Fri Jul 27 21:01:22 UTC 201820180727210122

Hey folks, my first order of business here needs to be a huge thank you to
everyone who has donated at https://paypal.me/volkerdi to help keep this
project going. As most of you are already aware by now, the financal situation
here at Slackware HQ has not been great for many years, including not getting
any pay for the last two years and forcing me (and my family) to live very
frugally while I continued to work on the project hoping I'd figure out a way
to actually monitize it by the time that Slackware 15.0 is ready for release.
I'm not trying to cast any blame regarding the situation. Really, I can only
blame myself for not trying to build my own ship years ago when things began
to not really work out. I'm still looking into sustainable funding options
such as Patreon or Liberapay (or perhaps both), and I'm open to other ideas.
I'm no longer in immediate danger of going broke, and I'm no longer
entertaining the notion of joining my friends at the local potato chip factory
in order to pay my bills. :) My family is grateful and humbled by the support
we've received. Hope we'll be able to keep this project going for a long time.
Also, I realize that the website lacks updates and needs attention and I will
need to find some time to devote to that. I've never been much of a website
designer, and the slackware.com site is basically left over from work done by
former Walnut Creek / BSDi employees. I've never seen able to make much sense
of the SQL backend. The interface to edit and post articles is clunky (and
I'm not sure the PHP for that even works any more). When I've posted articles
in recent years, I've done so by editing the main page already processed from
PHP into HTML, which is pretty darn messy as I'm sure you can imagine. I tend
to prioritize the distribution itself over other demands on my time - that's
clearly a lot to do with how things ended up the way they did.
So, I guess that's the report for now. Lots more work to do and not enough
time to do it in... that part I don't see changing moving forward. :)
Thanks very much again. I'll do my best to keep you all posted.
  - Pat
a/file-5.34-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-firmware-20180727_b01151b-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-generic-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-huge-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
a/kernel-modules-4.14.58-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-brig-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-g++-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-gfortran-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-gnat-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-go-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/gcc-objc-8.2.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/kernel-headers-4.14.58-x86-1.txz:  Upgraded.
d/libtool-2.4.6-x86_64-9.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Recompiled to update embedded GCC version number.
k/kernel-source-4.14.58-noarch-1.txz:  Upgraded.
   CRASH_DUMP n -> y
   KEXEC n -> y
  +KEXEC_JUMP y
  +PROC_VMCORE y
l/babl-0.1.54-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/gegl-0.4.6-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
l/libart_lgpl-2.3.21-x86_64-2.txz:  Removed.
  This actually hasn't been needed by any Slackware package since koffice in
  KDE3, and this particular version won't work with the Trinity Desktop
  Environment, which is essentially a fork of KDE 3.5 updated to compile and
  run with modern libraries and development tools. I can't see much point in
  keeping it around. Thanks to _gin.
n/NetworkManager-1.12.2-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
n/dhcpcd-7.0.7-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
x/libinput-1.11.3-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.9.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
isolinux/initrd.img:  Rebuilt.
kernels/*:  Upgraded.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img:  Rebuilt.

6 files changed, 70 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.57 b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.58
index f12f1a059..ce7d3cd7f 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.57
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.58
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 # CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y
 # CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=m
 # CONFIG_OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
@@ -585,7 +587,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_X86_SMAP=y
 CONFIG_EFI=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_STUB is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 # CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
 # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
@@ -593,10 +595,13 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
-# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
+CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL is not set
@@ -7154,14 +7159,17 @@ CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
 CONFIG_EFI_ESRT=y
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=m
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP=y
 # CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP is not set
 CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS=y
 CONFIG_EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL=m
 CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=m
 # CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_QUIRK_QUARK_CSH is not set
 # CONFIG_EFI_TEST is not set
+CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES=y
+# CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION is not set
 CONFIG_UEFI_CPER=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER=y
 
