Compile archlinux from scratch ??

Is possible to recompile archlinux from scratch ? from sources ? like gentoo (Stage 1 2 3) ??

I know it's common to try and "solve" a problem by providing what you asked for, but I want to attack this from a different angle:
Why do you want to do this? If you're looking to actually start up a "port" to a different architecture, it's fairly complicated and not recommended if you don't really know all the details. If you just want to compile "because it's faster" I can tell you that there will positively be no difference in speed after you recompile everything. Your biggest jumps would be in compiling maybe the kernel, glibc, X, and your WM for your architecture. I wouldn't compile everything.

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[Little Help] Archlinux from scratch

Well i tried to recompile all my system with this makepkg.conf:
# /etc/makepkg.conf
# SOURCE ACQUISITION
#-- The FTP/HTTP download utility that makepkg should use to acquire sources
FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/wget --continue --passive-ftp --tries=3 --waitretry=3 --no-check-certificate"
#FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/snarf"
#FTPAGENT="/usr/bin/lftpget -c"
# ARCHITECTURE, COMPILE FLAGS
CARCH="i686"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
#-- Exclusive: will only run on i686
# -mtune builds exclusively for an architecture
# -mcpu optimizes for an architecture, but builds for the whole processor family
CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=native"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
#-- Make Flags: change this for DistCC/SMP systems
#MAKEFLAGS="-j2"
# BUILD ENVIRONMENT
# Defaults: BUILDENV=(!fakeroot !distcc color !ccache)
#-- fakeroot: Allow building packages as a non-root user
#-- distcc: Use the Distributed C/C++/ObjC compiler
#-- color: Colorize output messages
#-- ccache: Use ccache to cache compilation
BUILDENV=(fakeroot !distcc color !ccache)
#-- If using DistCC, your MAKEFLAGS will also need modification. In addition,
#-- specify a space-delimited list of hosts running in the DistCC cluster.
#DISTCC_HOSTS=""
# GLOBAL PACKAGE OPTIONS
# These are default values for the options=() settings
# Default: OPTIONS=(strip !docs !libtool emptydirs)
#-- strip: Strip symbols from binaries/libraries
#-- docs: Save doc and info directories
#-- libtool: Leave libtool (.la) files in packages
#-- emptydirs: Leave empty directories in packages
OPTIONS=(strip !docs libtool emptydirs)
#-- File integrity checks to use. Valid: md5, sha1, sha256, sha384, sha512
INTEGRITY_CHECK=(md5)
#-- Info and doc directories to remove (if option set correctly above)
DOC_DIRS=(usr/{,share/}{info,doc,gtk-doc} opt/gnome/{,share/}{info,doc,gtk-doc})
# PACKAGE OUTPUT
# Default: put built package and cached source in build directory
#-- Destination: specify a fixed directory where all packages will be placed
#PKGDEST=/home/packages
#-- Source cache: specify a fixed directory where source files will be cached
#SRCDEST=/home/sources
#-- Packager: name/email of the person or organization building packages
#PACKAGER="John Doe <[email protected]>"
# vim: set ft=sh ts=2 sw=2 et:
and using this script:
#!/bin/bash
# Update abs tree and pacman db
abs
pacman -Sy
# Get list of installed packages
pkglist=`pacman -Q | cut -d' ' -f1 | paste -s`
# Locate each package in abs tree
for pkg in $pkglist; do
search=`find /var/abs/ -type d -name $pkg`
echo
echo "Searching for: $pkg"
echo "Result: $search"
# Add it to makelist or norebuildlist
pkgbuild="$search/PKGBUILD"
if [ -f "$pkgbuild" ] ; then
# Check if its already installed from source
source=`srcpac -Qi $pkg | grep 'Source :'`
if [ "$source" = "Source : No" ] ; then
makelist="$makelist $pkg"
else
echo "Package was already built from source..."
norebuildlist="$norebuildlist $pkg"
fi
else
norebuildlist="$norebuildlist $pkg"
fi
done
# Show list of packages not found in abs
echo
echo "Packages that won't be rebuilt:"
echo "-------------------------------"
echo
echo "$norebuildlist"
# Show list of packages to build
echo
echo "Packages to build:"
echo "------------------"
echo
echo "$makelist"
# Write to treebuildlist file
echo $makelist > treebuildlist
echo
echo "...wrote list to file: treebuildlist"
# Build the packages using aurbuild
echo
echo "Starting build..."
echo "-----------------"
echo
srcpac -Sb $makelist
echo
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
echo " REBUILD COMPLETE!"
echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
echo
Running this script it's all OK but, at the end, it return me a strange output:
