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- Lines: 108
- Date:
Thu Jun 11 22:52:32 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.105/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Sun Jun 7 11:16:25 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.105/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
Also, don't forget http://www.linuxhq.com/ for all your Linux kernel
needs.
-Last updated: May 12, 1998
+Last updated: May 31, 1998
Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu).
Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
- Gnu C 2.7.2.3 ; gcc --version
- Binutils 2.8.1.0.23 ; ld -v
- Linux C Library 5.4.44 ; ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
-- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5 ; ldd --version
+- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.9 ; ldd --version or ldd -v
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.8 ; ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
- Procps 1.2.7 ; ps --version
-- Procinfo 13 ; procinfo -v
+- Procinfo 14 ; procinfo -v
- Mount 2.7l ; mount --version
- Net-tools 1.45 ; hostname -V
- Loadlin 1.6a
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@
of /proc/net/dev changed; as a result, an older ifconfig will
incorrectly report errors.
+ As of 2.1.102, the firewalling code has been replaced with
+firewalling chains. See
+http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html for
+more information. Among other things, you'll now need to use ipchains
+instead of ipfwadm to configure your filters.
+
+ The IP firewalling code has been replaced: ipfwadm will no longer
+work. You need to obtain `ipchains', available from
+http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html
+which includes an ipfwadm wrapper.
+
Memory
======
@@ -209,8 +220,8 @@
RPM
===
- If you run Red Hat Linux or any other distribution that uses RPM, you
-need to upgrade RPM to version 2.2.7 or later.
+ If you run Red Hat Linux or any other distribution that uses RPM,
+you need to upgrade RPM to version 2.2.7 or later.
DOSEMU
======
@@ -344,9 +355,9 @@
Dynamic Linker
==============
-The 1.9.5 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ld.so-1.9.5.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ld.so-1.9.5.tar.gz
+The 1.9.9 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ld.so-1.9.9.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ld.so-1.9.9.tar.gz
Modules utilities
=================
@@ -364,21 +375,21 @@
Procinfo utilities
==================
-The 13 release:
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-13.tar.gz
+The 14 release:
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-14.tar.gz
RPM utilities
=============
The 2.2.7 release for Intel:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.i386.rpm
The 2.2.7 release for Alpha:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/axp/rpm-2.2.7-1.axp.rpm
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/axp/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.axp.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/axp/rpm-2.2.7-1.axp.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/axp/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.axp.rpm
The 2.2.7 release for SPARC:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-2.2.7-1.sparc.rpm
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-4.0/updates/i386/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.sparc.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/sparc/rpm-2.2.7-1.sparc.rpm
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/old-releases/redhat-4.0/updates/sparc/rpm-devel-2.2.7-1.sparc.rpm
DOSEMU
======
@@ -455,6 +466,13 @@
The 2.3.5 release:
ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.3.5.tar.gz
+
+IP Chains
+=========
+
+The 1.3.3 release:
+http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipchains-source-1.3.3.tar.gz
+http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipchains-source-1.3.3.tar.bz2
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