The Latest Kernel Release.

Lysander666 · 07-14-2019, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Yes, usually I check once or twice a day and noticed it didn't work the last time around.
I really hope Dave is OK.
Does anyone know if something has happened to him or did he simply get tried of maintaining the scripts?

Last Tweet was a month ago.

I use Twitter once in a blue moon, and have tweeted him to ask him how he's doing. Seems he's just really lying low at the moment.

AlleyTrotter · 07-14-2019, 04:29 PM

Anyone seeing this on 5.2.0 and 5.2.1?
I am getting a syslog full of that error message when I try to write a backup of /home to an external USB-3.0 disk. The terminal running the command locks and only a press of the [reset] will reboot the system. The other terminals work as usual. The backup program has worked for probably ten years without fault and still works with any kernel before 5.2. So Helpme please.
Thanks
John
FOLLOWUP there is already a report on bugzilla by Anthony, nice to know I'm not alone.
EDIT-2 Alan Stern sent a patch to the mail list and it works fine for me on Slackware64-14.2 using kernel 5.2.1
EDIT -3 The patch is still required in 5.2.2
EDIT -4 The patch is still required in 5.2.3
EDIT -5 The patch is still required in 5.2.4

cwizardone · 07-17-2019, 10:35 PM

Another round of updates has been scheduled for release Saturday during the wee morning hours, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime Friday (depending on your time zone).

5.2.2, will accommodate 21 patches.

5.1.19, will have 54 patches.

4.19.60, will contain 47 patches.

4.14.134, will have 80 patches.

4.9.186, will include 54 patches.

4.4.186, will incorporate 40 patches.

SCerovec · 07-19-2019, 01:09 PM

What's taking LTS so long to appear in 5.x.y family?

I hope Dave from DUSK is okay

I wonder how the 5.x will fare on ARM?

Lysander666 · 07-19-2019, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SCerovec

What's taking LTS so long to appear in 5.x.y family?

Greg K-H says he normally does an LTS at the end of every year, hence the next one is most likely to be 5.4 at the end of this year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCerovec

I hope Dave from DUSK is okay

Well, he's alive, but whether he's OK or not is another matter.

cwizardone · 07-21-2019, 08:01 AM

Kernel updates 5.2.2, 5.1.19, 4.19.60, 4.14.134, 4.9.186 and 4.4.186 and are now available at

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.2.2

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.1.19

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.60

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.134

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.186

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.186

The 32-bit version of Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernel update for the 4.4.x series can be found at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk

ehartman · 07-21-2019, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

The 32-bit version of Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernel update for the 4.4.x series can be found at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk

And the 64-bit version still is stuck at 4.4.182, built on 17-06-2019

cwizardone · 07-21-2019, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ehartman

And the 64-bit version still is stuck at 4.4.182, built on 17-06-2019

Yes, saw that.
What the cycle (chron?) on the script is, I don't know, but in the past I've seen it miss one version on the first pass, but pick it up on the next cycle. However, I don't think that has happened in quite a while.

cwizardone · 07-21-2019, 07:25 PM

5.3-rc1

The newest "mainline" development kernel, version 5.3-rc1, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.3-rc1.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...7.2/04769.html

cwizardone · 07-22-2019, 06:51 AM

Received Sunday night, 21 July 2019, regarding the 4.4.y series:

Quote:

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Hash: SHA1

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/linux-4.4.182/*: Upgraded.
These updates fix various bugs and many minor security issues.
Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages.
If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the correct
kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader.
If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to copy the
kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition.
For more information, see:
Fixed in 4.4.183:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...CVE-2019-11599
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...=CVE-2019-3892
Fixed in 4.4.185:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...CVE-2019-13272
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...CVE-2018-16597
Fixed in 4.4.186:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...CVE-2019-10126
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam...=CVE-2019-3846
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+

Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.........

gegechris99 · 07-22-2019, 08:56 AM

There's a small typo error in 14.2 ChangeLog:

Quote:

patches/packages/linux-4.4.182

Actually, it's 4.4.186

cwizardone · 07-24-2019, 01:49 PM

Kernel update 3.16.71 is now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.16.71

Mr. Hutchings' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...7.3/00474.html

cwizardone · 07-24-2019, 05:29 PM

Another round of updates has been scheduled for release on Friday morning, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available late Thursday (depending on your time zone).

5.2.3, will accommodate 413 patches.

5.1.20, will incorporate 371 patches.

4.19.61, will contain 271 patches.

cwizardone · 07-26-2019, 04:00 AM

Kernel updates 5.2.3, 5.1.20 and 4.19.61, are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.2.3

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.1.20

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.61

ponce · 07-28-2019, 01:56 AM

only two days later, 5.2.4, 5.1.21, and 4.19.62 are already out.