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author Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>2021-03-01 20:10:44 +0000
committer Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2021-03-02 08:59:52 +0100
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a/e2fsprogs-1.46.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. a/etc-15.0-x86_64-14.txz: Rebuilt. /etc/hosts: added IPv6 loopback addresses. a/hwdata-0.345-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded. ap/hplip-3.20.6-x86_64-7.txz: Rebuilt. Fixed desktop file to show category and icon properly. Thanks to upnort and ArTourter. d/git-2.30.1-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt. Make sure the bash-completion file is installed in the proper location. Thanks to Robby Workman. d/python-setuptools-54.0.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. d/vala-0.50.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. l/imagemagick-7.0.11_2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. l/python-pillow-8.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. n/network-scripts-15.0-noarch-13.txz: Rebuilt. Well, apparently there was a newer branch of this than the one that was sitting in my usual pending queue, so here it is. This also includes some additional documentation on the new features. NOTE: In order to use SLAAC to configure IPv6, you'll need to have USE_SLAAC[x]="yes" for the interface in rc.inet1.conf. This is to ensure that nobody is surprised to find their machine fully exposed to the internet - better safe than sorry. Thanks to Darren "Tadgy" Austin and Robby Workman. n/wireless_tools-30.pre9-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt. This package contains some updates to rc.wireless and rc.wireless.conf. Thanks to Darren "Tadgy" Austin. xfce/mousepad-0.5.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
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@@ -34,13 +34,20 @@ User authentication is PAM-based now; in short, Slackware ships PAM.
The stock networking scripts now use iproute2 instead of net-tools and
bridge-utils and friends. All of the previous functionality is still
supported with the same config file syntax in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf,
- but added functionality includes support for creating virtual interfaces
- (e.g. tun/tap) and adding them to bridges as well as binding additional
- IP addresses to virtual and/or real interfaces. This did involve some
- added options to rc.inet1.conf. Maybe best of all, /sbin/ifconfig can
- still be used to view (and even configure) interfaces manually - any
- additional IP addresses bound to interfaces using rc.inet1 will be done
- in such a way that /sbin/ifconfig recognizes them.
+ but added functionality includes:
+ - support for creating virtual interfaces (e.g. tun/tap) and adding
+ them to bridges as well as binding additional IP addresses to
+ virtual and/or real interfaces
+ - VLAN (802.1Q) support
+ - Link Aggregation (bonding) support
+ - IPv6 support
+ The added functionality required some additional options and changes
+ to the format of rc.inet1.conf, but for basic configurations, you can
+ still use /sbin/ifconfig to view and/or configure interfaces manually.
+ For IPv6 support, note that SLAAC is now disabled by default (the
+ rationale is that a newly installed machine should not have internet
+ connectivity without admin intervention) - see the USE_SLAAC config
+ parameter in the new rc.inet1.conf file.
The ntp package has changed such that ntpd now drops privileges and runs as
user ntp and group ntp. Be sure to move/merge the changes to rc.ntpd and
@@ -112,7 +119,7 @@ Use one of the provided generic kernels for daily use. Do not report
ATI proprietary drivers) if you use the SMP kernel.
If you decide to use one of the non-SMP kernels, you will need to follow the
- instructions in /extra/linux-5.10.14-nosmp-sdk/README.TXT to modify your
+ instructions in /extra/linux-5.10.19-nosmp-sdk/README.TXT to modify your
kernel sources for non-SMP usage. Note that this only applies if you are
using the Slackware-provided non-SMP kernel - if you build a custom kernel,
the symlinks at /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/{build,source} will point to the
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ d/ninja
d/opencl-headers
d/parallel
d/patchelf
+d/poke
d/python-pip
d/python2 (replaces d/python)
d/python3
@@ -517,4 +525,5 @@ xfce/gtk-xfce-engine
xfce/orage
extra/bittorrent/bittorrent
extra/mplayerplug-in/mplayerplug-in
+extra/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop