a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-20.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.6: it was reported by birdboy that JFS is not properly unmounted unless
the order of unmounting local filesystems followed by remounting the root
filesystem read-only is inverted. I tried that, and although it did get rid
of a "/ filesystem is busy" error during shutdown, the JFS / filesystem was
still checked at boot (and found to be clean). I believe that the existing
order of unmounting non-root filesystems followed by remounting the root
filesystem as read-only is the correct order, and found that putting
another sync between these also gets rid of the error on shutdown, so I've
done that. When using JFS as the root filesystem there's still another
similar error message that's generated earlier in the boot, though. I'm
unable to find any way to shut down a JFS root partition in a way that
leaves it clean enough that fsck will not check it at boot, but it is always
found to be clean so this should only be cosmetic. I recall this behavior of
JFS going all the way back to when it was first added to the kernel. If
anyone has a better fix, I'll take a look at it, but in my opinion it's not
really anything to worry about.
ap/ghostscript-9.25-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes problems with argument handling, some unintended
results of the security fixes to the SAFER file access restrictions
(specifically accessing ICC profile files), and some additional
security issues over the recent 9.24 release.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16509
(* Security fix *)
ap/squashfs-tools-20180612_6e242dc-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Linked against libzstd.so.1. Thanks to alienBOB.
ap/sudo-1.8.25p1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/binutils-2.31.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Since baldzhang has pointed out a valid use case for windres on Linux,
we are restoring the "Windows only" utilities, as none of them are
very large and there may be valid uses for the other ones as well.
l/freetype-2.9.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to build properly if windres is present on the machine.
l/sg3_utils-1.44-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/zstd-1.3.5-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Thanks to alienBOB.
xfce/tumbler-0.2.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Use the ter-114v terminus font. It has been reported that the font we were
using (ter-v14v) restricts the available console colors from 16 to 8 due
to needing an extra bit for the higher number of available glyphs (though
in testing here I couldn't see any difference). The new font covers
ISO8859-1, ISO8859-15, and Windows-1252 codepages. I'm still not sure it's
the best choice, so additional input is welcomed.
Thanks to bormant.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
Use the ter-114v terminus font.
a/acpid-2.0.30-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/etc-15.0-x86_64-9.txz: Rebuilt.
Added support for /etc/ld.so.conf.d/. Thanks to Qury.
a/kernel-firmware-20180904_85c5d90-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.68-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.68-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.68-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-22.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg: prevent noise from the "stray cat" if tar hands it a broken
pipe. Thanks to ivandi.
Also (in the comments) provide a possibly better but untested solution.
Thanks to SeB.
a/sysvinit-2.90-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
sysvinit-2.90 added an undocumented feature that tries to spawn agetty
if it sees console= in the kernel command line. Avoiding the debate about
whether this code belongs in init at all, at least such a change should
be documented, and probably made opt-in. This patch disables the new
behavior unless "sysvinit_agetty" is also seen in the kernel command line.
It seems like this might have been something added for Hurd, and it might
be wise to stick to what we've got rather than following upstream on this
particular package. If anyone notices any other odd behavior, please let
me know. Thanks to shastah.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-19.txz: Rebuilt.
When checking for intel_pstate, direct the stderr to /dev/null in case
the file doesn't exist in /sys. Thanks to ivandi.
Allow forcing an option by editing /etc/default/cpufreq.
ap/cups-filters-1.21.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/ghostscript-9.24-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Patched multiple -dSAFER sandbox bypass vulnerabilities.
Thanks to Tavis Ormandy.
For more information, see:
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.24/News.htmhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
(* Security fix *)
ap/sudo-1.8.25-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/binutils-2.31.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
elf.c (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string): Return _("<corrupt>") for
corrupt symbol version info.
elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Always clear h->verinfo.verdef
when overriding a dynamic definition.
Thanks to Michael Short for pointing out the upstream patches.
d/ccache-3.4.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.68-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/llvm-6.0.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled with -DCLANG_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON to fix issues when multiple
OpenCL drivers are installed. Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
d/mercurial-4.7.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.68-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/mozilla-nss-3.39-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/curl-7.61.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes an NTLM password overflow via integer overflow.
For more information, see:
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.htmlhttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14618
(* Security fix *)
n/gnupg2-2.2.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/libtirpc-1.1.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/netatalk-3.1.11-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.atalk: fixed errors in status output. Thanks to marav.
n/nghttp2-1.33.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/p11-kit-0.23.14-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/stunnel-5.49-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libdrm-2.4.94-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-video-ati-20180824_de88ea27-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/hexchat-2.14.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/mozilla-firefox-60.2.0esr-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/xlockmore-5.56-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-18.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.cpufreq: for CPUs that use intel_pstate, default to the performance
governor. The performance governor provides power savings while avoiding
the ramp-up lag caused by using "ondemand", which defaults to "powersave"
on these systems. Thanks to EdGr.
d/bison-3.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/shadow-4.2.1-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
adduser: added "input" to additional user groups. Thanks to stormtracknole.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-14.txz: Rebuilt.
Handle remote (NFS, etc.) mounts with spaces in the name. Thanks to upnort.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.57-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/parallel-20180722-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.27.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/subversion-1.10.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.57-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libgphoto2-2.5.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libzip-1.5.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Make sure that the API-CHANGES file is included in the package documentation.
x/xf86-video-r128-6.11.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xorg-server-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Applied some patches that other distributions have been using for a while:
Fix glamor so that the return value from glamor_fds_from_pixmap matches
what's expected (thanks to Darth Vader for pointing out these patches).
Autobind secondary GPUs to the master as output sink / offload source. This
seems like a beneficial patch until/unless DEs start to handle this.
