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Upgraded: cmus-2.4.0
Upgraded: dos2unix-5.3
Upgraded: k9copy-2.3.7
Upgraded: unrar-4.0.7

Slackware 13.37 x86 stable is released!

Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team,
the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing
a great forum for collaboration and testing.

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.

As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions,
and feedback.

Have fun!

l/sdl-1.2.14-i486-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix a crash related to a changed struct in the Linux kernel.
Thanks to wadsworth.

I’d best start wrapping this up or I’m likely to be eaten by a grue.
a/sysvinit-scripts-1.2-noarch-43.txz: Rebuilt.
The block loop device has long been built into the Slackware kernel (since
1993, in fact), but we plan to make it modular in future kernels in the main
tree, and it already is modular in the /testing kernels. To avoid surprises,
we’ll load it at boot time if it is modular and not loaded already.
/etc/rc.d/rc.loop: Added a simple script to load the loop device module.
/etc/rc.d/rc.S: Run the rc.loop script if it is executable.
l/jre-6u25-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/fvwm-2.6.1/fvwm-2.6.1-i486-1.txz: Added.
The location for the system config file moves to /etc, and there isn’t one
included yet for fvwm-2.6.x. But that makes it more fun, right?
extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u25-i586-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Upgraded: afflib-3.6.10
Added: simple-scan-2.32.0.2

The sepulchral voice intones, “The cave is now closed.”
a/pkgtools-13.37-noarch-9.tgz: Rebuilt.
Clear locale environment variables and then export LANG=C.
Thanks to guanx and rg3.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Cave closing soon. All adventurers exit immediately through Main Office.
a/aaa_elflibs-13.37-i486-7.txz: Rebuilt.
ap/mpg123-1.13.3-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/glib2-2.28.6-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Steve Kennedy for pointing this out, as it fixes a possible crash.
testing/source/linux-2.6.35.12-configs/: Added.
Just in case anyone is intending to follow the longterm branch of the Linux
kernel, here are some sample .config files that may be a useful starting
point. I imagine most people who would want to run this would be using it
on a server, so a few options were tweaked to optimize it for that.
Some of the highlights versus the previous 2.6.35.11 configs:
BLK_DEV_LOOP y -> m
FIREWIRE n -> m
HIGHMEM64G n -> y
HZ 1000 -> 100
MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH n -> y
PHONET m -> n
PREEMPT_NONE n -> y
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY y -> n
X86_PAE y

a/pkgtools-13.37-noarch-8.tgz: Rebuilt.
Set LC_MESSAGES=C in installpkg.
Thanks to guanx.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Fixed GPT support for {amiraid,ataraid,cciss,ida,rd} controllers.
Thanks again to Greg Chandler for quick testing.
testing/packages/kernel-firmware-2.6.38.4-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.38.4_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-2.6.38.4_smp-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.38.4_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.38.4_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
testing/packages/kernel-source-2.6.38.4_smp-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
BLK_DEV_LOOP y -> m
MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH n -> y
testing/source/linux-2.6.38.4-configs/: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

Upgraded: converseen-0.4.1
Upgraded: easywake-3_1
Upgraded: ecryptfs-utils-87
Upgraded: fwbuilder-4.2.0.3530
Upgraded: hungrycat-0.2
Removed: libfwbuilder
– now in fwbuilder package
Upgraded: wireshark-1.5.1