[3386] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Athena 9.1 public release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Cavin)
Mon Jul 8 21:32:25 2002
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:32:19 -0400
From: Tom Cavin <cavin@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@mit.edu
CC: Tom Cavin <cavin@mit.edu>
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Hi Greg,
One of the big changes that I was expecting in the next release is the
switch to OpenAFS and the ability to set up local AFS cells. Is that in
this 9.1 release? Or has this been delayed?
Thanks,
--Tom
Greg Hudson writes:
> The Athena 9.1 public release is currently scheduled for the evening
> of next Monday, July 15. Machines set AUTOUPDATE=true should take the
> update to 9.1 automatically.
>
> To manually update an AUTOUPDATE=false machine to the 9.1 release, do
> a console login (^P at the xlogin prompt) as root and run:
>
> SOLARIS:
> detach -a
> attach -O athena-sun4sys-91
> update_ws
>
> IRIX:
> detach -a
> attach -O athena-sgisys-91
> update_ws
>
> LINUX:
> update_ws 9.1
>
> Release notes are available through the "help" command. The biggest
> change is the switch from xmh to Evolution for the default GUI mail
> client, and from nmh to Pine for the recommended tty mail client. The
> old mail clients are still present and supported, of course.
>
> Please report any problems you see using the "sendbug" command. If
> you have any questions or comments, please send them to
> release-team@mit.edu.
--
Tom Cavin Phone: (617) 258 - 7806
Computer Operations Manager Email: cavin@mit.edu
MIT - Whitaker College Computer Facility or tec@ai.mit.edu
