Slackware 14.1slackware-14.1

Mon Nov  4 17:08:47 UTC 2013
Slackware 14.1 x86_64 stable is released!

It's been another interesting release cycle here at Slackware bringing
new features like support for UEFI machines, updated compilers and
development tools, the switch from MySQL to MariaDB, and many more
improvements throughout the system.  Thanks to the team, the upstream
developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else who
pitched in to help make this release a reality.

The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.  Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com.  We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.

Have fun!  :-)

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/source/a/file/file.SlackBuild b/source/a/file/file.SlackBuild
index 04c47856..2435c5f0 100755
--- a/source/a/file/file.SlackBuild
+++ b/source/a/file/file.SlackBuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Copyright 2005-2008, 2009, 2010  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
+# Copyright 2005-2008, 2009, 2010, 2013  Patrick J. Volkerding, Sebeka, MN, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -71,9 +71,15 @@ zcat $CWD/file.etc.file.diff.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
 # This is needed after the patch above:
 autoreconf || exit 1
 
-# Don't spew warnings about using the flat text files
-zcat $CWD/file.quiet.diff.gz | patch -p1 -E --verbose || exit 1
-# I don't know what this one does
+# Since we're going to include the compiled magic database now (otherwise
+# there seem to be libmagic related crashes), this patch probably doesn't
+# need to be applied.
+#
+## Don't spew warnings about using the flat text files
+#zcat $CWD/file.quiet.diff.gz | patch -p1 -E --verbose || exit 1
+
+# Keep the output format for ELF binaries the same as it was in earlier
+# versions of file to avoid breaking existing scripts:
 zcat $CWD/file.short.diff.gz | patch -p1 -E --verbose || exit 1
 
 # Add zisofs and crda regulatory bin detection
@@ -103,22 +109,27 @@ make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
 # Seems --disable-static has been ignored lately:
 rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libmagic.a
 
-# Is file really this much of a processing bottleneck?  Doubtful.
+# Update:  We're going to use magic.mgc now as the flat files cause
+# libmagic crashes with versions newer than file-5.11.  Maybe that
+# wasn't being tested as well...  in any case, using magic.mgc works.
 #
-# NOTE:  Benchmarked flat files vs. .mgc June 2009, found no measurable
-# difference on 3000+ files.
 #
-# If you really need these (let's say you're doing virus scanning
-# and this *would* speed things up quite a bit) you can create
-# the pre-parsed file yourself using file's -C option.
-rm -f $PKG/etc/file/magic.mgc
-mkdir -p $PKG/etc/file/magic
-cp -a magic/Magdir/* $PKG/etc/file/magic
-# After building, this works fine.  /etc/file/magic/ takes up 1.2M,
-# while the magic.mgc file is 1.7M.  Considering a difference of 500k,
-# and the potential speedup, I'm not sure it's worth the effort...
-# but it does make it easier for an admin to add a small chunk of
-# new magic.
+## Is file really this much of a processing bottleneck?  Doubtful.
+##
+## NOTE:  Benchmarked flat files vs. .mgc June 2009, found no measurable
+## difference on 3000+ files.
+##
+## If you really need these (let's say you're doing virus scanning
+## and this *would* speed things up quite a bit) you can create
+## the pre-parsed file yourself using file's -C option.
+#rm -f $PKG/etc/file/magic.mgc
+#mkdir -p $PKG/etc/file/magic
+#cp -a magic/Magdir/* $PKG/etc/file/magic
+## After building, this works fine.  /etc/file/magic/ takes up 1.2M,
+## while the magic.mgc file is 1.7M.  Considering a difference of 500k,
+## and the potential speedup, I'm not sure it's worth the effort...
+## but it does make it easier for an admin to add a small chunk of
+## new magic.
 
 # IMHO, moving this sort of thing does not make sense.
 # We'll support both the traditional and new locations.