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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.15/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 generated by texinfo so a diff is useless anyway (though I can
 incorporate one by hand if you insist upon sending it that way ;-).
 
-Last updated: December 3, 1996.
+Last updated: December 13, 1996.
 Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
 
 Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
 - Kernel modules	 2.1.13
 - Gnu C 		 2.7.2.1
 - Binutils		 2.7.0.3
-- Linux C Library	 5.4.13
+- Linux C Library	 5.4.17
 - Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.8.5
 - Linux C++ Library	 2.7.2.1
 - Procps		 1.01
-- SysVinit		 2.64
-- Util-linux		 2.5
+- SysVinit		 2.69
+- Sysklogd               1.3-3
 - Mount                  2.5p
 - Net-tools              1.32-alpha
 - Kbd                    0.91
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
    For modules to work, you need to be running libc-5.4.x or greater.
 Since updates to libc fix other problems as well (security flaws, for
 example) and since 5.4.7 is missing a few needed symbols, try to get
-the latest 5.4.x you can.  Currently, libc-5.4.13 is the latest public
+the latest 5.4.x you can.  Currently, libc-5.4.17 is the latest public
 release.
 
    If you upgrade to libc-5.4.x, you also have to upgrade your dynamic
@@ -86,6 +86,29 @@
 system, you don't have to upgrade just so the kernel will work (though
 feel free to upgrade if you want the gcc bug fixes).
 
+Networking Changes
+==================
+
+   The network code now assumes less about your setup, which can cause
+routing problems due to init scripts expecting the old behavior.
+
+   Lines like:
+
+   `/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0'
+
+   need to be changed to something like:
+
+   `/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask
+255.0.0.0 dev lo'
+
+   for routing to be set up correctly.
+
+SysVinit
+========
+
+   To avoid an oops while shutting down or rebooting the computer,
+upgrade to SysVinit 2.69.
+
 How to know the version of the installed programs
 *************************************************
 
@@ -128,11 +151,11 @@
 Linux C Library
 ===============
 
-The 5.4.13 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.13.bin.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.13.bin.tar.gz
-Installation notes for 5.4.13:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.1
+The 5.4.17 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.17.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.17.bin.tar.gz
+Installation notes for 5.4.17:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.17
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.13
 
 Linux C++ Library
@@ -169,9 +192,9 @@
 SysVinit utilities
 ==================
 
-The 2.64 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/sysvinit-2.64.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.64.tar.gz
+The 2.69 release (when it gets there):
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/sysvinit-2.69.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.69.tar.gz
 
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