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util-linux-2.2 now available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Mon Mar 6 11:01:52 1995
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 16:00:54 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: util-linux-2.2 now available
Keywords: bugfix release for util-linux-2.1
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Organization: ?
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
[Please note that the latest fdisk is "v2.0a (>2GB)" and the latest cfdisk
is "0.8a BETA (>2GB)". The cannonical versions of both are in this
package, and both should work with disks > 2GB if you have Linux 1.1.46 or
above.]
util-linux-2.2.tar.gz (source distribution)
util-linux-2.2.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution)
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY!
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.2.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER*
installation: there are a few links you must make by hand.
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); 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 1.1, October 9, 1994, 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.
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.2:
1) This is primarily a quick bug-fix release for version 2.1
2) mkfs wrapper added back in, since e2fsprogs only supplies an fsck wrapper
3) selection removed, since someone appears to be maintaining it now. See
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/linux/kernel/patches/console for recent sources.
For the time being, I'm keeping a copy in the historic subdirectory of
util-linux. A "make install" should work find from within that
directory.
4) Note that other floppy utilities are available from:
ftp.imag.fr:pub/Linux/ZLIBC/fdutils/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/sbin/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1:
1) Directory structure rearrange, with configuration support for those who
use shadow passwords and System V init (no support is provided for these
things, but your utilities won't get overwritten if you do a "make
install" after you properly edit MCONFIG).
2) fdisk and cfdisk should work as expected with 2GB+ disk drives
3) As usual, lots of stuff was updated and added, including mount, vipw,
readprofile
4) Some stuff was also deleted, and can now be found elsewhere:
fsck wrapper: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs/e2fsprogs*
pwd, su: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sh-utils*
ed: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ed*
od: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils*
uudecode/uuencode: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sharutils*
bdflush/update: ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v1.1/bdflush*
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Title: util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
Version: 2.2
Entered-date: Sun Feb 26 16:05:47 1995
Description: reboot shutdown simpleinit sln swapoff swapon cal chfn chsh
clear col colcrt colrm column dnsdomainname domainname
dsplit fdformat getopt hexdump hostid hostname ipcrm ipcs
last logger look lpcntl mcookie md5sum mesg namei newgrp
passwd ramsize rdev readprofile renice reset rev rootflags
script selection setfdprm setsid setterm strings swapdev
tsort tunelp ul vidmode wall whereis write chroot
ctrlaltdel frag syslogd update_state vipw zdump zic
Keywords: essential utilities
Author: several
Maintained-by: faith@cs.unc.edu (Rik Faith)
Primary-site: ftp.cs.unc.edu /pub/users/faith/linux
592k util-linux-2.2.tar.gz
571k util-linux-2.2.bin.tar.gz
Alternate-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/utils
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
Platforms: Linux 1.1.9x, GNU tar
Copying-policy: GPL, BSD, others
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