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- Lines: 93
- Date:
Sun Mar 2 16:34:34 1997
- Orig file:
v2.1.27/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Thu Feb 27 10:57:28 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.27/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/Changes2.html is an
English-language HTML version.
-Last updated: February 11, 1997.
+Last updated: February 27, 1997.
Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
- Kernel modules modutils-2.1.23
- Gnu C 2.7.2.1
- Binutils 2.7.0.3
-- Linux C Library 5.4.17
+- Linux C Library 5.4.23
- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.8.5
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.1
- Procps 1.01
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
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-5.4.17 is the latest public
+the latest 5.4.x you can. Currently, libc-5.4.23 is the latest public
release.
If you upgrade to libc-5.4.x, you also have to upgrade your dynamic
@@ -113,12 +113,6 @@
in some standard tools. Check in /proc/net/rt_local to verify their
presence.
-SysVinit
-========
-
- To avoid an oops while shutting down or rebooting the computer,
-upgrade to SysVinit 2.69.
-
RPM
===
@@ -160,8 +154,6 @@
Modutils: insmod -V
Mount: mount --version
Procps: ps --version
-SysVinit: strings `egrep -li INIT_VERSION=sysvinit- /proc/*/environ | head
--1` | egrep -i INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-
RPM: rpm --version
Sh-utils: expr --v
@@ -191,12 +183,12 @@
Linux C Library
===============
-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
+The 5.4.23 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.23.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.23.bin.tar.gz
+Installation notes for 5.4.23:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.23
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.23
Linux C++ Library
=================
@@ -227,14 +219,7 @@
The 1.01 release:
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.01.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz
-
-SysVinit utilities
-==================
-
-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
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz
RPM utilities
=============
@@ -254,7 +239,7 @@
The 0.64.3.1 release:
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu0.64.3.1.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Emulators/dosemu0.64.3.1.tgz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/emulators/dosemu0.64.3.1.tgz
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