Release Notes for Alpine 1.7.13
This is a development release.
As always, the latest iso image can be downloaded from http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/iso[Dead Link] and usbdrive tarballs from http://dev.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v1.7/usbdrive[Dead Link]
Some news:
Updated kernels
Due to the recent local root exploit both generic and vserver kernel are updated. To prevent similar future bugs be exploitable I have enabled UDEREF in kernels. This is a good protection but it does have some serious performance issues when running on virtual machines without hardware support.
New version of busybox
Upgraded to busybox-1.9.x series. This adds some new features while still reduce the overall size. You gotta love busybox! Look out for bugs.
2/3 of the packages tested
The Alpine Package Testing Suite has now tests for over 2/3 of the packages. It means that most packages are confirmed working. Lots of bugs were found and fixed during the creation of those scripts.
Removed packages: barnyard-postgres-0.2.0-r1 dspam-postgres-3.8.0-r6 gnats-minimal-4.1.0 hotplug-20040923-r2 hotplug-base-20040401 isdn4k-utils-3.9_pre20060124 libevent-1.3a libnfsidmap-0.19 lua-sqlite3-0.4.1 pmacct-postgres-0.11.3 snort-postgres-2.6.1.3-r1 ulogd-postgres-1.23-r1 New pacakges: acf-dansguardian-0.1 acf-squid-0.2 bitlib-23_p2 dante-1.1.19-r1 diffstat-1.45 distcc-client-2.18.3-r10 distcc-server-2.18.3-r10 luatdb-doc-20080214 Upgraded/downgraded packages (from version): acf-alpine-baselayout-0.2 (0.1) acf-alpine-conf-0.2 (0.1) acf-core-0.2 (0.1) acf-devtools-0.2 (0.1) acf-dhcp-0.2 (0.1) acf-openntpd-0.2 (0.1) acf-openvpn-0.2 (0.1) acf-shorewall-0.2 (0.1) acf-snort-0.2 (0.1) apk-tools-0.13.1 (0.13) busybox-1.9.1 (1.8.2-r1) chrony-1.23 (1.21-r1) clamav-0.92.1 (0.91.2-r1) com_err-1.40.4 (1.40.3) cracklib-2.8.12 (2.8.10) cracklib-words-1.2 (1.1) curl-7.17.1 (7.16.4) dosfstools-2.11-r3 (2.11-r1) dpkg-1.14.12 (1.13.25) e2fsprogs-1.40.4 (1.40.3) file-4.23 (4.21-r1) findutils-4.3.11 (4.3.8-r1) haserl-0.9.22 (0.9.21) iptables-1.3.8-r3 (1.3.8-r2) less-418 (416) libao-0.8.8 (0.8.6-r3) libcap-1.10-r11 (1.10-r9) libpaper-1.1.23 (1.1.21) libpcre-7.6-r1 (7.4) libtasn1-1.2 (0.3.5) libtool-1.5.26 (1.5.24) libuuid1-1.40.4 (1.40.3) lilo-22.8-r2 (22.7.3-r1) lua-5.1.2-r2 (5.1.1-r2) luaposix-5.1.2 (5.1-r2) luatdb-20080214 (20070618) man-1.6f (1.6e-r3) mediawiki-1.11.1 (1.8.5) mpd-0.13.1 (0.13.0) mpg123-1.2.0 (0.67) nano-2.0.7 (2.0.6) ntfs3g-1.2216 (1.810) ntfsprogs-2.0.0 (1.13.1-r1) olsrd-0.5.5 (0.5.4) openssh-4.7_p1-r3 (4.7_p1-r1) openssh-client-4.7_p1-r3 (4.7_p1-r1) openssh-kerberos-4.7_p1-r3 (4.7_p1-r1) openssh-server-4.7_p1-r3 (4.7_p1-r1) openvpn-2.0.7-r2 (2.0.6) openvpn-doc-2.0.7-r2 (2.0.6) pciutils-2.2.9 (2.2.8) postfix-2.4.6-r2 (2.4.5) psmisc-22.6 (22.5-r2) readline-5.2_p12-r1 (5.2_p7) slmodem-2.9.11_pre20080126-r1 (2.9.11_pre20070813) snarf-7.0-r3 (7.0-r2) ss-1.40.4 (1.40.3) subversion-1.4.6 (1.4.5) sysstat-8.0.4-r1 (8.0.3) tcl-8.4.18 (8.4.15) testdisk-6.8-r1 (6.5) tinyproxy-1.6.3-r1 (1.6.3) vpnc-0.5.1-r1 (0.5.1)