Qubes OS updates Weekly Review - Y2024-W42

General Discussion
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Introduction

Weekly review of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories. Notes on how it is prepared and what resources are used to write this newsletter is available in previous versions.

Alphabetically sorted list of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories 
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
python3-gbulb_0.6.6-1+deb12u1_all.deb
python3-gbulb_0.6.6-1+deb13u1_all.deb
python3-gbulb-0.6.6-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
python3-gbulb-0.6.6-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
python3-gbulb-0.6.6-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
python3-gbulb-0.6.6-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
python3-gbulb_0.6.6-1+jammy1_all.deb
python3-qubesadmin_4.2.15-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesadmin_4.2.15-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesadmin-4.2.15-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
python3-qubesadmin-4.2.15-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
python3-qubesadmin-4.2.15-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
python3-qubesadmin-4.2.15-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
python3-qubesadmin_4.2.15-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
python3-xen-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
python3-xen-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-admin-client_4.2.15-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-admin-client_4.2.15-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-admin-client-4.2.15-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-admin-client-4.2.15-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-admin-client-4.2.15-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-admin-client-4.2.15-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-admin-client_4.2.15-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-4.3.8-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.3.8-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.3.8-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.3.8-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.3.8-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.3.8-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.3.8-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.3.8-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.3.8-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.3.8-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.3.8-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.3.8-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.3.8-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.3.8-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.3.8-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.3.8-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.3.8-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.3.8-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.3.8-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.3.8-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.3.8-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.3.8-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.3.8-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.3.8-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.3.8-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-release-4.3-0.2.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-release-notes-4.3-0.2.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-vm-xen-4.17.5-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
xen-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
xen-devel-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-devel-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
xen-doc-4.17.5-3.fc37.noarch.rpm
xen-doc-4.19.0-4.fc41.noarch.rpm
xen-hypervisor-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-hypervisor-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
xen-libs-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-libs-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
xen-licenses-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-licenses-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm
xen-runtime-4.17.5-3.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-runtime-4.19.0-4.fc41.x86_64.rpm

Highlights

  • Security fix for KDE users

Details

In addition to the usual minor fixes and patches:

  • core-agent-linux v4.3.8 (r4.3)
    . Support for /rw/config/rc.local-early is added. If this file exists and is executable, it will be run before sysinit.target.
    . If ~/QubesIncoming contains empty directories (only up to one level), they will be removed upon qube shutdown. If you wish to keep any of them, leave a file (e.g. .ignore) inside them with some text in it.
    . Support for DNF5 (Fedora 41) based netvms is added for template qvm-template.
    . A fix for “Copy/Move to other qube” operation for filesnames with UTF characters.

  • vmm-xen v4.19.0-4 (r4.3)
    . A patch for xen to support kernel 6.12. Specifically needed for NVIDIA drivers.

  • core-admin-client v4.2.15 (r4.2)
    . Fix for QSB-105

  • linux-gbulb v0.6.6-1 (r4.2 & r4.3)
    . Removing some old unnecessary merged patches.

Epilogue

Fedora 41 is scheduled for release very soon. Most of the work for its support is already done. Fedora 39 will become EOL on Tue 2024-11-26

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