Packages that won't be rebuilt:
acl acpid alacarte alsa-lib alsa-oss alsa-utils alunn apr apr-util archlinux-menus aspell atk attr audiofile autoconf automake avahi bash bigreqsproto bin86 binutils bison bug-buddy bzip2 cairo cdparanoia clisp control-center coreutils cpio cpufrequtils cracklib cryptsetup csup cups curl damageproto db db4.1 dbus dbus-glib dbus-python dcron ddcxinfo-arch desktop-file-utils device-mapper dhcdbd dhclient dhcpcd dialog diffutils dmapi dmidecode dmxproto docbook-xml docbook-xsl dopewars e2fsprogs ed eel eject enchant eog esd evince evolution-data-server expat fakeroot fam file file-roller filesystem findutils firefox fixesproto flac flashplugin flex fnfx fontcacheproto fontconfig fontsproto freetype2 gail gawk gcalctool gcc gconf gconf-editor gd gdbm gdm geany gedit gen-init-cpio gettext ghostscript gksu glib2 glibc glproto gmp gnome-applets gnome-audio gnome-backgrounds gnome-desktop gnome-doc-utils gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-media gnome-menus gnome-mime-data gnome-mount gnome-netstatus gnome-nettool gnome-network-manager gnome-panel gnome-power-manager gnome-python gnome-python-desktop gnome-session gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gnome-themes gnome-utils gnome-vfs gnome-volume-manager gnome2-user-docs gnuplot gnutls grep groff grub gsfonts gstreamer0.10 gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-bad gstreamer0.10-base gstreamer0.10-cdparanoia gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-flac gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-good gstreamer0.10-mad gstreamer0.10-mpeg2dec gstreamer0.10-mpeg2enc gstreamer0.10-ogg gstreamer0.10-ugly gstreamer0.10-vorbis gstreamer0.10-xvid gtk-engines gtk2 gtksourceview gtkspell gucharmap guile gutenprint gzip hal hal-info heimdal hicolor-icon-theme hsqldb-java hunspell hwd hwdetect icon-naming-utils icu initscripts inputproto iproute iputils ipw2100-fw iso-codes jfsutils jre kbd kbproto kernel-headers kernel26 klibc klibc-extras klibc-udev lcms less lesstif libarchive libart-lgpl libbeagle libbonobo libbonoboui libcap libcroco libcups libdaemon libdatrie libdjvu libdmx libdownload libdrm libdv libexif libfontenc libgcrypt libgksu libgl-dri libglade libgnome libgnomecanvas libgnomecups libgnomekbd libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui libgnomeui libgpg-error libgsf libgtop libice libid3tag libidl2 libjpeg liblbxutil libldap libmad libmikmod libmpeg2 libnetworkmanager libnl libnotify libogg liboil libpcap libpng librep librsvg libsasl libsexy libsigsegv libsm libsmbios libsndfile libsoup libstdc++5 libtasn1 libthai libtiff libtool libusb libvorbis libwnck libwpd libx11 libxau libxaw libxcursor libxdamage libxdmcp libxext libxfixes libxfont libxfontcache libxft libxi libxinerama libxkbfile libxkbui libxklavier libxml2 libxmu libxp libxpm libxrandr libxrender libxres libxslt libxss libxt libxtrap libxtst libxv libxxf86dga libxxf86misc libxxf86vm licenses logrotate lshwd lvm2 lzo2 m4 mailx make man man-pages maxima mcpp mdadm mesa metacity mjpegtools mkinitcpio mktemp module-init-tools mozilla-common nano nautilus ncurses neon net-tools networkmanager notification-daemon nspr nss nss-mdns opencdk openoffice-base openoffice-it openslp openssl orbit2 pacman pam pango patch pciutils pcmciautils pcre perl perl-xml-simple perlxml pidgin pkgconfig pm-utils poppler poppler-glib popt portmap ppp printproto procinfo procps psmisc pycairo pygobject pygtk pyorbit python python-numeric randrproto readline recordproto reiserfsprogs renderproto rp-pppoe scrnsaverproto scrollkeeper sdl sdl_image sdl_mixer sed shadow shared-mime-info slocate smbclient srcpac startup-notification subversion sysfsutils syslog-ng sysvinit t1lib tar tcp_wrappers tetex texmacs totem totem-plparser trapproto ttf-dejavu udev unrar unzip usbutils util-linux vi videoproto vino vte wget which wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wxgtk xalan-java xcursor-themes xdg-utils xextproto xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-trident xf86-video-vesa xf86dgaproto xf86miscproto xf86vidmodeproto xfsdump xfsprogs xineramaproto xkeyboard-config xmlsec xorg xorg-font-utils xorg-fonts-alias xorg-fonts-encodings xorg-fonts-misc xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-utils xorg-xauth xorg-xinit xorg-xkb-utils xorg-xsm xproto xtrans xulrunner xvidcore yaourt yelp zenity zlib
Packages to build:
...wrote list to file: treebuildlist
Starting build...
errore: nessun pacchetto specificato (usare -h per un aiuto)
REBUILD COMPLETE!
Someone can help me please?

