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util-linux 2.5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Tue Oct 24 01:21:26 1995
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 00:07:40 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
Reply-To: linux-announce-owner@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: util-linux 2.5
Keywords: utilities for Linux; mount; simpleinit; agetty; non-shadow login, &c.
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util-linux-2.5.tar.gz (source distribution only)
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are
system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere
(e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap, cfdisk, fdisk); others are BSD ports of
common utilities that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g.,
col); others are non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g.,
simpleinit, agetty, login, passwd).
The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux
Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.2, March 28, 1995, with *NO*
exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*.
Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate
this.
This product includes software developed by the University of
California, Berkeley and its contributors.
IN THE FUTURE, SEND UPDATES AND PATCHES TO: util-linux@math.uio.no
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.5:
0) Nicolai Langfeldt is taking over maintenance of util-linux, with the
help of a few others (Michael K. Johnson, Andries Brouwer, and Rik
Faith).
PLEASE SEND PATCHES AND UPDATES TO: util-linux@math.uio.no
1) The following packages have been removed. Please use the up-to-date,
canonical versions of these packages from the listed places:
timezone support (/usr/lib/zoneinfo, libz.a, zic, zdump):
elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzcode95d.tar.gz
elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzdata95h.tar.gz
MAKEDEV-C:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-C-1.5.tar.gz
MAKEDEV:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-2.2.tar.gz
md5sum:
prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils-1.3.tar.gz
[The GNU version is now compatible with the Plumb/Lankester
version.]
ksymoops:
Now bundled with the kernel in linux/scripts.
2) update_state has been removed
3) fdisk now supports NetBSD disklabels courtesy of Bernhard Fastenrath
<fasten@athene.informatik.uni-bonn.de> (and > 8GB disks, courtesy of
Andries Brouwer)
4) mount improved -- many patches from Andries Brouwer for greatly improved
error reporting
5) ddate, chkdupexe, and other programs have been improved and bug fixed
6) util-linux is now a source-only distribution
7) mcookie generates better random numbers and will use /dev/random or
/dev/audio if available
8) chfn, chsh, passwd, and vipw have been updated with security patches
from Zefram <A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>. Now, they all use the same
locking, and several security holes have been patched. Further, chsh
and chfn can be configured at compile time to require a password before
updates and chsh can be configured to only use shells from /etc/shells.
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Title: util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
Version: 2.5
Entered-date: Thu Oct 12 15:20:00 1995
Description: agetty arch cal cat cfdisk chfn chkdupexe chroot chsh clear
clock col colcrt colrm column ctrlaltdel cytune ddate dmesg
dnsdomainname domainname dsplit fastboot fasthalt fdformat
fdisk fsck.minix getopt halt hexdump hostid hostname ipcrm
ipcs kbdrate kill last logger login look mcookie mesg mkfs
mkfs.minix mkswap more mount namei passwd ramsize rdev
readprofile reboot renice reset rev rootflags script
setfdprm setserial setsid setterm shutdown simpleinit sln
strings swapdev swapoff swapon sync syslogd tsort tunelp ul
umount vidmode vipw wall whereis write
Keywords: essential utilities
Author: several
Maintained-by: Nicolai Langfeldt <util-linux@math.uio.no>
Primary-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/utils
487k util-linux-2.5.tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
Platforms: Linux 1.2.x/1.3.x
Copying-policy: GPL, BSD, others
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