Hey folks, my first order of business here needs to be a huge thank you to
everyone who has donated at https://paypal.me/volkerdi to help keep this
project going. As most of you are already aware by now, the financal situation
here at Slackware HQ has not been great for many years, including not getting
any pay for the last two years and forcing me (and my family) to live very
frugally while I continued to work on the project hoping I'd figure out a way
to actually monitize it by the time that Slackware 15.0 is ready for release.
I'm not trying to cast any blame regarding the situation. Really, I can only
blame myself for not trying to build my own ship years ago when things began
to not really work out. I'm still looking into sustainable funding options
such as Patreon or Liberapay (or perhaps both), and I'm open to other ideas.
I'm no longer in immediate danger of going broke, and I'm no longer
entertaining the notion of joining my friends at the local potato chip factory
in order to pay my bills. :) My family is grateful and humbled by the support
we've received. Hope we'll be able to keep this project going for a long time.
Also, I realize that the website lacks updates and needs attention and I will
need to find some time to devote to that. I've never been much of a website
designer, and the slackware.com site is basically left over from work done by
former Walnut Creek / BSDi employees. I've never seen able to make much sense
of the SQL backend. The interface to edit and post articles is clunky (and
I'm not sure the PHP for that even works any more). When I've posted articles
in recent years, I've done so by editing the main page already processed from
PHP into HTML, which is pretty darn messy as I'm sure you can imagine. I tend
to prioritize the distribution itself over other demands on my time - that's
clearly a lot to do with how things ended up the way they did.
So, I guess that's the report for now. Lots more work to do and not enough
time to do it in... that part I don't see changing moving forward. :)
Thanks very much again. I'll do my best to keep you all posted.
- Pat
a/file-5.34-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20180727_b01151b-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-brig-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gnat-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-objc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.58-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.6-x86_64-9.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
k/kernel-source-4.14.58-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
CRASH_DUMP n -> y
KEXEC n -> y
+KEXEC_JUMP y
+PROC_VMCORE y
l/babl-0.1.54-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gegl-0.4.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libart_lgpl-2.3.21-x86_64-2.txz: Removed.
This actually hasn't been needed by any Slackware package since koffice in
KDE3, and this particular version won't work with the Trinity Desktop
Environment, which is essentially a fork of KDE 3.5 updated to compile and
run with modern libraries and development tools. I can't see much point in
keeping it around. Thanks to _gin.
n/NetworkManager-1.12.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/dhcpcd-7.0.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.11.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
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.
ap/cups-filters-1.20.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against poppler-0.67.0.
kde/calligra-2.9.11-x86_64-23.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against poppler-0.67.0.
l/ffmpeg-3.4.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-base-1.14.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-good-1.14.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-libav-1.14.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gstreamer-1.14.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/poppler-0.67.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
n/php-7.2.8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This is a security release which also contains several minor bug fixes.
(* Security fix *)
t/texlive-2018.180630-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against poppler-0.67.0.
xap/MPlayer-20180720-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xfce/tumbler-0.2.1-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against poppler-0.67.0.
extra/pure-alsa-system/MPlayer-20180720-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/ffmpeg-3.4.4-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
extra/pure-alsa-system/gst-plugins-good-1.14.2-x86_64-1_alsa.txz: Upgraded.
pasture/php-5.6.37-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Several security bugs have been fixed in this release, including:
Int Overflow lead to Heap OverFlow in exif_thumbnail_extract of exif.c
heap-buffer-overflow (READ of size 48) while reading exif data
(* Security fix *)
a/kernel-generic-4.14.55-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.55-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.55-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.55-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.27.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.55-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/bind-9.13.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Fixed a bug where extraordinarily large zone transfers caused several
problems, with possible outcomes including corrupted journal files or
server exit due to assertion failure.
Don't permit recursive query service to unauthorized clients.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5738
(* Security fix *)
n/curl-7.61.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a buffer overflow in SMTP send.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0500
(* Security fix *)
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.54-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.54-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.54-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-21.txz: Rebuilt.
