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nov292008

ChangeLog del 29 Nov 2008 20:21 UTC

Cambiamenti del 29/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Sat Nov 29 14:21:53 CST 2008
a/lilo-22.8-i486-14.tgz: Fixed typo in liloconfig.
a/udev-130-i486-2.tgz: Rebuilt including a new /etc/modprobe.d/uhci-hci to
make sure that the ehci-hcd module is always loaded before uhci-hci.
ap/lsscsi-0.21-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to lsscsi-0.21.
Thanks to Darrell Anderson for pointing me to the new URL.
ap/mc-4.6.1_20070623p14-i486-2.tgz: Patched to fix a bug where moving or
copying a file could cause mc to crash. Thanks to David Somero for the patch.
d/ruby-1.8.7_p72-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled with a patch to fix short name
constants. Thanks to Marco Bonetti for pointing out the problem.
n/bridge-utils-1.2-i486-2.tgz: Patched to fix a corner case where brctl does
not work if the name of the bridge is “bridge”.
xap/audacious-plugins-1.5.1-i486-4.tgz: Patched to fix amidi-plug plugin.
Thanks to Giacomo Lozito.
nov292008

ChangeLog del 28 Nov 2008 23:43 UTC

Cambiamenti del 28/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Fri Nov 28 17:43:24 CST 2008
ap/cdrtools-2.01.01a53-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cdrtools-2.01.01a53.
ap/dmidecode-2.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to dmidecode-2.10.
ap/sqlite-3.6.6.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sqlite-3.6.6.2.
l/libgsf-1.14.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libgsf-1.14.10.
n/dnsmasq-2.46-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to dnsmasq-2.46.
n/ntp-4.2.4p5-i486-2.tgz: Edited rc.ntpd to add status support for pm-utils.
Thanks to Robby Workman.
n/samba-3.2.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to samba-3.2.5.
This package fixes an important barrier against rogue clients reading from
uninitialized memory (though no proof-of-concept is known to exist).
For more information, see:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4314

(* Security fix *)

nov272008

Slackware 12.2 in arrivo?

A quanto sembra leggendo la pagina di submissions di slackbuilds.org, sembra di sì

Pending the release of Slackware 12.2, the site admins have temporarily disabled the submission form in order to prepare things on our end for 12.2.

This means that no new submissions for Slackware 12.1 will be accepted, although we will try to merge any existing submissions that are in the pending queue. If you have a case of extenuating circumstances (e.g. a serious security vulnerability in something you maintain), then we might be amenable to making an exception though…

Please begin testing your submissions on Slackware -current and ensure that they work as expected (but don’t try to submit them to us yet).

Questo non vuol dire che la 12.2 sia imminente però, come dice Alien Bob nel suo blog “solo Patrick conosce quando la prossima release sarà disponibile”.

This does not mean that a Slackware 12.2 is imminent. Only Patrick knows when the next release of Slackware will become available. But, it may be obvious that slackware-current is reaching a point where further change can be considered as polishing and fine-tuning.

In pratica non vedremo novità di rilievo in questa -current, cosa ne pensate?

nov252008

ChangeLog del 24 Nov 2008 23:01 UTC

Aggiornamento alla versione 4.1.3 di KDE4, anche se rimarrà in testing fino alla nuova versione della Slackware

Cambiamenti del 24/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Mon Nov 24 17:01:15 CST 2008
testing/packages/kde4/deps/eigen2-r888176-i486-1.tgz:
Added eigen2-r888176.
testing/packages/kde4/extragear/amarok-1.98-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to amarok-1.98.
testing/packages/kde4/extragear/guidance-power-manager-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to guidance-power-manager-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/extragear/kaudiocreator-r888119-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kaudiocreator-r888119.
testing/packages/kde4/extragear/konq-plugins-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Added konq-plugins-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/extragear/ktorrent-3.1.5-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to ktorrent-3.1.5.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeaccessibility-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdeaccessibility-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeadmin-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdeadmin-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeartwork-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdeartwork-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdebase-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdebase-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdebase-runtime-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdebase-runtime-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdebase-workspace-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdebase-workspace-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdebindings-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdebindings-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeedu-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdeedu-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdegames-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdegames-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdegraphics-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdegraphics-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdelibs-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdelibs-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdemultimedia-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdemultimedia-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdenetwork-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdenetwork-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdepim-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdepim-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdepimlibs-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdepimlibs-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeplasma-addons-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdeplasma-addons-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdesdk-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdesdk-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdetoys-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to kdetoys-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdeutils-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdeutils-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdewebdev-4.1.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to kdewebdev-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde/koffice-1.9.98.2-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to koffice-1.9.98.2.
testing/packages/kde4/kde-l10n/kde-l10n-*.tgz: Upgraded to kde-l10n-*-4.1.3.
testing/packages/kde4/kde-l10n/koffice-l10n-*.tgz:
Added koffice-l10n-*-1.9.98.2.
nov242008

GCC 4.4 e problemi di compilazione

In un articolo del suo sito, Martin Michlmayr, sviluppatore Debian, mostra come ricompilare l’archivio Debian con il GCC 4.4 (versione di sviluppo) porta alla scoperta di molti build errors.