mucknert wrote:No, I mean that optimizing Arch beyond i686 will not give you any noticable gain in performance (it's somewhere around 1%). I don't say that Metadistributions are useless: they fit people that need the feeling of "being in control", whatever that means. Please don't turn my words around, I've never stated that Gentoo is useless.
Optimizations are not useless in general either. Saying that would be pretty one-sided and not true at all. I want to say that Arch is reasonably optimized already and any other tweaking will mean a lot of wasted cycles for only a small gain, if any at all.
Mmm... you convinced me... at the end a 1% or 2% gain of performances is useless.
THX

Compile CRDA from scratch possible?

Hello everyone.
I want to compile the CRDA from wireless.kernel.org manually instead of using the CRDA-Package from the repos.
I managed to get the script in ./utils/key2pub.py changed so it was interpreted by python2 and worked.
The main problem is that the make command gets me:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lnl-genl
This actually confuses me, I am new to arch and was only working on Debian systems before.
So the question is: Is it possible to compile and install the original sources?
And if yes: how?
Unfortunately Google did not help me since it always refers to the crda installed by pacman.
Thanks in advance

Why do you want to compile it? Do you think there's something wrong with the repo package? If so, you should post a bug report, so that it doesn't affect others.
Anyway, look into ABS (Arch Build System) - that's what we use to recompile packages around here.

Arch from scratch

Hi there,
I am planning on installing LFS next week with a good friend, for the learning experience. But the lack of a package manager is a big drawback.
Would it be possible to get pacman running on lfs but then also make it possible to upgrade every package on my system. This includes the packages build from source before I installed pacman. Then I could make everything i686 compliant so I could bzip my files and extract it elsewhere and rebuild it for pentium4 or athlon-xp on the computer it's meant for.
I have found some wiki pages on how to install pacman from scratch and make it work on LFS but it doesn't really say how to upgrade packages allready installed. The arch creator, Judd Vinet, made archlinux kind off like this. I guess it would be a very good experience to know the ins and outs of a linux system.

