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.
a/less-654-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/ninja-1.12.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/whois-5.5.23-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Updated the .sc, .********* (.xn--yfro4i67o, Singapore)
and .********************************* (.xn--clchc0ea0b2g2a9gcd, Singapore)
TLD servers.
extra/bittornado/bittornado-0.3.18-noarch-3.txz: Removed.
Obsolete and based on python2.
a/pciutils-3.12.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pygobject-2.28.7-x86_64-10.txz: Rebuilt.
Build with PYTHON=python2 so that we don't have a call to unversioned python
in pygobject-codegen-2.0. Fixes building gimp from git.
Thanks to Petri Kaukasoina.
l/pygobject3-3.48.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libX11-1.8.9-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/mtdev-1.1.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/etc-15.1-x86_64-10.txz: Rebuilt.
Added nut user (218) and nut group (218).
a/genpower-1.0.5-x86_64-5.txz: Removed.
a/nut-2.8.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This is a package to support uninterruptible power supplies, and replaces
the obsolete genpower package.
Thanks to V'yacheslav Stetskevych for the original SBo script.
a/sysvinit-scripts-15.1-noarch-16.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.M: start the NUT init scripts rc.nut-drvctl, rc.nut-upsd, and
rc.nut-upsmon. Remove the genpower block.
rc.6: support stopping the UPS inverter on the way down if we see
/etc/killpower. Remove the genpower block.
a/tcsh-6.24.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/man-db-2.12.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/mpg123-1.32.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/vim-9.1.0265-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/cargo-vendor-filterer-0.5.14-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/nasm-2.16.02-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libproxy-0.5.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-hatchling-1.22.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-typing_extensions-4.11.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xdm-1.1.16-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/vim-gvim-9.1.0265-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/bash-completion/bash-completion-2.13.0-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against xorg-server-21.1.12 to fix security issues:
Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents.
Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice.
Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcAppleDRICreatePixmap.
Use-after-free in ProcRenderAddGlyphs.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2024-April/003497.htmlhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31080https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31081https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31082https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31083
(* Security fix *)
ap/diffstat-1.66-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/moc-2.6_alpha3-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
ap/vim-9.1.0061-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/nv-codec-headers-12.1.14.0-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Needed to build support for nvidia hardware decoders/encoders on newer GPUs.
gst-plugins-bad can use it too.
Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
kde/digikam-8.2.0-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
kde/ffmpegthumbs-23.08.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
kde/k3b-23.08.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
kde/kfilemetadata-5.114.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
kde/kpipewire-5.27.10-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/Imath-3.1.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/alsa-plugins-1.2.7.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/ffmpeg-6.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
Added some new build options in the SlackBuild.
Use shaderc instead of glslang.
Build against libgcrypt to enable support for RTMP[E].
Enable support for lcms2.
Build against libass, libplacebo, and nv-codec-headers.
Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
l/gegl-0.4.46-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/gst-plugins-bad-free-1.22.9-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libass-0.17.1.
l/gst-plugins-libav-1.22.9-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/libass-0.17.1-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Adds ASS/SSA subtitle renderer (commonly used in the anime community).
adapted SlackBuild from SBo, original by Larry Hajali/Matteo Bernardini.
MPlayer and gst-plugins-bad can use it too.
Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
l/libplacebo-6.338.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Adds various hardware accelerated filters such as HDR -> SDR tone mapping.
adapted SlackBuild from SBo, original by Hunter Sezen/Christoph Willing.
Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
l/mlt-7.22.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/netpbm-11.05.02-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/opencv-4.9.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/pipewire-1.0.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
l/qt5-5.15.12_20240103_b8fd1448-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
x/pixman-0.43.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/MPlayer-20240127-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1 and libass-0.17.1.
xap/audacious-plugins-4.3.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
xap/ffmpegthumbnailer-2.2.2-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
xap/freerdp-2.11.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
xap/ssr-0.4.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
xap/vim-gvim-9.1.0061-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/xine-lib-1.2.13-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
xap/xscreensaver-6.08-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against ffmpeg-6.1.1.
a/elilo-3.16-x86_64-15.txz: Rebuilt.
eliloconfig: drop support for old EFI vars interface.