Modify makepkg to make reproducible builds possible:
makepkg: sort symlinks in doinst.sh
makepkg: sort the filelist piped into tar
makepkg: add the -n flag to gzip to avoid embedding a timestamp
makepkg: support the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable
Thanks to David Spencer.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.54-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.54-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS n -> y
NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING n -> y
NET_KEY_MIGRATE n -> y
NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS n -> y
NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT n -> y
NF_CONNTRACK_TIMESTAMP n -> y
TCP_MD5SIG n -> y
VLAN_8021Q_MVRP n -> y
XFRM_MIGRATE n -> y
+DP83640_PHY m
+MRP m
Thanks to Wayne, aka slackwhere on LQ.
l/QScintilla-2.10.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.52-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.52-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.52-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/sox-14.4.2-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt to drop libssp dependency. We're no longer building that with gcc
since glibc already includes a built-in SSP implementation.
d/gcc-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
This is taken from the gcc-8-branch of the svn repo on 20180626, revision
r262159. All packages have been tested for build failures and all new FTBFS
issues are fixed - I think we're down to the six possibly obsolete X drivers
(geode, r128, s3virge, savage, sis, and tseng) and virtuoso-ose.
d/gcc-brig-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
d/gcc-gnat-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
d/gcc-objc-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.52-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.6-x86_64-8.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
k/kernel-source-4.14.52-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/db48-4.8.30-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix a symbol collision with gcc8.
n/netatalk-3.1.11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Matthew Schumacher for updating the build script and providing
some useful config file examples.
extra/pure-alsa-system/sox-14.4.2-x86_64-6_alsa.txz: Rebuilt.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/aaa_elflibs-15.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded to libelf-0.171.so, added libgdbm.so.6.0.0.
a/etc-15.0-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Add $(uname -m) information to /etc/issue.new.
Don't include /tmp directories - these are handled by aaa_base.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.50-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.50-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.50-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/man-db-2.8.3-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
ap/zsh-5.5.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
d/clisp-2.49_20180423_d1310adc5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against gdbm-1.15.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.50-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/perl-5.26.2-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
d/python-2.7.15-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
d/python3-3.6.5-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
d/ruby-2.5.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
k/kernel-source-4.14.50-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to build with OpenSSL-1.1.x. Thanks to nobodino.
l/gdbm-1.15-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
n/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27_rc8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against gdbm-1.15.
n/mutt-1.10.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
n/php-7.2.6-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
n/yptools-2.14-x86_64-11.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
xap/gnuchess-6.2.5-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against gdbm-1.15.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Copy libefiboot to the installer (needed by efibootmgr).
Compress the kernel modules with xz.
Compress the initrd image with xz.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
Copy libefiboot to the installer (needed by efibootmgr).
Compress the kernel modules with xz.
Compress the initrd image with xz.
a/kernel-firmware-20180606_d114732-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.49-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.49-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.49-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/libcgroup-0.41-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Apply all post 0.41 patches from git, including one for an infinite loop
bug that causes 100% CPU usage on one core. Thanks to chris.willing.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-17.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg: Use terse mode if TERSE=0 is set in the environment (this already
works for removepkg and upgradepkg). This allows using terse mode in other
tools that use the pkgtools (such as slackpkg with: TERSE=0 slackpkg).
Thanks to Xsane.
ap/hplip-3.18.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.49-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.49-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
GPIO_AMDPT n -> m (thanks to walecha)
NFSD_V3_ACL n -> y (thanks to Jonathan Woithe)
NFS_V3_ACL n -> y (thanks to Jonathan Woithe)
NFS_V4_2 n -> y
+NFSD_V2_ACL y
+NFS_ACL_SUPPORT y
+NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL y
l/LibRaw-0.18.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues, including:
parse_qt: possible integer overflow
reject broken/crafted NOKIARAW files
recover read position if TIFF/EXIF tag is too long
possible infinite loop in parse_minolta()
possible stack overrun in X3F parser
out of bounds read in X3F parser
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13735https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14265https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10528https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10529
(* Security fix *)
l/dconf-0.26.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Eliminate install script noise.
