News Index

Sep 16, 2020

-The libressl "revert" was reverted. System update will replace libressl -dependencies with bearssl. You may choose to keep or remove bearssl after the -update. -

Sep 03, 2020

-The default TLS provider has been reverted to libressl. System update will -replace bearssl dependencies with libressl. You may choose to keep or remove -bearssl after the update. -

-Carbs Linux's fork of the kiss package manager has been renamed to Carbs - Packaging Tools due to huge amount of changes. Your latest kiss update will -handle the bootstrapping. You will need to rename your KISS-* variables to -CPT-*. -

Jun 17, 2020

-A new rootfs tarball including the changes to the core is released and can be -found on the downloads page. -

May 26, 2020

-An initial version for binary package management is released. It can be found on -the GitHub page. -

May 19, 2020

-A rootfs tarball targeting the i686 architecture has been released. It can be -found on the downloads page. -

May 10, 2020

-A GCC 10.1.0 change causes a kernel panic for kernels built with GCC 10.1. This -issue can be resolved by applying this patch to your kernel sources. -

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-EDIT: The patch is no longer necessary. -

Apr 27, 2020

-A new rootfs tarball has been released! You can see it on -https://dl.carbslinux.org/releases! -

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-EDIT: A new bug fix release has been made. -

Apr 10, 2020

-IRC channel can now be accessed from #carbslinux at freenode! -

Apr 06, 2020

-A new rootfs tarball has been released. See the downloads page. -

Apr 05, 2020

-Carbs Linux repositories will be hosted only on Github. Commits will be pushed -there, and not the repository. You have until May 4, 2020 Monday to switch your -remotes to https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository. The git repository will -continue to be served until then (without additional commits). -

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-You can switch your remote by executing the following command on your repository -directory. -

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git remote set-url origin https://github.com/CarbsLinux/repository
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Feb 18, 2020

-A new tarball is released. It can be found on https://dl.carbslinux.org. -

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-edit: I have removed the tarball because of a bootstrapping issue. I will be -re-adding it later today. -

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-edit 2: I have added a tarball (20200219) to reflect my recent changes on -Busybox. -

Feb 14, 2020

-IMPORTANT! Carbs-init update to be released on 17th of February -will require manual intervention. I am holding this update back so -people can see it before they update their system (even though the -update will show the same message as this). The rationale for the -update is explained below the intervention. -

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# There is an explanation for each init You only need to follow the instructions
-# for your own init-system
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-## busybox-init
-# If you did not edit your inittab simply move inittab.new to inittab
-mv /etc/inittab.new /etc/inittab
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-# If you did edit your inittab you can use a simple sed command to remove the
-# necessary lines
-sed -i '/getty/d;/runsvdir/d' /etc/inittab
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-## runit
-# same as busybox-init, if you did not edit /etc/runit/2 move 2.new to 2
-mv /etc/runit/2.new /etc/runit/2
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-# else
-vim /etc/runit/2
-# open your 2 file and remove the for loop containing getty commands. If you are
-# using runit, it is recommended to comment out /etc/init/runit.boot
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-## sinit/minit
-# If you did not edit your {sinit-,}launch-services.boot you can simply remove
-# it.
-rm -f /etc/init/launch-services.boot /etc/init/sinit-launch-services.boot
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-# This should leave you without any issues, and you can safely reboot.
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-Carbs-init update is to make sure init systems do not clash, and do -not have to use different files. This is a sensible update both for -the user user and for the maintainer side. -

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-To give an example, before this update busybox-init was managing getty -through inittab, runit was managing through /etc/runit/2, and -minit/sinit were launching from /etc/init/launch-services.boot. This -is a configuration nightmare for everyone, and since I am maintaining -and constantly testing those init providers, a huge nightmare for me. -This is a Quality of Life update. -