Package Details: ms-sys 1:2.8.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/ms-sys.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: ms-sys
Description: Write Microsoft-compatible boot records (MBR and PBR)
Upstream URL: http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/
Licenses: GPL
Conflicts: ms-sys-devel
Submitter: Allan
Maintainer: chungy
Last Packager: chungy
Votes: 257
Popularity: 0.29
First Submitted: 2008-12-28 13:05 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2022-10-25 17:22 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

chungy commented on 2018-03-25 05:36 (UTC)

Note to flaggers: ms-sys uses a stable/unstable versioning system like the old (pre-2.6) linux kernel. 2.5.x aren't in the stable series, this package won't get upgraded unless a 2.4.2 or 2.6.0 happen.

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polyzen commented on 2017-05-27 22:30 (UTC)

Keeping hardening-wrapper around after the relevant builds can cause issues with other builds (IIRC Emacs was an example).

chungy commented on 2017-05-27 22:27 (UTC)

Hmm, thanks. I'm still not sure why it should be added, or why it's not part of base-devel if packaging standards demand it. I'll ask on IRC about it.

polyzen commented on 2017-05-27 22:17 (UTC)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Security#hardening-wrapper

chungy commented on 2017-05-27 22:15 (UTC)

I removed it because it didn't seem essential to building. You can still have the package installed if you want to build it that way.

polyzen commented on 2017-05-27 21:42 (UTC)

Why remove the hardening-wrapper makedep? Conflicts are added to devel/VCS packages.

polyzen commented on 2016-03-28 02:01 (UTC) (edited on 2016-03-28 02:06 (UTC) by polyzen)

BlueSpirit, the "1:" is an epoch[]. Read 3 comments back for why we're on 2.4.1. (Edit: This is the stable release.) [] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#epoch

BlueSpirit commented on 2016-03-27 00:19 (UTC)

Why is there an 1: in front of the "real" version number? This confuses pacaur which thinks 1:2.4.1 is newer than 2.5.3 ;)

polyzen commented on 2016-03-13 11:31 (UTC) (edited on 2016-07-21 05:26 (UTC) by polyzen)

Fantastic.. Hopefully these versions have been stable enough, and caused no issues. Thank you for pointing this out, kyb. If you want to use the dev version: just download this[], add -dev to the pkgname, add yourself as maintainer, and presto magico. Edit: Also bump the pkgver if there's an update by then. [] https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=ms-sys&id=ac42497067e18f1eb4f663205a5fd76cd86f87a8

kyb commented on 2016-03-13 10:08 (UTC)

It could be cool to select the version while installing The lastest stable version is 2.4.1 and development 2.5.3-dev. You may alse type stable or dev as aliases to the lastest verions. please select version (2.5.3.1-dev):