Well folks, we have some more interesting stuff in /testing now.
Our good friend LuckyCyborg posted a while back about our trials with
GRUB2, and that we were banging our heads against a wall for no reason
trying to bend GRUB2 with our 09_slackware_linux grub.d script instead
of changing our kernel/initrd naming scheme to vmlinux-6.10.1-generic
and initrd-6.10.1-generic.img. And, as is often the case, our friend is
exactly correct. Once we stopped trying to swim against the current, GRUB2
started behaving as it should.
The updates in /testing change the kernel naming scheme thusly, and modify
the geninitrd script in the mkinitrd package to also use this naming
scheme. And, of course, 09_slackware_linux is removed from GRUB2, and the
10_linux script is only lightly modified.
Because lilo and elilo work with the symlinks to the kernel and initrd,
they shouldn't care anout this change.
We've probably got 6.9.11 coming tomorrow. Unless I hear that I should stop
the presses on this change, it's likely that those kernels will be updated
using the new naming scheme and the mkinitrd and grub updates will be moved
into the main tree from /testing.
We'll stick with 6.9 in the main tree for now because I'm still encountering
suspend failure with the 6.10 kernel here.
Enjoy! :-)
a/kernel-firmware-20240723_b37d247-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/mpg123-1.32.6-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
l/libxml2-2.13.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Fix XXE protection in downstream code.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40896
(* Security fix *)
l/mozilla-nss-3.102.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/nodejs-20.16.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-importlib_metadata-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/v4l-utils-1.28.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/c-ares-1.32.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/curl-8.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/htdig-3.2.0b6-x86_64-10.txz: Rebuilt.
Patch XSS vulnerability. Thanks to jayjwa.
Get this out of cgi-bin. Thanks to LuckyCyborg.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6110
(* Security fix *)
n/libtirpc-1.3.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/fltk/fltk-1.3.9-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Not sure why 1.14.0 isn't compiling, but we'll rebuild this for now.
testing/packages/grub-2.12-x86_64-12.txz: Upgraded.
Remove 09_slackware_linux.
10_linux: don't rename Slackware ;-)
This should configure the renamed kernel/initrd perfectly.
Perhaps 10_linux should no longer accept initrd.gz as a valid name?
For now it is accepted to avoid disrupting existing workflows.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-6.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-6.10.1-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-6.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-6.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-source-6.10.1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-35.txz: Upgraded.
geninitrd: create initrd with initrd-version-name.img filename.
Make compat symlinks by default.
Always add LVM (I've seen it mistakenly skipped... if we can get to the
bottom of that then we'll stop always adding it)
Add /etc/default/geninitrd for configuration.
l/gst-plugins-base-1.18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-good-1.18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-libav-1.18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gstreamer-1.18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/jasper-2.0.20-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a new varient of CVE-2016-9398 (denial-of-service).
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9398
(* Security fix *)
extra/pure-alsa-system/gst-plugins-good-1.18.0-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
d/llvm-9.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
Thanks to orbea for getting this working and cleaning up the build script.
d/vala-0.46.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/imagemagick-6.9.10_67-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed --disable-opencl configure option. Thanks to Markus Wiesner for the
bug report and to upstream for the quick fix.
n/NetworkManager-1.20.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/gnutls-3.6.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/freeglut-3.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libglvnd-1.1.1-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
Reverted to this version since I'm seeing some errors linking with Mesa
libraries with the newer one. Thanks to nobodino for the bug report.
x/mesa-19.2.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against llvm-9.0.0 and libglvnd-1.1.1.
x/xf86-video-vmware-13.3.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against llvm-9.0.0.
a/bin-11.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Renamed mktemp to mktemp-debianutils.
Removed bban and sysvbanner which seem to be lacking proper licensing info.
a/coreutils-8.30-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Renamed mktemp-gnu to mktemp.
a/xfsprogs-4.18.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
ap/alsa-utils-1.1.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/sqlite-3.25.2-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
d/ccache-3.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
kde/calligra-2.9.11-x86_64-26.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/alsa-lib-1.1.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/alsa-plugins-1.1.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/boost-1.68.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/harfbuzz-1.9.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/icu4c-63.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
Those of you using Plasma 5 or various third party packages should know by
now what it means when icu4c gets a bump in -current. You may want to wait
a few days for those things to appear again rebuilt against this.
l/libical-3.0.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/libssh-0.7.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed authentication bypass vulnerability.
For more information, see:
https://www.libssh.org/2018/10/16/libssh-0-8-4-and-0-7-6-security-and-bugfix-release/https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10933
(* Security fix *)
l/libvisio-0.1.6-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/qt-4.8.7-x86_64-11.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
l/raptor2-2.0.15-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
n/dovecot-2.3.3-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
n/php-7.2.11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against icu4c-63.1.
n/postfix-3.3.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
n/tin-2.4.2-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
t/texlive-2018.180822-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
x/libdrm-2.4.96-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xfce/exo-0.12.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/brltty/brltty-5.6-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against icu4c-63.1.
extra/pure-alsa-system/alsa-lib-1.1.7-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/alsa-plugins-1.1.7-x86_64-1_alsa.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! :-)
