[arm-allstar] Package Repository

[David Andrzejewski]

Makes sense. Okay. Just wanted to see where we were with that - I managed to screw up a couple images royally trying to use pacman (for example, I wanted minicom).  Thank goodness it's so easy to restore images onto the SD card. 

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> On Jul 6, 2016, at 23:12, David McGough via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Yes, we have already got a static repository; it's just not useful for the 
> current publicly released code. Over the last few months, the RPi3 has 
> continued to be a rapidly moving target, with enhancements for peripheral 
> support, etc. This progression is expected with any new product, like the 
> RPi3.
> 
> However, I think we're really close to making the OS revision switch.
> 
> If you're interested in reviewing the currently proposed package archive, 
> the URL is below. Again--don't use this with any RPi2/3 earlier than our 
> 1.4 (non-public, testing-only) release. And, it is not yet complete.
> 
> https://hamvoip.org/arch/armv7h/
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2016, David Andrzejewski via arm-allstar wrote:
>> 
>> At some point I remember hearing some mention of having a fixed package
>> repository for pacman to use. That way, packages could be installed
>> without trying to upgrade the whole system which can cause breakage.  Is
>> this a thing yet? I can't find the e-mail on it.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> - Dave/KD8TWG
> 
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