The first update of version 6.0 of Debian has been released. Debian is an open source operating system, which can be used for both desktops and servers, with an emphasis on stability and security. It is therefore used as the basis for various Linux distributions. In version 6.0, codenamed ‘Squeeze’, we also see a GNU/kFreeBSD implementation for the first time. We don’t find any major changes in this update; However, various improvements have been made to existing components.
Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.1 released
The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename ôsqueezeö). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian 6.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 6.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won’t have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.
New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will be available soon at the regular locations.
Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian’s many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available here.
This stable update adds a few important corrections to the following packages:
| Package | Reason |
| apt-dater | Correct syntax or default configuration file |
| base files | Update /etc/debian_version for the point release |
| cdebconf | Allow the GTK frontend to be used in a window managed environment |
| clamavu | New upstream bug fix release |
| clive | Adapt for youtube.com changes |
| cmake | Rebuild upstream tarball to remove undistributable Windows build systems files |
| console setup | Fix Swiss German, Bulgarian and Swedish keymaps in the installer |
| crypt setup | Install cryptkeyctl initramfs hook; lukadmin: avoid possible race conditions by invoking udevadm settle |
| dbconfig-common | Fix version sorting logic bug on upgrade files in postinst |
| debian-reference | Refer to squeeze updates rather than volatile; fix URL for Debian Mirror Checker |
| the bootstrap | Fix –private-key and ar usage |
| deluge | Fix hang on quit |
| desktop base | Fix plymouth output in dual-screen configurations |
| dev scripts | Make squeeze the default backports target; add wheezy{,-ignore} tags |
| eclipse | Fix XSS in help browser application |
| exuberant-ctags | Use memmove rather than strcpy on overlapping strings |
| ganeti | Don’t break permissions of /var/lock when running gnt-node add |
| gdm3 | Handle del{group,user} failures gracefully; fix grep usage; use correct names for UTF-8 locales |
| gedit | Fix important mistake in the Brazilian Portuguese translation |
| git | Fix escaping in gitweb, new add.ignoreErrors variable |
| gnome screensaver | Disable non-functional libnotify support |
| gnumed client | Install translations to the correct location |
| grub installer | Set debconf title to avoid reusing a previous one |
| ia32-libs | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
| ia32-libs-core | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
| ia32-libs-gtk | Refresh packages from stable and proposed-updates |
| installation guide | Update content for squeeze |
| katoob | Fix crash when setting tooltips |
| kde4libs | Add a kconf_update script to migrate away from old KDE3 icon themes |
| kdebase workspace | Fix random but common krunner crashes |
| kernel wedge | Add hid-cherry and sdhci_pci modules |
| kfreebsd-8 | Fix local DoS in TCP stack; emulate Catalan’s middle-dot l/L characters by ASCII l/L |
| kgb-bot | Fix version check to allow possible future security updates |
| crusader | Properly fix problems terminating the application |
| libapache-mod-jk | Ease upgrades from lenny by disabling SOCK_CLOEXEC use |
| libemail-mime-createhtml-perl | Add missing dependency on libfile-policy-perl |
| libvirt | Make init script status target exit statuses LSB-compliant to assist monitoring |
| linux-2.6 | Several fixes |
| linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-armel-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-ia64-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-mipsel-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-s390-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6 | Rebuild against linux-2.6 2.6.32-31 |
| magpierss | Fix cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2011-0740) |
| mcabber | Fix crash, segfault, command-line corruption and FD leaks |
| media wiki | Fix a CSS injection vulnerability |
| mediawiki extensions | PHP 5.3 compatibility fixes for the confirmedit plugin |
| nautilus | Fix crash in nautilus_file_peek_display_name() |
| network manager | Only comment out exact matches in /etc/network/interfaces; normalize keys in ifupdown parser; correctly handle device removal |
| ocrodjvu | Fix upside down generation of hocr data |
| ocsigen | Add missing dependencies on lib{lwt-ssl,ocsigen-xhtml}-ocaml-dev |
| pdftk | Support prompting for both owner and user passwords; allow filenames to start with odd, even or end |
| pulse audio | Fix pacmd hanging in poll() when reading from stdin very early |
| python-defaults | Use full path to Python interpreters in pycompile to ease lenny to squeeze upgrades |
| samba | Missing input sanitizing |
| sobby | Ensure session files are writable by the sobby user |
| sudo | Resolve interoperability issues between -H and HOME in env_keep |
| sun-java6 | Several security fixes |
| ttf-liberation | Correctly flag Liberation Mono as monospaced |
| tzdata | New upstream release; update Chilean DST |
| usb-modeswitch-data | Fix mode switching lines for Huawei devices; add support for more devices |
| why | Mark Squeeze’s Coq version as a compatible prover |
| xorg server | Fix crashes with MCE remotes; fix rotation [nvidia]; drop support for XF86Config-4 |
| xserver-xorg-video-intel | Fix null pointer dereference and SDL-related issues |
| Version number | 6.0.1 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Linux, Linux AMD64, Linux IA-64 |
| Website | Debian |
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| License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |