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- Lines: 166
- Date:
Tue Apr 28 22:48:57 1998
- Orig file:
v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Tue Mar 17 22:18:13 1998
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
texinfo so a diff is useless anyway (though I can incorporate one by
hand if you insist upon sending it that way ;-).
- Check out http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Misc/info/LinuxBleed.html for an
+ Check out
+http://www.mindspring.com/~nunez/info/linux/LinuxBleed.html for an
HTML-ized shopping list.
For those of you in Europe,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
Also, don't forget http://www.linuxhq.com/ for all your Linux kernel
needs.
-Last updated: March 16. 1998
+Last updated: April 27, 1998
Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu).
Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@
- Gnu C 2.7.2.3 ; gcc --version
- Binutils 2.8.1.0.1 ; ld -v
- Linux C Library 5.4.44 ; ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
-- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5 ; ldd -v
+- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5 ; ldd --version
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.8 ; ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
- Procps 1.2.5 ; ps --version
-- Procinfo 0.13 ; procinfo -v
+- Procinfo 13 ; procinfo -v
- Mount 2.7l ; mount --version
- Net-tools 1.41 ; hostname -V
- Loadlin 1.6a
-- Sh-utils 1.16 ; expr --v
+- Sh-utils 1.16 ; basename --v
- Autofs 0.3.11 ; automount --version
- NFS 0.4.21 ; showmount --version
- Bash 1.14.7 ; bash -version
@@ -137,7 +138,11 @@
Note that the latest compilers (egcs, pgcc, gcc 2.8) may do Bad
Things while compiling your kernel, particularly if absurd
-optimizations (like -O9) are used. Caveat emptor.
+optimizations (like -O9) are used. Caveat emptor. Currently, the only
+C compiler available in a binary distribution is egcs. Version 1.0.2
+seems okay; if you have to have a binary, you may be successful using
+that. In general, however, gcc-2.7.2.3 is known to be stable, while
+egcs and others have not been as thoroughly tested yet.
Networking Changes
==================
@@ -163,8 +168,14 @@
To run bootpd, you'll need to issue the following command: echo 1
>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_boot_agent
+ Similar procedures are necessary to turn on other features. If
+something appears broken, check the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ directory. "1"
+generally denotes enabled, while "0" generally denotes disabled.
+
For support for new features like IPv6, upgrade to the latest
-net-tools.
+net-tools. This will also fix other problems. For example, the format
+of /proc/net/dev changed; as a result, an older ifconfig will
+incorrectly report errors.
Memory
======
@@ -257,11 +268,11 @@
========
The 2.8.1.0.1 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.1.bin.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.1.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.23.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.23.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.1
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.1
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.23
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.23
Gnu C
=====
@@ -273,13 +284,26 @@
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.3
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.3
+The egcs-1.0.2 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-glibc.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-libc5.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-glibc.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-libc5.x86.tar.gz
+Installation notes:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.2
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.2
+
+Gnu C 2.7.2.3 source:
+ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/gnu/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
+
Linux C Library
===============
The 5.4.44 release:
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
-Installation notes for 5.4.38:
+Installation notes for 5.4.44:
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
@@ -304,21 +328,20 @@
=================
The 2.1.85 release:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/alphabits/modutils/modutils-2.1.85.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/modutils-2.1.85.tar.gz
Procps utilities
================
The 1.2 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.5.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.2.5.tgz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.7.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.2.7.tgz
Procinfo utilities
==================
-The 0.11 release:
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-0.13.tar.gz
+The 13 release:
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-13.tar.gz
RPM utilities
=============
@@ -337,8 +360,7 @@
======
The 0.66.7 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu0.66.7.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/emulators/dosemu0.66.7.tgz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu-0.66.7.tgz
Loadlin
=======
@@ -376,8 +398,9 @@
Net-tools
=========
-The 1.432 release:
-ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/net-tools-1.432.tar.gz
+The 1.45 release:
+ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/net-tools-1.45.tar.gz
+http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-1.45.tar.gz
Ypbind
======
@@ -396,7 +419,6 @@
The 2.1.1 release:
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.1.1.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.1.1.tgz
Pcmcia-cs
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