Current release: 8.3 – September 1st, 2018
Changelog Entries:
September 1st, 2018
[bdubbs] - Release of BLFS-8.3.
August 30th, 2018
[ibdubbs] - Archive icedtea-web.
August 30th, 2018
August 28th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to libva-2.2.0 and intel driver. Fixes #10944.
August 27th, 2018
August 26th, 2018
[ken] - Final changes re search.cpan.org going away. Fixes #10869.
[bdubbs] - Update to ImageMagick-6.9.10-10. Leaving open #7859.
[ken] - Remainder of changes in perl-modules to use metacpan.org instead of search.cpan.org. Completes most of #10869.
[dj] - Update to Fop-2.3. Fixes #10811.
[dj] - Fix build issue with junit-4.12. Fixes #10777.
[dj] - Update to Apache-Maven-3.5.4. Fixes #11062.
[dj] - Update to Apache-Ant-1.10.4. Fixes #10896.
[dj] - Update to OpenJDK-10.0.2. Fixes #10959.
August 25th, 2018
August 24th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Add a patch for MPlayer.
[bdubbs] - Update to gparted-0.32.0. Fixes #11056.
[bdubbs] - Archive midori.
[bdubbs] - Archive opal and ekiga.
[bdubbs] - Update xterm to install .desktop files.
[bdubbs] - Update plasma to properly link to .desktop file.
August 23rd, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to qemu-3.0.0. Fixes #11015.
[bdubbs] - Remove --disable-compositor from xfwm4. Fixes #10994.
[bdubbs] - Update wpa_supplicant-2.6-upstream_fixes patch. Fixes #10994.
[bdubbs] - Update to tigervnc-1.9.0. Fixes #10956.
[dj] - Update to gdb-8.1.1. Fixes #10981.
[ken] - Update to gimp-2.10.6. Fixes #11038.
[ken] - external perl modules: initial changes to point to metacpan.org instead of search.cpan.org. Addresses #10869.
[thomas] - Update to mousepad-0.4.1. Fixes #10843.
August 22nd, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to wireshark-2.6.2. Fixes #10962.
[bdubbs] - Update to xscreensaver-5.40. Fixes #11012.
[bdubbs] - Update to node-v9.11.2. Fixes #10867.
[renodr] - Update to gnumeric-1.12.43. Fixes #11003.
[renodr] - Update to goffice-0.10.43. Fixes #11002.
[renodr] - Update to libgsf-1.14.44. Fixes #10995.
[renodr] - Update to epiphany-3.28.3.1. Note that this update contains two critical vulnerability fixes. Fixes #10685.
[ken] - gimp-help: recommend gvfs to access online help, use new snapshot for local help but explain the issues. Addresses #11007.
[bdubbs] - Update to plasma-5.13.4. Fixes #10859.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-terminal-3.28.2. Fully fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-system-monitor-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to EOG-3.28.3. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to evince-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to evolution-3.28.5. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gtksourceview-3.24.8. Fixes #10877.
[renodr] - Update to file-roller-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-calculator-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-disk-utility-3.28.3. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-logs-3.28.5. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-maps-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Rework gnome-tweaks and archive gnome-tweak-tool. Fixes #11040.
[renodr] - Add fix for glibc-2.28 to dvd+rw-tools.
August 21st, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to ntp-4.2.8p12. Fixes #11020.
[bdubbs] - Update to gegl-0.4.8. Fixes #10970.
[bdubbs] - Update to ffmpeg-4.0.2. Fixes #10874.
[ken] - Update to ImageMagick-7.0.8-10. Fixes #11041.
[bdubbs] - Update to libX11-1.6.6.tar.bz2 (xorg library). Fixes #11046.
[renodr] - Update to yelp-3.28.1. Finishes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-user-docs-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gdm-3.28.3. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-session-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-shell-extensions-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-shell-3.28.3. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to libsass-3.5.4. Fixes #10698.
[renodr] - Update to mutter-3.28.3. Partially fixes #10648.
[ken] - Update to firefox-61.0.2. Fixes #11013.
[bdubbs] - Update to poppler-0.67.0. Fixes #10883.
[bdubbs] - Update to mlt-6.10.0. Fixes #10914.
[bdubbs] - Update to graphite2-1.3.12. Fixes #11017.
[bdubbs] - Update to kf5-apps-18.08.0. Fixes #10853.
[bdubbs] - Update to opencv-3.4.2. Fixes #10913.
August 20th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to gnome-control-center-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to network-manager-applet-1.8.16. Partially fixes #10649.
[renodr] - Update to ibus-1.5.19. Fixes #10996.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-settings-daemon-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Fix NetworkManager build with libnm-glib.
[bdubbs] - Update to kf5-5.49.0. Includes oxygen-icons5, extra-cmake-modules, and breeze-icons. Fixes #10842.
[ken] - Update to boost_1_68_0. Fixes #11000.
[bdubbs] - Update to mariadb-10.3.9. Fixes #10913.
[bdubbs] - Update to Archive-Zip-1.62 (Perl Module). Fixes #11036.
August 19th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to gnome-keyring-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-bluetooth-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to zenity-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to nautilus-3.28.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to gvfs-1.36.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[bdubbs] - Update to latest snapshot x264-snapshot-20180819-2245-stable. See #7555.
[ken] - Update to unixODBC-2.3.7. Fixes #11005.
[bdubbs] - Update to qpdf-8.2.1. Fixes #11029.
