Tue Jul 23 18:54:25 UTC 2024
Hey folks, we got a new glibc and are beginning the process of baking the new
default compile flags into the toolchain, the graphics stack, and whatever else
happens along. Enjoy! :-)

Fri Jul 19 20:08:29 UTC 2024
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d/llvm-18.1.8-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Add WebAssembly target. Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
  Adjust compiler flags to what will likely be our new standard.
  Qt6 requires newer opcodes than -march=i586, and enough things have begun
  to include SSE2 instructions (without providing configure flags to opt-out)
  that trying to retain compatibility with CPUs from the 1990s just isn't
  going to work any more. My apologies if this causes your antique computer
  to get illegal instruction errors, but the solution will have to be sourcing
  an antique operating system for it.
  On 64-bit we will make the compiler flags for -march and -mtune explicit.

ap/slackpkg-15.0.10-noarch-4.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Prefer gpg1 again. Going with the modern gpg with more dependencies was
  a mistake in this case. (now we know why gnupg-1 is still around :-)
  Thanks to Petri Kaukasoina.

Fri Aug 30 17:52:19 UTC 2024
a/aaa_glibc-solibs-2.40-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
a/kernel-firmware-20240828_335a1de-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-6.10.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-6.10.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-6.10.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/userspace-rcu-0.14.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
ap/man-db-2.13.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
ap/screen-5.0.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
ap/vim-9.1.0702-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/cmake-3.30.3-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Merge in parts of alienBOB's multilib build script, generalize the script
  to work with both --enable-multilib and --disable-multilib, and otherwise
  clean things up. Go ahead and build it multilib on 64-bit, because why not?
  It's worth the bit of bloat to no longer have this package need to be
  maintained separately and kept in sync. Thanks to alienBOB.
d/gcc-g++-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-gdc-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-gfortran-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-gm2-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-gnat-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-go-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-objc-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/gcc-rust-14.2.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
d/kernel-headers-6.10.7-x86-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-73.0.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Reverted due to regression: breaks g-ir-scanner
k/kernel-source-6.10.7-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/glibc-2.40-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Enable multilib on 64-bit. Thanks to alienBOB.
  Note that Slackware 64-bit can now run a 32-bit "Hello World!" but there
  are no immediate plans to add additional multilib support by default.
  Maybe down the road when bare metal 32-bit support goes away.
l/glibc-i18n-2.40-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.40-x86_64-5.txz:  Rebuilt.
l/gtk4-4.15.6-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/libssh-0.11.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/protobuf-28.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Shared library .so-version bump.
l/python-certifi-2024.8.30-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/qt6-6.7.2_20240610_3f005f1e-x86_64-6.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Recompiled against protobuf-28.0.
n/ca-certificates-20240830-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update provides the latest CA certificates to check for the
  authenticity of SSL connections.
n/mosh-1.4.0-x86_64-4.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Recompiled against protobuf-28.0.
n/php-8.3.11-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This is a bugfix release.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.3.11
x/mesa-24.2.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Thanks to lucabon for the rust-bindgen patch.
xap/vim-gvim-9.1.0702-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img:  Rebuilt.
kernels/*:  Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img:  Rebuilt.
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Mon Sep  9 00:53:17 UTC 2024
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x/noto-emoji-2.042-noarch-1.txz:  Added.
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Wed Sep 11 17:47:14 UTC 2024
a/efibootmgr-18-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/grub-2.12-x86_64-16.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Long ago, we began giving all the scripts in /etc/grub.d/ the .new treatment
  to prevent local customizations from being overwritten with a package
  upgrade. But, this no longer appears to be a good idea, especially if we're
  ever going to offer the possibility to automate grub-install and grub-update.
  So, we are no longer going to preserve the contents of these files when the
  grub package is upgraded. We *will* however preserve the existing
  permissions, so you'll be able to turn off scripts that you don't want
  running, and you'll be able to make new scripts, or make edited and renamed
  copies of the scripts shipped in this package, so there's no real loss of
  functionality here.
  It looks like 40_custom is intended to be locally edited, so we make an
  exception and do not overwrite that one.
d/python-setuptools-74.1.2-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
kde/okteta-0.26.17-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/gobject-introspection-1.80.1-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Fix running against python-setuptools-74.1.2:
  [PATCH] giscanner: remove dependency on distutils.msvccompiler.
l/python-importlib_metadata-8.5.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
n/curl-8.10.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
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Fri Sep 13 01:32:33 UTC 2024
a/kernel-firmware-20240912_b9daf8c-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-6.10.10-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  The kernel modules are now bundled into this package.
a/kernel-huge-6.10.9-x86_64-1.txz:  Removed.
  So long, we won't miss you.
  If you were actually using kernel-huge with one of the SCSI/SAS drivers that
  were built in, you'll need to use kernel-generic and an initrd that contains
  the needed drivers. Otherwise, just switch to kernel-generic. It'll be fine.
  If unsure, make an initrd with geninitrd and have your bootloader use it.
a/kernel-modules-6.10.9-x86_64-1.txz:  Removed.
  Kernel modules are now bundled with the kernel-generic package.
a/libblockdev-3.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-6.10.10-x86-1.txz:  Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-6.10.10-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/librsvg-2.58.4-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/protobuf-28.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/pygobject3-3.50.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/python-trove-classifiers-2024.9.12-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
n/nghttp3-1.5.0-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Make sure the cmake files are installed to the correct location.
  Thanks to fulalas.
x/ibus-table-1.17.8-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img:  Rebuilt.
kernels/*:  Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img:  Rebuilt.
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a/bash-5.2.037-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Set a default BASH_LOADABLES_PATH pointing to the bash loadables directory.

