When will the next update come out?
Me and yarost12 have been discussing when we will release the first real update to the new package. To not leave everyone in the dark, I've decided to create this comment and announce it.
We are currently targeting 6.16 or 6.16.1 as our first real release that will be fully released under our control.
We are currently in the process of dropping some unused patches (see
PR StarOpenSource/Linux-Tachyon#2 [1]) by nukyan), have replaced
Clear Linux's RPM build system with a simple patch list (and replaced
our parser in the package for it with a simple for loop; see
StarOpenSource/Linux-Tachyon#3 [2] &
Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR#28 [3]), improved the code quality
and style of the PKGBUILD (see PR Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR#26
[4]) and replaced all makepkg
-based logging calls with our own one
(see PR Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR#27 [5]), as using them is
highly discouraged by the Arch Wiki.
[1] https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/Linux-Tachyon/pulls/2
[2] https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/Linux-Tachyon/pulls/3
[3] https://git.staropensource.de/Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR/pulls/28
[4] https://git.staropensource.de/Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR/pulls/26
[5] https://git.staropensource.de/Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR/pulls/27
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JeremyStarTM commented on 2025-07-31 20:15 (UTC)
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Repository URL
This package is hosted at sos!git. If you want to contribute to the package, you can do it here: https://git.staropensource.de/Packaging/Linux-Tachyon-AUR
Issue handling
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Updates
I usually publish updates 0-3 days after a kernel release, depending on how busy I am.
If I however get wind of security-relevant updates or any vulnerabilities I will try to update the kernel as soon as possible and write a comment about the vulnerability/update. So make sure to subscribe to this package's comment mailing list.
PKGBUILD environment variable customization
The PKGBUILD file supports customization via environment variables. Here's a list of all of them:
-
_makemenuconfig
: Invokesmake menuconfig
(ncurses-based default configuration menu) before compilation starts-
_makenconfig
: Invokesmake nconfig
(ncurses-based nicer configuration menu) before compilation starts-
_makexconfig
: Invokesmake xconfig
(X11-based GUI configuration menu) before compilation starts-
_use_current
: Will use the configuration of the running kernel, if the running kernel is compiled withIKCONFIG_PROC
-
_optimize_defconfig
: Applies package maintainer-picked configuration changes to your defconfig. Only takes effect with_use_current
being enabled-
_copyfinalconfig
: Copies the final kernel configuration into the repository root askconfig-new
before compilation starts-
_localmodcfg
: Only compiles modules found in modprobed-db's database (which decreases compilation time and kernel size)-
_use_llvm_lto
: Compiles the kernel with LLVM instead of GCC. Should work, if not open an issue-
_subarch
: Specifies the subarchitecture to compile for (see the PKGBUILD file for a list of all subarches). Default is41
/MGENERIC_CPU
(Generic x86-64), which is compatible with all amd64 processors. Must be a number or subarch name-
_subarch_microarch
: Specifies the microarchitecture to compile for. Only applies to and is required by theMGENERIC_CPU
subarch. Must be a number between1
and4
(click for more information)-
_debug
: Force enables debug options when set toy
, force disables debug options when set ton
or uses the config defaults when unsetAll of these variables just need to be set for them to apply, except for
_subarch
and_debug
. For more information please check their documentation inside thePKGBUILD
fileGPG errors
If makepkg complains about invalid PGP keys, try running this command first:
gpg --locate-keys torvalds@kernel.org gregkh@kernel.org sashal@kernel.org benh@debian.org
. This command only needs to be executed once.