Alpine Linux 2.6.1 - Changelog

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.6.1:

June 6th, 2013

· DMVPN works again (issue #1782)
· default kernel based on 3.9.4
· vserver kernel based on 3.4.47
· xen 4.2.2

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.5.4:

March 1st, 2013

· This is a kernel security bugfix release that brings in all stable kernel fixes up to 3.4.34 in to our 3.6 kernel.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.5.2:

January 22nd, 2013

· This is a bugfix release which contains various security fixes, fixes for the r8169 NIC driver and fixes for squid.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.5.0:

November 8th, 2012

· Kernel upgraded to 3.6.6 with grsecurity patch
· Asterisk v.11.0.1
· Xen 4.2 Dom0 Support
· Freeswitch 1.2.0
· PostgreSQL 9.2.1
· Ruby 1.9.3
· Libvirt 1.0
· Xorg server 1.13
· Mesa 9

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.4.5:

July 18th, 2012

· Fixes MSS clamping in kernel for proper path MTU discovery.
· Fixes creating apkovl archives with large number of files. (issue 1240)
· Fixes include empty dirs in apkovl archives. (issue 1241)

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.4.3:

May 31st, 2012

· Kernels upgraded to 3.3.7
· Fix issue in 2.4.2 that pulled in packageses from edge. This fixes nfsd segfaulting and dahdi kernel modules not loading.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.3.3:

January 5th, 2012

· kernel updated to 3.0.14
· kernel patch for issues with MTU and OpenNHRP
· opennhrp updated to 0.13 - better supports multi-ISP configurations with pingu
· shorewall fix for multi-ISP configurations with pingu - no more need to restart pingu everytime shorewall is restarted.
· unbound DNS resolver now updates the root server from a periodic script

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.3.2:

November 23rd, 2011

· This bugfix release includes several security patches from upstream package sources, iptables compatibility fixes for Shorewall, kernel upgrade to 3.0.10, and multi-core CPU kernel enhancements.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.2.0:

May 3rd, 2011

· A new Linux kernel branch based on 2.6.38 with all of the Alpine patches either rebased or included in upstream Linux sources.
· New support for the x86_64 architecture. Alpine 2.2 is able to efficiently take advantage of modern x86 processors supporting all available general purpose registers
· and providing native support for the full expanded 64-bit virtual address space of modern computer hardware.
· SHA512 password hashing security. In Alpine 2.2, passwords in /etc/shadow are now hashed using SHA512 by default. This provides significantly stronger password hash strength, increasing the difficulty required to crack system passwords by several orders of magnitude.
· Preliminary support for grsecurity Role Based Access Control. By installing the gradm package and enabling the grsec-rbac service, you can add additional hardening to your server or appliance's security configuration.
· Enhanced disk partitioning and installation tool (setup-disk). This tool now supports configuration of LVM volumes, software RAID, data-only storage disks and uses the EXT4 filesystem by default. All of this is provided in a simple to use utility.
· Improved package management tools (apk). New features include support for multiple architectures, an improved interactive mode and general UI enhancements.
· Support for read-only boot filesystems. This support is automatically used on new installations involving removable storage as well as 'hybrid' setups where the system image is stored on disk and configuration is stored on a second partition.
· Added GNOME desktop environment. This support is presently preliminary, but can be installed using the gnome-base metapackage.
· XFCE was upgraded to 4.8. Alpine continues to provide excellent support for the XFCE desktop environment by shipping the latest version in Alpine 2.2.
· Added Mozilla Firefox web browser and GNU Gnash. These additions enable Alpine to have a fully functional web browser on it's desktop profile.
· MySQL has been upgraded to version 5.5. This new version of MySQL brings several security and performance enhancements.
· OpenRC has been upgraded to version 0.8.2. This new version of OpenRC brings several bugfixes and performance improvements.
· Preliminary support for a Xen dom0 environment added. This will be enhanced upon in the next major version of Alpine, but provides significant memory savings over other Xen dom0 environments. Xen support is available only on the x86_64 port of Alpine.
· Busybox has upgraded to version 1.18.4. The new enhancements in Busybox make Alpine easier to learn for those used to GNU/Linux environments.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.1.4:

January 10th, 2011

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)

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.1.3:

December 13th, 2010

· This is a bugfix release that is based on the 2.6.35.9 kernel.
· It contains security fixes for OpenSSL, stability fixes for the uclibc threading implementation, a new snapshot of ipsec-tools, fixes for the local backup utilities' handling of encrypted configuration, and minor fixes for the package manager apk-tools.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.1.2:

November 15th, 2010

· This is a bugfix release that fixes booting from USB, issues with static linking, and a problem with missing kernel firmware files.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.1.1:

November 6th, 2010

· This is a bugfix release. It fixes booting on some hardware (#464), booting vserver kernel, fixes broken util-vserver (on the alpine-vserver iso image), ipv6 network configuration (#423) and security update of dhcpd.

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.1.0:

November 3rd, 2010

New:
· linux-2.6.35.x kernel
· gcc-4.5.x
· gdb-7.2
· perl-5.12
· asterisk-1.8.x
· postgres-9.0.x
· dovecot-2.0.x
· php/apache2 support
· initial support for udev as alternative to busybox mdev
· xorg-server-1.9.x (with udev and hotplugging support)
· gtk+-2.22 and friends
· kamailio-3.1

Some of the minor fixes include:
· ping as normal user works
· the package alpine-base ships /etc/alpine-release
· 'lbu package -' should work even if there are pre/post scripts to lbu
· less verbose Alpine init. Only show error if any
· no info message about not starting mounting modloop
· encrypted apkovls should work again

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.0.0:

August 18th, 2010

· Improved threading support with NPTL
· Paravirtualized KVM guest support (virtio)
· Paravirtualized Hyper-V guest support
Various new and updated applications like:
· asterisk-1.6.2.11
· busybox-1.17.1
· dovecot-1.2.13
· freeswitch-1.0.6
· kamailio-3.0.2
· nfs-utils-1.2.2
· openssl-1.0.0a
· postfix-2.7.1
· samba-3.5.4
· sqlite-3.7.0.1
Support for X.org via network install and lots of new or updated desktop apps like:
· abiword-2.8.6
· geany-0.19
· gimp-2.6.10
· glade3-3.6.7
· gnumeric-1.10.8
· inkscape-0.48
· midori-0.2.6
· pidgin-2.7.3
· qemu-0.12.5
· transmission-2.04
· wine-1.2
· xchat-2.8.8
· xfce-4.6.2

What's new in Alpine Linux 2.0.0 RC2:

August 6th, 2010

· Fixes #391 that caused booting fail after setup-disk.
· virtio support in default initramfs for qemu guests. (needs testing)
· General polishing.

What's new in Alpine Linux 1.10.6:

July 7th, 2010

· This release includes a critical fix for a bug with apk-tools triggers, a security fix for clamav, and support for partitions bigger than 2TB.

What's new in Alpine Linux 1.9.3:

February 1st, 2010

· The main reason for the update is to fix a specific problem with overlays.
· Also included are 6 updated packages, and a useful feature for SQL backups.