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Athena 8.3 early test
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Mon Jun 14 19:03:41 1999
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:03:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199906142303.TAA27479@lola-granola.mit.edu>
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: alexp@MIT.EDU, athena-rcc@MIT.EDU, zacheiss@MIT.EDU, bperrin@MIT.EDU,
cavan@MIT.EDU, davidh@MIT.EDU, foley@MIT.EDU, hli@MIT.EDU,
iggy@MIT.EDU, jmhunt@MIT.EDU, karen@MIT.EDU, katiel@MIT.EDU,
kcr@MIT.EDU, larugsi@MIT.EDU, lavin@MIT.EDU, lisanti@MIT.EDU,
mbwall@MIT.EDU, mjv@MIT.EDU, nschmidt@MIT.EDU, pbh@MIT.EDU,
pgalt@MIT.EDU, phils@MIT.EDU, rar@MIT.EDU, release-team@MIT.EDU,
salemme@MIT.EDU, sipb-staff@MIT.EDU, ted@MIT.EDU, yak@MIT.EDU
The Athena 8.3 early test phase begins tonight for both platforms.
Because we didn't get this notification out a week ago, your machines
won't automatically update to early release for one week. But we
expect to flip the switch in one week so that they will update
automatically. We'll send out reminder mail the day before that
happens.
This release continues to use Solaris 2.6, and contains an upgrade to
IRIX 6.5 for both kinds of SGIs. Some new things in the Athena
software in this release:
* An update of our default mail software from MH to nmh. As
part of this update, we now have support for displaying MIME
attachments in mail messages.
* A bunch of upgrades to externally maintained software, such
as emacs, tex, and BIND.
* A fancy new supported screensaver program, installed as xss.
* Support for bash as an alternative shell.
* A new printing system, LPRng.
And, of course, a lot of small changes and bug fixes. See the 8.3
release notes under "help" for details.
If you wish to take the early release manually (you'll have to wait
until after tonight's Hesiod update before this will work), do a
console login as root (type Control-p at the xlogin window and log in
as root using the text login display) and run:
FOR SOLARIS MACHINES:
detach -O -a
attach -O athena-sun4sys-83
/srvd/update_ws
# Watch, or go do something else for five minutes or so.
shutdown -y -i6 -g0
FOR IRIX MACHINES:
detach -O -a
attach -O athena-sgisys-83
/srvd/update_ws
# Watch, or go do something else for five hours or so.
We expect the early release to be more or less complete, and it should
not noticeably interfere with your work. If you notice any bugs,
please report them to bugs@mit.edu. Please send any other feedback to
release-team@mit.edu
Here is a list of early machines and their contacts, sorted by contact
address:
Machine name Contact
------------ -------
dit alexp
djali athena-rcc,zacheiss
mushu athena-rcc,zacheiss
the-brave-little-toaster athena-rcc,zacheiss
interstitial-spaces bperrin
cav cavan
athanasius davidh
vice-grips foley
condorcet hli
hume hli
kant hli
imagineer iggy
b52 jmhunt
lees2 karen
wimsey katiel
dry-cooked-sliced-beef kcr
suan-la-chow-show kcr
killer larugsi
tombo lavin
kindness lisanti
donald mbwall
duck mbwall
muehlburger-tor mjv
mozart nschmidt
finn pbh
vanityfair pgalt
aalto phils
depot phils
mansard phils
mies phils
pelli phils
rar rar
m33-222-10 release-team
m37-312-21 release-team
m37-312-22 release-team
m37-312-23 release-team
m37-312-24 release-team
m37-312-25 release-team
m37-312-26 release-team
m37-312-27 release-team
m37-312-28 release-team
m37-312-29 release-team
m37-312-31 release-team
m37-312-32 release-team
m37-312-33 release-team
m37-312-34 release-team
m37-312-35 release-team
m37-312-36 release-team
m37-312-37 release-team
m37-312-38 release-team
m37-312-39 release-team
m37-312-40 release-team
test-sgi release-team
test-sparc4 release-team
test-sun2 release-team
w20-575-1 release-team
vegematic salemme
mary-kay-commandos sipb-staff
chaos ted
order ted
potato yak