Let's see here, how to explain this.
The way Arch, or any distro for that matter, started off was as an LFS system. This system, we'll call it the bootstrap system since that's basically what it is, serves as an environment in which packages for an entire new system can be created as packages. Once the packages are all built, they can be installed as a new distro and the bootstrap system gets dumped. In other words the bootstrap system ends up being an entirely separate system from the eventual distro, and just a way to get the distro itself on its legs and running.
As I understand it, what you want to do is create something like a bootstrap system and sort of install it in/on top of itself. It seems to me that while it's possible to do, it's incredibly difficult, and PITA to say the least. As an alternative idea, what you might want to do is compile pacman from source, then compile all of BASE using pacman, and take the resulting packages and install them to another partition and in that sense make your own Arch from scratch

Building ArchLinux from Source

Hello I am new to Archlinux.
I come here from a long way through Ubuntu, Debian over Gentoo and finally Linux from Scratch. However none provided me the boot times I wished, so I came to Arch. I don't know wether the question was discussed, at least I could not find it:
How can I install ArchLinux from Source? I want to benefit from "-O2 -march=native" (or -O3? What is more appropiate for Intel Atom N450, 1GB RAM?). I only find documentation for using the binaries provided.

tinko wrote:
.....Ubuntu ... Debian ... Gentoo ... Linux from Scratch ... none provided me the boot times I wished, so I came to Arch. .....
How can I install ArchLinux from Source? I want to benefit from "-O2 -march=native" (or -O3? What is more appropiate for Intel Atom N450, 1GB RAM?).
The beautiful aspect of Arch, to me, is that you can install all of your desired apps from binaries in a very short time and later compile them (or some of them) from source code to optimize performance. I run ArchLinux on a couple of systems with Atom 230 and 330 processors (each with maxed out memory, 3.2GB). I've noticed a nice improvement in responsiveness as I've moved step-by-step from a system composed entirely of pre-compiled binaries from the repositories to a system composed mostly of the same packages compiled locally with my own CFLAGS ("-march=atom -O2 -msse3 -mfpmath=sse"). I think that installing from source is a reasonable thing to do and is very easy with Arch:
pbget <package> && cd <package>/ && makepkg --install --noconfirm --log [-s]
You can prepare for your daily or weekly upgrade with
pbget --abs --upgradable && pbget --aur-only --upgradable
To get a kernel compiled for the atom cpu just use pbget to get the kernel26 package (or pbget --aur-only kernel26-ck to get the ck-patched kernel), edit the PKGBUILD to enable menuconfig (I use "make gconfig"), run makepkg and enable the atom cpu option in the menus.
Arch doesn't have USE flags (and I'm glad of that) but the equivalent is to edit the PKGBUILD. You may have to delve into the source code before changing ./configure options: makepkg --nobuild && <check the configure options> && vim PKGBUILD && makepkg --install
In general the Arch devs have done well in choosing the right configuration. I'm happy to stick with almost all of their decisions and burn myself once in while when I try to do otherwise

I've lost iWeb and thus my web design. I must start from scratch. Should I reinstall iWeb 09 and use that, or is there a better way?

I've lost iWeb and thus my web design. I must start from scratch. Should I reinstall iWeb 09 and use that, or is there a better way?

The file you really need is named Domain.sites2 which resides in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb foldler. It's independent from the iWeb application. If it's not in there do you have a backup of your hard drive from an earlier time?
Resinatll iWeb 3 from the iLife 09 disk or wherever you got it from originally and then try what's described below:
In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
To open your domain file in Lion or Mountain Lion or to switch between multiple domain files Cyclosaurus has provided us with the following script that you can make into an Applescript application with Script Editor. Open Script Editor, copy and paste the script below into Script Editor's window and save as an application.
do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.iWeb iWebDefaultsDocumentPath -boolean no"delay 1
tell application "iWeb" to activate
You can download an already compiled version with this link: iWeb Switch Domain.
Just launch the application, find and select the domain file in your Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder that you want to open and it will open with iWeb. It modifies the iWeb preference file each time it's launched so one can switch between domain files.
WARNING: iWeb Switch Domain will overwrite an existing Domain.sites2 file if you select to create a new domain in the same folder. So rename your domain files once they've been created to something other than the default name.
OT

