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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Slackware64-current ChangeLog (2017-11-17) ====== ====== Fri Nov 17 06:49:47 UTC 2017 ====== ===== Packages ===== ==== Rebuilt ==== * [[slackware64.current>n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-2.txz]] \\ netconfig: Added $GATEWAY that was accidentally dropped from the script. \\ Thanks to Robby Workman for pointing out my mistake. ====== Fri Nov 17 00:56:25 UTC 2017 ====== ===== Packages ===== ==== Upgraded ==== * [[slackware64.current>a/dbus-1.12.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/etc-15.0-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ /etc/passwd: Added postfix (UID 91), postdrop (UID 92), dovecot (UID 94), \\ and dovenull (UID 95). \\ /etc/group: Added postfix (GID 91), postdrop (GID 92), dovecot (GID 94), \\ and dovenull (GID 95). * [[slackware64.current>a/kernel-firmware-20171109git-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/kernel-generic-4.14.0-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/kernel-huge-4.14.0-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/kernel-modules-4.14.0-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/lvm2-2.02.176-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-1.txz]] \\ Added Postfix and Dovecot to the services setup menu. * [[slackware64.current>a/smartmontools-6.6-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>a/time-1.8-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>ap/alsa-utils-1.1.5-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>ap/soma-2.11.3-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>ap/sysstat-11.6.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/Cython-0.27.3-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/cmake-3.9.6-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/kernel-headers-4.14.0-x86-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/re2c-1.0.3-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/scons-3.0.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>d/strace-4.20-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>k/kernel-source-4.14.0-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/SDL2_image-2.0.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/alsa-lib-1.1.5-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/alsa-plugins-1.1.5-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/at-spi2-atk-2.26.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/at-spi2-core-2.26.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/dconf-editor-3.26.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/glib-networking-2.54.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/glib2-2.54.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/gtk+3-3.22.26-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/harfbuzz-1.7.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/libplist-2.0.0-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This update fixes several security issues. \\ For more information, see: \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6440 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6439 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6438 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6437 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6436 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6435 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5836 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5835 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5834 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5545 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5209 \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware64.current>l/libsoup-2.60.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/mozilla-nss-3.34-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ Upgraded to nss-3.34 and nspr-4.17. * [[slackware64.current>l/pango-1.40.14-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/pygobject3-3.26.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/sip-4.19.5-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>l/vte-0.50.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>n/NetworkManager-1.10.0-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ Use the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) for the hostname as reported by \\ "hostname" with no arguments. * [[slackware64.current>n/ethtool-4.13-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>n/gnupg2-2.2.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>n/iproute2-4.14.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>n/net-tools-20170208_479bb4a-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ Don't include hostname, domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname, \\ or ypdomainname. These are provided by the new hostname package. * [[slackware64.current>n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-1.txz]] \\ Switch to using ip instead of ifconfig and route. \\ Supports create/destroy of virtual tun/tap interfaces and adding \\ them to bridges. \\ Supports additional IP addresses added to interfaces in a way \\ that's compatible with net-tools. \\ Thanks to Robby Workman. * [[slackware64.current>n/samba-4.6.10-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>n/stunnel-5.43-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>t/texlive-2017.171108-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ Fixes, cleanups, and logging support in texmf_get.sh. \\ Support for many more languages. \\ More manpages and info files included. \\ TeX packages moved to texlive-extra (hosted on slackbuilds.org): cc-pl, \\ cmexb, cs, ghsystem, kerkis, pl, quran, tipa, and udesoftec. \\ Tex packages excluded as obsolete: aleph and its support files, and cslatex. \\ PDF files removed from koma-script docs. \\ Compiled with --disable-dump-share for better performance. \\ TeXLive fonts are now optionally available to other system applications \\ through a fontconfig file (/etc/fonts/conf.avail/09-texlive.conf). \\ Thanks to Johannes Schoepfer for all of these improvements. * [[slackware64.current>x/bdftopcf-1.1-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>x/intel-gpu-tools-1.20-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>x/libXfont-1.5.3-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>x/libdrm-2.4.88-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>x/libpciaccess-0.14-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>x/mesa-17.2.5-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>xap/gnuplot-5.2.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>xap/gucharmap-10.0.3-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>xap/mozilla-firefox-57.0-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This release contains security fixes and improvements. \\ For more information, see: \\ https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware64.current>xap/network-manager-applet-1.8.6-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>xap/xpaint-2.10.2-x86_64-1.txz]] * [[slackware64.current>kernels/*]] ==== Removed ==== * <del>[[slackware64.current>a/eject-2.1.5-x86_64-4.txz]]</del> * <del>[[slackware64.current>n/imapd-2.21-x86_64-1.txz]]</del> * <del>[[slackware64.current>n/sendmail-8.15.2-x86_64-2.txz]]</del> \\ Moved to /extra. * <del>[[slackware64.current>n/sendmail-cf-8.15.2-noarch-2.txz]]</del> \\ Moved to /extra. ==== Added ==== * [[slackware64.current>a/hostname-3.18-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This is the latest version of the hostname utility, broken out into a new \\ package to get rid of duplication between util-linux and net-tools. * [[slackware64.current>n/dovecot-2.2.33.2-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This will be the new IMAP/POP3 server in the next Slackware release. \\ Thanks to Alan Hicks, Mario Preksavec, and /dev/rob0 for assistance. * [[slackware64.current>n/libmilter-8.15.2-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This is a compile-time dependency of Postfix. * [[slackware64.current>n/postfix-3.2.4-x86_64-1.txz]] \\ This will be the default MTA in the next Slackware release. Thanks to \\ Alan Hicks, Mario Preksavec, and /dev/rob0 for assistance. * [[slackware64.current>extra/sendmail/sendmail-8.15.2-x86_64-2.txz]] \\ Moved here from the N series. This is still a solid choice for an MTA, and \\ probably the most flexible (although it can be difficult to configure - it \\ has been said that the M4 macro language resembles line noise). \\ Thanks to Eric Allman and everyone at Sendmail for all the years of work. * [[slackware64.current>extra/sendmail/sendmail-cf-8.15.2-noarch-2.txz]] \\ Moved here from the N series. ==== Rebuilt ==== * [[slackware64.current>a/sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-39.txz]] \\ rc.M: Set the hostname returned by "hostname" with no arguments to be the \\ FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). Technically, it should work either way \\ (and mostly does), but in practice there are a few things that either refuse \\ to work (mostly commercial software), or require additional configuration if \\ hostname returns the short hostname rather than the FQDN. \\ rc.M: If rc.sendmail is not present and executable, try rc.postfix. \\ rc.M: Run rc.dovecot if it is executable. \\ rc.*: Don't source any init scripts. * [[slackware64.current>a/util-linux-2.31-x86_64-2.txz]] \\ Don't add hostname, domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname, or ypdomainname \\ to the util-linux package. These are provided by the new hostname package. \\ Allow the eject utility to build. * [[slackware64.current>ap/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.72-x86_64-4.txz]] \\ Upgraded to DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.79.2. Thanks to Stuart Winter. \\ Applied patch to fix bus error with xsltproc. Thanks to ecd102 on LQ. * [[slackware64.current>l/gtk+2-2.24.31-x86_64-3.txz]] \\ Added more patches from upstream git. Thanks to Robby Workman. * [[slackware64.current>n/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-x86_64-2.txz]] \\ Create /etc/sasl2 configuration directory. * [[slackware64.current>n/inetd-1.79s-x86_64-10.txz]] \\ Do not run inetd (rc.inetd is now shipped non-executable), or open any ports \\ in inetd.conf by default. * [[slackware64.current>n/wireless-tools-29-x86_64-10.txz]] \\ Use ip instead of ifconfig. Thanks to Robby Workman. * [[slackware64.current>extra/bash-completion/bash-completion-2.7-noarch-2.txz]] \\ Applied some patches from upstream git, including one that unclobbers the \\ rfkill completion from util-linux. Don't clobber mount and umount \\ completions from util-linux. Thanks to ill323 on LQ for the heads-up. * [[slackware64.current>isolinux/initrd.img]] * [[slackware64.current>usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img]] {{tag>slackware changelog slackware64-current 2017/11}} news/2017/11/17/slackware64-current-changelog.txt Last modified: 7 years agoby Giuseppe Di Terlizzi Log In