Slackware 14.2slackware-14.2

Thu Jun 30 20:26:57 UTC 2016
Slackware 14.2 x86_64 stable is released!

The long development cycle (the Linux community has lately been living in
"interesting times", as they say) is finally behind us, and we're proud to
announce the release of Slackware 14.2.  The new release brings many updates
and modern tools, has switched from udev to eudev (no systemd), and adds
well over a hundred new packages to 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, 35 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh b/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh
index ec5a735a..57e8598e 100644
--- a/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh
+++ b/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbimg2disk.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# Paranoid as usual:
-set -e
-
 # Define some variables ahead of time, so that cleanup knows about them:
 MNTDIR1=""
 MNTDIR2=""
@@ -32,13 +29,13 @@ MNTDIR3=""
 # Clean up in case of failure:
 cleanup() {
   # Clean up by unmounting our loopmounts, deleting tempfiles:
-  echo "--- Cleaning up the staging area..."
+  echo "--- Syncing I/O..."
   sync
+  echo "--- Unmounting volumes and deleting temporary files..."
   [ ! -z "${MNTDIR1}" ] && ( umount -f ${MNTDIR1} ; rmdir $MNTDIR1 )
   [ ! -z "${MNTDIR2}" ] && ( umount -f ${MNTDIR2} ; rmdir $MNTDIR2 )
   [ ! -z "${MNTDIR3}" ] && rm -rf ${MNTDIR3} || true
 }
-trap 'echo "*** $0 FAILED at line $LINENO ***"; cleanup; exit 1' ERR INT TERM
 
 showhelp() {
   echo "# "
@@ -58,6 +55,7 @@ showhelp() {
   echo "# "
   echo "# $(basename $0) accepts the following parameters:"
   echo "#   -h|--help                  This help"
+  echo "#   -e|--errors                Abort operations in case of any errors"
   echo "#   -f|--format                Format the USB drive before use"
   echo "#   -i|--infile <filename>     Full path to the usbboot.img file"
   echo "#   -l|--logfile <filename>    Optional logfile to catch fdisk output"
@@ -94,9 +92,6 @@ reformat() {
   # Wipe the MBR:
   dd if=/dev/zero of=$TOWIPE bs=512 count=1
 
-  # Temporarily accept errors (so that we can examine them):
-  set +e
-
   # create a FAT32 partition (type 'b')
   /sbin/fdisk $TOWIPE <<EOF
 n
@@ -122,9 +117,6 @@ EOF
     fi
   fi
 
-  # Fail on errors again:
-  set -e
-
   if mount | grep -q ${TOWIPE}1 ; then
     echo "--- Un-mounting ${TOWIPE}1 because your desktop auto-mounted it..."
     umount -f ${TOWIPE}1
@@ -134,7 +126,7 @@ EOF
   # It will enable the installer to mount the fat partition automatically
   # and pre-fill the correct pathname for the "SOURCE" dialog.
   # Format with a vfat filesystem:
-  /sbin/mkdosfs -F32 -n ${THELABEL} ${TOWIPE}1
+  /sbin/mkdosfs -F32 -n "${THELABEL}" ${TOWIPE}1
 }
 
 makebootable() {
@@ -148,7 +140,7 @@ makebootable() {
   fi
 
   # Set the bootable flag for the first partition:
-  /sbin/sfdisk -A $USBDRV 1
+  /sbin/sfdisk $USBDRV -A 1 -N1
 }
 
 # Parse the commandline parameters:
@@ -158,6 +150,10 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 fi
 while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
   case $1 in
+    -e|--errors)
+      ABORT_ON_ERROR=1
+      shift
+      ;;
     -f|--format)
       REFORMAT=1
       shift
@@ -199,6 +195,13 @@ while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
   esac
 done
 