[thomas] - Update to php-7.2.9. Fixes #11026.
August 18th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to udisks-2.8.0. Fixes #10917.
[renodr] - Update to samba-4.8.4. Fixes #11021. Note that this fixes four critical vulnerabilities, upgrading is suggested.
[bdubbs] - Update to babl-0.1.56. Fixes #10969.
[bdubbs] - Update to xapian-core-1.4.7. Fixes #10910.
[bdubbs] - Update to feh-2.27.1. Fixes #10901.
[bdubbs] - Update to libpcap-1.9.0. Fixes #10973.
[bdubbs] - Update to bluez-5.50. Fixes #10837.
[bdubbs] - Update to libical-3.0.4. Fixes #11016.
[ken] - Update to pulseaudio-12.2. Fixes #10889.
[dj] - Update to gcc-8.2.0. Fixes #10730.
[thomas] - Update to cmake-3.12.1. Fixes #11001.
[thomas] - Update to llvm-6.0.1. Fixes #10897.
August 17th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to libjpeg-turbo-2.0.0. Fixes #10576.
[bdubbs] - Update to pciutils-3.6.2. Fixes #11010.
[renodr] - Update to tracker-2.0.4. Fixes #10949.
[renodr] - Update to evolution-data-server-3.28.5. Note: This fixes a build failure with ICU as well, but it's not documented. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to libgweather-3.28.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to grilo-0.3.6. Fixes #10960.
[bdubbs] - Update to xterm-335. Fixes #11023.
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-18.1.6. Fixes #11022.
[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-1.8.8. Fixes #11018.
[renodr] - Update to NetworkManager-1.12.2. Note: This version could possibly cause incompatibilites due to the removal of several libraries and API interfaces. Fixes #10876.
[renodr] - Update to gnome-desktop-3.28.2. Fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to geocode-glib-3.26.0. Fixes #10854.
[renodr] - Update to vte-0.52.2. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to totem-pl-parser-3.26.1. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to AccountsService-0.6.50. Fixes #10705.
[bdubbs] - Update to openssl-1.0.2p. Fixes #11014.
August 16th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to WebKitGTK+-2.20.5. Fixes #10866.
[ken] - Revert Berkeley-DB to 5.3.28. Fixes #10989.
[bdubbs] - Update to libatomic_ops-7.6.6. Fixes #10993.
[bdubbs] - Update to git-2.18.0. Fixes #10886.
[bdubbs] - Update to libblockdev-2.19. Fixes #10885.
[bdubbs] - Update to libbytesize-1.4. Fixes #10987.
[ken] - Update to cups-filters-1.20.4. Fixes #10945.
[bdubbs] - Update to mercurial-4.7. Fixes #10856.
[bdubbs] - Update to lxml-4.2.2. Fixes #10892.
[bdubbs] - Update to Text-CSV-1.96. Fixes #11019.
[renodr] - Update to gjs-1.52.3. Partially fixes #10648.
[renodr] - Update to libmbim-1.16.2. Fixes #11008.
[renodr] - Update to libqmi-1.20.2. Fixes #11009.
[renodr] - Update to ModemManager-1.8.0. Fixes #10840.
[renodr] - Update to geoclue-2.4.11. Fixes #10977.
[ken] - Update to unbound-1.7.3. Fixes #10865.
[renodr] - Update gstreamer and plugins to 1.14.2. Fixes #10974.
[ken] - Update to icu4c-62_1. Fixes #10884.
[renodr] - Add a patch to allow building v4l-utils with glibc-2.28.
August 15th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to btrfs-progs-4.17.1. Fixes #10903.
[bdubbs] - Update to sshfs-3.4.0. Fixes #10903.
[bdubbs] - Update to stunnel-5.48. Fixes #10894.
[bdubbs] - Update to cryptsetup-2.0.4. Fixes #10991.
[bdubbs] - Update to xfsprogs-4.17.0. Fixes #10904.
[renodr] - Fix alsa-oss to build with glibc-2.28.
[ken] - Revert Berkeley-DB to 5.3.28. Fixes #10989.
[ken] - Update to libreoffice-6.1.0.3. Fixes #10458.
[ken] - Update to postgresql-10.5 (security fix). Fixes #10999.
[dj] - Update to p11-kit-0.23.13. Fixes #11004.
[dj] - Update to dbus-1.12.10. Fixes #10988.
August 14th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to qpdf-8.1.0. Fixes #10895.
[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20180807. Fixes #10930. Also mark the AMD examples as 'historic', at least until someone can provide details for a current machine where new microcode is available.
[renodr] - Update to gsl-2.5. Fixes #10871.
[renodr] - Update to libsoup-2.62.3. Fixes #11006.
[renodr] - Update to pango-1.42.3. Fixes #10963.
[timtas] - Update to thunderbird-60.0. Fixes #10997.
[dj] - Update to xterm-334. Fixes #11011.
August 13th, 2018
[ken] - Patch Qt5 to build with glibc-2.28.
[renodr] - Update to atk-2.29.2. Fixes #10843. DJ says this is required for gnome in the ticket.
August 10th, 2018
August 9th, 2018
[renodr] - Update to harfbuzz-1.8.7. Fixes #10982.
[renodr] - Update to libdrm-2.4.93. Fixes #10983.
[renodr] - Update to talloc-2.1.14. Fixes #10942.
[renodr] - Update to vala-0.40.8. Fixes #10668.
[renodr] - Update to yaml-0.2.1. Fixes #10923.