[Solved] Linux From Scratch - gnu-versions.h missing

I am using Arch to build a Linux From Scratch on another partition, but I am having problems compiling as not having the file "gnu-versions.h" is causing problems.
I searched the net and the forums and didn't come up with anything useful.
I installed the automake and autoconf along with other listed prerequisites but still no gnu-versions.h.
I am pretty sure it is part of one of the gnu dev files, but i can't find it.
Something led me to think that I may need glibc-dev, but I can't find it in the repos.
Any help would be appreciated.
richs-lxh
Last edited by richs-lxh (2008-10-06 18:59:07)

ghostHack wrote:
errr....
[rich@karhide ~]$ pacman -Qo /usr/include/gnu-versions.h
/usr/include/gnu-versions.h is owned by glibc 2.8-3
This is strange.
I did an updatedb and slocate earlier, even physically checked the /usr/include dir as well as issuing a find. Nada.
So, I reinstall glibc, and boom! there it is.
Thanks ghostHack
Last edited by richs-lxh (2008-10-06 18:58:37)

Does the Xilinx compiler "learn" from past compilations?

Hi all,
I noticed that if I have piece of FPGA code that is close to meeting timing, after I can get it to compile once, by trying the compile multiple times, it will keep compiling on subsequenct builds as I modify parts of the code not in the path of the code that was causing the violation.
I also jsut upgraded to LabVIEW FPGA 2014 and the latest xilinx tools (14.7 ISE) from LabVIEW FPGA 2012 and my compiles take way longer and is not meeting timing, on the same code. Is this because I just flushed all the old data from previous compiles?

Hey qfman,
Every time you compile the resource mapping starts from scratch so I believe this is most likely a "chance" behaviour you are seeing. Between LabVIEW FPGA versions there are different compiling algorithms/overhead which might come into play for the timing or resource allocation during compile. As far as LabVIEW FPGA 2014, are you using your own computer or the Cloud Compile to compile the code? I'd recommend trying the Cloud Compile (http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/C272BBA0A6959DB6862578DB00808AC3) and seeing if you get the same behaviour.
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My mid-2009 MacBook Pro's hard drive is near death. I want to install a new SSD and work from scratch. Please help.

Recently, my mid-2009 MacBook Pro has been crashing when I close the screen ("it's having a problem recognizing when the screen is closed/open and deciding what to do, error overload etc."). It wasn't an SMC issue so I took it to an Apple Store, ran some tests, and decided my hard-drive is failing.
Not wanting to spend an insane amount of money on some "official apple hard-drive," I want to install a new 256GB SSD instead. Hoping to squeeze as much life out of this computer as possible (in January I upgraded from 4 GB RAM to 8 GB), I would like to try and start from scratch, i.e. back-up important folders, music, photos etc. and only take that to the new hard-drive. If someone could explain all the steps I need to take to safely complete this task (or point me in the direction of a guide) I'd appreciate it.
Potentially Important info:
     Model:                mid-2009 13'' MacBook Pro
     Processor:          2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     Memory:             4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
     Software:            OS X 10.8.4
Some additional questions I have...
     Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
     How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
          word-processing. The batter was replaced in March, the RAM was upgraded to 8 GB in January. When the battery was swapped, the trackpad went           nuts so that's new too. Only other issues are a slightly loose audio jack and the left side of the screen being slightly wobbly (hinge is worn I'm told).

