Hey folks! PAM has finally landed in /testing. Some here wanted it to go
right into the main tree immediately, and in a more normal development cycle
I'd have been inclined to agree (it is -current, after all). But it's
probably better for it to appear in /testing first, to make sure we didn't
miss any bugs and also to serve as a warning shot that we'll be shaking up
the tree pretty good over the next few weeks. I'd like to see this merged
into the main tree in a day or two, so any testing is greatly appreciated.
Switching to the PAM packages (or reverting from them) is as easy as
installing all of them with upgradepkg --install-new, and if reverting then
remove the three leftover _pam packages. After reverting, a bit of residue
will remain in /etc/pam.d/ and /etc/security/ which can either be manually
deleted or simply ignored. While there are many more features available in
PAM compared with plain shadow, out of the box about the only noticable
change is the use of cracklib and libpwquality to check the quality of a
user-supplied password. Hopefully having PAM and krb5 will get us on track
to having proper Active Directory integration as well as using code paths
that are likely better audited these days. The attack surface *might* be
bigger, but it's also a lot better scrutinized.
Thanks to Robby Workman and Vincent Batts who did most of the initial heavy
lifting on the core PAM packages as a side project for many years. Thanks
also to Phantom X whose PAM related SlackBuilds were a valuable reference.
And thanks as well to ivandi - I learned a lot from the SlackMATE build
scripts and was even occasionally thankful for the amusing ways you would
kick my ass on LQ. ;-) You're more than welcome to let us know where we've
messed up this time.
The binutils and glibc packages in /testing were removed and are off the
table for now. I'm not seeing much upside to heading down that rabbit hole
at the moment. Next we need to be looking at Xfce 4.14 and Plasma 5.18 LTS
and some other things that have been held back since KDE4 couldn't use them.
Cheers! :-)
a/kernel-generic-5.4.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-5.4.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-5.4.19-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/lvm2-2.03.08-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/shadow-4.8.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Automatically backup /etc/login.defs and install the new version if
incompatible PAM options are detected.
d/kernel-headers-5.4.19-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-5.4.19-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
VALIDATE_FS_PARSER y -> n
xap/mozilla-thunderbird-68.5.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/68.5.0/releasenotes/https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6793https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6794https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6795https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6797https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6798https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6792https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6800
(* Security fix *)
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/packages/PAM/ConsoleKit2-1.2.1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/at-3.2.1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/cifs-utils-6.10-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/cracklib-2.9.7-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/cups-2.3.1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/dovecot-2.3.9.2-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/gnome-keyring-3.34.0-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/hplip-3.19.12-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/kde-workspace-4.11.22-x86_64-6_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/libcap-2.31-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/libcgroup-0.41-x86_64-5_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/libpwquality-1.4.2-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/mariadb-10.4.12-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/netatalk-3.1.12-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/netkit-rsh-0.17-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/openssh-8.1p1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/openvpn-2.4.8-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/pam-1.3.1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/polkit-0.116-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/popa3d-1.0.3-x86_64-3_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/ppp-2.4.7-x86_64-3_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/proftpd-1.3.6b-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/samba-4.11.6-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/screen-4.8.0-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/shadow-4.8.1-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/sudo-1.8.31-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/system-config-printer-1.5.12-x86_64-2_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/util-linux-2.35.1-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/vsftpd-3.0.3-x86_64-5_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/xdm-1.1.11-x86_64-9_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/xlockmore-5.62-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/PAM/xscreensaver-5.43-x86_64-1_pam.txz: Added.
testing/packages/binutils-2.34-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
testing/packages/glibc-2.31-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
testing/packages/glibc-i18n-2.31-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
testing/packages/glibc-profile-2.31-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
testing/packages/glibc-solibs-2.31-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-5.4.0_rc8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-5.4.0_rc8-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-5.4.0_rc8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-5.4.0_rc8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-source-5.4.0_rc8-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
-VBOXSF_FS m
+X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO n
+X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF y
+X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_ON n
ap/alsa-utils-1.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/alsa-lib-1.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/alsa-plugins-1.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/imagemagick-7.0.9_4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/alsa-lib-1.2.1-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/alsa-plugins-1.2.1-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-5.4.0_rc7-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-5.4.0_rc7-x86-2.txz: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-5.4.0_rc7-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-5.4.0_rc7-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-source-5.4.0_rc7-noarch-2.txz: Rebuilt.