[renodr] - Update to shared-mime-info-1.10. Fixes #10905.
[timtas] - Update to audacious-3.10. Fixes #10998.
[renodr] - Update to highlight-3.44. Fixes #10972.
[renodr] - Update to lua-5.3.5. Fixes #10935.
August 8th, 2018
[renodr] - Add patch to facilitate building sg3_utils with glibc-2.28.
[renodr] - Update to unrar-5.6.5. Fixes #10900.
[renodr] - Implement a build fix for sharutils related to glibc-2.28.
August 6th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to qemu-2.12.1. Fixes #10986.
August 4th, 2018
August 3rd, 2018
[ken] - Python-2.7.15 no longer installs the _ssl module, remove the ineffective sed and instead require libssh2 in rustc. Fixes #10899.
[ken] - patch libreoffice to build with recent LFS, the problem was apparently caused by python-3.7.
[ken] - Fix postfix to build against Berkeley DB-18. Minimally tested, but without grokking what changed from DB-6 to DB-18 there may possibly be breakage for some usage. Addresses #10984.
August 2nd, 2018
[thomas] - Update to dhcpcd-7.0.7. Bug fix on host routes. Fixes #10976.
August 1st, 2018
[ken] - Fixes for iptables-1.8.0. Thanks to Ryan Marsaw for the report.
[renodr] - Update to curl-7.61.0. Security fix for SMTP users. Fixes #10940.
July 31st, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to fuse3-3.2.5. Fixes #10939.
[bdubbs] - Update to volume_key-0.3.11. Fixes #10957.
[bdubbs] - Update to nss-3.38. Fixes #10890.
[bdubbs] - Update to iptables-1.8.0. Fixes #10931.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnutls-3.5.18. Fixes #10951.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnupg-2.2.9. Fixes #10860.
[bdubbs] - Update to db-18.1.25. Fixes #10875.
[renodr] - Update to guile-2.2.4. Fixes #10912.
July 30th, 2018
July 28th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to npth-1.6. Fixes #10952.
[bdubbs] - Update to libgpg-error-1.32. Fixes #10941.
[bdubbs] - Update to gptfdisk-1.0.4. Fixes #10926.
[bdubbs] - Update to libpng-1.6.35. Fixes #10953.
[bdubbs] - Update to fribidi-1.0.5. Fixes #10971.
[bdubbs] - Update to PyYAML-3.13 (Python Module). Fixes #10927.
[bdubbs] - Update to scour-0.37 (Python Module). Fixes #10920.
[bdubbs] - Update to pygobject3-3.28.3 (Python Module). Fixes #10836.
[bdubbs] - Update to pycairo-1.17.1 (Python Module). Fixes #10928.
[bdubbs] - Update to subversion-1.10.2. Fixes #10966.
[bdubbs] - Remove chromium and lxqt.
July 28th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-input-libinput-0.28.0. Fixes #10937.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.11.3. Fixes #10908.
[bdubbs] - Update to acpid-2.0.30. Fixes #10961.
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-18.1.5. Fixes #10873.
[bdubbs] - Update to wayland-protocols-1.15. Fixes #10922.
[bdubbs] - Update to Beaker-1.10.0 (Python Module). Fixes #10848.
[bdubbs] - Update to libXinerama-1.1.4 (Xorrg library). Fixes #10925.
[bdubbs] - Update to libXScrnSaver-1.2.3 (Xorg library). Fixes #10924.
[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-1.8.4. Fixes #10916.
[bdubbs] - Update to python3-3.7.0. Fixes #10902.
[bdubbs] - Update to Business-ISMN-1.132 (Perl Module). Fixes #10947.
[bdubbs] - Update to Net-DNS-1.16 (Perl Module). Fixes #10954.
[bdubbs] - Update to libwww-perl-6.35 (Perl module). Fixes #10955.
July 24th, 2018
July 16th, 2018
[ken] - Update to mutt-1.10.1 (security fix). Fixes #10950.
July 14th, 2018
[thomas] - Update to pciutils-3.6.1. Fixes #10943.
July 13th, 2018
[ken] - Update to firefox-61.0.1. Fixes #10946.
[thomas] - Update to bind-9.13.2. Fixes #10936.
[renodr] - Modified the install command for gnome-settings-daemon. Fixes #10827.
[renodr] - Fix gobject-introspection related instructions. Fixes #10824.
[renodr] - Added note to gnome-color-manager about build failing with docbook-utils installed. Fixes #10828.
[renodr] - Modified sassc build instructions to work correctly with downloaded tarball. Fixes #10829.
[renodr] - Fix build failure with gtk-doc installed in gcr. Fixes #10826.
July 11th, 2018
July 10th, 2018
July 09th, 2018
July 07th, 2018
July 06th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to cups-2.2.8. Fixes #10855.
July 05th, 2018
July 04th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to dovecot-2.3.2. Fixes #10907.
July 03rd, 2018
June 28th, 2018
[ken] - Update to libinput-1.11.0. Fixes #10851.
[ken] - Remove obsolete text from valgrind re symlinking ld-linux to a .dbg version of ld. In April 2017 LFS changed the strip commands. That file now only contains debug symbols and is loaded when needed: making the symlink breaks the system. Remove related text from curl.
June 28th, 2018
June 26th, 2018
[ken] - Update to libwww-perl-6.34 (perl module). Fixes #10849.
[ken] - Update to harfbuzz-1.8.1. Fixes #10847.
