Changes in KaarPux version 3.4.6

KaarPux version 3.4.6 released on 2013-mar-13

  • Upstream Security Fixes
  • Linux Kernel Updated to v 3.8.2
  • Improved verification framework and testcases
  • Packages updated and bugs fixed
  • Several (mostly minor) changes

Upstream Security Fixes

  • UPD: icedtea: v 2.3.8 (Commit 3b347c18)
  • UPD: flash_player_11: v 11.2.202.275 (Commit fdadc116)
  • UPD: xulrunner firefox: v 19.0.2 (Commit 96ad332c)
  • UPD: ghostery: 2.9.2 (Commit 9f40bd8d)
  • UPD: noscript: v 2.6.5.8 (Commit c68e1c5b)
  • UPD: thunderbird: v 17.0.4 (Commit 827b3267)

Linux Kernel Updated

Bugs fixed

  • FIX: KaarPux: Correct systemd session handling (Commit 62a31463)
  • FIX: install_kx_open_stp: Temporary fix for http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15193 (Commit 932cf5a6)
  • FIX: ghostscript-fonts-other: move to after ghostscript-fonts-std (Commit 28ddb673)
  • FIX: KxBuild: Do not build dbus-python and dbus-python-2 in parallel (Commit a8941be3)
  • FIX: KxBuild: gnome-vfs after gnome-mime-data (Commit ffdf175f)
  • FIX: dbus: Build dbus again after libX11 (so dbus-launch will work under Gnome (Commit 8894c7b4)
  • FIX: gnome-keyring gnome-shell rest: correct path to /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt (Commit 534bc534)
  • FIX: dbus: create dir /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ before putting file into dir (Commit c27cf2a5)
  • FIX: ghostery: mozilla addons download location changed (Commit 6fa54fb7)

Packages updated

Packages Added for GUI Verification

  • ADD: pyatspi python-twisted zope.interface dbus-python-2 ldtp (Commit e7406d6e)
  • ADD: *: several gnome/python packages (Commit 6f14186c)
  • ADD: nose: nicer testing for python (Commit 0b945e9a)

Improved Verification

  • IMPROVE: KaarPux: Add GUI test framework (Commit e9c71e9e)
  • IMPROVE: *: Add GUI test cases (Commit a4d8fed6)
  • DOC: www: Document GUI test framework (Commit 1b5bf36a)
  • Additional CLI verification testcases (Commit f30588e7, 521a9445, 8fed6c9e, a6a2ddf2, 1b7c4f7f)
  • IMPROVE: pygobject2: fedora patches; verify_cli testcases added (Commit 23c7b39e)
  • MINOR: KxTest: verify_gui/kx.py: better print output (Commit 3b557bba)
  • IMPROVE: KxTest: Better grouping of GUI test cases (Commit ec2ebb80)
  • IMPROVE: KxTest: Several ‘minor’ improvements in verify_gui/kx.py (Commit 1d6b4725)

Minor Changes

  • IMPROVE: bash: Include patch level in version check (Commit 7d128466)
  • IMPROVE: gcc: use ln -svf to make building reentrant (Commit 8dc1ec4e)
  • MINOR: device-mapper: make in parallel (Commit 716b4041)
  • MINOR: lua: make in parallel (Commit 5ac0b2ae)
  • IMPROVE: KaarPux: Update mandb and desktop-database (mimetypes) after installation (Commit e117f0ad, abfe1d63, 261ee6c2)
  • IMPROVE: pigz: version check (Commit 3a4d974c)
  • Documentation improvements