Desired updates to -current (20150422)

Candelabrus · 04-28-2015, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

TigerVNC is updated to version 1.4.3.

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc...ses/tag/v1.4.3

Also, several packages may need rebuilds.

1. gst-plugins-base0 need a rebuild to fix a missing dependency for xfce4-mixer.

2. xorg-server needs the --disable-systemd-logind configure flag added to the build script. This silences an Error in X startup.

Hi,
Yesterday i compiled xfce 4.12 (with xfce4-mixer-4.11.0.tar.xz) using Slackware64 Current, and everythings are ok here. I did not need to recompile gst-plugins-base0.

On topic

My desire before Slack64 Current was quite, but now is only

1- glib2-2.44.0
2- atk-2.16.0
3- gtk+-3.16.2

Thanks

ReaperX7 · 04-29-2015, 04:04 AM

Well, if needed, I can redownload the gst-plugins-base0 package and reinstall it and take a screenshot, provide an md5sum, and everything else if needed.

55020 · 04-29-2015, 04:01 PM

Any chance of updating libidn?

tl;dr there is a specific problem with libidn-1.25. libidn-1.30 has a fix, and makes the problem go away.

The present version libidn-1.25-x86_64-2 seems to cause hangs when /usr/bin/idn is called from Emacs, for some bizarre reason (no fflush, see below). Normally I wouldn't give a stuff about Emacs

but unfortunately this is happening in a couple of SlackBuilds (magit and org-mode).

Code:

root     30807 30806  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 sh ./magit.SlackBuild
root     30817 30807  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 make
root     30818 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit.el")
root     30819 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit-svn.el")
root     30820 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit-topgit.el")
root     30824 30820  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules
root     30825 30818  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules
root     30826 30819  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules

The /usr/bin/idn processes are not blocked on console input (ctrl/d doesn't fulfil their craving ;-) and have to be killed.

Google shows people complaining about this for many many years, but a year and a half ago someone finally identified a cause and a fix: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/he.../msg00000.html

So I've looked at the source of the latest libidn ( http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.30.tar.gz ) and it includes the "fflush (stdout)" from that mailing list post. So I built it and tried it and the hanging problem goes away!

The soname changes from libidn.so.11.6.8 to 11.6.13. Everything still seems to work, fsvo everything

but fyi these are the packages that seem to be built against libidn ...
GConf aaa_elflibs curl gcc-java ghostscript glib2 gnutls gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-base0 gstreamer gstreamer0 idnkit kopete lftp libgsf loudmouth mcabber moc mutt pidgin pycurl tumbler wget whois
... so maybe it might fail the potentially intrusive test. No harm in asking, though?

Xsane · 04-30-2015, 07:25 AM

Util-linux released v2.26.2 today. It has some significant regression fixes;
notably in *fdisk and logger.

v2.26.2 Release Notes
v2.26.1 Release Notes
v2.26 Source

sanjioh · 05-01-2015, 04:23 AM

git 2.4.0 is out

ReaperX7 · 05-01-2015, 04:34 AM

Also, if ConsoleKit2 is considered for inclusion, LoginKit might be a worthwhile add-on to support the Inhibit() functions ConsoleKit2 still doesn't handle from systemd-logind. The software has not set release other than git pulls, but it could be tested for usefulness.

moesasji · 05-02-2015, 12:36 PM

The version of curl (7.41) in current has a bug for downloading files newer than a certain date breaking scripts relying on this. This is fixed in the version just released: http://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_42_1

The problematic bug is with the z-option: https://github.com/bagder/curl/issues/237 that appears introduced in 7.38.

willysr · 05-04-2015, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

Any chance of updating libidn?

tl;dr there is a specific problem with libidn-1.25. libidn-1.30 has a fix, and makes the problem go away.

The present version libidn-1.25-x86_64-2 seems to cause hangs when /usr/bin/idn is called from Emacs, for some bizarre reason (no fflush, see below). Normally I wouldn't give a stuff about Emacs

but unfortunately this is happening in a couple of SlackBuilds (magit and org-mode).

Code:

root     30807 30806  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 sh ./magit.SlackBuild
root     30817 30807  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 make
root     30818 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit.el")
root     30819 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit-svn.el")
root     30820 30817  0 18:55 pts/1    00:00:00 emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name ".") load-path)) --eval (byte-compile-file "magit-topgit.el")
root     30824 30820  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules
root     30825 30818  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules
root     30826 30819  0 18:55 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/idn --quiet --idna-to-ascii --usestd3asciirules

The /usr/bin/idn processes are not blocked on console input (ctrl/d doesn't fulfil their craving ;-) and have to be killed.

Google shows people complaining about this for many many years, but a year and a half ago someone finally identified a cause and a fix: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/he.../msg00000.html

So I've looked at the source of the latest libidn ( http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/libidn-1.30.tar.gz ) and it includes the "fflush (stdout)" from that mailing list post. So I built it and tried it and the hanging problem goes away!

The soname changes from libidn.so.11.6.8 to 11.6.13. Everything still seems to work, fsvo everything

but fyi these are the packages that seem to be built against libidn ...
GConf aaa_elflibs curl gcc-java ghostscript glib2 gnutls gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-base0 gstreamer gstreamer0 idnkit kopete lftp libgsf loudmouth mcabber moc mutt pidgin pycurl tumbler wget whois
... so maybe it might fail the potentially intrusive test. No harm in asking, though?

This has been fixed in -current

55020 · 05-04-2015, 02:09 AM

wooOOOOoooo!! Thanks!!
(now I'm waiting for the hate mail if it broke something else)

Darth Vader · 05-04-2015, 02:19 AM

I wonder if is possible also, in the context of all those huge upgrades, to add gdbm-1.11 to the list...

This upgrade have advantage to have a little to none impact on the operating system, musing that GDBM is almost not used by another packages.

But, yet, there, the GDBM is used by us, for some (custom) applications.

willysr · 05-04-2015, 02:54 AM

Unless it has an impact for core Slackware packages, it would be better to include it in SBo

Darth Vader · 05-04-2015, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

Unless it has an impact for core Slackware packages, it would be better to include it in SBo

To note that GDBM is part of the Slackware tree, from long time ago. That's WHY I suggest this GDBM upgrade.

willysr · 05-04-2015, 03:28 AM

my apologies, never used it before, so not so familiar with it.

xflow7 · 05-04-2015, 08:41 AM

Any chance of a bump to kernel 3.18.12? This fixes several issues with trackpoint buttons on 2015 Lenovo laptops. See the 17APR2015 commits here:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/ke...h=linux-3.18.y

Thanks!

Dave

sbolokanov · 05-05-2015, 12:24 PM

NetworkManager 1.0.2

Might be a good candidate: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/netw.../msg00005.html