a/elilo-3.16-x86_64-8.txz: Rebuilt.
eliloconfig: this was occasionally failing and the issue was traced to the
script's use of tr (not sure why still). Replaced the construct with sed
and the issue seems to have gone away.
a/openssl-solibs-1.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/binutils-2.31.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Do not install the Windows-specific tools. Not only are these useless on
Linux, but the presence of windres fools freetype into thinking that it is
on a Windows system, leading to a build failure.
d/git-2.19.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/freetype-2.9.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/harfbuzz-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/media-player-info-24-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pcre2-10.32-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/sg3_utils-1.43-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/openssl-1.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/fontconfig-2.13.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
We had problem reports with fontconfig-2.13.0 which led to it being reverted
but we'll try it again. Please let me know if the issues (with Wine iirc)
persist.
x/libinput-1.12.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
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/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! :-)