$ enable -f /usr/lib64/bash/sleep sleep
$ sleep --help
sleep: usage: sleep seconds[.fraction]

$ enable sleep

Fri Nov  8 22:17:50 UTC 2024
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-46.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: also accept /opt/sbin/geninitrd as an override.
  Suggested by regdub.

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Fri Nov  8 22:17:50 UTC 2024
a/kernel-generic-6.11.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Unless disabled in /etc/default/geninitrd, automatically generate an initial
  ramdisk upon package installation or upgrade.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-46.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: also accept /opt/sbin/geninitrd as an override.
  Suggested by regdub.
  Since the installer sends different args to the setup scripts, we can't use  
  $1 as the kernel file with setup.01.mkinitrd, so convert it into a variable
  in geninitrd instead (if needed).
  mkinitrd_command_generator.sh: pvdisplay will complain if there are any file
  descriptors besides stdin, stdout, and stderr, which will always be true when
  called from a package install script due to file locking. So send stderr from
  the two calls to pvdisplay to /dev/null.
 
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Thu Nov  7 21:46:13 UTC 2024
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-45.txz:  Rebuilt.
  /etc/default/geninitrd: Add AUTOGENERATE_INITRD variable for disabling
  automatically generating the initrd when the kernel package is upgraded.
  The hook to trigger this will be in the next kernel-generic package.
  setup.01.mkinitrd: skip generating an initrd if we're called from the  
  kernel doinst.sh and AUTOGENERATE_INITRD=false.
  geninitrd: Look for an override script called /usr/local/sbin/geninitrd,
  not /usr/local/bin/geninitrd-custom. Thanks to GazL.
 
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Wed Nov  6 20:54:05 UTC 2024
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-44.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: run /usr/local/bin/geninitrd-custom instead, if it exists.
  setup.01.mkinitrd: exit with an error if the GENERATOR doesn't exist.
 
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Sat Nov  2 21:18:48 UTC 2024
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-43.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: allow specifying the kernel to use with $1.  
  This can now work with mkinitrd_command_generator.sh, or mkinitrd with a
  /etc/mkinitrd.conf config file, or with dracut.
 
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Fri Nov  1 21:13:31 UTC 2024
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-42.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: you can still point this at a kernel symlink, but by default it
  will make initrd-${KERNEL_VERSION}.img for the newest kernel it finds in
  the /boot directory.

Fri Nov 22 22:08:18 UTC 2024
…
d/python3-3.12.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Python 3.12 has been aging for more than a year, so it's time to take it.
  Shared library .so-version bump.
…

Thu Nov 28 21:47:57 UTC 2024
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating, and happy Thursday to everyone
else. I've been looking at this new fontconfig (and have run into some of the
terrible looking pages I remembered from previous attempts to upgrade). The
solution is certainly *not* to disable bitmap fonts. I need those in my
terminal emulator, and have never seen a vector font that looks correct. What
I've done this time is make the defaults for fontconfig sane and user
configurable, and then converted the two bitmap fonts that are causing the
problems to OTB format and changing the family name from "name" to "name (OTB)"
which prevents them from being picked up by default.
Hope this looks better! Cheers! :-)
a/file-5.46-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-52.txz:  Rebuilt.
  geninitrd: since we're sourcing /etc/default/geninitrd, we might as well test
  the AUTO_REMOVE_ORPHANED_INITRDS variable directly instead of grepping for it
  in the defaults file. Thanks to Mechanikx.
a/pkgtools-15.1-noarch-18.txz:  Rebuilt.
  make-kernel-backup: account for "file" changing 80386 to i386.
l/libqalculate-5.4.0.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/openal-soft-1.24.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/pipewire-1.2.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
x/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.4-noarch-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Install these fonts as OTB rather than PCF.
x/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.4-noarch-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Install these fonts as OTB rather than PCF.
x/fontconfig-2.15.0-x86_64-3.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Let's not link any hinting, subpixel, or lcdfilter conf files by default.
  That way the user can choose what to link (if anything) without future
  fontconfig updates stomping on those choices.
x/mesa-24.2.8-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
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