Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Wed Apr 30 20:36:48 CDT 2008

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Wed Apr 30 20:36:48 CDT 2008
12.1 RC4. We think this should be the last one.
a/kernel-generic-2.6.24.5-i486-2.tgz: Patched to fix a security issue in
fs/dnotify.c. The use of dnotify (largely replaced by inotify on 2.6.x
systems) could [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Mon Apr 28 23:43:55 CDT 2008

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Mon Apr 28 23:43:55 CDT 2008
We’ll call this Slackware 12.1 RC3, and freeze the tree for anything that
isn’t critical. Things seem very stable, so it’s probably a good idea to
save any further upgrades and additions until -current restarts.
a/cups-1.3.7-i486-2.tgz: [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Sat Apr 26 16:38:32 CDT 2008

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Sat Apr 26 16:38:32 CDT 2008
x/pixman-0.10.0-i486-4.tgz: Restored MMX optimizations, which should fix the
issues some machines were having with slow Flash playback.
Thanks very much to Zielony for getting me to take a closer look at this.

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Fri Apr 25 23:09:23 CDT 2008

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Fri Apr 25 23:09:23 CDT 2008
kde/kdelibs-3.5.9-i486-4.tgz: Patched to fix a security problem.
From the KDE advisory: “If start_kdeinit is installed as setuid root, a
local user might be able to send unix signals to other processes, [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Wed Apr 23 19:42:28 CDT 2008

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Wed Apr 23 19:42:28 CDT 2008
Not quite yet, but it’s getting closer.
a/aaa_base-12.1.0-noarch-2.tgz: Updated the initial emails.
l/jre-6u6-i586-3.tgz: Adjusted the installation script to fix an issue causing
broken symlinks in /. Thanks to Corrado “Conraid” Franco for the [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Fri Apr 4 22:08:08 CDT 2008

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Fri Apr 4 22:08:08 CDT 2008
a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-9.tgz: Recompiled.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-9.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-2.7-i486-9.tgz: Recompiled to fix a bad sln symlink (noticed by many,
thanks).
l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-9.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-9.tgz: Recompiled.
n/rsync-3.0.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to rsync-3.0.1.
testing/packages/bash-3.2.029-i486-1.tgz: [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Fri Apr 4 13:47:24 CDT 2008

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Fri Apr 4 13:47:24 CDT 2008
a/mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-1.tgz: Patched to fix problems with previous settings
getting overwritten with a plain “mkinitrd”, and added support for non-US
keyboards. Thanks to Eric Hameleers.
d/mercurial-1.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mercurial-1.0.
l/dbus-python-0.82.4-i486-1.tgz: [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Thu Apr 3 01:16:15 CDT 2008

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Thu Apr 3 01:16:15 CDT 2008
OK, we’re going to call this Slackware 12.1-rc1, though there is still some
more minor work to do. Please help test! And if we’re missing anything major,
please let me know at volkerdi@slackware.com. Thanks. [...]

Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog :: Tue Apr 1 02:41:32 CDT 2008

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Tue Apr 1 02:41:32 CDT 2008
a/acl-2.2.47_1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to acl-2.2.47_1.
a/attr-2.4.41_1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to attr-2.4.41_1.
a/etc-12.1-noarch-4.tgz: Give the mysql user a /bin/false “shell”.
Thanks to Noel for the suggestion.
a/lilo-22.8-i486-12.tgz: Fixed a bug where liloconfig might not [...]