8 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/Makefile b/perl-install/install/Makefile
index 273cd934b..69b46e7be 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/Makefile
+++ b/perl-install/install/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ install_pms:
 get_needed_files: xs
 # generate installer system:
 	mkdir -p $(DEST)/{usr/,}{,s}bin
+	mkdir -p $(DEST)/etc
 	for dir in /lib /lib64; do [[ -d $$dir ]] && mkdir -p $(DEST){,/usr}$$dir; done || :
 	/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30convertfs/convertfs.sh $(DEST)
 	REP4PMS=$(REP4PMS) ../../tools/install-xml-file-list share/list.xml $(DEST)
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index e6d4095d6..0685b4ac5 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Version 18.70 - 29 November 2025
+
+- use POSIX::setlocale() instead of c::setlocale() to ensure Locale::gettext
+  uses any locale changes we make (mga#34656)
+- use task-plasma-minimal instead of task-plasma5-minimal
+- use mutter with X11 backend
+- Create /etc while creating installer system
+- Adapt to latest gdk-pixbuf changes and use glycin to load images
+- fix bugs in any::sessions() (mga#33738)
+
+Version 18.69 - 07 June 2025
+- Updated translations
 - bytes_heavy.pl was merged into bytes.pm
 - Agafari-16 console font support was dropped from kbd
 - fix glob for svg pixbuf loader
diff --git a/perl-install/install/gtk.pm b/perl-install/install/gtk.pm
index f878e42d9..a6aad8516 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/gtk.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/gtk.pm
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ q(<fontconfig>
     }
 
     Gtk3->init;
-    c::init_setlocale();
+    common::init_setlocale();
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA5-big.png b/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA-big.png
index c1096bdf4..c1096bdf4 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA5-big.png
+++ b/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA-big.png
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA5.png b/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA.png
index 249c164e2..249c164e2 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA5.png
+++ b/perl-install/install/pixmaps/desktop-PLASMA.png
diff --git a/perl-install/install/share/list.xml b/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
index f8e12414a..3c1100d34 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
+++ b/perl-install/install/share/list.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
   <!-- needed by WebKit-4.1.typelib -->
   webkit2gtk-4.1/WebKitNetworkProcess
   webkit2gtk-4.1/WebKitWebProcess
+  <!-- glycin-loaders -->
+  glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-image-rs
+  glycin-loaders/2+/glycin-svg
   <from expand="glob">
    libinput/libinput-*
   </from>
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@
 <from dir="/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas">
   <from expand="glob">
     gschema*
+    org.gnome.desktop.*
   </from>
 </from>
 
@@ -252,6 +256,11 @@
   <!-- needed by dmraid -->
   libdmraid-events-isw.so
 
+  <!-- mutter -->
+  <from expand="glob">
+  mutter-*/plugins/libdefault.so
+  </from>
+
   <!-- needed fro Gtk3-WebKit2 -->
  <from expand="glob">
     libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so.?
@@ -300,6 +309,10 @@
   /usr/lib/rpm/mageia/macros
   /usr/lib/rpm/macros
 
+  <!-- glycin-loaders -->
+  /usr/share/glycin-loaders/2+/conf.d/glycin-image-rs.conf
+  /usr/share/glycin-loaders/2+/conf.d/glycin-svg.conf
+
   /usr/share/pci.ids
   /usr/share/usb.ids
   /usr/share/locale/UTF-8
@@ -416,8 +429,6 @@
   </if>
 
   <from expand="glob">
-    /usr/LIB/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/*/loaders.cache
-    /usr/LIB/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/*/loaders/libpixbufloader?svg.so
     /etc/brltty/*/*.ttb
     /etc/brltty/*/*/*.txt
     /LIB/brltty/libbrlttyb??.so
diff --git a/perl-install/install/steps_gtk.pm b/perl-install/install/steps_gtk.pm
index beee19acd..a9ef359be 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/steps_gtk.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/steps_gtk.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ sub new($$) {
         run_program::raw({ detach => 1 }, 'spice-vdagent', '>', '/dev/null', '2>', '/dev/null');
     }
     any::disable_x_screensaver();
-    run_program::raw({ detach => 1 }, 'mutter');
+    run_program::raw({ detach => 1 }, 'mutter', '--x11');
     install::gtk::init_gtk($o);
     install::gtk::init_sizes($o);
     install::gtk::install_theme($o);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ sub leavingStep {
 
 sub charsetChanged {
     my ($o) = @_;
-    c::init_setlocale();
+    common::init_setlocale();
     install::gtk::load_font($o);
     install::gtk::create_steps_window($o);
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
index 4dc48acef..55985e01a 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/steps_interactive.pm
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ sub choosePackages {
     my ($individual, $chooseGroups);
 
     if (!$o->{isUpgrade}) {
-	my $tasks_ok = install::pkgs::packageByName($o->{packages}, 'task-plasma5-minimal') &&
+	my $tasks_ok = install::pkgs::packageByName($o->{packages}, 'task-plasma-minimal') &&
 	               install::pkgs::packageByName($o->{packages}, 'task-gnome-minimal');
 	if ($tasks_ok && $availableC >= 2_500_000_000) { 
 	    _chooseDesktop($o, $o->{rpmsrate_flags_chosen}, \$chooseGroups);
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ sub _chooseDesktop {
     my ($o, $rpmsrate_flags_chosen, $chooseGroups) = @_;
 
     my @l = group_by2(
-	PLASMA5 => N("Plasma"),
+	PLASMA => N("Plasma"),
 	GNOME  => N("GNOME"),
 	Custom => N("Custom"),
     );
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ sub _chooseDesktop {
     }
     my $desktop = $choice->[0];
     log::l("chosen Desktop: $desktop");
-    my @desktops = ('PLASMA5', 'GNOME');
+    my @desktops = ('PLASMA', 'GNOME');
     if (member($desktop, @desktops)) {
 	my ($want, $dontwant) = ($desktop, grep { $desktop ne $_ } @desktops);
 	$rpmsrate_flags_chosen->{"CAT_$want"} = 1;