cwgonzalez1192
     Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
     How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
          word-processing.
Well there is no "official Apple HD / SSD" in any regard, no worries there.
If as you say youre only using same for surfing and word processing, why the need for a SSD? You would not notice any speed diff. in use on either of those,....in boot times yes, but in word or surfing, not.
You can push it likely a few more years, for mere surfing and word processing,...many many years.   Up TO the point that any major fixes become unrealistic relative to getting a new(ER) machine.
Concerned with a boot clone? yes and no. Its an ideal immediate recovery, since you cannot boot from Time Machine, ....in case of HD crash, recovery takes seconds from boot, or 20 mins or so from removing old and installing a clone. All the prosumers and pros have at least one updated clone of their prime machines.
You can do a "fresh install" if you choose, however if your current drive is FINE, why not merely clone it and save yourself some headache?...., but that is your prerogative of course.    Ideally 2 drives, one to backup your data (you need that regardless of installing a new drive for sake of a backup/archive,...ideally 2 actually, not merely one).
You could clone internal to NEW SSD/HD , ...then offload unnecessary files to an external to free up space and clutter and run off the clone, and this would only take a couple hours......the clone itself takes approx. 40+ mins.
CLONE Apps :
Superduper does not clone the recovery partition, but that is NOT necessary if you keep the original HD as a “backup clone”. Most don’t bother with the recovery partition in a clone, however that is your prerogative.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
(Free superduper APP above)
CCC App
http://www.bombich.com/

Query based taxonomy from scratch gives NoSuchMethodError...

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java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
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     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.CollectionImpl.internalGetChildren(CollectionImpl.java:966)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.CollectionImpl.getChildren(CollectionImpl.java:179)
Any help in solving this is highly apprecaited.
We run EP6 SP2.
I did NOT create a 'crawler profile' for this set up.
thanks,
Biju.

Hi Biju,
re. your NW'04 SP stack 4 migration intention:
NW'04 is still in ramp-up (SP stack 4 is the current shipment bundle of it) so at the current point in time, only participating ramp-up customers can use it.
A migration from EP6.0 SP2 to NW'04 will be possible (but not during the ramp-up phase).
From a Knowledge Management & Collaboration perspective, we will port most of the NW'04 SP stack 4 functions to EP6.0 SP2 as well. These functions will be shipped as EP6.0 SP2 Patch 5 (planned shipment date beginning of Q4 / 2004) so for mid-term, you can also plan to stay on EP6.0 SP2 if you have no other pressing reasons for going to NW'04 (e.g. enhanced Web AS functions).
This feature porting from NW -> EP6.0 SP2 is an 'only-once' action, however, and NetWeaver will be the release for new features in the future.
Regards,
Joerg

Acrobat 9: compiling responses from multiple questionnaire responses into spreadsheet

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Hi Friends... I'm trying to delete a back-up file on mu TC but I get the message "The operation could not be completed because the item "bands" is in use. I'd like to start the Back from scratch, could help me out with deleting the current file?

Hi Friends...
I’m trying to delete a back-up file on mu TC but I get the message “The operation could not be completed because the item “bands” is in use. I’d like to start the Back from scratch, could help me out with deleting the current file?

Sorry, I am very confused. I asked the following question....
Is this the only backup file on your Mac, or do you have other backup files and data on the Time Capsule disk?
The answer that you gave was....
This is the only one
Now you are saying that....
But I have lots of other files on Time Capsule! The back up file is only one of them.
Can you clarify, please?

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http://www.networkcomputing.com/rss.php
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I started this xml file:
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Can I do this without having to input each item individually?
Is this how I should do it anyways with a button linking to this xml file?
I really want to have like 3-5 of the posts to auto update on my home page but I dont know how to embed the RSS into my HTML home page file.
Also, the way I have it coded, will it automatically update the new posts?
or do I have to wait for the new post and input the item into the xml file?
I am very new to the RSS feed so please help.
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<title>Untitled Document</title>

