ALHP

Buildbot for Archlinux based repos with different x86-64 feature levels, -O3 and LTO.

[!WARNING] NVIDIA graphics users using the proprietary driver are strongly encouraged to read the FAQ about Linux kernel modules before enabling any repos.

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Quick Start

1. Check your system for support

[!CAUTION] Before enabling any of these repos, make sure that your system supports the level of functionality you want to enable (e.g. x86-64-v3). If you don't check first, you may not be able to boot your system and will have to downgrade any packages you may have upgraded.

Check which feature levels your CPU supports with

/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help

Example output snippet for a system supporting up to x86-64-v3:

Subdirectories of glibc-hwcaps directories, in priority order:
  x86-64-v4
  x86-64-v3 (supported, searched)
  x86-64-v2 (supported, searched)

[!NOTE] ALHP repos for x86-64-v2, x86-64-v3 and x86-64-v4 are currently available. You can see all available repositories here.

2. Install keyring & mirrorlist

Install alhp-keyring and alhp-mirrorlist from the AUR.

Example with yay:

yay -S alhp-keyring alhp-mirrorlist

alhp-keyring provides the current signing keys used by ALHP, alhp-mirrorlist a selection of mirrors.

3. Choose a mirror (optional)

Edit /etc/pacman.d/alhp-mirrorlist and comment in/out the mirrors you want to enable/disable. By default, a CDN mirror provided by ALHP is selected.

[!NOTE] cdn.alhp.dev and alhp.dev are provided directly by ALHP. If you have problems with a mirror, open an issue at the mirrorlist repo.

4. Modify pacman.conf

Add the ALHP repos to your /etc/pacman.conf. Make sure the appropriate ALHP repository is above the Archlinux repo.

Example for x86-64-v3:

[core-x86-64-v3]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/alhp-mirrorlist

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

[extra-x86-64-v3]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/alhp-mirrorlist

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

# if you need [multilib] support
[multilib-x86-64-v3]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/alhp-mirrorlist

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

Replace x86-64-v3 with the x86-64 feature level you want to enable.

[!TIP] Multiple layers can be stacked as described in https://somegit.dev/ALHP/ALHP.GO/issues/255#issuecomment-3335.

[!TIP] Usage = Sync Install Upgrade can be added to the ALHP repo sections to avoid seeing duplicate package search results.

5. Update package database and upgrade

pacman -Suy

FAQ

Remove ALHP packages

To disable ALHP, remove all x86-64-vX entries in /etc/pacman.conf and remove alhp-keyring and alhp-mirrorlist.

After that, you can update pacman's databases and downgrade all packages, like

pacman -Suuy

LTO

Enabled for all packages built after 04 Nov 2021 12:07:00 UTC. More details. LTO status is visible per package on the package status page.

Linux Kernel packages

KCFLAGS/KCPPFLAGS are used to build the kernel packages with our additional flags.

Directly linked kernel modules

Due to our increase in pkgrel, building the kernel packages will break any directly linked modules such as nvidia (not nvidia-dkms) or virtualbox-host-modules-arch (not virtualbox-host-dkms). Their respective dkms-variant is not affected. This issue is being tracked in #68, a solution is being worked on.

Mirrors

You want to mirror ALHP? You are welcome to do so, see alhp-mirrorlist for how to become one.

What packages are built

Packages excluded from building (besides all any architecture packages) are being listed in issue #16. See also package status page (search for blacklisted).

Why is package X not up-to-date

Also relevant for: I can't find package X / Application X fails to start because it links to an old/newer lib

ALHP builds packages after they are released in the official Archlinux repos (excluding [*-testing]). This will cause packages to be delayed if the current batch contains many packages, or packages that take a while to build (e.g. chromium).

You can always check on the progress of the current build cycle on the package status page. Please refrain from opening issues caused by packages currently in queue/not yet build/not yet moved to the repo. Please keep in mind that large rebuilds such as openssl or python can take days to complete on our current build hardware.

Debug symbols

ALHP provides a debuginfod instance under debuginfod.alhp.dev.

To use it, have debuginfod installed on your system and add it to your DEBUGINFOD_URLS with:

echo "https://debuginfod.alhp.dev" > /etc/debuginfod/alhp.urls

Switch between levels

If you want to switch between levels, e.g. from x86-64-v3 to x86-64-v4, you need to revert to official packages first, and then enable your desired repos again.

1. Comment out or remove the ALHP repo entries in /etc/pacman.conf.
2. Downgrade packages with pacman -Suuy.
3. Clear pacman's package cache with pacman -Scc.
4. Uncomment/add your desired repos to /etc/pacman.conf and update with pacman -Suy.

Matrix

For any non-issue questions, or if you just want to chat, ALHP has a Matrix room here (#alhp@ofsg.eu). You can also find me (@idlegandalf) in #archlinux:archlinux.org.

Donations

I appreciate any money you want to throw my way, but donations are strictly optional. Donations are primarily used to pay for server costs. Also consider donating to the Archlinux Team, without their work ALHP would not be possible.

License and Legal

This project and all of its source code is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version. See LICENSE for details.