Desired updates to -current (20150422)

Bravo_97 · 11-25-2015, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

There is a new release of LILO (and, perhaps, the last?):

http://lilo.alioth.debian.org/

It appears LiLo 24.2 is still referencing udev:

Code:

# lilo
lilo: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have been running a minimal install of Slackware64-current on this machine since it was built a year and a half ago. This is first problem I have run into with -current.

Packages installed:

Code:

# ls /var/log/packages/
aaa_base-14.1-x86_64-1         gnupg-1.4.19-x86_64-2                 net-snmp-5.7.3-x86_64-2
aaa_elflibs-14.1-x86_64-3      gnutls-3.4.4.1-x86_64-1               net-tools-1.60.20120726git-x86_64-1
aaa_terminfo-5.9-x86_64-1      gptfdisk-1.0.0-x86_64-1               network-scripts-14.2-noarch-1
acl-2.2.52-x86_64-1            grep-2.22-x86_64-1                    nfs-utils-1.3.1-x86_64-1
alsa-lib-1.1.0-x86_64-1        groff-1.22.3-x86_64-1                 ntp-4.2.8p4-x86_64-1
alsa-oss-1.0.28-x86_64-1       gzip-1.6-x86_64-1                     openssh-7.1p1-x86_64-1
alsa-utils-1.1.0-x86_64-1      hdparm-9.48-x86_64-1                  openssl-solibs-1.0.1p-x86_64-1
apcupsd-3.14.12-x86_64-1_SBo   htop-1.0.3-x86_64-1                   pciutils-3.4.0-x86_64-1
attr-2.4.47-x86_64-1           icecast-2.4.2-x86_64-1_SBo            perl-5.22.0-x86_64-1
bash-4.3.042-x86_64-1          infozip-6.0-x86_64-3                  pkgtools-14.2-noarch-4
bin-11.1-x86_64-1              iptables-1.4.21-x86_64-1              polkit-0.105-x86_64-4
binutils-2.25.1-x86_64-1       iputils-s20140519-x86_64-1            portmap-6.0-x86_64-1
bluez-4.101-x86_64-2           kernel-firmware-20151122git-noarch-1  pyserial-2.7-x86_64-1_SBo
bluez-firmware-1.2-x86_64-1    kernel-generic-4.1.13-x86_64-1        python-2.7.10-x86_64-2
bluez-hcidump-2.5-x86_64-1     kernel-huge-4.1.13-x86_64-1           readline-6.3-x86_64-2
bzip2-1.0.6-x86_64-1           kernel-modules-4.1.13-x86_64-1        rsync-3.1.1-x86_64-1
coreutils-8.24-x86_64-1        kmod-22-x86_64-1                      screen-4.3.1-x86_64-2
cpio-2.11-x86_64-2             lame-3.99.5-x86_64-1_SBo              sed-4.2.2-x86_64-1
curl-7.45.0-x86_64-1           less-481-x86_64-1                     shadow-4.2.1-x86_64-1
cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-x86_64-1     libgudev-230-x86_64-1                 sharutils-4.15-x86_64-1
darkice-1.2-x86_64-1           libmad-0.15.1b-x86_64-3               slackpkg-2.82.0-noarch-14
dcron-4.5-x86_64-4             libmpc-1.0.3-x86_64-1                 slocate-3.1-x86_64-4
devs-2.3.1-noarch-25           libnl-1.1.4-x86_64-1                  strace-4.10-x86_64-1
dhcpcd-6.8.2-x86_64-2          libogg-1.3.2-x86_64-1                 sysklogd-1.5-x86_64-2
dialog-1.2_20130523-x86_64-1   liboggz-1.1.1-x86_64-1                syslinux-4.06-x86_64-1
diffutils-3.3-x86_64-1         libsamplerate-0.1.8-x86_64-1          sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4
dmidecode-2.12-x86_64-1        libsigsegv-2.10-x86_64-1              sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-24
e2fsprogs-1.42.13-x86_64-2     libtheora-1.1.1-x86_64-1              tar-1.26-x86_64-1
efibootmgr-0.5.4-x86_64-1      libvorbis-1.3.5-x86_64-1              telnet-0.17-x86_64-2
elilo-3.16-x86_64-1            libxml2-2.9.2-x86_64-2                time-1.7-x86_64-1
etc-14.2-x86_64-4              libxslt-1.1.28-x86_64-2               traceroute-2.0.19-x86_64-1
eudev-3.1.5-x86_64-6           lilo-24.2-x86_64-1                    usbutils-007-x86_64-3
file-5.25-x86_64-1             lm_sensors-3.4.0-x86_64-1             utempter-1.1.5-x86_64-1
findutils-4.4.2-x86_64-1       logrotate-3.8.9-x86_64-1              util-linux-2.26.2-x86_64-2
flex-2.5.39-x86_64-1           man-1.6g-x86_64-3                     wget-1.17-x86_64-1
gawk-4.1.3-x86_64-1            man-pages-4.02-noarch-1               which-2.20-x86_64-1
glibc-2.22-x86_64-1            mkinitrd-1.4.8-x86_64-4               wireless-tools-29-x86_64-9
glibc-i18n-2.22-x86_64-1       mpfr-3.1.3-x86_64-1                   wpa_supplicant-2.4-x86_64-2
glibc-profile-2.22-x86_64-1    mpg123-1.21.0-x86_64-1                xz-5.2.2-x86_64-1
glibc-solibs-2.22-x86_64-1     nano-2.4.3-x86_64-1
glibc-zoneinfo-2015g-noarch-1  ncurses-5.9-x86_64-4