</style>
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    false,
        format:"xml",
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            var xml = Spry.Utils.stringToXMLDoc( strxml ), ds = Spry.Data.XMLDataSet.getRecordSetFromXMLDoc( xml, "rss/channel/item" );
            return ds.data;
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window.open(theURL,winName,features);
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<embed src="network.mp4" width="320" height="162" autostart="true" style="background-color: Black; " type="video/quicktime" autoplay="true" loop="true" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"></embed>
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        <div class="MasterColumn" spry:when="{ds_RowID} == {ds_CurrentRowID}" spry:select="MasterColumnSelected" spry:selectgroup="master" spry:selected="MasterColumnSelected" spry:hover="MasterColumnHover" spry:setrow="dsItem">{title}</div>
        <div class="MasterColumn" spry:default="default" spry:select="MasterColumnSelected" spry:selectgroup="master" spry:hover="MasterColumnHover" spry:setrow="dsItem">{title}</div>
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    <br/>
    <div spry:detailregion="dsItem" class="DetailContainer">
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Category:</span>  <span>{category}</span></div>
      <div class="DetailColumn"><span class="style9">Published:</span>  <span>{pubDate}</span></div>
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    <p class="style8"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.voip-news.com/rss/vnar.xml">RSS VoIP News</a></p>
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Scratch 22: Creating XML Publisher report from scratch in eBS

Problem:
How to build a XML Publisher (XMLP) report in eBS from scratch. Thus NOT adapting or converting an existing report.
Context:
I have an eBS R12 Vision instance up and running where I want to learn building XMLP reports.
This is what all tutorials I can find tell me to do:
Most reports apparently consist of a layout template e.g. TEST.rtf and a data template e.g. TEST.xml. Now in order to generate a new report layout I am supposed to take existing output in XML format and (using ‘Load Data’ function in Template Builder plugin in Word) specify in my layout template where and how I want the actual data to pop up. So far so good.
But now I want to build the data template from scratch and use it combined with a layout template. So I build the data template but can’t use that for building the layout template. For that I need output, for which I need a layout template.....
Sounds like Catch 22 to me. How do I break this?
1. Can I generate an XML-output file from the XML Data Template alone?
2. Can I build my (RTF) layout template directly based upon the XML Data Template?
3. Or have I completely lost the plot?
Oh yes, dunno the first thing about Java and do not have My Oracle Support..
Edited by: rjvencken on Jul 5, 2012 10:39 AM
Edited by: rjvencken on Jul 5, 2012 10:51 AM

1. Can I generate an XML-output file from the XML Data Template alone?
create data definition with your data template-> create concurrent -> output as xml -> run -> view output and your xml
I thought the XDODTEXE engine would pick up the (Layout) Template through concurrent program definition CPD short name which in turn points to the Data Definition (and thus Data Template). So does your answer mean I can call straight from CPD to Data Definition? I tried registering my Data Template in the Template Tab but it will not take XML as a type.2. Can I build my (RTF) layout template directly based upon the XML Data Template?
if you want to use xml publisher desktop then you need xml (with data, not definition)
So that's not an option I understand. Weird cuz I'd expect this to be technically easier.btw you can create your layout (rtf) without xml (data) and without data template (xml with select statement)
create filed and past tag definition
Yes but in that case I'd have an empty report. How would that help me?bouble click on filed:
"Text Form Field Options" -> "Add Help Text ..." -> "Status Bar" (tab) -> "Type your own:"
if you use bi publisher desktop plugin
bouble click on filed:
"BI Publisher Properties" -> "Advanced" -> "Code"
or switch to Word Properties
"BI Publisher Properties" -> "Word Properties" and use above path
3. Or have I completely lost the plot?
may be ;)

Airport Utility for my Airport Extreme needs to be changed to a different computer, because the current computer is down permanently.. How do I do this? Do I have to reset the Airport Extreme and start from scratch?

The computer (Win XP) on which the Airport Utility has been set up for the past few years is no longer accessible, so I need to set it up on a different computer. Can I do that with my exisitng wireless network, or will I have to set up a new network from scratch, once I have installed Airport Utility on the new machine?

You can install AirPort Utility on either a Mac or PC, but there would be no reason to make any changes to your existing configuration on the AirPort Extreme unless you need to do so.
Download files are here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#airport

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