Slackware64-current ChangeLog

ChangeLog for: 2012-08-24 21:08:37

This is Slackware 14.0 release candidate 3, and is hopefully the last stop
on our long road to a stable Slackware release soon.  After hearing that
the 3.4.x kernel series will have long term support, I tested 3.4.9 hoping
that it would prove stable enough to use that as the release kernel, but
there are problems with an oops in kernel/time/clocksource.c every few boots.
Given that the 3.2.x series has been very stable, it seems prudent to stick
with that for release, and 3.2.28 is going to be the release kernel.  So,
one more round of testing.  Let me know if there are any problems.  Thanks!
a/aaa_base-14.0-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Added /etc/os-release.
  Touched /etc/slackware-version to bring the datestamp closer to release.
a/btrfs-progs-20120821-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  There haven't been any changes in git since the last pull, but this
  package needed a rebuild anyway to get rid of the warnings in the
  slack-desc that are no longer applicable.
  Thanks to Jens Rottmann.
a/e2fsprogs-1.42.5-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/glibc-solibs-2.15-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2012e_2012e-noarch-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Upgraded to tzcode2012e and tzdata2012e.
a/kbd-1.15.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Added .gz to three patches in the SlackBuild that weren't being applied.
  Thanks to guru.
a/kernel-generic-3.2.28-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-3.2.28-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-3.2.28-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/lilo-23.2-x86_64-3.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Removed upstream liloconfig perl script.
  Thanks to dr. s.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.7-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Added a -B option to scan for Btrfs multi-device filesystems.
  Thanks to Aaron W. Hsu.
  Fixed grep to build load_kernel_modules script correctly.
  Thanks to burdi01 on LQ.
a/shadow-4.1.4.3-x86_64-6.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Patched adduser to add "lp" (needed for scanning).
  Thanks to Niki Kovacs.
a/syslinux-4.05-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Patched a bug in altmbr handling.
  Thanks to Ruar� �degaard.
a/udev-182-x86_64-4.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Commented out the entries in /lib/modprobe.d/isapnp.conf to fix
  the error attempting to load rtc_cmos.  Thanks to GazL.
ap/cdrtools-3.01a08-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Fixes a bug where ISO images do not conform to the ECMA199 standard.
  Thanks to Ady Forum.
ap/mc-4.8.1.4-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This fixes a bug where data can be lost when trying to move files to a
  full partition, as well as some other bugs.
  Thanks to Alex Bukhansky.
ap/powertop-2.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Thanks to bnguyen on LQ.
ap/slackpkg-2.82.0-noarch-7.tgz:  Rebuilt.
  Updated mirrors list for Slackware 14.0.  Thanks to Jordan Clarke.
ap/soma-2.8.5-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Thanks to David Woodfall.
ap/sqlite-3.7.13-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gdb-7.5-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Needed for x32 support.
d/kernel-headers-3.2.28-x86-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/nasm-2.10.04-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This resolves bugs when using the AVX instruction set.
  Thanks to Konrad Rzepecki.
d/perl-5.16.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Also upgraded to DBI-1.622 and XML-Simple2.20.
k/kernel-source-3.2.28-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/QScintilla-2.6.1-x86_64-3.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Linked shared libraries into /usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}, fixing some apps
  compiled with cmake.  Thanks to Dhaby Xiloj.
l/db48-4.8.30-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Removed broken (and unneeded) /usr/include/db4 symlink.
  Thanks to Francisco Ambrozio.
l/glibc-2.15-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
l/glibc-i18n-2.15-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.15-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
l/qt-4.8.2-x86_64-3.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Patched crash bugs in JIT.
  Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
n/curl-7.27.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Fixed syntax error in /usr/bin/curl-config.
  Thanks to Dan Church.
n/dhcp-4.2.4_P1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This fixes memory leaks, denial of service vulnerabilities, and
  disallows packets with zero length client ids (not valid according to
  RFC 2132 section 9.14).
  For more information, see:
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00736
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4539
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4868
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3954
  (* Security fix *)
n/httpd-2.4.3-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Fixes many bugs and these security issues:
  *) SECURITY: CVE-2012-3502  (cve.mitre.org)
     mod_proxy_ajp, mod_proxy_http: Fix an issue in back end
     connection closing which could lead to privacy issues due
     to a response mixup. PR 53727. [Rainer Jung]
  *) SECURITY: CVE-2012-2687 (cve.mitre.org)
     mod_negotiation: Escape filenames in variant list to prevent an
     possible XSS for a site where untrusted users can upload files to
     a location with MultiViews enabled. [Niels Heinen ]
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2687
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3502
  (* Security fix *)
n/netatalk-2.2.3-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This branch of netatalk is required to operate with OS X 10.7 or higher.
  I used --enable-ddp to keep AppleTalk services, but is anyone using that?
  Thanks to Winston Niles.
n/php-5.4.6-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
n/samba-3.6.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
n/wireless-tools-29-x86_64-9.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Use several tests to see if a device is wireless.  Depending on kernel
  options or drivers, some of the tests may yield a false negative, but
  with a combination of tests the reliability should be good.
  Thanks to Tim Thomas for the bug report.
  Use sed to convert the MAC address to uppercase.
  Thanks to GazL.
  Convert `` syntax to $()
x/xorg-server-1.12.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Changed Build Operating System to "Slackware 14.0 Slackware Linux Project".
  Thanks to lotar on LQ.
x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.12.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xnest-1.12.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.12.3-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
xap/audacious-3.3.1-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Include the duplicated AUTHORS and COPYING files, as the "About Audacious"
  menu choice requires them.  Thanks to tomac.pl on LQ.
xap/gnuplot-4.6.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Seems like a safe enough last-minute request.
  Thanks to Greg Tourte.
isolinux/initrd.img:  Rebuilt.
  Upgraded to Linux kernel 3.2.28.
kernels/*:  Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img:  Rebuilt.
  Upgraded to Linux kernel 3.2.28.