ChangeLog for: 2016-02-03 23:39:25
Welcome to Slackware 14.2 beta 2. Getting closer. :-)
a/coreutils-8.25-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2016a-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20160201git-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/lvm2-2.02.141-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2f-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-28.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.6: Change command variable to shutdown_command to avoid conflicting with
a same-named variable in rc.networkmanager. Thanks to Antonio Maretzek.
Added new script rc.cpufreq to set CPU frequency scaling.
If executable, it will be run from rc.M.
ap/cups-filters-1.8.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/dmidecode-3.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/gutenprint-5.2.11-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Run cups-genppdupdate after installing. Thanks to Lukasz Wieczorek.
ap/soma-2.10.4-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/binutils-2.26-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/cmake-3.4.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.4.1-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/mercurial-3.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/oprofile-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-19.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.4.1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND n -> y
CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE y -> n
CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE m -> y
l/gst-plugins-base-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-good-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gstreamer-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gtk+2-2.24.29-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
In /usr/share/gtk-2.0/gtkrc, specify Adwaita as the icon theme, and Tango as
a fallback. This fixes icon issues when using fluxbox and other more basic
window managers. Thanks to schmatzler and dTd.
l/gtk+3-3.18.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/harfbuzz-1.1.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/librsvg-2.40.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pulseaudio-8.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Set "flat-volumes = no" in daemon.conf.new by default.
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.39-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
n/openssl-1.0.2f-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes the following security issues:
DH small subgroups (CVE-2016-0701).
SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers (CVE-2015-3197).
For more information, see:
https://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3197
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0701
(* Security fix *)
n/php-5.6.17-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes security issues.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1903
(* Security fix *)
n/proftpd-1.3.5a-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/traceroute-2.0.21-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xterm-322-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/MPlayer-1.2_20160125-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This is the latest MPlayer-1.2 branch, identical to the 1.2.1 stable release.
The bundled ffmpeg has been upgraded to 2.8.5, which fixes two security
issues by which a remote attacker may conduct a cross-origin attack and read
arbitrary files on the system.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1897
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1898
(* Security fix *)
xap/gparted-0.25.0-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Thanks to Erik W. Hanson.
xap/hexchat-2.10.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This package replaces xchat.
xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This compiles properly with -O2 optimization again.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/pidgin-2.10.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/seamonkey-2.39-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled with -Os optimization to fix random crashes.
xap/xchat-2.8.8-x86_64-11.txz: Removed.
xap/xine-lib-1.2.6-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt against ffmpeg-2.8.5, which fixes two security issues by which a
remote attacker may conduct a cross-origin attack and read arbitrary files
on the system.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1897
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1898
(* Security fix *)
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.