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- Date:
Thu Jun 6 17:44:17 1996
- Orig file:
pre2.0.13/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Thu Jun 6 17:42:31 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file pre2.0.13/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 5, 1996.
+Last updated: June 6, 1996.
Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
Current Releases
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- PPP daemon Stable: 2.2.0f
- Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.7.14
- GNU CC 2.7.2
-- Binutils 2.6.0.12
+- Binutils 2.6.0.14
- Linux C Library Stable: 5.2.18, Beta: 5.3.12
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.1.4
- Termcap 2.0.8
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@
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.
+`flock' and `fcntl'. See Documentation/locks.txt for all the gory
+details. 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
=======
@@ -262,36 +262,45 @@
There also exists a possibility to match on device names and/or
device addresses, so that only packets coming in/going out via that
-device (network interface) match with a rule.
-
- You'll need to get ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm.
-Use ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz if your kernel is 1.3.66 or later.
+device (network interface) match with a rule. You'll need to get
+ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz to
+use this.
IP Firewalls
============
The IP firewall code has been changed drastically during 1.3.x.
There are now 3 categories of firewall rules: one for incoming packets,
-one for outgoing packets, and one for packets being forwarded.
-
- There also exists a possibility to match on device names and/or
-device addresses, so that only packets coming in/going out via that
-device (network interface) match with a rule. This is especially
-useful to prevent spoofing.
-
- You'll need to get ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm.
-Use ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz if your kernel is 1.3.66 or later.
+one for outgoing packets, and one for packets being forwarded. There
+also exists a possibility to match on device names and/or device
+addresses, so that only packets coming in/going out via that device
+(network interface) match with a rule. This is especially useful to
+prevent spoofing. You'll need to get
+ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz to use this.
IP Masquerading
===============
- IP masquerading is now part of the standard kernel. Note that you
-always need to load separate modules (ip_masq_ftp.o and/or ip_masq_irc.o)
-if you are going to use FTP or IRC in combination with masquerading.
-Use "make modules" to generated them.
+ IP masquerading is now part of the standard kernel. However, you
+always need to load separate modules (ip_masq_ftp.o and/or
+ip_masq_irc.o) if you are going to use FTP or IRC in combination with
+masquerading. You'll need to get
+ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz to use this.
+
+ISDN support
+============
+
+ The new kernels support ISDN. You'll need ISDN utils available from
+ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/isdn4k-utils-1.3.97.tar.gz to try
+this.
+
+Term is broken
+==============
- You'll need to get ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm.
-Use ipfwadm-2.1.tar.gz if your kernel is 1.3.66 or later.
+ Term (a comm line multiplexer similar in purpose to slirp) does not
+work with kernels later than 1.3.60. Since the author of term is
+apparently currently on vacation, there is no fix forthcoming. I
+suggest that those of you who rely on term learn to use slirp.
Networking
==========
@@ -428,22 +437,6 @@
In the future, fdformat might disappear entirely, so get used to
using superformat instead.
-Please send info about any other packages that 1.3.x "broke" or about
-any new features of 1.3.x that require extra or new packages for use to
-Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu). I generate this from a
-modified texinfo setup, so you don't need to bother generating a diff
-against the current version before you send the additional information
-to me.
-
-nfsd daemon doesn't work anymore
-================================
- The Red Hat distributions 2.x, 3.x and Caldera 1.0 have a bug where
-they do "route add -net 127.0.0.1" at startup. That is wrong. The
-correct command is "route add -net 127.0.0.0".
-
-Workaround: Change in "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo" the
-"route add -net ${IPADDR}" into "route add -net 127.0.0.0".
-
How to know the version of the installed programs
*************************************************
@@ -466,9 +459,9 @@
Binutils
========
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.6.0.12.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.6.0.12
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.6.0.14
GNU CC
======
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