[ken] - Update to qt-everywhere-src-5.11.1. Fixes #10882.
[ken] - Update to firefox-61.0. Stylo is no-longer optional, therefore Clang is now required. Fixes #10898.
[ken] - Update to sqlite-3.24.0. Fixes #10850.
June 20th, 2018
June 17th, 2018
[thomas] - Update to nano-2.9.8. Fixes #10839.
June 15th, 2018
June 12th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Archive juffed, QScintilla-gpl, and chrpath.
June 11th, 2018
[ken] - Update to firefox-60.0.2 (security fix). Fixes #10863.
June 7th, 2018
[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20180425 (this only affects some Broadwell E machines (previous microcode withdrawn) and Gemini Lake Pentium/Celeron (new microcode). Fixes #10844.
June 5th, 2018
May 31st, 2018
[ken] - Fix inkscape for changes in poppler-0.65.0.
[ken] - Fix vlc build for QT-5.11 API changes.
May 31st, 2018
May 30th, 2018
[ken] - Update to git-2.17.1 (security fix). Fixes #10830.
May 29th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to gstreamer-1.14.1 and plugins. Fixes #10787.
[bdubbs] - Update to rpcsvc-proto-1.4. Fixes #10820.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-input-synaptics-1.9.1. Fixes #10822.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-input-evdev-2.10.6. Fixes #10821.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-video-vmware-13.3.0. Fixes #10786.
[bdubbs] - Update to NetworkManager-1.10.6. Fixes #10764.
[bdubbs] - Update to krb5-1.16.1. Fixes #10738.
May 28th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to qtwebengine-everywhere-src-5.11.0.
[ken] - Update to mutt-1.10.0. Fixes #10796.
[ken] - Update to libunistring-1.9.10. Fixes #10813.
[bdubbs] - Update to qt-everywhere-src-5.11.0. Fixes #10805.
[bdubbs] - Update to postfix-3.3.1. Fixes #10799.
[bdubbs] - Update to thunderbird-52.8.0. Fixes #10793.
[bdubbs] - Update to postgresql-10.4. Fixes #10765.
[bdubbs] - Update to seamonkey-2.49.3. Fixes #10733.
[thomas] - Update to bind-9.13.0. Fixes #10791.
May 27th, 2018
May 26th, 2018
May 25th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to curl-7.60.0. Fixes #10781.
[bdubbs] - Update to x265-2.8. Fixes #10804.
[bdubbs] - Update to glib-networking-2.56.1. Fixes #10803.
[bdubbs] - Update to cryptsetup-2.0.3. Fixes #10737.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnumeric-1.12.41. Fixes #10729.
[bdubbs] - Update to webkitgtk-2.20.2. Fixes #10756.
[bdubbs] - Update to geoclue-2.4.10. Fixes #10732.
[bdubbs] - Update to php-7.2.6. Fixes #10709.
[bdubbs] - Update to vim-8.1. Fixes #10783.
May 24th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to volume_key-0.3.10. Fixes #10802.
[bdubbs] - Update to goffice-0.10.41. Fixes #10719.
[bdubbs] - Update to libidn2-2.0.5. Fixes #10790.
[bdubbs] - Update to libidn-1.35. Fixes #10763.
[bdubbs] - Update to fribidi-1.0.3. Fixes #10778.
[bdubbs] - Update to php-7.2.5. Fixes #10709.
[bdubbs] - Update to wireshark-2.6.1. Fixes #10704.
[bdubbs] - Fix failures with xfwm and xorg-xerver-1.20.0. Fixes #10772.
[bdubbs] - Update to Error-0.17026 (Perl Module). Fixes #10808.
May 22nd, 2018
May 21st, 2018
[ken] - Update gimp-help snapshot to 2018-05-19-f8fb93ed2.
[bdubbs] - Update to libepoxy-1.5.2. Fixes #10797.
[bdubbs] - Update to cmake-3.11.2. Fixes #10784.
[bdubbs] - Update to cdrdao-1.2.4. Fixes #10782.
[bdubbs] - Update to c-ares-1.14.0. Fixes #10780.
[bdubbs] - Update to gegl-0.4.2. Fixes #10779.
[bdubbs] - Update to xfce4-terminal-0.8.7.4. Fixes #10776.
[bdubbs] - Update to usbutils-010. Fixes #10775.
[bdubbs] - Update to babl-0.1.50. Fixes #10774.
[bdubbs] - Update to nano-2.9.7. Fixes #10773.
[bdubbs] - Update to libdmx-1.1.4 (Xorg library). Fixes #10770.
[bdubbs] - Update to unrar-5.6.4. Fixes #10769.
[bdubbs] - Update to mlt-6.8.0. Fixes #10768.
[bdubbs] - Update to xdg-utils-1.1.3. Fixes #10767.
[bdubbs] - Update to feh-2.26.3. Fixes #10766.
[bdubbs] - Update to nghttp2-1.32.0. Fixes #10755.
[bdubbs] - Update to libsoup-2.62.2. Fixes #10752.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnupg-2.2.7. Fixes #10728.
May 20th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to sshfs-3.3.2. Fixes #10718.
[bdubbs] - Update to fuse-3.2.3. Fixes #10762.
[bdubbs] - Update to libfm and libfm-extra-1.3.0.2. Fixes #10716.
[bdubbs] - Update to phonon-4.10.1. Fixes #10714.
[bdubbs] - Update to xfsprogs-4.16.1. Fixes #10707.
[bdubbs] - Update to links-2.16. Fixes #10759.
