Hello,
This ChangeLog:
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-15.0/ChangeLog.txt
lists all updates.
As usual, to get all upgraded packages, type as root or using sudo:
slapt-get -u
slapt-get --upgrade
To get the new remind package and its dependencies:
slapt-get -i remind
To test orca from master at time of writing, type:
slapt-get -i orca-gita168177-x86_64-1slint
To revert to the regular orca type:
slapt-get -i orca
Questions?
The top of the ChangeLog is pasted below:
Sunday 1 October 2023
News:
1. This batch of updates provides the ability to load early microcode
for Intel and AMD CPU, as stated for instance in:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/microcode
We will, use the method mentioned under 1.2.2.2 GRUB. the new file
/boot/grub/grub.cfg written by update-grub after a kernel upgrade will
include a line similar to this one:
initrd /@/boot/intel-ucode.img /@/boot/amd-ucode.img
/@/boot/initramfs-6.1.55.img
This will load the iniramfs carrying the microcode for Intel and AMD CPUs early.
2. From now on we will avoid to ship in Slint packages already available in the
repository extra-15.0 provided by Geage Vlahavas, Salix maintainer:
including this line in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
# SOURCE=https://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/
The list of updated packages follows:
extra/orca-gitf53bb14d-x86_64-1slint.txz: Removed
testing/orca-gita168177-x86_64-1slint.txz: Added
This package is built from git master at time of writing and provided for
testing.
To install it, type as root or using sudo:
slapt-get -u
slapt-get -i orca-gita168177-x86_64-1slint
To avoid that it be replaced by the regular orca package when running
slapt-get --upgrade, blacklist it in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
To reinstall the regular package, type:
slapt-get -i orca
Then un-blacklist it in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc
extra/qemu-6.2.0-x86-1slint.txz: Removed.
extra/qemu-7.2.1-x86-1slint.txz: Added.
extra/remind-04.02.06-x86_64-1slint.txz: Added.
A command line calendar and also a Tk GUI.
Remind will be a dependency of the new version of I38, soon to be
released by Storm and packaged for Slint.
WARNING: to successfully install remind and some of its dependencies you will
need to un-comment this line in /etc/slapt-get
# SOURCE=https://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/:OFFICIAL
removing "# " at the beginning of the line
then type as root or using sudo:
slapt-get -u
slapt-get -i remind
After installation read: /usr/doc/remind-04.02.06/README
amd-microcode-20230926_8b855f3-noarch-1slint.txz: Added.
Microcode update image for AMD CPUs
New dependency of the kernel package.
To know more, read:
/usr/doc/amd-microcode-20230926_8b855f3/README.Debian
(this document from Debian applies also to Slint).
at-spi2-core-2.50.0-x86_64-slint.txz: Upgraded.
iucode_tool-2.3.1-x86_64-1slint.txz: Added.
Intel Processor Microcode Tool
Dependency of intel-microcode
intel-microcode-20230808-noarch-1slint.txz: Added.
Linux Processor Microcode Data File
New dependency of the kernel package.
kernel-6.1.55-x86_64-1slint.txz: Upgraded.
kernel-source-6.1.55-noarch-1slint.txz: Upgraded.
pygobject3-3.46.0-x86_64-1slint.txz: Upgraded.
python-atspi-2.46.0-x86_64-1slint.txz: Upgraded.
slapt-get-0.11.8-x86_64-5slint.txz: Rebuilt.
Changes:
1. Include the option --no-early-microcode to the dracut command
run after a kernel upgrade. Instead GRUB will load the microcode early.
2. Enable by default for new users this repository:
SOURCE=https://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/extra-15.0/:OFFICIAL
as it includes dependencies of the new package remind not available
in a Slint repository.
slapt-src-git6dd64bb-x86_64-1slint.txz: Upgraded.
This upgrade adds a -S or --skip-installed option. Quote from "slapt-src
--help":
-S, --skip-installable skip if available via slapt-get, applicable only to
--upgrade-all
slint-user-settings-15.0-noarch-7slint.txz: Rebuilt.
Changes:
1. New users will get in their ~/.profile file these lines:
export GROFF_ENCODING=UTF-8
export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/run/user/$(id -u)
export XDG_RUNTIME_HOME=/run/user/$(id -u)
chmod 700 /run/user/$(id -u)
mkdir -p $HOME/.ccache
Existing users can just include their line in their ~/.profile (the first one
should already exist).
The goal is to write the files in ~/.cache in RAM, to avoid useless writes on
disk.
2. Set by default the session as "mate", to avoid that new users typing
"startx"
without having set the graphical session using the session-chooser utility
just get a blank screen with an xterm.
+-------------------------+
Cheers,
Didier
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