+if [ "$ABORT_ON_ERROR" = "1" ]; then
+  set -e
+  trap 'echo "*** $0 FAILED at line $LINENO ***"; cleanup; exit 1' ERR INT TERM # trap and abort on any error
+else
+  trap 'echo "*** Ctrl-C caught -- aborting operations ***"; cleanup; exit 1' 2 14 15 # trap Ctrl-C and kill
+fi
+
 # Before we start:
 [ -x /bin/id ] && CMD_ID="/bin/id" || CMD_ID="/usr/bin/id"
 if [ "$($CMD_ID -u)" != "0" ]; then
@@ -286,9 +289,17 @@ if mount | grep -q $TARGETPART ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Do not croak if we have a Slackware tree without sources:
-if [ ! $(readlink -f ${REPOSROOT}/extra/java ) ]; then
-   EXCLUDES="${EXCLUDES} --exclude=extra/java"
+# Exclude all dangling symlinks from the rsync to avoid errors and/or
+# rsync refusing to delete files.  Such links may be present in a partial
+# Slackware tree with the sources removed.
+if [ -d "$REPOSROOT" ] ; then
+  pushd $REPOSROOT
+    for link in $(find * -type l ) ; do
+      if [ ! $(readlink -f $link ) ]; then
+        EXCLUDES="${EXCLUDES} --exclude=$link"
+      fi
+    done
+  popd
 fi
 
 # Check for prerequisites which may not always be installed:
@@ -345,7 +356,7 @@ if [ $REFORMAT -eq 1 ]; then
     echo "--- Last chance! Press CTRL-C to abort!"
     read -p "Or press ENTER to continue: " JUNK
   fi
-  ( reformat $TARGET ${FATLABEL} ) 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
+  ( reformat $TARGET "${FATLABEL}" ) 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
 else
   # We do not format the drive, but apply a FAT label if required.
 
@@ -358,12 +369,10 @@ else
     # User gave us a FAT label to use, so we will force that upon the drive:
     echo "--- Setting FAT partition label to '$FATLABEL'"
     MTOOLSRC=$MTOOLSRCFILE mlabel s:${FATLABEL}
-  elif [ -n "$(/sbin/blkid -t TYPE=vfat -s LABEL -o export $TARGETPART)" ] ; then
+  elif [ -n "$(/sbin/blkid -t TYPE=vfat -s LABEL -o value $TARGETPART)" ] ; then
     # User did not care, but the USB stick has a FAT label that we will use:
-    eval $(/sbin/blkid -t TYPE=vfat -s LABEL -o export $TARGETPART)
-    FATLABEL=$LABEL
+    FATLABEL="$(/sbin/blkid -t TYPE=vfat -s LABEL -o value $TARGETPART)"
     echo "--- Using current FAT partition label '$FATLABEL'"
-    unset LABEL
   else
     # No user-supplied label, nor a drive label present. We apply our default:
     echo "--- Setting FAT partition label to '$FATLABEL'"
@@ -449,11 +458,9 @@ if [ $UNATTENDED -eq 0 ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# Copy boot image files to the USB disk in its own subdirectory '/syslinux':
+# Copy boot image files to the USB disk:
 echo "--- Copying boot files to the USB drive..."
-mkdir -p $MNTDIR2/syslinux
-cp -R $MNTDIR1/* $MNTDIR2/syslinux/
-rm -f $MNTDIR2/syslinux/ldlinux.sys
+cp -R $MNTDIR1/* $MNTDIR2
 
 # If we are creating a full Slackware installer, copy the package tree:
 if [ "$FULLINSTALLER" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -469,7 +476,9 @@ cleanup
 # Run syslinux and write a good MBR:
 echo "--- Making the USB drive '$TARGET' bootable..."
 ( makebootable $TARGET ) 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
-/usr/bin/syslinux -s -d /syslinux $TARGETPART 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
+/usr/bin/syslinux -s $TARGETPART 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
 dd if=$MBRBIN of=$TARGET 1>>$LOGFILE 2>&1
 
+echo "--- Done."
+
 # THE END