[bdubbs] - Update to Business-ISSN-1.003 (Perl Module). Fixes #10757.
[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-python-1.2.8. Fixes #10743.
[bdubbs] - Update to LibRaw-0.18.11. Fixes #10740.
[bdubbs] - Update to dash-0.5.10.2. Fixes #10739.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.7. Fixes #10726.
[bdubbs] - Update to highlight-3.43. Fixes #10723.
[bdubbs] - Update to libgpg-error-1.31. Fixes #10722.
[bdubbs] - Update to btrfs-progs-4.16.1. Fixes #10700.
May 18th, 2018
May 17th, 2018
May 16th, 2018
[pierre] - Fix building Apache-Maven with Java 10. Fixes #10771.
May 13th, 2018
May 12th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Add a patch to xf86-video-vmware for gcc8 and xorg-server-1.20.0 changes.
[bdubbs] - Update to xterm-333. Fixes #10742.
May 11th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to xorg-server-1.20.0. Fixes #10760.
[bdubbs] - Update to libepoxy-1.5.1. Fixes #10706.
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-18.0.3. Fixes #10715.
[bdubbs] - Update to wayland-protocols-1.14. Fixes #10751.
[bdubbs] - Update to libuv-v1.20.3. Fixes #10750.
[bdubbs] - Update to libdrm-2.4.92. Fixes #10758.
[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.8. Fixes #10724.
[bdubbs] - Update to freetype-2.9.1. Fixes #10729.
[bdubbs] - Update to nss-3.37. Fixes #10749.
[bdubbs] - Update to shadow-4.6. Fixes #10717.
[bdubbs] - Update to wget-1.19.5. Fixes #10748.
[bdubbs] - Update to python2-2.7.15. Fixes #10725.
[bdubbs] - Update to sudo-1.8.23. Fixes #10721.
[thomas] - Update to nano-2.9.6. Fixes #10713.
May 8th, 2018
[ken] - Update to firefox-60.0. Fixes #10754.
May 7th, 2018
[ken] - change gentoo ftp repo to one which still works. Fixes #10736.
[ken] - webkitgtk: demote enchant to recommended. Fixes #10745.
[ken] - gvfs: move libsecret and libsoup2 to required. Fixes #10744.
[ken] - Update to gimp-2.10.0 and gegl-0.4.0, with libmypaint-1.3.0 and mypaint-brushes-1.3.0. Fixes #10711 and #10708.
May 3rd, 2018
[ken] - Update to xine-lib-1.2.9. Fixes #10734.
[pierre] - Remove version from OpenJDK .desktop files.
May 2nd, 2018
[ken] - Update to texlive-20180414 and 2018 install-tl-unx. Fixes #10712.
[ken] - Update external perl modules used by biber for changed dependencies as at 30th April (File::Copy::Recursive now uses Test::Warnings instead of Test::Warn, DateTime::Locale adds IPC::System::Simple).
April 26th, 2018
April 25th, 2018
April 24th, 2018
April 23rd, 2018
April 22nd, 2018
April 21st, 2018
April 20th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to feh-2.26. Fixes #10686.
[bdubbs] - Update to libgsf-1.14.43. Fixes #10684.
[bdubbs] - Update to libbytesize-1.3. Fixes #10683.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.5. Fixes #10682.
[bdubbs] - Update to colord-1.4.3. Fixes #10681.
[bdubbs] - Update to libuv-1.20.1. Fixes #10680.
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-18.0.1. Fixes #10590.
[pierre] - gptfdisk-1.0.3 has usable tests. Add them.
[pierre] - Update convenience patch for gptfdisk-1.0.3: the ICU switch is not needed, and the POPT switch is superfluous. Only the “install” target is kept.
April 18th, 2018
April 17th, 2018
April 16th, 2018
April 15th, 2018
[ken] Fixes for problems people have encountered with my rustc instructions. In particular, in llvm add -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON which I have been using for ages but was not in the current book, and in rustc add RUSTFLAGS to ensure that libffi is linked. Also simplify the rustc install. Particular thanks to 'balducci' for the RUSTFLAGS.
[bdubbs] - Update to subversion-1.10.0. Fixes #10658.
[bdubbs] - Update to gegl-0.3.32. Fixes #10664.
April 13th, 2018
April 12th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to webkitgtk-2.20.1. Fixes #10654.
[bdubbs] - Update to epiphany-3.28.1. Fixes #10655.
[bdubbs] - Update to QScintilla_gpl-2.10.4. Fixes #10653.
[bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3.23.1. Fixes #10652.
[bdubbs] - Update to parole-1.0.1. Fixes #10657.
[bdubbs] - Update to libgpg-error-1.29. Fixes #10656.
[bdubbs] - Update to babl-0.1.46. Fixes #10651.
[bdubbs] - Update to libsoup-2.62.1. Fixes #10645.
April 11th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.4. Fixes #10646.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-input-libinput-0.27.1. Fixes #10647.
[bdubbs] - Update to Beaker-1.9.1 (Python Module). Fixes #10644.
[bdubbs] - Update to wayland-1.15.0. Fixes #10643.
[bdubbs] - Update to gobject-introspection-1.56.1. Fixes #10642.
[bdubbs] - Update to nss-3.36.1. Fixes #10641.
[bdubbs] - Update xfburn dependencies.
[bdubbs] - Remove obsolete note in gtk+3.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnupg-2.2.6. Fixes #10640.