 #
 # Tegra firmware driver
@@ -7295,6 +7303,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y
diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.57.x64 b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.58.x64
index 9349c56d5..4b30e1826 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.57.x64
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-4.14.58.x64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_X86_64=y
@@ -635,10 +635,11 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y
 # CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
 CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
@@ -7221,6 +7222,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y
diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-smp-4.14.57-smp b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-smp-4.14.58-smp
index ce25c0468..567e690ee 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-smp-4.14.57-smp
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-generic-smp-4.14.58-smp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 # CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL=y
 # CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=m
 # CONFIG_OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_X86_SMAP=y
 CONFIG_EFI=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_STUB is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 # CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
 # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
@@ -628,10 +630,13 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
-# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
+CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
 # CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is not set
@@ -7205,14 +7210,17 @@ CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
 CONFIG_EFI_ESRT=y
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=m
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP=y
 # CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP is not set
 CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS=y
 CONFIG_EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL=m
 CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=m
 # CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_QUIRK_QUARK_CSH is not set
 # CONFIG_EFI_TEST is not set
+CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES=y
+# CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION is not set
 CONFIG_UEFI_CPER=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER=y
 
 #
 # Tegra firmware driver
@@ -7346,6 +7354,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y
diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.57 b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.58
index 7f9c404e1..daf7ed3a7 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.57
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.58
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 # CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y
 # CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=m
 # CONFIG_OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
@@ -585,7 +587,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_X86_SMAP=y
 CONFIG_EFI=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_STUB is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 # CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
 # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
@@ -593,10 +595,13 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
-# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
+CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL is not set
@@ -7154,14 +7159,17 @@ CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
 CONFIG_EFI_ESRT=y
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=m
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP=y
 # CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP is not set
 CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS=y
 CONFIG_EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL=m
 CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=m
 # CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_QUIRK_QUARK_CSH is not set
 # CONFIG_EFI_TEST is not set
+CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES=y
+# CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION is not set
 CONFIG_UEFI_CPER=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER=y
 
 #
 # Tegra firmware driver
@@ -7295,6 +7303,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y
diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.57.x64 b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.58.x64
index 76a61560e..ae85364df 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.57.x64
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-4.14.58.x64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_X86_64=y
@@ -635,10 +635,11 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE=y
 # CONFIG_KEXEC_VERIFY_SIG is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
 CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
 CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
@@ -7221,6 +7222,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y
diff --git a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-smp-4.14.57-smp b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-smp-4.14.58-smp
index 0da7f02ca..349ea8add 100644
--- a/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-smp-4.14.57-smp
+++ b/source/k/kernel-configs/config-huge-smp-4.14.58-smp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/x86 4.14.57 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/x86 4.14.58 Kernel Configuration
 #
 # CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_X86_32=y
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL=y
 # CONFIG_SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_CORE=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=m
 # CONFIG_OPROFILE_EVENT_MULTIPLEX is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_USES_PG_UNCACHED=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_X86_SMAP=y
 CONFIG_EFI=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_STUB is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 # CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set
 # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set
@@ -628,10 +630,13 @@ CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
 CONFIG_HZ=1000
 CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK=y
-# CONFIG_KEXEC is not set
-# CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000
-# CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
+CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y
+CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
 # CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is not set
@@ -7205,14 +7210,17 @@ CONFIG_EFI_VARS=m
 CONFIG_EFI_ESRT=y
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=m
 CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP=y
 # CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP is not set
 CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS=y
 CONFIG_EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL=m
 CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER=m
 # CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_QUIRK_QUARK_CSH is not set
 # CONFIG_EFI_TEST is not set
+CONFIG_APPLE_PROPERTIES=y
+# CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION is not set
 CONFIG_UEFI_CPER=y
-# CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER is not set
+CONFIG_EFI_DEV_PATH_PARSER=y
 
 #
 # Tegra firmware driver
@@ -7346,6 +7354,7 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
 #
 CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y
 CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR=y
 CONFIG_PROC_CHILDREN=y