Let me know if any other information is needed.

Thank you.

bartgymnast · 11-25-2015, 06:50 AM

there are 2 updates that I would like to see in -current still

that is the update of util-linux to 2.27.x
and gegl update from 0.2 to 0.3 (these should be able to be build/installed in parallel)

bassmadrigal · 11-25-2015, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bravo_97

It appears LiLo 24.2 is still referencing udev:

Code:

# lilo
lilo: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Remove the blacklist entry for your elflibs and get that updated.

Bravo_97 · 11-25-2015, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

Remove the blacklist entry for your elflibs and get that updated.

That worked. Thank you very much!

mats_b_tegner · 11-27-2015, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmgf

Again new harfbuzz fix

And another:
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/...-1.1.2.tar.bz2

speck · 11-27-2015, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartgymnast

that is the update of util-linux to 2.27.x

I remember reading that 2.27 changed the way /etc/mtab was read/used, so that may be the reason why it hasn't been upgraded from 2.26.x.

pzognar · 11-27-2015, 08:42 PM

Sorry. I goofed. please delete.

ReaperX7 · 11-27-2015, 09:31 PM

Don't know if it was posted already, but grub-2.02~beta2 has been out for about two years now and has been fairly stable.

I would recommend adding this patch to ensure booting with BtrFS as root works without a problem:

grub_gpt_legacy_detection_btrfs.patch

Code:

diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/Makefile.util.def.orig grub-2.02~beta2/Makefile.util.def
--- grub-2.02~beta2.orig/Makefile.util.def.orig	2014-05-20 15:13:30.969701269 +0200
+++ grub-2.02~beta2/Makefile.util.def	2014-05-20 15:19:23.271715952 +0200
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
   ldadd = libgrubgcry.a;
   ldadd = libgrubkern.a;
   ldadd = grub-core/gnulib/libgnu.a;
-  ldadd = '$(LIBINTL) $(LIBDEVMAPPER) $(LIBUTIL) $(LIBGEOM)';
+  ldadd = '$(LIBINTL) $(LIBDEVMAPPER) $(LIBUTIL) $(LIBZFS) $(LIBNVPAIR) $(LIBGEOM)';
 };
 
