||<>|| This is a brief summary of bugs fixed between Ubuntu 8.04.3 and 8.04.4. This summary covers only changes to packages in "main" and "restricted", which account for all packages in the officially-supported CD images; there are further changes to various packages in "universe" and "multiverse". Some of these fixes were by Ubuntu developers directly, while others were by upstream developers and backported to Ubuntu. For full details, see the individual package changelogs. In addition to the bugs listed below, this update includes all security updates from the [[http://www.ubuntu.com/usn|Ubuntu Security Notice list]] affecting Ubuntu 8.04 LTS that were released up to and including January 20, 2010. The last updates included were USN-889-1 (gzip vulnerabilities) and USN-890-1 (Expat vulnerabilities). == Top bugs == These changes address very high-profile issues, usually with many reports. || gvfs, nautilus || Bug:207072 || Fix handling of SMB/CIFS shares on the desktop || == Installation bugs == Updated CD images are provided with this release, including fixes for some installation bugs. (Many installation problems are hardware-specific; for those, see "Hardware support bugs" below.) || cdrom-detect, debian-installer-utils || Bug:234185 || Add support for using the contents of the CD image on a USB device with the cdrom-detect/try-usb=true preseed option || || grub || Bug:185878 || cache_coherency.diff: Flush buffer cache on disk devices after writing to any partition devices they contain, so grub can be installed onto JFS partitions || || lilo-installer || Bug:466769 || Grab change from version 1.27 to fix check for lilo-installer/skip || == Upgrade bugs == These changes fix upgrade issues, smoothing the way for future upgrades to later releases of Ubuntu. || adept || Bug:439706 || Update kubuntu_33_skip_intrepid.diff to support hardy to karmic upgrades || || tzdata || Bug:467165 || Fix version number ordering between Ubuntu releases by renaming orig.tar.gz || == Hardware support bugs == Considerable work has been done in Ubuntu 8.04.4 on improving support for many specific items of hardware. || linux || Bug:322867 || init: Add extra mark_rodata_ro quirk for Acer Aspire One || || linux || Bug:406419 || USB: EHCI: fix remote-wakeup regression || || linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:444377 || rt2x00: Hardcode TX ack timeout and consume time || || linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:444377 || Report TX retry and fail count to mac80211 in rt73usb || || linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:352440 || include igb support for Intel 82576 || || linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:310760 || Fix the problem with the microphone of the Lenovo webcam || || linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:200950 || Merge WEXT scan capabilities to iwlwifi || || linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:322737 || Add support in e1000e for a couple of ICH10 PCI IDs || == Desktop bugs == These changes mainly affect desktop installations of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and other Ubuntu-based systems. || firefox-3.0 || Bug:236853 || fix firefox crash in NSSRWLock_LockRead_Util() || || nss || Bug:409864 || fix regression in stack memory protections caused by unmarked assembly || || nss || Bug:388350 || add debian/libnss3-1d/usr/lib/nss to LD_LIBRARY_PATH for the shlibsign invocation used to sign libs in debian/rules, fixing a package build failure || || pidgin || Bug:389322 || Backport support for version 16 of the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol. The old authentication mechanism was disabled, meaning that it can no longer be used for signing in to Yahoo! services || || sudo || Bug:191264 || add /usr/lib/kde4/bin to secure_path || In addition, these packages were upgraded to new upstream versions, fixing several bugs not explicitly listed here. || nspr || Bug:387745 || New upstream version: 4.7.5 || || nss || Bug:407549 || new upstream release 3.12.3.1 RTM (NSS_3_12_3_1_RTM) || == Server bugs == These changes mainly affect installations of Ubuntu on server systems. || freeradius || Bug:252686 || Fix 'reload' action so that it doesn't just stop the daemon || || linux || Bug:418154 || x86: use cpu_khz for loops_per_jiffy calculation || || linux || Bug:416266 || Enable multicast routing (including PIM1 and PIM2) for hppa, ia64, sparc || || net-snmp || Bug:270713 || Fix flooding syslog - Syslog fills with hundreds of these errors if you have a network interface, e.g. eth2, with no IP address, but you have an alias, e.g. eth2:1, that does have an IP address (and netmask) || || net-snmp || Bug:192745 || Point to the right place for /etc/sensors3.conf || || net-snmp || Bug:406171 || Fix for Counter64 in perl subagent || || net-snmp || Bug:347361 || Fix python segmentation fault || || net-snmp || Bug:200614 || Suppresses annoying registrations in startup || || postgresql-common || Bug:422189 || pg_maintenance: Fix $PATH to include /usr/bin, so that the cron job can run the "id" command || || postgresql-common || Bug:364669 || PgCommon.pm, change_ugid(): Use /usr/bin/id instead of manual parsing with getgrent(), which is reportedly magnitudes faster for environments with a large number of groups in remote databases || || vblade || Bug:223387 || Fix init script failure because pid file is not created properly || || vblade || Bug:223440 || Backport fix from vblade-15 for vblade discovery bug || == Other bugs == A number of other changes were made in this release to fix significant bugs all across the Ubuntu system, or to make other well-understood improvements. || devscripts || Bug:399891 || Update rmadison's Ubuntu URL to cope with people.ubuntu.com -> people.canonical.com; invoke curl in such a way as to follow redirects by default || || glibc || Bug:275493 || use stack guard randomization patch from Intrepid to eliminate use of a static sentinel || || linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 || Bug:445673 || unionfs: enable delete=all mount option LP: #445673 || || tzdata || Bug:502110 || Bangladesh DST change (effective from 2010-01-01) || || tzdata || Bug:486351 || Fiji will use DST this year (effective from Nov 29) || || tzdata || Bug:456322 || bdst-workaround.diff: Move end date to 2038, so that it works on 32 bit systems, too || || tzdata || Bug:453165 || Adjust DST rules for Argentina || In addition, these packages were upgraded to new upstream versions, fixing several bugs not explicitly listed here. || tzdata || Bug:442995 || New timezone data 2009n ||