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Tue Jan 18 20:39:39 UTC 2022
l/rpcsvc-proto-1.4.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xterm-370-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
XTerm-console: don't include locale options by default. Fix typo in comment.
Thanks to GazL.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
source/installer
Code:
Tue Jan 18 11:42:59 UTC 2022
/usr/lib/setup/setup: If a Slackware USB stick was used as the package
source, prompt user to unplug the USB stick when the installation
completes.
/usr/lib/setup/INSUSB: Fix a cosmetic bug if the USB stick has no partitions.
MoZes.
8 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 5 upgraded, 3 rebuilt
Code:
Wed Jan 19 18:18:02 UTC 2022
ap/inxi-3.3.12_1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/man-db-2.9.4-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't use --no-purge in the daily cron job to update the databases.
l/gst-plugins-bad-free-1.18.5-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Link against neon-0.32.2. Thanks to marav.
n/bind-9.16.25-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/ethtool-5.16-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/samba-4.15.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/wpa_supplicant-2.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
The implementations of EAP-pwd in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant
before 2.10 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache
access patterns.
NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-9495.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23303
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23304
(* Security fix *)
x/xterm-370-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
XTerm-console: improve the font settings. Thanks to GazL.
Slackware 14.2 to 15.0 Upgrade HOWTO <volkerdi@slackware.com>
This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15.0.
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Slackware 14.2 to 15.0 Upgrade HOWTO <volkerdi@slackware.com>
This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15.0.
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Cool. OTOH, I will most likely install 15.0 to a new / re-used partition, so that I can keep my 14.2 working if needed, as I use it as a daily machine to connect to work, etc.. Plus, easier to avoid conflicts, old libraries, etc, that way.
Slackware 14.2 to 15.0 Upgrade HOWTO <volkerdi@slackware.com>
This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 14.2 to Slackware 15.0.
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How about the .la files?
Code:
This command will
remove any stale .la files from the LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
rm /{,usr/}lib{,64}/*.la
Sun Jan 23 01:17:39 UTC 2022
ap/ddrescue-1.26-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/parallel-20220122-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/libimobiledevice-20211124_2c6121d-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't include compatibility pkgconfig symlink. It's unlikely that
anything requires it.
l/libimobiledevice-glue-20211125_3cb687b-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Removed broken pkgconfig symlink. Thanks to marav.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
source/installer
Code:
Sat Jan 22 21:34:07 UTC 2022
Reverted to an older simpler version of rescan-scsi-bus that does what we
need it to on the installer. Apparently the one we upgraded to requires the
real version of "find" and has additional requirements resulting in it being
broken for almost a year. Since nobody noticed until now, I wonder to what
extent this functionality is still important on modern hardware, but we'll
fix it anyway just in case. Thanks to almope.
Added sg.ko kernel module (rescan-scsi-bus has always wanted this but never
previously got it, so we'll add it and hope it helps).
Sat Jan 22 21:34:07 UTC 2022
Reverted to an older simpler version of rescan-scsi-bus that does what we
need it to on the installer. Apparently the one we upgraded to requires the
real version of "find" and has additional requirements resulting in it being
broken for almost a year. Since nobody noticed until now, I wonder to what
extent this functionality is still important on modern hardware, but we'll
fix it anyway just in case. Thanks to almope.
Added sg.ko kernel module (rescan-scsi-bus has always wanted this but never
previously got it, so we'll add it and hope it helps).
24 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 15 upgraded, 9 rebuilt
Code:
Tue Jan 25 06:16:36 UTC 2022
It may look like we're currently experiencing more stuckness, but this will
lead us to Quality. We'll have this release in the can before you know it.
a/aaa_glibc-solibs-2.33-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
a/aaa_libraries-15.0-x86_64-16.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt to pick up the patched libexpat.so.1.8.3.
a/kernel-firmware-20220124_eb8ea1b-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-5.15.16-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-5.15.16-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
-9P_FSCACHE n
9P_FS m -y
Thanks to peake.
a/kernel-modules-5.15.16-x86_64-2.txz: Upgraded.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-27.txz: Rebuilt.
mkinitrd_command_generator.sh: properly detect partitions of a RAID device.
Thanks to perrin4869.
a/util-linux-2.37.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes two security mount(8) and umount(8) issues:
An issue related to parsing the /proc/self/mountinfo file allows an
unprivileged user to unmount other user's filesystems that are either
world-writable themselves or mounted in a world-writable directory.
Improper UID check in libmount allows an unprivileged user to unmount
FUSE filesystems of users with similar UID.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3995
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3996
(* Security fix *)
ap/vim-8.2.4212-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/git-2.35.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-5.15.16-x86-2.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-5.15.16-noarch-2.txz: Upgraded.
l/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fix signed integer overflow in function XML_GetBuffer for when
XML_CONTEXT_BYTES is defined to >0 (which is both common and
default). Impact is denial of service or other undefined behavior.
While we're here, also patch a memory leak on output file opening error.
Thanks to marav.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23852
(* Security fix *)
l/fluidsynth-2.2.5-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/glibc-2.33-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
This update patches two security issues:
Unexpected return value from glibc's realpath().
Off-by-one buffer overflow/underflow in glibc's getcwd().
Thanks to Qualys Research Labs for reporting these issues.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3998
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3999
(* Security fix *)
l/glibc-i18n-2.33-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.33-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
l/tdb-1.4.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-input-libinput-1.2.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/mozilla-thunderbird-91.5.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/91.5.1/releasenotes/
xap/vim-gvim-8.2.4212-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
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