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xz -> 5.2.0 [http://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD]

Originally Posted by heiser891 xz -> 5.2.0 [http://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD]

Got it; thanks!

Not sure if mentioned yet, but...

kbd-1.15.3 > 2.0.2
iproute2-3.10.0 > 3.17.0
cryptsetup-1.4.3 > 1.6.6
nfs-utils-1.2.8 > 1.3.1
man-pages-3.69 > 3.75

Went digging on kernel.org to see if anything was updated and found those.

nmap-6.40 > 6.47

This requires a trivial update to the patch file. http://devio.us/~kfritz/nmap.ndiff.mandir.diff.gz

Originally Posted by ReaperX7 kbd-1.15.3 > 2.0.2

You've not actually tried this - it won't work.

iproute2-3.10.0 > 3.17.0 cryptsetup-1.4.3 > 1.6.6 man-pages-3.69 > 3.75

Already in queue.

nfs-utils-1.2.8 > 1.3.1

I didn't have this one, and after looking at the changes, I'm a bit leery, but let's see how it goes here locally. So far all is well, but time will tell...

Originally Posted by kfritz nmap-6.40 > 6.47 This requires a trivial update to the patch file. http://devio.us/~kfritz/nmap.ndiff.mandir.diff.gz

Got it, but I fixed mandir with a sed line - hopefully less maintenance there long-term... Thanks!

Originally Posted by rworkman You've not actually tried this - it won't work. Already in queue. I didn't have this one, and after looking at the changes, I'm a bit leery, but let's see how it goes here locally. So far all is well, but time will tell...

On LFS, 2.0.2 did have a patch and a sed argument.

http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view...ter06/kbd.html

The sed removed a svgalib requirement and using the --disable-vlock argument as kbd does have a PAM dependency if enabled removes that requirement. I'll see if I can get a Slackbuild drafted if necessary Robby, or see if the current one needs some alterations.

Hi Robby,

Can you have a look on the last wicd release (wicd-1.7.3), maybe with an upgrade on urwid as well?

libmtp-1.1.6 in current is very old and should be updated to libmtp-1.1.8
Newer libmtp fixes transfer bugs on many mtp devices like smartphones.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/files/libmtp/

Robby, I've often wondered, do you have scripts you like to use for testing Slackware? Or do you exercise individual packages by hand and look around for signs of trouble?

Originally Posted by rworkman Originally Posted by ReaperX7 nfs-utils-1.2.8 > 1.3.1 I didn't have this one, and after looking at the changes, I'm a bit leery, but let's see how it goes here locally. So far all is well, but time will tell...

nfs-utils >= 1.3.0 wont compile on current with nfs4 and krb5 support. Looks like keyutils is too old. If you are going to upgrade nfs-utils could you look at keyutils too.

keyutils-1.5.5 > 1.5.9

Cheers

Originally Posted by ReaperX7 On LFS, 2.0.2 did have a patch and a sed argument. http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view...ter06/kbd.html The sed removed a svgalib requirement and using the --disable-vlock argument as kbd does have a PAM dependency if enabled removes that requirement.

Aha, --disable-vlock indeed is the solution there. Bah.
Thanks - that puts this in a better position.

All the alsa related packages are now at version 1.0.28 with the exception of pyalsa-1.0.26.

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

Originally Posted by _gin Hi Robby, Can you have a look on the last wicd release (wicd-1.7.3), maybe with an upgrade on urwid as well?

Done, but I haven't used wicd in quite some time, so I'd like someone to confirm that these work:
http://slackware.com/~rworkman/urwid/
http://slackware.com/~rworkman/wicd/

Originally Posted by Nille_kungen libmtp-1.1.6 in current is very old and should be updated to libmtp-1.1.8 Newer libmtp fixes transfer bugs on many mtp devices like smartphones. http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/files/libmtp/

Got it; thanks!