package.mk to optimize performance for RK3326.
- Modify mkimage script to ensure proper FAT32 formatting and filesystem checks.
- Enhance benchmark script to auto-detect device-specific paths and improve logging.
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