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- Date:
Wed Jun 5 17:47:00 1996
- Orig file:
pre2.0.12/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Wed Jun 5 10:41:27 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file pre2.0.12/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
Taylor. Check out http://www.cviog.uga.edu/LinuxBleed.html if you
prefer a HTML-ized shopping list.
-Last updated: June 1, 1996.
+Last updated: June 5, 1996.
Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
Current Releases
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- Termcap 2.0.8
- Procps 0.99a
- Gpm 1.09
-- sysvinit 2.62
+- SysVinit 2.62
- Util-linux 2.5
Upgrade notes
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo, changing the line `route add
-net $(IPADDR)' to `route add -net 127.0.0.0' and you should be fine.
+Booting Changes
+===============
+
+ The boot stuff in 1.3.x (for arch/i386) has been enhanced so that it
+now can load bigger kernels (bzImage) and that the loaders now can load
+an initial ramdisk (initrd). For initrd see Documentation/initrd.txt.
+For building bigger kernels use one of the following make targets:
+bzImage, bzlilo, bzdisk (equivalent to make targets zImage, zlilo, and
+zdisk respectively). If you want or need to use the new features
+you'll need to upgrade your bootloaders. Lilo can be found at
+ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.19.tar.gz. LOADLIN is at
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lodlin16.tgz. If
+you're using more unusual loaders like SysLinux or etherboot, the
+latest versions are 1.3 and 2.0, respectively.
+
The Linux C Library
===================
@@ -154,8 +169,8 @@
latest stable release is 2.2.0f and is available at
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz.
-Named pipes
-===========
+Named pipes (SysVinit)
+======================
Linux's handling of named pipes changed (it now does it The Right Way
instead of the SunOS way ;-). This broke some programs that depended
@@ -164,9 +179,7 @@
your computer shuts down fine but "INIT: error reading initrequest" or
words to that effect scroll across your screen hundreds of times. To
fix, upgrade to
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/software/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz.
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/debian/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz.
If you're trying to run NCSA httpd, you have to set pre-spawning of
daemons to zero, as it incorrectly assumes SunOS behavior. I recommend
@@ -187,6 +200,17 @@
changing them to read-write) will fix any program that is broken
because of this change.
+File Locking (Sendmail)
+=======================
+
+ As of pre2.0.6 (aka 1.99.6), mixed-style file locking is no longer
+allowed. For example, a file cannot be simultaneously locked with
+`flock' (BSD-style) and `lockf' (SYSV-style). Among the programs this
+has impacted are older sendmails. If you get a message that sendmail
+cannot lock aliases.dir (or other files), you'll need to upgrade to at
+least 8.7.x. The latest sendmail is at
+ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/src/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.5.tar.gz.
+
Uugetty
=======
@@ -299,7 +323,7 @@
====
If tcsh acts funny, get the source from
-ftp://tesla.ee.cornell.edu/pub/tcsh and add #define SYSMALLOC in
+ftp://anise.ee.cornell.edu/pub/tcsh and add #define SYSMALLOC in
config_f.h before recompiling tcsh. Binaries can be found in
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Shells/ and a corrected one will
probably wind up there eventually.
@@ -351,6 +375,20 @@
/usr/include/mntent.h. I've uploaded this to sunsite as
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Admin/quotas-1.51-tar.gz
+Process Accounting
+==================
+
+ Process accounting support has also been integrated into the new
+kernels. To use this feature, you'll need to get
+ftp://iguana.hut.fi/pub/linux/Kernel/process_accounting/acct_1.3.73.tar.gz.
+
+Bdflush
+=======
+
+ Bdflush has also been integrated into the new kernels, so those of
+you using it on older systems no longer need to hunt for the patches to
+implement it once you upgrade to 1.3.x.
+
APM support
===========
@@ -368,7 +406,9 @@
For a version of Dosemu that works (well, at least as well as DOS
ever works ;-), get
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.63.1.8.tgz.
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.63.1.19.tgz.
+Be sure to follow the instructions in README.newkernels about patching
+your include files, or it will not compile.
Mtools and Fdutils
==================
@@ -500,7 +540,7 @@
SysVinit utilities
==================
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.60.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
Util-linux
==========
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, slshen@lbl.gov
with Sam's (original) version of this