Che poi è lo stesso motivo per cui Pat non ha inserito ancora in -current GCC 4.3

The gcc-4.3.x branch is much more strict about source correctness, and many upstream sources would need to be patched in order to compile with it. Therefore, this is the logical next compiler to use until those issues are worked out upstream. Adding gcc-4.3.x at this time would be, IMHO, an annoyance for many people compiling their own sources or packages.

Anche perché in Slackware è “quasi” tutto vanilla, senza le numerose patch che invece fanno parte da sempre del mondo Debian.

La domanda che viene spontanea è: quanto i progetti opensource dovrebbero aggiornarsi in base al GCC o quanto GCC dovrebbe essere meno “strict”?

nov222008

ChangeLog del 22 Nov 2008 13:13 UTC

Cambiamenti del 22/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Sat Nov 22 07:13:29 CST 2008
testing/packages/kde4/deps/qt-r887099-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to qt-copy-r887099.
nov212008

ChangeLog del 21 Nov 2008 19:51 UTC

La prima che un “programma di installazione automatica di pacchetti” (cioè che controlla, fa il download ed installa) entra in Slackware non nel ramo /extra, stiamo parlando di slackpkg, il quale va detto funziona bene ma solo per i pacchetti “ufficiali”.
Il frutto del lavoro del team che affianca Pat si sta facendo sentire molto, quale “sorpresa” ci riserverà in futuro?

Segnalo la presenza di due file .txt per le glibc in /a che non dovrebbero esserci. Già segnalato a Pat

Cambiamenti del 21/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Fri Nov 21 13:51:57 CST 2008
a/aaa_base-12.1.0-noarch-3.tgz: Fixed an extra “../” at the beginning of the
/var/X11R6 symlink. Thanks to Herbert Faleiros for pointing out the bug.
a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-17.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-17.tgz: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-firmware-2.6.27.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7 firmware.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.27.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.27.7_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/kernel-huge-2.6.27.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.27.7_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/kernel-modules-2.6.27.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.27.7_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
ap/hplip-2.8.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to hplip-2.8.10.
ap/pm-utils-1.2.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Added pm-utils-1.2.2.1.
ap/slackpkg-2.70.4-noarch-1.tgz: Added slackpkg-2.70.4. Moving this into the
main tree was long overdue. Thanks to Piter Punk! :-)
ap/texinfo-4.13a-i486-2.tgz: Patched the install script to replace
/usr/info/dir if the topmost node is missing.
d/kernel-headers-2.6.27.7_smp-x86-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7 headers.
e/emacs-22.3-i486-2.tgz: Rebuilt with compressed info pages and using the
emacs PNG icon from the sources. Thanks to Edward Trumbo for the patch.
k/kernel-source-2.6.27.7_smp-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.7.
l/glibc-2.7-i486-17.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.7.
l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-17.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-17.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.7.
l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.27.7-i486-1.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.6.27.7.
n/alpine-2.00-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to alpine-2.00.
n/imapd-2.00-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to imapd from alpine-2.00.
n/curl-7.19.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to curl-7.19.2.
n/ntp-4.2.4p5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to ntp-4.2.4p5.
n/sendmail-8.14.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sendmail-8.14.3.
n/sendmail-cf-8.14.3-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to sendmail-8.14.3 config files.
x/scim-1.4.7-i486-7.tgz: Recompiled.
x/scim-bridge-0.4.14-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled.
xap/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.18-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to thunderbird-2.0.0.18.
This upgrade fixes some more security bugs.
For more information, see:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html

(* Security fix *)
extra/linux-2.6.27.7-nosmp-sdk/: Updated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt with newly compiled kernel modules.
usb-and-pxe-installers/: Rebuilt usbboot.img with newly compiled
kernel modules.

nov202008

ChangeLog del 20 Nov 2008 18:15 UTC

Cambiamenti del 20/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Thu Nov 20 12:15:34 CST 2008
a/acpid-1.0.8-i486-2.tgz: Fixed a bug in the build script so that
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh.new is chmoded executable. If you installed the
previous package, you should chmod 755 your /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh.
Thanks to Stuart Winter for pointing this out.
nov202008

ChangeLog del 20 Nov 2008 01:52 UTC

La prossima release stable sarà la 12.2 come preannunciato altre volte, ma ancora questione di dibattito in alcune comunità Slackware. Questo si evince dalla nota finale, dove fa capire che il nuovo Xorg slitterà alla prossima -current, in quanto richiede modifiche e non funziona “ancora” in tutte le situazioni. Davvero peccato, perché è la release che dovrebbe riconoscere l’hardware automaticamente, ma come dice giustamente Pat, è proprio quel comportamento (X -configure) a dare dei problemi. Inoltre richiede la modifica di xorg.conf, staremo a vedere.
Però ci sono stati molti aggiornamenti di driver video e di periferiche di input in Xorg, finalmente i driver synpatics sono parte integrante del progetto e non devono essere installati separatament.

Anche di GCC nessuna notizia di aggiornamento, la sensazione è che anche questo aggiornamento slitti alla prossima release, ed anche qui “peccato”, visto che è la versione che supporta i Core2 con un flags apposito.

