Changes in KaarPux version 4.5.2

KaarPux version 4.5.2 released on 2014-jul-13

  • Compilers updated (gcc 4.9; clang 3.4.2)
  • Other packages updated
  • Bugs fixed
  • Improvements to “make check”
  • Other additions, corrections, and improvements

Compilers updated (gcc 4.9; clang 3.4.2)

  • UPD: gmp: v 6.0.0 (Commit 7268b01c)
  • UPD: gcc: v 4.9-20140709 (Commit 143340c3)
  • FIX: KxBuild: make check_bootstrap_5 more robust (Commit 1e4e8420)
  • FIX: cairo: CFLAGS=-ffat-lto-objects for compiling with gcc 4.9 (Commit b94d7da5)
  • IMPROVE: binutils: –disable-werror –with-sysroot (Commit 821d501c)
  • UPD: llvm: v 3.4.2 (Commit 7b1e3821)

Bugs fixed

  • FIX: e2fsprogs: make_repeat (Commit 9aed3f0a)
  • FIX: download_packages_2: fall through to nice error message if not all files could be downloaded (Commit a01927fe)
  • FIX: download_packages_2: create gpg_keys and gpg dirs separatley (Commit ca3f86c6)
  • FIX: cairo: Firefox segfault when scrolling on some URL’s (Commit f3558d33)

Packages updated

Improvements to “make check”

  • FIX: libtool: fix make check; fixes ticket #6 (Commit 5b25f0dd)
  • FIX: glib: fix make check (Commit 4d4b0098)
  • FIX: icu: fix make check (Commit 8d168ca3)
  • FIX: udisks: fix make check (Commit 9f5916b2)
  • FIX: pcre: better configure options; make check fixes ticket #9 (Commit e8ca2882)
  • MINOR: elfutils: ticket #8 fixed (Commit bc06d50c)
  • MINOR: sudo: make check fixes ticket #9 (Commit 88add432)

Other additions, corrections, and improvements

  • ADD: lzip: lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2 (Commit 25709195)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: functions for using lzip (Commit 7c0a98cf)
  • IMPROVE: accerciser: re-introduce accerciser_getLocalizedRoleName.patch (Commit d66f7413)
  • MINOR: gdlmm: improve upstream check (Commit 9822ffc7)
  • IMRPOVE: KxBuild: use nproc+1 jobs instead of 1.5*nproc for slightly better build time (Commit 29fd9acb)
  • IMPROVE: KxTools: kx_sar to report on runq-sz and plist (Commit acf6bf19)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: allow old gpg versions without –allow-weak-digest-algos (Commit b4f0e81d)
  • DOC: KaarPux: updated CVE info (Commit 26f8ff50, cecf0390)