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Is it safe to use a ghost Arch derivative ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello, Archlabs is gone . I use this distro so I wonder If I can still update it safely ?

My /etc/pacman.conf

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# The multilib repositories are enabled by default in ArchLabs.
# If you don't run 32 bit applications you may comment them out

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# [archlabs-testing]
# Server =  https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
# Server =  https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
# Server =  https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch

[archlabs]
Server = https://pub-7d84e047b852442a86fd6d7feb1ff2cd.r2.dev/$repo/$arch
Server = https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/$repo/raw/master/$arch
Server = https://github.com/ArchLabs/$repo/raw/master/$arch
Server = https://sourceforge.net/projects/archlabs-repo/files/$repo/$arch

If it is unsafe how I can turn this into a normal arch ?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

You'll need to do 3 things:

Refresh your keyring

pacman-keyring --init
pacman-keyring --populate archlinux

Remove the archlabs section from your pacman.conf
pacman -Syyu
Maintenance: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance#Check_for_orphans_and_dropped_packages

This should be everything. You'll need to be careful with removing packages with no upstream. I'm not sure how archlabs distributed their configuration files but if they were packages you'll have to be selective about what you remove. Ideally you'll slowly drop those configs for your own versions with future upgrades.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

It should be okay, just comment/delete out the archlabs repos as they are dead and make sure the mirrorlist in /etc/pacman.d is actually pointing at arch repos and then just run sudo pacman -Syu. If you want/need to edit names and logos and stuff just edit /etc/os-release.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

It's not unsafe, unless the servers are kept up but not maintained. If you want to turn in into "normal" Arch you have to replace all packages from the Archlabs repos to some from the official (or other) ones. This might be anything from trivial to painful, depending on modifications.

Also, kinda sad to hear Archlabs is dead, although EndeavourOS is a minimal enough alternative I guess.