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diff --git a/content/blog/20211025.org b/content/blog/20211025.org index 7ccda62..af52a11 100644 --- a/content/blog/20211025.org +++ b/content/blog/20211025.org @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ #+TITLE: October 2021 News Post #+DATE: 2021-10-25 #+AUTHOR: Cem Keylan -#+DRAFT: true After a long absence during the summer and working my way through moving to Berlin, I think it's the appropriate time to write a new blog post about the @@ -12,6 +11,9 @@ this post for so long, there are quite a numerous details to be discussed. #+TOC: headlines 1 local * Repository meta file +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: repository-meta-file +:END: You might have noticed that most packages now contain a file named =meta=. This file contains a small description, license for the package, and the maintainer @@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ documentation. Also see =cpt-search(1)= for more information on the flags and their behaviours. * Blake3 checksums +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: blake3-checksums +:END: The package manager now uses BLAKE3 to generate checksums, however this change is backwards compatible, and does not break any old packages that are lying @@ -64,6 +69,9 @@ can generate the checksums using ~cpt-checksum -s~, which is what I'm using the generate the checksums for the =cpt= package itself. * Message of the Day files +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: message-of-the-day-files +:END: With the release of the version =6.1.0= of CPT, I have added a =MOTD= file for displaying updates and important information from the repository. This file is a @@ -71,6 +79,9 @@ simple plaintext file that should be present on the root of the repository, and it is printed to the standard output during the =cpt-update= command. * Adding the core repository to the tarball +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: adding-the-core-repository-to-the-tarball +:END: I am thinking of adding a copy of the =core= repository to the release tarballs. By adding it, it will be a good incentive to remove the =git= package from the @@ -78,6 +89,9 @@ tarball, and let the user choose which repository backend they want to install (=git/fossil/rsync=) instead of enforcing =git=. * Packaging Linux Kernel headers +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: packaging-linux-kernel-headers +:END: The kernel header files are now packaged from a separate source tarball that /only/ contains the kernel headers so that the downloads are much smaller. For @@ -89,6 +103,9 @@ You can also fork the package and install LTS headers that are also provided by this repository, if they better fit your needs. * Website Update +:PROPERTIES: +:CUSTOM_ID: website-update +:END: No blog post is complete without me butchering this website, trying to shove it into a different static site generation software, breaking lots of links in the |