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ARCHINSTALL FIXES TYPO WHILE PACKAGE REPOS ROLL ROUTINE UPDATES

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The installer caught a misspelled string that's been hiding in the codebase, but the real action today is five routine package bumps across the extra repos.

Archinstall merged a translation fix that corrects a long-standing typo in the source strings: "respository" finally becomes "repository" [1]. The PR also updates Italian localization with new and improved translations, cleaning up the installer's language support in one pass. Meanwhile, the package repos are running steady: vulscan bumped to 2.1-1 [2], opensips to 3.6.5-1 [3], liblockfile to 1.17_2-1 [4], firefox-adblock-plus to 4.38.1-1 [5], and ecb to 2.52-1 [6]. Nothing critical or breaking in the batch, just the normal cadence of maintenance updates moving through the pipeline.

Action items

References

  1. [1] Update Italian translation + fix a string ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  2. [2] update vulscan to 2.1-1 in extra-any archlinux/state ↗
  3. [3] update opensips to 3.6.5-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  4. [4] update liblockfile to 1.17_2-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  5. [5] update firefox-adblock-plus to 4.38.1-1 in extra-any archlinux/state ↗
  6. [6] update ecb to 2.52-1 in extra-any archlinux/state ↗

$ ls archlinux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Kernel v7.2.4-arch1 ships with userns sysctl the month in review August's Arch: AUR hardening, kernel churn, and steady package flow
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Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on May 17, 2026?
The installer caught a misspelled string that's been hiding in the codebase, but the real action today is five routine package bumps across the extra repos. In total, 51 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on May 17, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including vanmatten.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
Update Italian translation + fix a string, update vulscan to 2.1-1 in extra-any, and update opensips to 3.6.5-1 in extra-x86_64.
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$ log @archlinux --recent

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$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

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