Changes in KaarPux version 4.6.0

KaarPux version 4.6.0 released on 2014-sep-06

  • Most packages updated to latest version
  • Packages added: mcelog, i7z, tcllib
  • Bugs fixed
  • Other minor changes

Packages updated

  • UPD: *: most packages updated to latest version (Commit 400aea40)
  • UPD: systemtap: v 2.6-0.413 (Commit 91a2f4e2)
  • UPD: systemd: v 216 (Commit e5c52dda)
  • UPD: icedtea7: v 2.5.2 (Commit 8e8d20b8)
  • UPD: util-linux: v 2.25 (Commit a6ef0eb4)
  • UPD: libusb: v 1.0.19; libusbx has been merged into libusb (Commit 28b6e71b)
  • UPD: libcap: v 2.24 (plus upstream patch) (Commit 31d830b5)
  • UPD: gimp: v 2.8.14 (Commit 0699b25c)
  • UPD: gtksourceview: v 3.12.3 (Commit 2223520a)
  • UPD: libtirpc: v 0.2.5 (Commit d6eae096)
  • UPD: parted: v 3.2 (Commit 9ce72ea0)
  • UPD: strace: v 4.9 (Commit 27d348d6)
  • UPD: libreoffice: v 4.3.1.2 (Commit 3085df2d)
  • UPD: cups: v 1.7.5 (Commit 87f2d215)
  • UPD: libraw1394: v 2.0.5; also change download location to kernel.org (Commit 5f108604)
  • UPD: linux: v 3.16.2 (Commit a44d20e0)

Packages added

  • ADD: mcelog: log Machine Check Exceptions (Commit a6ee349b)
  • ADD: i7z: i7 cpu monitoring tool (Commit 770d4248)
  • ADD: tcllib (Commit aff3c44b)

Bugs fixed

  • FIX: busybox: properly handle grep -w “^str” in !EXTRA_COMPAT case too (Commit d137cc65)
  • FIX: busybox: do not ‘make check’ under systemtap (Commit 50df5c15)
  • FIX: elfutils: remove failing testcases under systemtap (Commit cfbd0ff5)
  • FIX: harfbuzz: remove failing testcase (Commit c3a90ad5)
  • FIX: krb5: We can not test just the libraries, as we are not building the tools (Commit 799ed44e)
  • FIX: KxBuild: put a lock on haskell package install as parallel install fails (Commit 4c66772b)
  • FIX: dejagnu: dejagnu tests do not work if STDIN is /dev/null, so create a fifo as STDIN (Commit 17d87902)
  • FIX: util-linux: correct upstream check (Commit 1aafecff)
  • FIX: KxBuild: use static file for lock on haskell package install (Commit 82ca9d50)
  • FIX: vim: remove tests: ‘make test’ does not work without a terminal, and is interactive anyway (Commit e50991c6)
  • FIX: KxBuild: correct name of file used for lock on haskell package install (Commit 09d6cc2a)
  • FIX: glibc: add –enable-obsolete-rpc (needed by libtirpc) (Commit fee3adfb)
  • FIX: linux: fix list of files included in initramfs when linux is re-build (Commit b9910791)

Minor Changes

  • IMPROVE: busybox: slim configuration (Commit 7eb71c58)
  • IMPROVE: linux: remove mdev option, as we are not building mdev in busybox anymore (Commit 3679e292)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: do not record systemtap UNKNOWN files (Commit cf72f918)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: add check_repeat tag (Commit aaadbb4e)
  • IMPROVE: haveged libevent make rsync: repeat make check if failing (Commit 4c427b1f)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: do not let systemd intercept coredumps if we are testing (Commit 2f229e27)
  • MINOR: evolution: do not enable plugins (faster build) (Commit c3e4ccfa)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: build freetype again after harfbuzz (Commit 90c40474)
  • MINOR: KxBuild: move parallel packages for slightly faster build (Commit 2fcd7738)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: small script to improve kernel settings for host (Commit 0b5422ed)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move tcl expect dejagnu to bootstrap_7 (Commit 64168006)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move which to bootstrap_8 (Commit 3069310c)
  • IMPROVE: KxBuild: move gzip after util-linux as gzip test uses the ‘more’ command (Commit 275cb5fd)
  • MINOR: ldns: simplify configure and build instructions (Commit b45136dc)
  • IMPROVE: patch: need BASH shell for ‘make check’ (Commit 17c95045)
  • IMPROVE: procps-ng: fix ‘make check’ (Commit 3c0f0908)
  • IMPROVE: util-linux: better configure options (Commit 6531c072)
  • IMPROVE: util-linux: add testing (Commit 95f06f8e)
  • IMPROVE: KxTools: kx_old: show packages sorted by the date they have been updated (Commit 4138fd12)
  • REMOVE: nss-myhostname: now provided by systemd (Commit d9cac582)
  • MINOR: temporarily disable pwsafe (Commit 70d45b29)
  • IMPROVE: KxTools: kx_ver_wiz: show patches in package file being updated (Commit 83d41674)
  • IMPROVE: enchant: better upstream url (Commit a03f629e)
  • MINOR: geoclue: better upstream version check (Commit 7d51b199)
  • DOC: iproute2: note that test-suite is borked (Commit 734cd1ec)
  • DOC: psmisc: note that ‘make check’ does nothing (Commit bf29ee2e)
  • DOC: KaarPux: updated CVE info (Commit cc4d6744)
  • DOC: KaarPux: removed duplicates from CVE info (Commit f7cf7074)
  • DOC: KaarPux: updated CVE info (Commit 7fa1404f)