Slackware-14.2 ChangeLog (2016-02-03) [Lotar's Wiki]

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====== Slackware-14.2 ChangeLog (2016-02-03) ======

====== Wed Feb  3 22:39:25 UTC 2016 ======
> Welcome to Slackware 14.2 beta 2.  Getting closer.  :-)

===== Packages =====

==== Upgraded ====
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/coreutils-8.25-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/glibc-zoneinfo-2016a-noarch-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-firmware-20160201git-noarch-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-generic-4.4.1-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-generic-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-huge-4.4.1-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-huge-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-modules-4.4.1-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/kernel-modules-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/lvm2-2.02.141-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2f-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>ap/cups-filters-1.8.1-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>ap/dmidecode-3.0-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>ap/soma-2.10.4-noarch-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/binutils-2.26-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/cmake-3.4.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/kernel-headers-4.4.1_smp-x86-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/mercurial-3.6.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/oprofile-1.1.0-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>d/python-setuptools-19.6-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>k/kernel-source-4.4.1_smp-noarch-1.txz]] \\  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
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/gst-plugins-base-1.6.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/gst-plugins-good-1.6.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/gstreamer-1.6.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/gtk+3-3.18.7-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/harfbuzz-1.1.3-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/librsvg-2.40.13-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/pulseaudio-8.0-i586-1.txz]] \\   Set "flat-volumes = no" in daemon.conf.new by default.
  * [[slackware.14.2>n/openssl-1.0.2f-i586-1.txz]] \\   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 *)
  * [[slackware.14.2>n/php-5.6.17-i586-1.txz]] \\   This release fixes security issues. \\   For more information, see: \\     http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1903 \\   (* Security fix *)
  * [[slackware.14.2>n/proftpd-1.3.5a-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>n/traceroute-2.0.21-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>x/xterm-322-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/MPlayer-1.2_20160125-i586-1.txz]] \\   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 *)
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0-i586-1.txz]] \\   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 *)
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/pidgin-2.10.12-i586-1.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>extra/linux-4.4.1-nosmp-sdk/*]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>kernels/*]]

==== Rebuilt ====
  * [[slackware.14.2>a/sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-28.txz]] \\   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 enable CPU frequency scaling. \\   If executable, it will be run from rc.M.
  * [[slackware.14.2>ap/gutenprint-5.2.11-i586-2.txz]] \\   Run cups-genppdupdate after installing.  Thanks to Lukasz Wieczorek.
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/gtk+2-2.24.29-i586-2.txz]] \\   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.
  * [[slackware.14.2>l/seamonkey-solibs-2.39-i586-3.txz]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/seamonkey-2.39-i586-3.txz]] \\   Recompiled with -Os optimization to fix random crashes.
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/xine-lib-1.2.6-i586-7.txz]] \\   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 *)
  * [[slackware.14.2>isolinux/initrd.img]]
  * [[slackware.14.2>usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img]]

==== Added ====
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/gparted-0.25.0-i586-1.txz]] \\   Thanks to Erik W. Hanson.
  * [[slackware.14.2>xap/hexchat-2.10.2-i586-1.txz]] \\   This package replaces xchat.

==== Removed ====
  * <del>[[slackware.14.2>xap/xchat-2.8.8-i586-11.txz]]</del>


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