The second beta release of Slackware Linux 14.2 has been released

Welcome to Slackware 14.2 beta 2. Getting closer.
a/coreutils-8.25-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2016a-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20160201git-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/lvm2-2.02.141-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2f-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-28.txz: Rebuilt.
rc.6: Change command variable to shutdown_command to avoid conflicting with
a same-named variable in rc.networkmanager. Thanks to Antonio Maretzek.
Added new script rc.cpufreq to set CPU frequency scaling.
If executable, it will be run from rc.M.
ap/cups-filters-1.8.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/dmidecode-3.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/gutenprint-5.2.11-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Run cups-genppdupdate after installing. Thanks to Lukasz Wieczorek.
ap/soma-2.10.4-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/binutils-2.26-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/cmake-3.4.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.4.1-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/mercurial-3.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/oprofile-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
d/python-setuptools-19.6-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
k/kernel-source-4.4.1-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND n -> y
CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE y -> n
CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE m -> y
CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE m -> y
l/gst-plugins-base-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gst-plugins-good-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gstreamer-1.6.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/gtk+2-2.24.29-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
In /usr/share/gtk-2.0/gtkrc, specify Adwaita as the icon theme, and Tango as
a fallback. This fixes icon issues when using fluxbox and other more basic
window managers. Thanks to schmatzler and dTd.
l/gtk+3-3.18.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/harfbuzz-1.1.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/librsvg-2.40.13-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pulseaudio-8.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Set "flat-volumes = no" in daemon.conf.new by default.
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.39-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
n/openssl-1.0.2f-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes the following security issues:
DH small subgroups (CVE-2016-0701).
SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers (CVE-2015-3197).
For more information, see:
https://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3197
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0701
(* Security fix *)
n/php-5.6.17-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes security issues.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1903
(* Security fix *)
n/proftpd-1.3.5a-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/traceroute-2.0.21-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xterm-322-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/MPlayer-1.2_20160125-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This is the latest MPlayer-1.2 branch, identical to the 1.2.1 stable release.
The bundled ffmpeg has been upgraded to 2.8.5, which fixes two security
issues by which a remote attacker may conduct a cross-origin attack and read
arbitrary files on the system.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1897
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1898
(* Security fix *)
xap/gparted-0.25.0-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
Thanks to Erik W. Hanson.
xap/hexchat-2.10.2-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This package replaces xchat.
xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This compiles properly with -O2 optimization again.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/pidgin-2.10.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/seamonkey-2.39-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled with -Os optimization to fix random crashes.
xap/xchat-2.8.8-x86_64-11.txz: Removed.
xap/xine-lib-1.2.6-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt against ffmpeg-2.8.5, which fixes two security issues by which a
remote attacker may conduct a cross-origin attack and read arbitrary files
on the system.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1897
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1898
(* Security fix *)
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
kernels/*: Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
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Sun Jan 17 07:24:08 UTC 2016
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.0-noarch-27.txz: Upgraded.
rc.M: If rc.pulseaudio is executable, run it (not recommended though).
ap/alsa-utils-1.1.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
On a fresh system, install rc.alsa as executable. It's apparently still
useful for loading some mixer defaults even when PulseAudio is used.
ap/cups-filters-1.6.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/gutenprint-5.2.11-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
ap/lxc-1.1.5-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed failed rc.M patch with lxc-create, and rebased against recent scripts.
Thanks to Jakub Jankowski.
ap/mpg123-1.22.4-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't depend on libpulsecommon-7.1.
ap/sox-14.4.2-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't depend on libpulsecommon-7.1.
d/llvm-3.7.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
kde/calligra-2.9.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-bs-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-ca-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-ca@valencia-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-cs-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-da-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-de-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-el-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-en_GB-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-es-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-et-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-fi-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-fr-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-gl-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-hu-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-it-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-ja-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-kk-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-nb-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-nl-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-pl-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-pt-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-pt_BR-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-ru-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-sk-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-sv-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-tr-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-uk-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-zh_CN-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
kdei/calligra-l10n-zh_TW-2.9.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/a52dec-0.7.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Include a52_internal.h header. Thanks to Johannes Schöpfer.
l/alsa-plugins-1.1.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't depend on libpulsecommon-7.1.
l/libao-1.2.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't depend on libpulsecommon-7.1.
l/libcanberra-0.30-x86_64-5.txz: Rebuilt.
Don't depend on libpulsecommon-7.1.
l/poppler-0.40.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/pulseaudio-7.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Removed .la files to avoid linking things to libpulsecommon-7.1.
Thanks to chrisVV.
If autospawn is off, start the daemon manually in start-pulseaudio-x11.
And yes, if you're allergic to PulseAudio that means you might also need to
disable /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop...
n/NetworkManager-1.0.10-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed build script to properly apply the patches.
Thanks to K4rolis and rworkman.
n/bluez-hcidump-2.5-x86_64-1.txz: Removed.
hcidump is included in the main bluez package.
Thanks to Audrius Kazukauskas.
x/mesa-11.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
x/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Put udev rules in correct directory. Thanks to chrisVV.
x/xf86-video-vmware-13.1.0-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
xfce/tumbler-0.1.31-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.

  Slackware Linux 14.2 Beta 2 released