Attenzione all’aggiormento di acpid, fare un backup del file /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh in quanto viene sovrascritto da questo upgrade

Cambiamenti del 20/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Wed Nov 19 19:52:15 CST 2008
a/acpid-1.0.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to acpid-1.0.8.
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh will be installed as a .new with future upgrades,
but since whatever version already installed on the system owns
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh, it will still be overwritten one more time when
this update is installed. If you’ve customized your script, be sure to back
it up before upgrading.
a/mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-4.tgz: Fixed a bug where unless -F was the first option
given, other command line options would not override the contents of
/etc/mkinitrd.conf as documented in the man page.
Thanks to David Somero for the patch.
l/libxml2-2.6.32-i486-2.tgz: Patched and recompiled.
This fixes vulnerabilities including denial of service, or possibly the
execution of arbitrary code as the user running a libxml2 linked application
if untrusted XML content is parsed.
For more information, see:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4225

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226

(* Security fix *)
x/compiz-0.7.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to compiz-0.7.8.
x/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.27-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.27.
x/xf86-input-acecad-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-acecad-1.2.2.
x/xf86-input-calcomp-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to xf86-input-calcomp-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz.
x/xf86-input-digitaledge-1.1.1-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to xf86-input-digitaledge-1.1.1.
x/xf86-input-dmc-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-dmc-1.1.2.
x/xf86-input-dynapro-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-dynapro-1.1.2.
x/xf86-input-elo2300-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-elo2300-1.1.2.
x/xf86-input-elographics-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to xf86-input-elographics-1.2.3.
x/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8.
x/xf86-input-fpit-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-fpit-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-hyperpen-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-hyperpen-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-jamstudio-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to xf86-input-jamstudio-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-joystick-1.3.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-joystick-1.3.3.
x/xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.1.
x/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-microtouch-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to xf86-input-microtouch-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-mutouch-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-mutouch-1.2.1.
x/xf86-input-palmax-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-palmax-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-penmount-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-penmount-1.3.0.
x/xf86-input-summa-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-summa-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2.
x/xf86-input-tek4957-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-tek4957-1.2.0.
x/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.5.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-vmmouse-12.5.2.
x/xf86-input-void-1.1.1-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-void-1.1.1.
x/xf86-video-cirrus-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-cirrus-1.2.1.
x/xf86-video-glint-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-glint-1.2.1.
x/xf86-video-i128-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-i128-1.3.1.
x/xf86-video-intel-2.4.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-intel-2.4.3.
x/xf86-video-mga-1.4.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-mga-1.4.9.
x/xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.1.
x/xf86-video-nv-2.1.12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-nv-2.1.12.
x/xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903-i486-1.tgz:
Added xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903.
x/xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.
x/xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.1.
x/xf86-video-savage-2.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-savage-2.2.1.
x/xf86-video-vmware-10.16.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-vmware-10.16.5.
x/xkeyboard-config-1.4-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to xkeyboard-config-1.4.
NOTE: These are some of the more important updates for X.Org. For the last
several days we have been building and testing the very newest X updates, and
it seems that the more intrusive updates are probably best left to develop
until sometime after the coming -stable Slackware 12.2 release. Those will
require a lot of testing and some things don’t seem to be quite there yet.
“X -configure” is hanging the console, DRI is not yet working on all the
hardware tested, and the new xorg-server will render most existing xorg.conf
files non-functional until several changes are made.
extra/slacktrack/slacktrack-2.01-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to slacktrack-2.01.
Thanks to Stuart Winter.

nov162008

ChangeLog del 16 Nov 2008 00:33 UTC

Cambiamenti del 16/11/2008 nel changelog della Slackware -current:

Sat Nov 15 18:33:27 CST 2008
a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-16.tgz: Rebuilt.
a/kernel-firmware-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6 firmware.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/kernel-huge-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/kernel-modules-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
d/kernel-headers-2.6.27.6_smp-x86-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6 headers.
k/kernel-source-2.6.27.6_smp-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.
l/glibc-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.
l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-16.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.
l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.6.27.6.
n/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gnutls-2.6.2. The security fix in
gnutls-2.6.1 had a flaw in cases where the certificate chain contained only
one self-signed certificate. This update fixes the issue.
n/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to net-snmp-5.4.2.1.
This fixes a problem where a user with read access could cause snmpd to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
For more information, see:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4309

(* Security fix *)
n/proftpd-1.3.1-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled. This seems to be picky about having
an exact version of OpenSSL. Thanks to Adam Kennedy for the bug report.
xap/mozilla-firefox-3.0.4-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to firefox-3.0.4.
This fixes some security issues:
For more information, see:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html

(* Security fix *)
xap/seamonkey-1.1.13-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to seamonkey-1.1.13.
This release fixes some more security vulnerabilities.
For more information, see:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html

(* Security fix *)
extra/linux-2.6.27.6-nosmp-sdk/: Updated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt with newly compiled kernel modules.
usb-and-pxe-installers/: Rebuilt usbboot.img with newly compiled
kernel modules.

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