[A-2274] New on Slackware-current

Fri Apr 8 06:58:48 UTC 2011
Hi folks,
One more. We'll call this 13.37 RC 4.6692. Thanks to Nicola for suggesting the first Feigenbaum constant could be useful since we used pi, and it's too late for e. This is pretty much it, but last call for any showstoppers.
a/dosfstools-3.0.11-i486-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Added /sbin/fsck.* symlinks.
Thanks to Andrzej Szelachowski.
a/kernel-firmware-2.6.37.6-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.37.6-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-2.6.37.6-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-2.6.37.6-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.37.6_smp-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-13.37-noarch-6.tgz: Rebuilt.
Corrected the cutoff points for converting uncompressed package size
from kilobytes to megabytes in installpkg.
Thanks to Audrius Kazukauskas for pointing out the bug.
Get correct size when installing a symlink to a package.
Thanks to chrisretusn on LQ for the bug report and analysis.
d/gdb-7.2-i486-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Disabled --with-python (not yet working).
Thanks to Thorsten Mühlfelder.
d/kernel-headers-2.6.37.6_smp-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-2.6.37.6_smp-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/djvulibre-3.5.24-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Mikhail Zotov.
l/libtiff-3.9.4-i486-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched overflows that could lead to arbitrary code execution when parsing
a malformed image file.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0192
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1167
(* Security fix *)
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.1b3-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xkeyboard-config-2.2.1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Didier Spaier for getting this in under the wire.
xap/seamonkey-2.1b3-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
extra/linux-2.6.37.6-nosmp-sdk/*: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-firmware-2.6.38.2-noarch-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.38.2_smp-i686-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-2.6.38.2_smp-x86-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.38.2_smp-i686-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.38.2_smp-i686-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-source-2.6.38.2_smp-noarch-1.txz: Added.
testing/source/linux-2.6.38.2-configs/: Rebuilt.
HIGHMEM64G n -> y
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY y -> n
X86_PAE y
testing/source/linux-2.6.39-rc2-configs/: Rebuilt.
HIGHMEM64G n -> y
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY y -> n
X86_PAE y

Fri Apr 8 06:58:48 UTC 2011
Hi folks,
One more. We'll call this 13.37 RC 4.6692. Thanks to Nicola for suggesting the first Feigenbaum constant could be useful since we used pi, and it's too late for e. This is pretty much it, but last call for any showstoppers.
a/dosfstools-3.0.11-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Added /sbin/fsck.* symlinks.
Thanks to Andrzej Szelachowski.
a/kernel-firmware-2.6.37.6-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.37.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-2.6.37.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-2.6.37.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/pkgtools-13.37-noarch-6.tgz: Rebuilt.
Corrected the cutoff points for converting uncompressed package size
from kilobytes to megabytes in installpkg.
Thanks to Audrius Kazukauskas for pointing out the bug.
Get correct size when installing a symlink to a package.
Thanks to chrisretusn on LQ for the bug report and analysis.
d/gdb-7.2-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Disabled --with-python (not yet working).
Thanks to Thorsten Mühlfelder.
d/kernel-headers-2.6.37.6-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-2.6.37.6-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/djvulibre-3.5.24-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Mikhail Zotov.
l/libtiff-3.9.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched overflows that could lead to arbitrary code execution when parsing
a malformed image file.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0192
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1167
(* Security fix *)
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.1b3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xkeyboard-config-2.2.1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Didier Spaier for getting this in under the wire.
xap/seamonkey-2.1b3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
testing/packages/kernel-firmware-2.6.38.2-noarch-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-generic-2.6.38.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-headers-2.6.38.2-x86-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.38.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-modules-2.6.38.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
testing/packages/kernel-source-2.6.38.2-noarch-1.txz: Added.
testing/source/linux-2.6.38.2-configs/: Rebuilt.
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY y -> n
testing/source/linux-2.6.39-rc2-configs/: Rebuilt.
PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY y -> n