Changes in KaarPux version 4.5.4

KaarPux version 4.5.4 released on 2014-aug-12

  • Bugs fixed
  • Many packages updated
  • Packages added for testing: ttystatus cliapp cmdtest
  • Package ntp removed (we now have systemd-timesync)
  • Many minor changes (in particular for testing)

Bugs fixed

  • FIX: shadow: allow long group names (Commit 58832a9b)
  • FIX: cmake: do not run Qt4Deploy as Qt4 is not installed yet (Commit b52f9b96)
  • FIX: libreoffice: install (Commit b26dddaf)
  • FIX: KxBuild: run Xvfb with 24bit color depth (to make GLX work) (Commit e7441441)
  • FIX: nss: update expired certificate (Commit e39facbc)
  • FIX: KxBuild: make KX_KEEP_BUILD_DIRECTORIES work (Commit df5d666c)
  • FIX: tar: fix testsuite (Commit 4be58b12)
  • FIX: exiv2: make_repeat (Commit ad425f3e)
  • IMPROVE: coreutils: build again in bootstrap_8 to pick up dependencies on attr, acl, pcre, and libcap (Commit 1dd046c2)

Packages updated

  • UPD: openssl: v 1.0.1i (Commit 63685773)
  • UPD: gnutls: v 3.3.6 (Commit 72671aa1)
  • UPD: nss: v 3.16.4 (Commit 144568cb)
  • UPD: certdata: v cd52a7f89548 (Commit 586e8cb1)
  • UPD: adblockplus: v 2.6.4 (Commit 1d101767)
  • UPD: ghostery: v 5.3.2 (Commit 4c9a5476)
  • UPD: noscript: v 2.6.8.36 (Commit 08e25e83)
  • UPD: empathy: v 3.12.4 (Commit fe243a68)
  • UPD: evince: v 3.12.2 (Commit 89d6028b)
  • UPD: evolution-data-server: v 3.12.4 (Commit d832c199)
  • UPD: evolution: v 3.12.4 (Commit ee90dc89)
  • UPD: gnome-*: update to latest version (Commit 67cf678a)
  • UPD: vte: v 0.36.3 (Commit 7db19d63)
  • UPD: xf86-video-intel: v 2.99.914 (Commit f41f431a)
  • UPD: linux: 3.15.9 (Commit 76ccb20f)
  • UPD: harfbuzz: v 0.9.34 (Commit e9dc9dba)
  • UPD: libpeas: v 1.10.1 (Commit 0b8eab0d)
  • UPD: network-manager-applet: v 0.9.10.0 (Commit 3a050d5f)
  • UPD: libreoffice: v 4.3.0.4 (Commit 2c7049f4)
  • UPD: qemu: v 2.1.0 (Commit 3c3e979a)

Packages added

  • ADD: ttystatus cliapp cmdtest: for testing (Commit 32bfa285)

Packages removed

  • REMOVE: ntp: we now have systemd-timesync (Commit da25a0f0)

Minor Changes

  • IMPROVE: KaarPux: Create all users/groups manually, and disable systemd-sysusers.service (Commit 29b93e04)
  • MINOR: gcc: move libstdc++.so.XXX-gdb.py to better path (avoiding ldconfig warnings) (Commit cf112d6f)
  • MINOR: lua: make symbolic links to libraries (Commit 5012291f)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: better connectivity check in virtual/kvm.sh (Commit 74ec4fb5)
  • IMPROVE: llvm: improve testing; streamline yaml file; separate build directories; check download signature (Commit 579c6471)
  • IMPROVE: xorg-server: make sure Xvfb supports RANDR extension (Commit 50d08ab2)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: do not let systemd intercept coredumps (in particular good if we run with testing) (Commit 8a21c891)
  • IMPROVE: nss: add testing (Commit f2e39526)
  • IMPROVE: krb5: install only libraries (Commit fff31e3f)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move expect and dejagnu earlier (for testing) (Commit 90d2b4d3)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move cppunit earlier (for testing) (Commit 370f3ea0)
  • IMPROVE: net-snmp: fix test (Commit 73d4803a)
  • IMRPOVE: gtksourceview: Fix tests when gtksourceview is not installed (Commit be04a639)
  • IMPROVE: x*: add ‘make check’ for xorg packages (Commit 8c10baec)
  • MINOR: clutter: remove failing testcases (TODO: investigate further) (Commit d2924259)
  • MINOR: gst-plugins-bad: ignore test results (Commit 253653a5)
  • IMPROVE: gst-plugins-good: remove failing testcase (Commit 93faa3e3)
  • IMPROVE: telepathy-mission-control: repeat test if failing the first time around (Commit ae3caa51)
  • IMPROVE: wxWidgets: remove failing testcases (Commit 242a8a3f)
  • IMPROVE: *: add ‘make check’ (Commit fb2e6079)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move acl, attr, pcre earlier for path, sed, tar, grep to pick them up (Commit 241d63b7)
  • IMPROVE: kx_dependencies: new options: –reduce –show-build –show-ldd (Commit cc1fb125)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: make use of tmpfs in dangerous_build_bootstrap optional (Commit 1e37f240)
  • IMPROVE: asciidoc: add checking (Commit b72e5f78)
  • IMPROVE: berkeley-db: add checking (Commit 739f1640)
  • IMPROVE: busybox: add ‘make check’. TODO: investigate failing testcases (Commit ec156fc0)
  • IMPROVE: coreutils: add ‘make check’. TODO: investigate failing testcases (Commit 25903c91)
  • IMPROVE: grub: add ‘make check’. TODO: investigate failing testcases (Commit d056f2ff)
  • IMPROVE: linux-pam: do not ‘make check’ if ${KX_DISABLE_TEST} is seIMPROVE: linux-pam: do not ‘make check’ if ${KX_DISABLE_TEST} is set (Commit 0d1faf99)
  • IMPROVE: man-db: execute test cases, but still ignore the result (Commit fced02af)
  • IMPROVE: openssh: make tests (Commit a90ecf8d)
  • IMPROVE: openssl: execute test cases, but still ignore the result (Commit 4fce5497)
  • IMPROVE: patch: add check_ignore. TODO: come back and see if we can make the scripts dash/posix compatible (Commit b0d74e08)
  • IMPROVE: vim: add test (Commit d26152b2)
  • IMPROVE: *: make check (Commit 776d22bb)
  • DOC: gnome-color-manager: add comment about test failures (Commit 8039890b)
  • DOC: sane-backends: note that test suite fails due to hard-coded dates (Commit 8e6a1688)
  • DOC: *: note that ‘make check’ does nothing (Commit 591695c0)
  • DOC: *: note that package has no test-suite (Commit d0dccf6a, dddd41c6, 719fe04e)
  • DOC: KaarPux: updated CVE info (Commit 34f3d425)