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
- a/coreutils-8.25-i586-1.txz
- a/glibc-zoneinfo-2016a-noarch-1.txz
- a/kernel-firmware-20160201git-noarch-1.txz
- a/kernel-generic-4.4.1-i586-1.txz
- a/kernel-generic-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz
- a/kernel-huge-4.4.1-i586-1.txz
- a/kernel-huge-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz
- a/kernel-modules-4.4.1-i586-1.txz
- a/kernel-modules-smp-4.4.1_smp-i686-1.txz
- a/lvm2-2.02.141-i586-1.txz
- a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2f-i586-1.txz
- ap/cups-filters-1.8.1-i586-1.txz
- ap/dmidecode-3.0-i586-1.txz
- ap/soma-2.10.4-noarch-1.txz
- d/binutils-2.26-i586-1.txz
- d/cmake-3.4.3-i586-1.txz
- d/kernel-headers-4.4.1_smp-x86-1.txz
- d/mercurial-3.6.3-i586-1.txz
- d/oprofile-1.1.0-i586-1.txz
- d/python-setuptools-19.6-i586-1.txz
- 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 - l/gst-plugins-base-1.6.3-i586-1.txz
- l/gst-plugins-good-1.6.3-i586-1.txz
- l/gstreamer-1.6.3-i586-1.txz
- l/gtk+3-3.18.7-i586-1.txz
- l/harfbuzz-1.1.3-i586-1.txz
- l/librsvg-2.40.13-i586-1.txz
- l/pulseaudio-8.0-i586-1.txz
Set “flat-volumes = no” in daemon.conf.new by default. - 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 *) - 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 *) - n/proftpd-1.3.5a-i586-1.txz
- n/traceroute-2.0.21-i586-1.txz
- x/xterm-322-i586-1.txz
- 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 *) - 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 *) - xap/pidgin-2.10.12-i586-1.txz
- extra/linux-4.4.1-nosmp-sdk/*
- kernels/*
Rebuilt
- 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. - ap/gutenprint-5.2.11-i586-2.txz
Run cups-genppdupdate after installing. Thanks to Lukasz Wieczorek. - 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. - l/seamonkey-solibs-2.39-i586-3.txz
- xap/seamonkey-2.39-i586-3.txz
Recompiled with -Os optimization to fix random crashes. - 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 *) - isolinux/initrd.img
- usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img
Added
- xap/gparted-0.25.0-i586-1.txz
Thanks to Erik W. Hanson. - xap/hexchat-2.10.2-i586-1.txz
This package replaces xchat.
Removed
xap/xchat-2.8.8-i586-11.txz