[bdubbs] - Update gnome-screenshot instructions. Fixes #10``2.
April 10th, 2018
[ken] - Thunderbird requires gtk2 as well as gtk3. Reported by 'rhubarbpieguy'.
April 9th, 2018
April 8th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to alsa-1.1.6 (alsa-lib, alsa-plugins, alsa-utils,alsa-tools, ALSA OSS). Fixes #10623.
[bdubbs] - Update to pango-1.42.1. Fixes #10636.
[bdubbs] - Update to gdk-pixbuf-2.36.12. Fixes #10635.
[bdubbs] - Update to glib-2.56.1. Fixes #10634.
[bdubbs] - Update to pidgin-2.13.0. Fixes #10499.
[bdubbs] - Update to btrfs-progs-v4.16. Fixes #10631.
[bdubbs] - Update to sysstat-11.6.3. Fixes #10632.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-video-amdgpu-18.0.1 (built only). Fixes #10462.
[bdubbs] - Update to dhcpcd-7.0.3. Fixes #10633.
[bdubbs] - Update to mercurial-4.5.3. Fixes #10629.
[bdubbs] - Update to node.js-9.11.2. Fixes #10627.
[bdubbs] - Update to wireshark-2.4.6. Fixes #10622.
[bdubbs] - Update to git-2.17.0. Fixes #10621.
April 7th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to talloc-2.1.13. Fixes #10630.
[bdubbs] - Update to accountsservice-0.6.46. Fixes #10628.
[bdubbs] - Update to sqlite-autoconf-3230000. Fixes #10618.
[bdubbs] - Update to libuv-v1.20.0. Fixes #10617.
[bdubbs] - Update to openssh-7.7p1. Fixes #10616.
[bdubbs] - Update to tripwire-2.4.3.7. Fixes #10606.
[bdubbs] - Update to unrar-5.6.2. Fixes #10610.
[bdubbs] - Update to libidn-1.34. Fixes #10609.
[bdubbs] - Update to fuse-3.2.2. Fixes #10607.
[bdubbs] - Start obexd on bluez page. Fixes #10614.
[bdubbs] - Update to LMDB_0.9.22. Fixes #10605.
[bdubbs] - Update to libusb-1.0.22. Fixes #10604.
[bdubbs] - Update to lsof_4.91. Fixes #10603.
[bdubbs] - Update to php-7.2.4. Fixes #10601.
April 6th, 2018
April 5th, 2018
April 4th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to gucharmap-10.0.4. Fixes #10527.
[bdubbs] - Update to gnome-apps-2.28 baobab cheese eog evince file-roller gnome-calculator gnome-color-manager gnome-disk-utility gnome-logs gnome-maps gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal. Fixes #10525.
[bdubbs] - Update to evolution-3.28.0. Fixes #10482.
[bdubbs] - Update to libwacom-0.29. Fixes #10473.
[pierre] - Move Little-CMS2 to recommended dependency of poppler, since cups-filters needs it.
[pierre] - Move Linux-PAM to recommended dependency of cups, since upstream will make it required in a forthcoming version.
[pierre] - Update to dovecot-2.3.1. Fixes #10588.
[pierre] - Update to apache-ant-1.10.3. Fixes #10586.
[pierre] - Update to vala-0.40.2. Fixes #10582.
[pierre] - Update to icu-61.1. Add a switch to allow building libreoffice with this version of icu. Fixes #10581.
[timtas] - Update to cups-filters-1.20.2. Fixes #10612.
April 2nd, 2018
April 1st, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to GNOME platform packages gcr, gjs, gnome-backgrounds, gnome-bluetooth, gnome-desktop, gnome-keyring, gnome-online-accounts, gnome-settings-daemon, gsettings-desktop-schemas, libgweather, libsecret, nautilus, yelp-xsl, and zenity. Partially fixes #10502.
[bdubbs] - Update to evolution-data-server-3.28.0. Partially fixes #10482.
[bdubbs] - Update to gvfs-1.36.0. Fixes #10483.
[bdubbs] - Update to systemd-238. Fixes #10575.
[timtas] - Update to glibmm-2.56.0. Fixes #10608.
[timtas] - Update to tumbler-0.2.1. Fixes #10611.
March 31st, 2018
March 30th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to Unicode-LineBreak-2018.003 (Perl Module). Fixes #10600.
[bdubbs] - Update to OpenSSL-1.0.2n Libraries. Fixes #10593.
[bdubbs] - Update to cups-2.2.7. Fixes #10591.
[bdubbs] - Update to mariadb-10.2.14. Fixes #10589.
[bdubbs] - Update to webkitgtk-2.20.0. Fixes #10523.
[bdubbs] - Update to gtksourceview-3.24.7. Fixes #10542.
[bdubbs] - Update to libsoup-2.62.0. Fixes #10519.
[bdubbs] - Update to colord-1.4.2. Fixes #10515.
March 29th, 2018
March 28th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to pygobject-3.28.2. Fixes #10587.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.3. Fixes #10541.
[bdubbs] - Update to libatomic_ops-7.6.4. Fixes #10585.
[bdubbs] - Update to ibus-1.5.18. Fixes #10461.
[bdubbs] - Archive obex-data-server and openobex. Fixes #10500.
[timtas] - Update to thunderbird-52.7.0. Fixes #10574.
[timtas] - Update to dhcpcd-7.0.2. Fixes #10583.
[timtas] - Update to ghostscript-9.23. Fixes #10569.
