Precise: Service Pack for 5.4.1

Take-2!

There have been further refinements, here are the Release Notes:

PPM: when installed some packages, reported no menu entry. Fixed.
Got dvdauthor 0.7 pet pkg from wary. dvdauthor ubuntu deb is broken.
Iconfinder has a problem if samba shares mounted, searches shares for icons. Got iconfinder 1.2 from here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81271
Weird problem with text and image display going wrong when install some packages, see: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81773 ...have applied a fix (hopefully) in /usr/local/petget/installpkg.sh
Precise 5.4.1 has BaCon 1.0.26, has bugs, updated to 1.0.27.
'cmptree' utility. refer: http://www.drdobbs.com/the-shell-corner-cmptree/199103123
PPM problems when downloading multiple packages, now checks beforehand that all packages are available in the repository. See /usr/local/petget/downloadpkgs.sh.
XDG .desktop Categories=X-<category>[-<subcategory>] now properly supported, see file /etc/xdg/menus/hierarchy.
PPM: Configure window: Update local package databases: now very fast, see files /usr/local/petget/0setup and debdb2pupdb.
Geany text editor was lacking color-highlighting for BaCon code, fixed, see /usr/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf and filetypes.freebasic
Script /usr/local/petget/0setup (called by PPM) now internationalised, refer /usr/share/sss/script_strings/script_strings.
For SSS translations, ensure all [ ] chars in regex are escaped. see /usr/sbin/fixdesk, fixmenus.
Text changed to squares, missing icons, another fix, when saved to ntfs partition.
PPM: at startup, checks to see if a Service Pack is available online, to upgrade Puppy.

Get it from here (1.1MB):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-precise/service_pack-5.4.1_TO_5.4.1.1_precise.pet

I should announce this on the Precise Puppy Forum thread also, get some feedback.
If it looks sane, probably I should upgrade the .iso live CD also to 5.4.1.1, considering that some of the bug fixes are important.

A technical detail about /etc/DISTRO_SPECS, when I built the Service Pack for Precise Puppy. The Service Pack has updated this file, note in particular the new 'DISTRO_ARCHDIR' variable (see latest Woof). variable 'DISTRO_VERSION' is updated, however I rolled DISTRO_IDSTRING back to the original value, as mavrothal brought to my attention a possible complication if that variable is upgraded.

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Comments

SP announced Forum
Username: BarryK
I have announced the Service Pack in the Forum: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=666938#666938

plsp precise/5.4.1.1
Username: FeodorF
"Please update: http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.4.1/release-Precise-5.4.1.htm rem: It would be good to have the -PLSP- precise-5.4.1.1 next to it`s ISO file. Regards Feodor

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