 program = {

diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
--- grub-2.00.orig/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2012-04-18 23:24:38.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-2.00/util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2012-06-30 07:53:03.765625589 +0200
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@
 	   "initramfs-genkernel-${version}" \
 	   "initramfs-genkernel-${alt_version}" \
 	   "initramfs-genkernel-${GENKERNEL_ARCH}-${version}" \
-	   "initramfs-genkernel-${GENKERNEL_ARCH}-${alt_version}"; do
+	   "initramfs-genkernel-${GENKERNEL_ARCH}-${alt_version}" \
+	   "initrd.gz"; do
     if test -e "${dirname}/${i}" ; then
       initrd="$i"
       break

diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub.d/00_header.in grub2-2.02~beta2/util/grub/00_header.in
--- grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub.d/00_header.in	2013-12-24 08:45:34.000000000 -0800
+++ grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub.d/00_header.in	2015-01-27 21:55:45.697000000 -0800
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 EOF
     else
 	for dir in "${pkgdatadir}" "`echo '/@bootdirname@/@grubdirname@' | sed "s,//*,/,g"`" /usr/share/grub ; do
-	    for basename in unicode unifont ascii; do
+	    for basename in unicode unifont dejavusansmono ascii; do
 		path="${dir}/${basename}.pf2"
 		if is_path_readable_by_grub "${path}" > /dev/null ; then
 		    font_path="${path}"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 	if [ -n "${font_path}" ] ; then
     cat << EOF
 if [ x\$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
-   font=unicode
+   font=dejavusansmono
 else
 EOF
                 # Make the font accessible
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 EOF
 	    else
     cat << EOF
-if loadfont unicode ; then
+if loadfont dejavusansmono ; then
 EOF
 	    fi
 	fi
 
diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-mkconfig.in grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-mkconfig.in
--- grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-mkconfig.in	2013-12-24 08:46:40.000000000 -0800
+++ grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-mkconfig.in	2015-01-26 23:39:24.521000000 -0800
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@
 fi
 
 # Device containing our userland.  Typically used for root= parameter.
-GRUB_DEVICE="`${grub_probe} --target=device /`"
-GRUB_DEVICE_UUID="`${grub_probe} --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} --target=fs_uuid 2> /dev/null`" || true
+GRUB_DEVICE="`${grub_probe} --target=device /`" || GRUB_DEVICE="`legacy_find_root_device`"
+GRUB_DEVICE_UUID="`${grub_probe} --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} --target=fs_uuid 2> /dev/null`" || \
+    GRUB_DEVICE_UUID="`legacy_convert_to_uuid ${GRUB_DEVICE}`"
 
 # Device containing our /boot partition.  Usually the same as GRUB_DEVICE.
 GRUB_DEVICE_BOOT="`${grub_probe} --target=device /boot`"
 
diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-mkconfig_lib
--- grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in	2013-12-17 13:45:18.000000000 -0800
+++ grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-mkconfig_lib.in	2015-01-26 23:42:43.932000000 -0800
@@ -264,6 +264,82 @@
   echo "$version_find_latest_a"
 }
 
+legacy_find_device ()
+{
+    mount_point=$1
+
+    # Autodetect current root device
+    device=
+    if [ -f /etc/fstab ] ; then
+        device="`awk '$1!~/^#/{
+          if ($2 ~ "^/+$") { $2 = "/"; } else { sub("/*$", "", $2); }
+          if ($2 == "'"$mount_point"'"){
+                  print $1;
+              }
+          }' /etc/fstab | tail -n 1`"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$device" ] ; then
+        case "$device" in
+            LABEL=* | UUID=*)
+                device="`findfs $device`"
+                device="`readlink -f "$device"`"
+            ;;
+            *)
+                device=`readlink -f "$device"`
+            ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+
+    echo $device
+}
+
+legacy_find_root_device ()
+{
+    echo "Cannot determine root device.  Trying legacy probe method" >&2
+    device="`legacy_find_device /`"
+
+    if [ -z "$device" ]; then
+        echo "Cannot determine root device.  Assuming /dev/sda1" >&2
+        echo "This error is probably caused by an invalid /etc/fstab" >&2
+        device=/dev/sda1
+    fi
+
+    echo $device
+}
+
+legacy_convert_to_uuid()
+{
+    echo "Cannot determine uuid of root device.  Trying legacy probe method" >&2
+    local dev; dev="$1"
+
+    convert=false
+    case "$dev" in
+        /dev/disk/*)
+          ;;
+        /dev/mapper/*)
+          ;;
+        /dev/evms/[hs]d[a-z][0-9]*)
+            convert=:
+          ;;
+        /dev/evms/*)
+          ;;
+        /dev/md[0-9]*)
+          ;;
+        /dev/*)
+            convert=:
+          ;;
+    esac
+    if $convert; then
+        if [ -b "$dev" ]; then
+            uuid="`blkid -o value -s UUID "$dev" || true`"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "$uuid"
+}
+
+
 # One layer of quotation is eaten by "" and the second by sed; so this turns
 # ' into \'.
 grub_quote () {
 
diff -Naur grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-install.c grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-install.c
--- grub-2.02~beta2.orig/util/grub-install.c	2013-12-24 08:40:31.000000000 -0800
+++ grub-2.02~beta2/util/grub-install.c.new	2015-01-27 22:07:56.714000000 -0800
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@
   grub_util_host_init (&argc, &argv);
   product_version = xstrdup (PACKAGE_VERSION);
   pkgdatadir = grub_util_get_pkgdatadir ();
-  label_font = grub_util_path_concat (2, pkgdatadir, "unicode.pf2");
+  label_font = grub_util_path_concat (2, pkgdatadir, "dejavusansmono.pf2");
 
   argp_parse (&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, 0);

This patch restores the legacy device node look up and detection features in /dev with gpt partitioned hard drives.

This patch does affect the build, so autoreconf will need to be ran.

gmgf · 11-28-2015, 12:35 AM

Many new dialog version since slackware version

ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog

the latest:

ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog/di...2-20150920.tgz

moesasji · 11-29-2015, 08:03 AM

Not an update, but just a minor bugfix suggestion for the mirrors used by slackpkg.
One on the Dutch mirrors in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors has changed, which would be good to fix.

ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/vol/4/slackware/* should be ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/vol/2/slackware/*

btw) latest stable release of slackpkg is 2.82, while current still uses 2.81.1

mats_b_tegner · 11-29-2015, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moesasji

Not an update, but just a minor bugfix suggestion for the mirrors used by slackpkg.
One on the Dutch mirrors in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors has changed, which would be good to fix.
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/vol/4/slackware/* should be ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/vol/2/slackware/*
btw) latest stable release of slackpkg is 2.82, while current still uses 2.81.1

ftp.sunet.se needs to be removed from /etc/slackpkg/mirrors since they no longer host linux distributions
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...re/HEADER.html

sanjioh · 11-30-2015, 01:21 PM

freetype 2.6.2 is out with major changes to lcd rendering
http://www.freetype.org

1337_powerslacker · 11-30-2015, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sanjioh

freetype 2.6.2 is out with major changes to lcd rendering
http://www.freetype.org

I thank you for the post; normally, upgrades like this, at least for me, would go unnoticed and I would not bother to upgrade, as I do not normally think about the display of fonts on a LCD/LED monitor; if it displays and looks good, that's where I leave it. But your little note about changes to the LCD rendering prompted me to read the developer's notes on the changes made between versions, and I must say, it has been a most interesting read. I, for one, am glad that some people obsess over the display of fonts in many contexts; without them, our fonts would still be stuck in the Stone Age.

Thanks again for the post!

Regards,

Matt

sanjioh · 12-01-2015, 12:09 AM

You're welcome!

I as well think that font rendering is important, both for eye pleasure and ergonomics. Let's wait for the update to hit the changelog now

finger crossed!

ReaperX7 · 12-01-2015, 01:19 AM

Yeah, just wait and see. A lot has slowed down since all those updates and upgrades were processed, so right now, there will be a few updates and releases for packages from upstream, but at least the major stuff in already done as far as anyone can tell, and mostly now it's just stray libraries here and there.