March 27th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to glib-networking-2.56.0. Fixes #10506.
[bdubbs] - Revert to stable gnutls-3.5.18.
March 26th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-17.3.7. Fixes #10467.
[bdubbs] - Update to llvm-6.0.0. Fixes #10503.
[bdubbs] - Update to gegl-0.3.30. Fixes #10571.
[bdubbs] - Update to libdvdcss-1.4.2. Fixes #10568.
[bdubbs] - Update to git-2.16.3. Fixes #10566.
[bdubbs] - Update to talloc-2.1.12. Fixes #10565.
[bdubbs] - Update to node.js-9.9.0. Fixes #10564.
[bdubbs] - Update to nmap-7.70. Fixes #10563.
[bdubbs] - Use LWP::Protocol::https for ntp dependency. Fixes #10570.
[bdubbs] - Update to hdparm-9.56. Fixes (again) #10545.
[timtas] - Update to poppler-0.63.0. Fixes #10555.
March 25th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to pcre-8.42. Fixes #10562.
[bdubbs] - Update to gparted-0.31.0. Fixes #10560.
[bdubbs] - Update to xf86-input-libinput-0.27.0. Fixes #10559.
[bdubbs] - Update to fribidi-1.0.2. Fixes #10554.
[bdubbs] - Update to links-2.15. Fixes #10580.
[bdubbs] - Update to pygobject-3.28.1. Fixes #10579.
[bdubbs] - Update to lxml-4.2.1 (python module). Fixes #10578.
[bdubbs] - Update to gtk-doc-1.28. Fixes #10577.
[bdubbs] - Update to cmake-3.10.3. Fixes #10550.
March 24th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to inkscape-0.92.3. Fixes #10573.
[bdubbs] - Update to imlib2-1.5.1. Fixes #10553.
[bdubbs] - Update to libvorbis-1.3.6. Fixes #10551.
[bdubbs] - Update to hdparm-9.55. Fixes #10545.
[bdubbs] - Update to libtirpc-1.0.3. Fixes #10540.
[bdubbs] - Update to XML-Simple-2.25 (Perl module). Fixes #10552.
[bdubbs] - Update to lxml-4.2.0 (python module). Fixes #10530.
[bdubbs] - Update to gobject-introspection-1.56.0. Fixes #10528.
[bdubbs] - Update to pygobject-3.28.0. Fixes #10517.
[pierre] - Samba: promote libtirpc to required, and pass
-ltirpc to
LDFLAGS
instead of
CFLAGS
.
March 23rd, 2018
[timtas] - Update to openldap-2.4.46. Fixes #10567.
March 22nd, 2018
March 21st, 2018
[timtas] - Update to cifs-utils-6.8. Fixes #10531.
[timtas] - Add rpcsvc-proto as a required dependency of samba, as reported by Ryan Marsaw.
[pierre] - Update to unbound-1.7.0. Fixes #10546.
[pierre] - Update to xbitmaps-1.1.2. Fixes #10543.
[pierre] - Update to xdg-user-dirs-0.17. Fixes #10537.
[pierre] - Update to libgpg-error-1.28. Fixes #10529.
[timtas] - Update to samba-4.8.0. Fixes #10532.
March 20th, 2018
[timtas] - Update to gstreamer-1.14.0 (including updates to gstreamer-vaapi gst-libav gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly). Fixes #10561.
[timtas] - Update to unixODBC-2.3.6. Fixes #10558.
[ken] - Fixes in firefox: the icon location changed in firefox-59, and the old text about using configure --help has been wrong since firefox-58 required ./mach. Thanks to Wayne for the report.
March 19th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to vala-0.40.0. Fixes #10511.
[bdubbs] - Update to unrar-5.6.1. Fixes #10510.
[bdubbs] - Update to hexchat-2.14.1. Fixes #10509.
[pierre] - Update to Junit-4.12 (using maven for building). Fixes #10422.
[pierre] - Add Apache-Maven-3.5.3. Part of #10422.
[ken] - Update to firefox-59.0.1 (security fix). Fixes #10557.
[timtas] - Update to NetworkManager-1.10.6. Fixes #10518.
[timtas] - Update to xfce4-settings-4.12.3. Fixes #10556.
[timtas] - Add libnsl as a required dependency of vsftpd.
March 18th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to clutter-gst-3.0.26. Fixes #10508.
[bdubbs] - Update to gtk+3-3.22.29. Fixes #10521.
[bdubbs] - Update to pango-1.42.0. Fixes #10522.
[bdubbs] - Added rpcsvc-proto as a required dependency of autofs. Fixes #10512.
[bdubbs] - Update to at-spi2-core-2.28.0 and at-spi2-atk-2.26.2. Fixes #10520.
[bdubbs] - Update to atk-2.28.1. Fixes #10524.
March 17th, 2018
March 16th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to cryptsetup-2.0.2. Fixes #10504.
[bdubbs] - Update to mercurial-4.5.2. Fixes #10488.
[bdubbs] - Update to exempi-2.4.5. Fixes #10486.
[bdubbs] - Update to nspr-4.19. Fixes #10475.
[bdubbs] - Update to libical-3.0.3. Fixes #10472.
[bdubbs] - Update to nss-3.36. Fixes #10470.
[bdubbs] - Update to slang-2.3.2. Fixes #10465.
[bdubbs] - Update to graphite-1.3.11. Fixes #10464.
[timtas] - Upgrade to xfce4-terminal-0.8.7.2. Fixes #10547.
