Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Slackware-14.1 ChangeLog (2013-04-19) ====== ====== Fri Apr 19 21:24:48 UTC 2013 ====== > Hey folks, a few more updates are ready. I'd like to thank everyone who \\ weighed in on the thread on LQ concerning reverting a few things to more \\ stable versions. Your opinions were very helpful. Here's what was \\ concluded after careful consideration: \\ 1) kernel: Stick with 3.8 for now. It remains a concern that the nVidia \\ 6150SE and nouveau could be broken with kernels above 3.6.1, however. \\ Does anyone know if the blob fixes the issues? If not, there may still be \\ a compelling reason to switch to the 3.4 kernel for the release. The \\ release of the 3.9 kernel might be another reason as well, since moving to \\ a newer branch could bring more problems and would basically require testing \\ to start again at square one (and then the 3.8 branch would be dead). But \\ since we're sticking with 3.8 for now, might as well bump it to 3.8.8. \\ 2) gcc: I really have not run into any compiler bugs with this. There was \\ a single report of issues with the radeon R300 when the kernel was compiled \\ with 4.8.0, and it wasn't reported on any bug trackers or anywhere else. \\ None of the other reports of issues could be reproduced here, or were merely \\ a case of getting rid of -Werror. I see no reason to downgrade this. \\ 3) xorg-server: Here, it does appear that going with the better supported \\ branch (1.13.x) is a good idea to help support external drivers. Many \\ people reported when the batch containing 1.14.0 was shipped that things were \\ working better, but I attribute this to the driver updates that went out at \\ the same time. I've moved the 1.14.x (upgraded to 1.14.1) server and the \\ drivers that were build against it into testing, so anyone that wants to use \\ that branch is free to continue to do so. But I think that the average user \\ is more likely to run into problems with the 1.14.x branch and the lack of \\ driver support from AMD than they are to require one of the improvements such \\ as in the area of touch input support. \\ Thanks again for the advice! ===== Packages ===== ==== Upgraded ==== * [[slackware.14.1>a/btrfs-progs-20130418-i486-1.txz]] \\ Make fsck.btrfs a link to /bin/true as recommended on the btrfs wiki. * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-firmware-20130419git-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-generic-3.8.8-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-generic-smp-3.8.8_smp-i686-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-huge-3.8.8-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-huge-smp-3.8.8_smp-i686-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-modules-3.8.8-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/kernel-modules-smp-3.8.8_smp-i686-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>d/kernel-headers-3.8.8_smp-x86-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>k/kernel-source-3.8.8_smp-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>n/proftpd-1.3.4c-i486-1.txz]] \\ Added mod_radius to the build as requested by chemfire. I wasn't sure about \\ this at first since it's a non-default and seldom used module, but since it \\ doesn't do anything unless it has been configured it should be safe to \\ include. * [[slackware.14.1>x/xfs-1.1.3-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xorg-server-1.13.4-i486-1.txz]] \\ This update fixes an input flush bug with evdev. Under exceptional \\ conditions (keyboard input during device hotplugging), this could leak \\ a small amount of information intended for the X server. \\ This issue was evaluated to be of low impact. \\ For more information, see: \\ http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1940 \\ http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2013-April/036014.html \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.14.1>x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.13.4-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xorg-server-xnest-1.13.4-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.13.4-i486-1.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>extra/linux-3.8.8-nosmp-sdk/*]] * [[slackware.14.1>kernels/*]] ==== Rebuilt ==== * [[slackware.14.1>a/glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>a/glibc-zoneinfo-2013b-noarch-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>l/glibc-2.17-i486-2.txz]] \\ Patched two crash bugs (CVE-2013-0242, CVE-2013-1914). These do not allow \\ code execution, and upstream agrees that they are low priority/severity. \\ They are patched here since glibc was due for a kernel related rebuild \\ anyway, but given the low priority/severity and possibility of introducing \\ problems in production versions of glibc, they will backported only if \\ further review indicates a necessity. * [[slackware.14.1>l/glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>l/glibc-profile-2.17-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>n/autofs-5.0.7-i486-2.txz]] \\ Added /etc/auto.master.d directory. Thanks to GazL. * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-acecad-1.5.0-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-aiptek-1.4.1-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-evdev-2.8.0-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-joystick-1.6.1-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-keyboard-1.7.0-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-mouse-1.9.0-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-penmount-1.5.0-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-synaptics-1.7.0-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.0.0-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-void-1.4.0-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-input-wacom-0.19.0-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-apm-1.2.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-ark-0.7.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-ast-0.97.0-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-ati-7.1.0-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-chips-1.2.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-cirrus-1.5.2-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-dummy-0.3.6-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-geode-2.11.14-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-glint-1.2.8-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-i128-1.3.6-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-i740-1.3.4-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-intel-2.21.6-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-mach64-6.9.4-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-mga-1.6.2-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-modesetting-0.7.0-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.7-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.7-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-nv-2.1.20-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.2-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-r128-6.9.1-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-rendition-4.2.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-s3-0.6.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.6-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-savage-2.3.6-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.7-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-sis-0.10.7-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-sisusb-0.9.6-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-tga-1.2.2-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-trident-1.3.6-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-tseng-1.2.5-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-v4l-0.2.0-i486-8.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-vmware-13.0.1-i486-2.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5-i486-4.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-xgi-git_be3abf8570a-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>x/xf86-video-xgixp-1.8.1-i486-3.txz]] * [[slackware.14.1>isolinux/initrd.img]] * [[slackware.14.1>usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img]] ==== Added ==== * [[slackware.14.1>testing/packages/xorg-server-1.14.x/*]] {{tag>slackware changelog slackware-14.1 2013/04}} news/2013/04/19/slackware-14.1-changelog.txt Last modified: 9 years agoby Giuseppe Di Terlizzi Log In