Mount efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars if we find that the directory
is empty.
d/indent-2.2.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/scons-4.5.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/libva-2.18.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/mozilla-firefox-111.0.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/111.0.1/releasenotes/
xfce/xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Make sure efivarfs is mounted on UEFI systems.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
Make sure efivarfs is mounted on UEFI systems.
l/imagemagick-7.1.0_16-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-Jinja2-3.0.3-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of kapidox.
l/python-MarkupSafe-2.0.1-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of Mako.
l/python-PyYAML-6.0-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of kapidox.
l/python-doxypypy-0.8.8.6-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of kapidox.
l/python-doxyqml-0.5.1-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of kapidox.
l/python-pbr-5.8.0-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Added missing dependency of python-pysol_cards.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Use the upstream vncserver script, patched to search in some additional
locations for a startup script: $HOME/.vnc/xstartup, $HOME/.xinitrc, and
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.
Add a symlink for vncserver in the old location (/usr/bin/vncserver).
Thanks to 0XBF.
ap/mariadb-10.5.13-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Install /etc/security/user_map.conf as /etc/security/user_map.conf.new to
protect it from being overwritten by future upgrades.
Thanks to Markus Wiesner.
d/python3-3.9.9-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Do not patch posix_user platlib to use $HOME/.local/lib64 on 64-bit - use
$HOME/.local/lib for all platforms. This avoids a warning from pip about the
install location not matching between distutils and sysconfig. Note that this
might require already installed modules to be moved from $HOME/.local/lib64
to $HOME/.local/lib (or they could be removed and then reinstalled).
At first this seemed to be a non-optimal solution for this issue, but other
distributions are taking this same approach and it appears that the
posix_user platlib setting has always been ignored until recently.
If this causes any unexpected issues, let me know.
Thanks to redneonglow and alijkl.
n/fetchmail-6.4.24-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/ksh93-1.0_7ea95b7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Changed the fetch script to pull the 1.0 branch.
Packaged shcomp and man page and additional documentation.
Merged some other changes to the build script.
Thanks to Martijn Dekker (McDutchie).
ap/vim-8.2.3605-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/imagemagick-7.1.0_14-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/python-markdown-3.3.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/seamonkey-2.53.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.53.10
(* Security fix *)
xap/vim-gvim-8.2.3605-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/brltty/brltty-6.4-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed installation of the Tcl bindings. Thanks to Stuart Winter.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to alienBOB for the original build script, and to 0XBF and Linux From
Scratch for some useful hints on getting this back in shape.
a/aaa_elflibs-15.0-x86_64-17.txz: Rebuilt.
Upgraded: libcap.so.2.28, libelf-0.178.so, libglib-2.0.so.0.6200.4,
libgmodule-2.0.so.0.6200.4, libgobject-2.0.so.0.6200.4,
libgthread-2.0.so.0.6200.4, libidn2.so.0.3.7, libpcre2-8.so.0.9.0,
libtdb.so.1.4.3.
Added: libffi.so.6.0.4, libffi.so.7.1.0.
a/file-5.38-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix ELF shared libraries misidentified as "statically linked."
a/kernel-firmware-20191220_6871bff-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
(* Security fix *)
d/guile-2.2.6-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
d/llvm-9.0.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against libffi-3.3.
d/python-2.7.17-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
d/python3-3.7.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Compiled against libffi-3.3.
d/ruby-2.6.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
l/glib2-2.62.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
l/libffi-3.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
l/libvpx-1.8.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pygobject-2.28.7-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
l/pygobject3-3.34.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
l/sip-4.19.20-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/cifs-utils-6.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/dhcpcd-8.1.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/openssl10-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a low severity security issue:
Fixed an an overflow bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in
exponentiation with 512-bit moduli.
For more information, see:
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20191206.txthttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1551
(* Security fix *)
n/p11-kit-0.23.18.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against libffi-3.3.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
From tigervnc.org: "This is a security release to fix a number of issues
that were found by Kaspersky Lab. These issues affect both the client and
server and could theoretically allow a malicious peer to take control
over the software on the other side. No working exploit is known at this
time, and the issues require the peer to first be authenticated. We still
urge users to upgrade when possible."
(* Security fix *)
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.
l/giflib-5.2.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Install obsolete utilities (if they were built).
If you'd like to see them continued, let upstream know.
l/libarchive-3.4.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
l/libzip-1.5.2-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
n/gnutls-3.6.8-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
n/nettle-3.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
x/xorg-server-1.20.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.9.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against nettle-3.5.
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.
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/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! :-)