For nvidia cards, if they are GeForce 8 or newer use the modesetting driver
by default. Seems to be recommmended by upstream where they indicate that
fixes going into nouveau are primarily to target older cards for legacy
support and that the modesetting ddx is preferable for newer ones:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94844
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Use ter-v14v.psf.gz as the consolefont. It supports more character sets, and
the larger font was causing wraparound on UEFI (at least on bare metal here).
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/pciutils-3.6.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-13.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.M: remove sockets from /tmp/.X11-unix/. Thanks to Xsane.
n/NetworkManager-1.12.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled with --with-libnm-glib. Thanks to Skaendo.
a/dcron-4.5-x86_64-8.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.crond: match the running process more accurately.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2018e-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't emit an error if the /etc/localtime-copied-from is not present when
the package is initially installed.
a/libcgroup-0.41-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Added /etc/cgconfig.d/ directory.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-19.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg, makebootdisk, removepkg, upgradepkg: don't try to remove admin
directories (supposedly "in case" they are a symlink).
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-12.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.6: stop haveged
rc.S: start rc.cgconfig and rc.cgred
ap/at-3.1.20-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.atd: match the running process more accurately.
ap/slackpkg-2.83.0-noarch-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to handle the case where /var/log/packages is a symlink.
l/gsl-2.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/etc-15.0-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't hardcode passwd/shadow/group additions in doinst.sh - get them from
the .new files.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-11.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.S: don't start rc.haveged in this script - move it to rc.M.
rc.M: start rc.haveged after seeding /dev/urandom in rc.S, and after
starting syslogd, klogd, and udev in rc.M.
rc.M: start rc.rndg (we don't ship it or rng-tools) after udev.
H. Peter Anvin says that it's fine to run both haveged and rndg,
and I trust his opinion on that.
Thanks to GazL.
ap/at-3.1.20-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed wrong variable in rc.atd. Thanks to upnort.
n/libgcrypt-1.8.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Use blinding for ECDSA signing to mitigate a novel side-channel attack.
For more information, see:
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0495
(* Security fix *)
a/dcron-4.5-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Added init script and defaults file.
Moved TMPDIR to /run/cron.
Thanks to Robby Workman and shasta.
a/efibootmgr-16-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/efivar-36-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
a/elilo-3.16-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt.
a/glibc-solibs-2.27-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't restart init in the install script, let rc.6 handle it.
a/haveged-1.9.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-18.txz: Rebuilt.
setup.services: add support for rc.atd and rc.crond
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-10.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.6: restart init when shutting down - this prevents it from holding file
handles to removed/upgraded versions of the glibc shared libraries which
would interfere with shutdown.
rc.K: use full path to telinit
rc.M: start rc.atd and rc.crond
rc.M: don't remove cron tempfiles (moved to /run/cron)
rc.S: start rc.haveged
ap/at-3.1.20-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Added init script and defaults file.
l/glibc-2.27-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't restart init in the install script, let rc.6 handle it.
l/glibc-i18n-2.27-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.27-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
l/gnu-efi-3.0.8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-13.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg: default line length for --terselength is the number of columns.
removepkg: added --terse mode.
upgradepkg: default line length for --terselength is the number of columns.
upgradepkg: accept -option in addition to --option.
ap/vim-8.1.0026-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/bison-3.0.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
e/emacs-26.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
kde/kopete-4.14.3-x86_64-8.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libidn-1.35.
n/conntrack-tools-1.4.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/libnftnl-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/links-2.16-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt to enable X driver for -g mode.
n/lynx-2.8.9dev.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/nftables-0.8.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/p11-kit-0.23.11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/ulogd-2.0.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/whois-5.3.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/network-manager-applet-1.8.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/vim-gvim-8.1.0026-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thu Jun 30 20:26:57 UTC 2016
Slackware 14.2 x86_64 stable is released!
The long development cycle (the Linux community has lately been living in
"interesting times", as they say) is finally behind us, and we're proud to
announce the release of Slackware 14.2. The new release brings many updates
and modern tools, has switched from udev to eudev (no systemd), and adds
well over a hundred new packages to the system. Thanks to the team, the
upstream developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else
who pitched in to help make this release a reality.
The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.
Have fun! :-)
Mon Nov 4 17:08:47 UTC 2013
Slackware 14.1 x86_64 stable is released!
It's been another interesting release cycle here at Slackware bringing
new features like support for UEFI machines, updated compilers and
development tools, the switch from MySQL to MariaDB, and many more
improvements throughout the system. Thanks to the team, the upstream
developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else who
pitched in to help make this release a reality.
The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.
Have fun! :-)
Wed Sep 26 01:10:42 UTC 2012
Slackware 14.0 x86_64 stable is released!
We're perfectionists here at Slackware, so this release has been a long
time a-brewing. But we think you'll agree that it was worth the wait.
Slackware 14.0 combines modern components, ease of use, and flexible
configuration... our "KISS" philosophy demands it.
The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. The Slackware team, the
upstream developers, and (of course) the awesome Slackware user
community.
Have fun! :-)
Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011
Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released!
Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team,
the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing
a great forum for collaboration and testing.
The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.
As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions,
and feedback. :-)
Have fun!
Wed May 19 08:58:23 UTC 2010
Slackware 13.1 x86_64 stable is released!
Lots of thanks are due -- see the RELEASE_NOTES and the rest of the
ChangeLog for credits. The ISOs are on their way to replication,
a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We are taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com, and offering
a discount if you sign up for a subscription. Consider picking up
a copy to help support the project. Thanks again to the Slackware
community for testing, contributing, and generally holding us to a
high level of quality. :-)
Enjoy!
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