l/dconf-editor-3.26.2-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Eliminate install script noise.
n/iproute2-4.17.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/wqy-zenhei-font-ttf-0.8.38_1-noarch-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Try to avoid overriding other font choices unless lang = zh-cn or zh-sg.
x/xkbcomp-1.4.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/bash-4.4.023-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20180604_1fa9ce3-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/cups-2.2.8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt this and many other font packages or packages with build scripts
that call mkfontdir or mkfontscale to suppress any error messages caused
by collisions if another package installation is writing files to the
same font directories when those utilities are run. In that case, the
other package will also be running mkfontdir/mkfontscale after the files
are installed, so any issues will be cleaned up then. Last one out turn
off the lights, so to speak.
ap/sqlite-3.24.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/terminus-font-4.40-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.48-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.26.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.48-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/elfutils-0.171-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/harfbuzz-1.7.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/mozilla-nss-3.37.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/readline-7.0.005-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.37-noarch-4.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-arabic-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bh-type1-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.2-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-bitstream-type1-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-dec-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-ibm-type1-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-isas-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-jis-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-micro-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-misc-meltho-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-misc-misc-1.1.2-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-mutt-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-schumacher-misc-1.1.2-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-sony-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-sun-misc-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/font-xfree86-type1-1.0.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/liberation-fonts-ttf-2.00.1-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/libinput-1.11.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/sazanami-fonts-ttf-20040629-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/sinhala_lklug-font-ttf-20060929-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/tibmachuni-font-ttf-1.901b-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/ttf-indic-fonts-0.5.14-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/ttf-tlwg-0.6.4-noarch-3.txz: Rebuilt.
x/urw-core35-fonts-otf-20170801_91edd6e_git-noarch-2.txz: Rebuilt.
x/wqy-zenhei-font-ttf-0.8.38_1-noarch-6.txz: Rebuilt.
xap/mozilla-firefox-60.0.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/x3270-3.3.12ga7-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.47-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.47-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
SCSI_DPT_I2O m -> y
SCSI_ISCI m -> y (thanks to wael_h)
a/kernel-modules-4.14.47-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-14.txz: Rebuilt.
installpkg: rarely, an uncompressed size that's not quite to the next level
(e.g., 1020K) will exceed the expected length and cause a --terse line to
be one character longer than --terselength. Chop lines to --terselength
before outputting them. The trailing ']' might be dropped, but no big deal.
ap/slackpkg-2.83.0-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
Release 2.83.0; thanks to orbea, Didier Spaier, burdi01, David Allen,
Eduard Rozenberg, and Stuart Winter for various fixes and enhancements.
Allow using vimdiff to compare .new and original files
Numerous fixups for alternate $ROOT
.new config files are sorted so that display order should be consistent
among multiple machines
Abort operation if system date is near epoch (mostly relevant for ARM
machines and others with no RTC)
Update Slackware ARM gpg key
Update Slackware ARM mirror list
No longer offer to run lilo - simply advise user that the kernel image has
changed and give advice, but also require a keypress to (hopefully) confirm
that the message was actually read
mandoc lint fixes to slackpkg.8
Warn user if a -current mirror is selected (but only warn once)
d/git-2.17.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.47-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/rust-1.26.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.14.47-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/fftw-3.3.8-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/imagemagick-6.9.9_48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-8.txz: Rebuilt.
Allow setting an interface in promiscuous mode; this is needed for networking
to function properly in containers
Fixup setting of IPALIASES (allow non /32 masks; not only is the /32 mask not
required and even undesirable in some cases, this makes ipv6 support easier
to integrate (and Darren is working on that as well)
Thanks to Darren Austin.
n/stunnel-5.46-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/ulogd-2.0.7-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed empty logrotate file.
x/xorg-server-1.20.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix nouveau segfault. Thanks to Rod3775 for the patch.
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
xap/network-manager-applet-1.8.12-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched crash bug. Thanks to gmgf.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
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.
