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Petri Kaukasoina 10-09-2023 02:02 PM
slackware{,64}-14.[012] EOL January 1, 2024
 
Code:
Mon Oct  9 18:10:01 UTC 2023
####################################################################
# NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS #
#                                                                  #
# Effective January 1, 2024, security patches will no longer be    #
# provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all #
# be more than 7 years old at that time):                          #
#  Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2.                #
# If you are still running these versions you should consider      #
# migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). #
# Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own        #
# security patches.                                                #
####################################################################

keithpeter 10-09-2023 02:17 PM
OK, wipe and re-install this weekend then I suppose. Then slackbuild party.

(X61s, 100Gb ssd and 4G ram)

Gerard Lally 10-09-2023 02:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by keithpeter (Post 6457839)
OK, wipe and re-install this weekend then I suppose. Then slackbuild party.

(X61s, 100Gb ssh and 4G ram)
SSD, I take it?

Jan K. 10-09-2023 03:55 PM
Fixed! :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by keithpeter (Post 6457839)
OK, backup, wipe and re-install this weekend then I suppose. Then slackbuild party.
Though the few times system has been upgraded, I've kept the old disc as backup and inserted a new install disc...

netcrawl 10-09-2023 04:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina (Post 6457833)
Code:
Mon Oct  9 18:10:01 UTC 2023
####################################################################
# NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS #
Inpending... that doesn't sound good...

jmccue 10-09-2023 05:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by netcrawl (Post 6457860)
Inpending... that doesn't sound good...
Joking :) This happens a lot and to me it makes sense since a lot of things these days tend to need libs not in the older versions.

14.0 was released in 2012, that is a bit over 11 years, it even beats RHEL old version support. Good support run!

shipujin 10-09-2023 08:45 PM
Time passed so fast

keithpeter 10-10-2023 04:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jan K. (Post 6457856)
Fixed! :D
Though the few times system has been upgraded, I've kept the old disc as backup and inserted a new install disc...
This is the plan. A 240Gb SSD is on order. Much cheaper than the 100Gb was in 2018.

(I also sync the ~/home drive to an external USB hard drive each day - so not a full incremental backup. Might look at incremental backups when new system is installed).

lancsuk 10-10-2023 05:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina (Post 6457833)
Code:
Mon Oct  9 18:10:01 UTC 2023
####################################################################
# NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS #
#                                                                  #
# Effective January 1, 2024, security patches will no longer be    #
# provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all #
# be more than 7 years old at that time):                          #
#  Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2.                #
# If you are still running these versions you should consider      #
# migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). #
# Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own        #
# security patches.                                                #
####################################################################
It sounds like a cautious attempt, to tell 15.0 becomes old stable as well. :p

bigbadaboum 10-10-2023 08:57 AM
$lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)

my cpu/gpu is not compatible with the new kernels (memory conflict displayed in dmesg)

So I thank Pat and others for maintaining Slackware64 14.2 for so long.

baumei 10-10-2023 11:30 PM
Already, I have run into a piece of software which complains about the 2.33 version of glibc in Slackware 15.0... When I finish some more pressing chores, then I have to decide whether to wait for v15.1 or to do some compiling.

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmccue (Post 6457865)
Joking :) This happens a lot and to me it makes sense since a lot of things these days tend to need libs not in the older versions.

vtel57 01-09-2024 10:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina (Post 6457833)
Code:
Mon Oct  9 18:10:01 UTC 2023
####################################################################
# NOTICE OF INPENDING EOL (END OF LIFE) FOR OLD SLACKWARE VERSIONS #
#                                                                  #
# Effective January 1, 2024, security patches will no longer be    #
# provided for the following versions of Slackware (which will all #
# be more than 7 years old at that time):                          #
#  Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2.                #
# If you are still running these versions you should consider      #
# migrating to a newer version (preferably as recent as possible). #
# Alternately, you may make arrangements to handle your own        #
# security patches.                                                #
 ####################################################################



Where exactly did you get this information? I can find nothing about EOL for 14.2 anywhere on Slackware's website or Security Announcements. What is the source of this statement above, please?

Petri Kaukasoina 01-09-2024 10:16 AM
In ChangeLog.txt https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwa.../ChangeLog.txt

First Mon Oct 9 18:10:01 UTC 2023 and now again Wed Jan 3 20:25:45 UTC 2024.

GazL 01-09-2024 10:44 AM
Well, hopefully that should have free'd up a good chunk of Pat's time.

Didier Spaier 01-09-2024 10:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GazL (Post 6475661)
Well, hopefully that should have free'd up a good chunk of Pat's time.
... So that 15.1-beta1 be not too far on the horizon :D


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