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Re: Dovecot 2.4 with Alpine 3.22 warning: dovecot.conf removed and configuration syntax changed 21 days ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/users

Hi!

Thank you for sharing!

Might even be worth a wiki page. I would appreciate if someone could
help writing it.

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org

Thanks!
-nc

On Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:52:51 +0200
Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:

Alpine Linux 3.22.0 released 25 days ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.22.0, the first in
the v3.22 stable series.

Highlights
----------

* LLVM 20
* Dovecot 2.4
* nginx 1.28
* Node.js 
* Ruby 3.4
* Rust 1.87
* Xen 4.20
* BIRD 3.1

Alpine 3.18.11, 3.19.6, 3.20.5 and 3.21.2 released 5 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

Dear community,

The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate
availability of new stable releases:

- 3.18.11 [1]
- 3.19.6 [2]
- 3.20.5 [3]
- 3.21.2 [4]

These releases include a regression fix for ca-certificates[5].

[1]: https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.18.11
[2]: https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.19.6

Alpine 3.21.1 released 5 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

Dear community,

We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.1, a maintenance
release of the 3.21 series. This release includes various bug fixes and
security updates. It also introduces a U-Boot release tarball for riscv64 and
StarFive VisionFive2 boards.

The full lists of changes can be found in the git log[1].

[1]: https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.21.1

Git Shortlog
------------
Adam Jensen (1):

Alpine 3.18.10, 3.19.5 and 3.20.4 released 5 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

Dear community,

The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate
availability of new stable releases:

- [3.18.10](https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.18.10)
- [3.19.5](https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.19.5)
- [3.20.4](https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.20.4)

Those releases contains various security fixes including a fix for OpenSSL
[CVE-2024-9143](https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-9143).

Re: ip token set command ? 5 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/users

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:29:42 +0100
Jerome Marc <marcjero@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to set a token (static suffix) for an IPv6 address.
> I use dhcpv6 with a static address at the moment but I want to simplify
> things and remove dhcpv6.
> 
> The ip token cli doesn't seem to be supported in Alpine. Is there any
> additional package I may install to get this feature ?
> 
> Thank you.

Alpine 3.21.0 released 6 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.0, the first in
the v3.21 stable series.

Highlights
----------

* Linux kernel [6.12](https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.12)
* GCC [14](https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-14/changes.html)
* LLVM [19](https://releases.llvm.org/19.1.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html)
* Node.js (lts) [22.11](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v22.11.0)
* Rust [1.83](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/11/28/Rust-1.83.0.html)
* Crystal [1.14](https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/releases/tag/1.14.0)
* GNOME [47](https://release.gnome.org/47/)
* Go [1.23](https://go.dev/blog/go1.23)

Re: nic hotplug ip renewal 7 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/users

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:59:14 +0100
daggs <daggs@gmx.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I have this interface file:
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> allow-hotplug vnet0
> iface vnet0 inet dhcp
> 
> when vnet0 get visible, there is no ip assignment, so I wrote a script that tries to run ifup on the adapter and when it success, it bails out.
> thing is, after the lease time is over (~10 hours of lease), the nic looses the ip, how can I configure the lease to be renewed when needed?

Alpine 3.17.10, 3.18.9, 3.19.4, 3.20.3 released 9 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/announce

The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate
availability of new stable releases:

- 3.17.10 - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.17.10
- 3.18.9 - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.18.9
- 3.19.4 - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.19.4
- 3.20.3 - https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/log/?h=v3.20.3

Those releases contains various security fixes including a fix for OpenSSL
CVE-2024-6119 (https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-6119).

Re: Alpine Linux on UFS Drive 9 months ago

From Natanael Copa to ~alpine/users

On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:37:39 -0400
Evan J <ev5unleash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I hope all is well!
> 
> I've spun up a VM of Alpine Linux and so far I'm loving it! It's a breath
> of fresh air to run a slim flavour of Linux!
> 
> That being said, I'm trying to install it onto a Minisforum S100 to act as
> a small server. However, I'm running into issues with the UFS storage on
> this device. The install will work fine, however, the server will fail to
> mount the root partition and fail into the emergency shell. I have