CRYPTO_CRC32C_INTEL m -> y
Make modules before cleaning up the source tree. This does some magic in
Module.symvers that fixes building the NVIDIA kernel modules.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-24.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg: support --no-overwrite option for upgradepkg's second install
pass. Don't use this option directly unless you have a good reason.
upgradepkg: call installpkg with --no-overwrite for the second install pass.
This cuts the drive writes for a package upgrade almost in half so we can
be kinder to SSDs.
ap/nano-4.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gmime-3.2.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gnu-efi-3.0.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gtk+3-3.24.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/rust-1.38.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
The package size here has been put on a tremendous diet.
Thanks to Andrew Clemons and Willy Sudiarto Raharjo for help with this.
Compile test results:
firefox-68.1.0esr: fail
firefox-69.0.2: pass
seamonkey-2.49.5: pass
thunderbird-68.1.1: fail
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/kernel-generic-4.19.66-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.19.66-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.19.66-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/amp-0.7.6-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to clean up the code for a modern compiler and to not use overly
aggressive optimizations that can lead to crashes. Thanks to Labinnah.
d/doxygen-1.8.16-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.19.66-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/scons-3.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.19.66-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/NetworkManager-1.20.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.14.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/mcelog-164-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/os-prober-1.77-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Fix cleanup() function. Thanks to USUARIONUEVO.
l/ffmpeg-4.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/iw-5.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/ffmpeg-4.2-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/NetworkManager-1.20.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This finally drops libnm-glib. I'm curious to hear how this will affect
various NM plugins before merging it into the main tree. Please test and
report any problems.
a/kernel-generic-4.19.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.19.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.19.57-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.19.57-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.19.57-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/Mako-1.0.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/SDL2_image-2.0.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/postfix-3.4.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/blueman-2.0.8-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Reverted to blueman-2.0.8 as I'm also seeing connection issues here with
the newer version.
xap/xscreensaver-5.43-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/packages/blueman-2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This doesn't seem to be working properly. Any patches are welcome.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/hwdata-0.319-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/doxygen-1.8.14-x86_64-3.txz: Upgraded.
Reverted (for now) to avoid segfault in doxygen-1.8.15.
l/libwpg-0.3.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libxml2-2.9.9-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libxslt-1.1.33-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-pillow-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xterm-342-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.7-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Apply TLSv1 patch from Debian and make some config changes to fix
WPA2-Enterprise. Once we have some testing results on this we'll consider
moving it back into the main tree. Thanks to gablek.
a/kernel-generic-4.19.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.19.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.19.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/doxygen-1.8.15-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.19.13-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.19.13-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER y -> n
l/libsecret-0.18.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/wpa_supplicant-2.6-x86_64-6.txz: Upgraded.
It seems we're not the only ones with broken WPA2-Enterprise support
with wpa_supplicant-2.7, so we'll fix it the same way as everyone else -
by reverting to wpa_supplicant-2.6 for now.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
testing/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.7-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
Applied a patch from Gentoo to allow building CONFIG_IEEE80211X=y without
the experimental CONFIG_FILS=y option.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/eudev-3.2.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/glibc-solibs-2.28-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
a/grub-2.02-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix compatibility with recent xfsprogs. Thanks to Markus Wiesner.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.71-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.71-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.71-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/opus-tools-0.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/sqlite-3.25.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/icecream-20180905_cdc6ff8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.71-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/llvm-7.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
k/kernel-source-4.14.71-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/ffmpeg-3.4.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't try to link with Samba since the latest version is not compatible.
l/glibc-2.28-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
All packages have been patched where needed for glibc-2.28 and compile
tested here. Thanks to nobodino for the help.
l/glibc-i18n-2.28-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
l/glibc-profile-2.28-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-base-1.14.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-good-1.14.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-libav-1.14.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gstreamer-1.14.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/imagemagick-6.9.10_11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libopusenc-0.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
l/librsvg-2.44.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/opus-1.3_rc2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/opusfile-0.11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/soprano-2.9.4-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to drop virtuoso dependency.
l/virtuoso-ose-6.1.8-x86_64-9.txz: Removed.
Even KDE4 has migrated away from actually using this for anything. The last
thing in Slackware that was dependent on it was Soprano, which has been
recompiled to no longer use it.
n/postfix-3.3.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled so that it quits whining about OpenSSL. Thanks to shastah.
x/mesa-18.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against llvm-7.0.0.
x/xf86-video-vmware-13.3.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against llvm-7.0.0.
x/xterm-336-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/ffmpeg-3.4.4-x86_64-2_alsa.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't try to link with Samba since the latest version is not compatible.
extra/pure-alsa-system/gst-plugins-good-1.14.3-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
ap/man-db-2.8.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gdb-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-pip-18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-40.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python3-3.6.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libpcap-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pango-1.42.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libdrm-2.4.93-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/blueman-2.0.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes an issue where blueman-mechanism did not enforce the
polkit action 'org.blueman.network.setup' for which a polkit policy is
shipped. This meant that any user with access to the D-Bus system bus was
able to access the related API without authentication. The result was an
unspecified impact on the networking stack.
Thanks to Matthias Gerstner for discovering this issue.
(* Security fix *)
testing/packages/glibc-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
These packages are in /testing pending FTBFS analysis. They seem to work
fine here, but with a few header file deprecations and some other
possible API changes and incompatibilities (see the NEWS file), I expect
there will be some changes required to various packages. Feel free to
test them out though. Because of changes to the way glibc is built and
installed that started with the glibc-2.27 packages, you can upgrade to
these packages and also (if you wish) downgrade back to glibc-2.27 using
upgradepkg.
testing/packages/glibc-i18n-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-profile-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/glibc-solibs-2.28-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
a/acl-2.2.53-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/attr-2.4.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/gnupg-1.4.23-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Sanitize the diagnostic output of the original file name in verbose mode.
By using a made up file name in the message it was possible to fake status
messages. Using this technique it was for example possible to fake the
verification status of a signed mail.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12020
(* Security fix *)
x/libXaw3d-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.11.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-20.txz: Rebuilt.
This update is a bit scarier than usual, so we're going to test it here
first and then move it into the main tree in a couple of days if there
are no serious bug reports. It's well-tested here, and works with the
slackpkg that's in -current now, but I don't know about slackpkg+ so that's
another reason to let it cool down here first. The purpose of this update
is to migrate the package database and directories from /var/log to
/var/lib/pkgtools. /var/log was never a good place for this data, as it is
considered by many to be a directory that could be wiped to free up some
space. Originally the package database was in /var/adm, but the FSSTND
(later FHS) group decided that directory should be a symlink to /var/log,
and I went along with that since it was years ago and I was a n00b and didn't
know any better. /var/lib/pkgtools will be a better and safer location.
The removed_packages and removed_scripts directories are really just logs
that aren't actually used for anything - those will remain under /var/log,
but moved into /var/log/pkgtools. Everything under /var/log will be
considered potentially non-permanent by the pkgtools - if any directories or
symlinks disappear from there, the pkgtools will automatically recreate them
as needed. In fact, the migration process will create symlinks from all the
old directory locations to the new ones, so anything that expects the old
locations (including slackpkg, for now) should continue to work. Once this
moves into the main tree, the plan is to fix other packages to use the new
installer script directory (/var/lib/pkgtools/setup) and change the installer
and slackpkg to use the new native locations for everything. When slackpkg
is changed over to use the new native locations, I'll also make sure to float
that in testing/ for a few days before moving it to the main tree to avoid
more unintentional disruption to slackpkg+ users.
Be aware that the package database migration is a one-way operation, but even
so if you later downgrade to an older version of the pkgtools it will still
work through the compatibility symlinks.
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.
