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We are pleased to announce the Alpine 2.1.4 release.  This version includes an update to 2.6.35.10-based kernels with fixes for the Hyper-V driver. The boot scripts are fixed so services start up even if one of many network interfaces fails to start.  Busybox has a fix for a long-standing bug that caused crontabs to mysteriously disappear.
We are pleased to announce the Alpine 2.1.4 release.  This version includes an update to 2.6.35.10-based kernels. Hyper-V fixes have been applied to the kernel. The boot scripts are fixed so services start up even if one of many network interfaces fails to start.  Busybox has a fix for a long-standing bug that caused crontabs to mysteriously disappear.


Please consult the [http://redmine.alpinelinux.org/versions/show/26 bugtracker] and [http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/log/?h=v2.1.4 cgit] for more details.
Please consult the [http://redmine.alpinelinux.org/versions/show/26 bugtracker] and [http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/log/?h=v2.1.4 cgit] for more details.

Revision as of 11:01, 7 January 2011

We are pleased to announce the Alpine 2.1.4 release. This version includes an update to 2.6.35.10-based kernels. Hyper-V fixes have been applied to the kernel. The boot scripts are fixed so services start up even if one of many network interfaces fails to start. Busybox has a fix for a long-standing bug that caused crontabs to mysteriously disappear.

Please consult the bugtracker and cgit for more details.

Package changes since 2.1.3

Upgraded/downgraded packages (from version):
acf-alpine-conf-0.4.0-r2		    (0.4.0-r1)
acf-freeswitch-vmail-0.0.10-r0		    (0.0.9-r0)
alpine-base-2.1.4-r0			    (2.1.3-r0)
alpine-conf-2.5.4-r1			    (2.5.4-r0)
apk-tools-2.0.7-r2			    (2.0.7-r0)
busybox-1.17.4-r1			    (1.17.3-r3)
dahdi-linux-grsec-2.6.35.10-r0		    (2.6.35.9-r2)
iscsitarget-grsec-2.6.35.10-r2		    (2.6.35.9-r4)
kamailio-3.1.1-r0			    (3.1.0-r1)
libmysqlclient-5.1.51-r2		    (5.1.51-r1)
linux-firmware-2.6.35.10-r0		    (2.6.35.9-r2)
linux-grsec-2.6.35.10-r0		    (2.6.35.9-r2)
mkinitfs-2.1.2-r1			    (2.1.2-r0)
openrc-0.6.1-r4				    (0.6.1-r2)
xtables-addons-grsec-2.6.35.10-r1	    (2.6.35.9-r3)

Important notes when upgrading from v1.10

  • The v2.0 series introduces an ABI-incompatible version of uClibc with NPTL threading support. This means that you cannot mix packages from older releases with v2.0. To upgrade you will need to make sure that you only have v2.0 repositories in your /etc/apk/repositories list and then do:

    apk upgrade --update-cache --available

Note: There might be packages with same version number in v1.10 repositories so it is very important that the --available option is there to make sure that those gets replaced properly
  • You must remove GNU wget before doing the upgrade and only use busybox wget.

apk del wget

  • All .so links moved to -dev package. It might be an idea to remove alpine-sdk and all *-dev packages before doing the upgrade. If you get problems due to a -dev package want overwrite a .so file owned by other package then you might want use the --force option.
Note: Uninstalling alpine-sdk might remove sudo. To make it stay you'll first have to do:

apk add sudo