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archinstall patches archiso workflow after broadcom-wl removal

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Jan Steffens Caleb Maclennan codefiles Antonio Rojas
4 people shipped this
Jan Steffens @heftig 2 cited Caleb Maclennan @alerque 2 cited codefiles @codefiles 2 cited Antonio Rojas @antonio-rojas 1 cited

Archinstall ships a temporary fix for the archiso workflow, blocking production until archiso either drops broadcom-wl or the repo restores it.

Archinstall's archiso workflow broke after broadcom-wl left the installer environment [1], and the project pushed a temporary fix [2] that must revert once archiso either removes broadcom-wl from configs/releng/packages.x86_64 or the package returns to the repos. Meanwhile, package updates landed across extra: git-cinnabar bumps to 0.7.5-1 [3], localsearch to 3.11.2-1 [4], and python-fonttools to 4.64.0-1 [5], all routine refreshes for extra-x86_64. In staging, bespokesynth updates to 1.3.0-5 [6] and glaze to 8.3.0-1 [7], the latter flagged for any architecture. For the archinstall fix, the PR notes: "This is a temporary fix to address" the referenced issue, and it should be reverted once the underlying archiso problem resolves [1].

Action items

References

  1. [1] Fix archiso workflow ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  2. [2] Fix archiso workflow (#4748) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  3. [3] update git-cinnabar to 0.7.5-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  4. [4] update localsearch to 3.11.2-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  5. [5] update python-fonttools to 4.64.0-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  6. [6] update bespokesynth to 1.3.0-5 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  7. [7] update glaze to 8.3.0-1 in extra-staging-any ↗ archlinux/state

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

the week in review Arch kernel 7.2.3 ships with userns sysctl the month in review August's Arch: AUR hardening, kernel churn, and steady package flow
Topics: Infrastructure Full archive →

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on September 1, 2026?
Archinstall ships a temporary fix for the archiso workflow, blocking production until archiso either drops broadcom-wl or the repo restores it. In total, 51 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on September 1, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Jan Steffens, Antonio Rojas, Caleb Maclennan, and codefiles.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
Fix archiso workflow, Fix archiso workflow (#4748), and update git-cinnabar to 0.7.5-1 in extra-x86_64.
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AUR push to deleted packages no longer grants maintainership 51 shipped pkgconf moves to core, asusctl and rule sets leave testing 53 shipped Yanked wnaf crate forces signstar dependency bump 51 shipped Arch kernel v7.2.3-arch1 ships with new userns sysctl 53 shipped

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