[timtas] - Upgrade to VTE-0.52.0. Fixes #10526.
[thomas] - Upgrade to bind-9.12.1. Fixes #10538.
March 15th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to fdk-aac-0.1.6. Fixes #10496.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to mpg123-1.25.10. Fixes #10484.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to libxml2-2.9.8. Fixes #10474.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to nghttp2-1.31.0. Fixes #10441.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to p11-kit-0.23.10. Fixes #10438.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to feh-2.25.1. Fixes #10432.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to balsa-2.5.5. Fixes #10431.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to xfsprogs-4.15.1. Fixes #10438.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to LibRaw-0.18.8. Fixes #10417.
[bdubbs] - Upgrade to node-9.8.0. Fixes #10414.
[pierre] - Move the instructions to install the CA certificates for Java to "Configuring the Java environment", so that a "cacerts" file can be passed to OpenJDK's configure. Also host the jtreg bundle on anduin.
[thomas] - Upgrade to json-c-0.13.1. Fixes #10471.
[ken] - Update intel microcode to 20180312 (spectre v2 mitigation for SandyBridge and later). Please note that for some models, particularly Skylake, currently-available kernels may disregard the mitigation because of issues with the previous (now withdrawn) version. That will hopefully be fixed in a few days, but will then require a kernel upgrade. Fixes #10300.
[timtas] - Explain how to build network-manager-applet without gobject-introspection and gtk-doc.
March 14th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to mkfontscale-1.1.3 (Xorg app).
[bdubbs] - Update to xcursor-themes-1.0.5.
[thomas] - Update to nano-2.9.4. Fixes #10498.
March 13th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to xinit-1.4.0 and 12 Xorg apps. Fixes #10501.
[bdubbs] - Update to twm-1.0.10. Fixes #10492.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.2. Fixes #10490.
[bdubbs] - Update to libevdev-1.5.9. Fixes #10489.
[bdubbs] - Update to harfbuzz-1.7.6. Fixes #10487.
[ken] - Update to firefox-59.0 (security fix). Fixes
#10507.
Please note that the libraries are now installed in an
unversioned /usr/lib/firefox/
directory.
March 12th, 2018
[ken] - Update to mutt-1.9.4. Fixes #10507.
March 11th, 2018
[pierre] - Update configuration instructions for OpenLDAP: Mention the new slapd-config method, and account for possibly removed .la files in the module directory.
March 10th, 2018
[thomas] - Update to libuv-1.19.2. Fixes #10409.
March 9th, 2018
March 8th, 2018
[pierre] - Update to php-7.2.3. Fixes #10455.
[pierre] - Update to dovecot-2.3.0.1. Fixes #10450.
[pierre] - Update to gnupg-2.2.5. Fixes #10413.
[timtas] - Update to parole-1.0.0. Fixes #10497.
[thomas] - Update to postfix-3.3.0. Fixes #10411.
[thomas] - Update to dhcp-4.4.1. Fixes #10449.
[thomas] - Update to ntp-4.2.8p11. Fixes #10440.
March 7th, 2018
[pierre] - Update to libdrm-2.4.91. Fixes #10481.
[pierre] - Update to xcb-proto-1.13. Fixes #10480.
[pierre] - Update to libxcb-1.13. Fixes #10479.
[pierre] - Update to fontconfig-2.13.0. Fixes #10476.
[pierre] - New Xorg protocols bundle xorgproto-2018.4. Remove the previous page. Thanks to Ken for help. Fixes #10347.
[timtas] - Update to imlib2-1.5.0. Fixes #10419.
[timtas] - Update to SDL2-2.0.8. Fixes #10459.
March 5th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to dbus-1.12.6. Fixes #10454.
[bdubbs] - Update to phonon-backend-vlc-0.10.1. Fixes #10444.
[bdubbs] - Update to vlc-3.0.1. Fixes #10445.
[bdubbs] - Update to iceauth-1.0.8 (xorg app). Fixes #10466.
[bdubbs] - Update to util-macros-1.19.2. Fixes #10468.
[bdubbs] - Update to libepoxy-1.5.0. Fixes #10451.
[bdubbs] - Update to libinput-1.10.1. Fixes #10442.
[bdubbs] - Update to x265_2.7. Fixes #10412.
[bdubbs] - Update to babl-0.1.44. Fixes #10403.
[bdubbs] - Update to libdrm-2.4.90. Fixes #10401.
[bdubbs] - Update to libical-3.0.2. Fixes #10400.
March 4th, 2018
[bdubbs] - Update to opencv-3.4.1. Fixes #10448.
[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-17.3.5. Fixes #10404.
[bdubbs] - Update to xfce4-notifyd-0.4.2. Fixes #10452.
[bdubbs] - Update to xfce4-settings-4.12.2. Fixes #10453.
[bdubbs] - Update to pycairo-1.16.3 (Python module). Fixes #10408.
[bdubbs] - Update to File-Slurper-0.012 (Perl module). Fixes #10408.
[bdubbs] - Update to libxshmfence-1.3 (xorg lib). Fixes #10430.
[bdubbs] - Update to xkbcomp-1.4.1 (xorg app). Fixes #10457.
[bdubbs] - Update to libwww-perl-6.33. Fixes #10407.
[bdubbs] - Update to XML-LibXSLT-1.96. Fixes #10410.
[thomas] - Update to postgresql-10.3. Fixes #10456.
March 2nd, 2018
[bdubbs] - Release of BLFS-8.2.
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