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Linux-Announce Digest #640
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Mon Nov 1 18:04:16 1999
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Linux-Announce Digest #640, Volume #3 Mon, 1 Nov 99 17:13:21 EST
Contents:
Cyrus imapd 1.6.19 released (Lawrence Greenfield)
ls-lR Efficient FTP mirrors (Ian Maclaine-cross)
COMMERCIAL: Client CIFS Version 0.2 for Linux 2.2.x ("CIFS")
COMMERCIAL: Best Linux T-1 beta program (Esko Wessman)
OpenVerse Visual Chat 0.7-1 (Cruise)
COMMERCIAL: XEBOT v0.5.00 (beta) Rapid Visual Application builder and multiplatform execution environment (Sergio Masci)
Linpopup - Linux port of winpopup (LittleIgloo)
COMMERCIAL: November issue of Linux Magazine available (Robert McMillan)
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From: Lawrence Greenfield <leg+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Cyrus imapd 1.6.19 released
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:50:00 GMT
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Hello,
I'm happy to annnounce the release of Cyrus imapd 1.6.19. This
release is mainly a maintaince release; it contains many bugfixes to
1.6.16 and upgrading is highly encouraged.
The Cyrus IMAP server is a high performance, enterprise mail server
intended to run on a sealed server. It includes support for strong
authentication, mail filtering, and of course the IMAP and POP
protocols.
Download Cyrus imapd at:
ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-imapd-1.6.19.tar.gz
Our web is at:
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
Please report all bugs to cyrus-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu. Subscribe to
info-cyrus, the Cyrus mailing list, at
info-cyrus-request@andrew.cmu.edu
Happy IMAPing,
Larry Greenfield
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From: ian@ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au (Ian Maclaine-cross)
Subject: ls-lR Efficient FTP mirrors
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:03:50 GMT
Reply-To: ian@ilm.mech.unsw.edu
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ls-lR Efficient FTP Mirrors
Using mkls-lR and getls-lR
THE PROBLEM
FTP servers like ftp.debian.org and ftp.tex.ac.uk have gigabyte
directory trees which change slowly. Crude daily mirroring by FTP
clients with programs or scripts like Lee McLoughlin's `mirror'
transfers uncompressed directory listings often several times larger
than new file transfer. The daily index files are even larger than the
listings. These files sizes in bytes for Sunday 22nd February 1998
were:
Archive Name CTAN Debian
Site ftp.tex.ac.uk ftp.debian.org
Directory /tex-archive /pub/debian
Full directory file, ls-lR 4617180 1476263
Daily index files in tree 11933231 4385284
New data files on day 1168164 61087257
This day was typical and Debian's stable `bo' distribution had no new
files. A crude mirror of bo would have downloaded 5 MB and no new
files!
A SOLUTION
FTP servers can run my GNU/bash script, mkls-lR, at a fixed time
once a day to make the files, ls-lR.gz, ls-lR.patch.gz and
ls-lR.times. mkls-lR can exclude index files from the ls-lR listing
file it produces. An example of such files is at URL:
ftp://ctan.unsw.edu.au/tex-archive/
FTP mirrors can run one of the versions of my script, getls-lR,
once or more times a day to download the 20 byte ls-lR.times and
decide whether to download nothing or ls-lR.patch.gz or ls-lR.gz. Lee
McLoughlin's mirror 2.9 can be patched to do this without getls-lR.
The Debian "mirror" package by Dirk Eddelbuettel has been able to do
this since version 2.8-15 but is nicer after 2.9-9.
WHERE TO GET THE SOFTWARE
If you use Debian 2.0 or later install the mirror package.
For all other Linux systems download one of the 21kB URLs:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/file-transfer/mirrorls.tar.gz
ftp://ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au/pub/archive/linux/mirror/mirrorls.tar.gz
HOW TO MAKE IT WORK
Unpack mirrorls.tar.gz and read the file README.ls-lR. The
manpages mkls-lR.8 and getls-lR.1 are also helpful.
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Ian Maclaine-cross (i.maclaine-cross@unsw.edu.au)
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From: "CIFS" <cifs@eircom.net>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Client CIFS Version 0.2 for Linux 2.2.x
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:04:50 GMT
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Announcing the Beta of cifs 0.2 a CIFS client for Linux which
supports full username/permission access, including ACLs, Symbolic
Links etc.
New to this version is support for acledit.
This version was originally written for AIX 3.5 and ported to Linux
2.2.0 - 2.2.12.
The beta at http://www.linuxstart.com/~cifs or
http://free.prohosting.com/~cifs
is a time limited version (about 6 months).
This may become a commercial product for multiple Unix OSes in the
future.
- - Carl Frederick
cifs@eircom.net
P.S: I have not had ANY feedback about this product. I am assuming that it
just works and absolutely no one is having problems. :-)
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From: Esko Wessman <ew@sot.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Best Linux T-1 beta program
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:01:09 GMT
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It's time for Linux Halloween, the Best Linux T-1 beta program is
unveiled! This beta version and all subsequent versions will be
available in English and other languages. You can participate in beta
testing and receive a Best Linux T-1 CD-ROM by mail free of charge. Just
fill in the Beta Tester Registration form and that's it. Testing will
start in December 1999 and last for approximately 1 month. A
ready-to-burn iso image of the T-1 CD-ROM will be available on our FTP
server and mirror sites.
Registration form:
http://www.bestlinux.net/t-1/index.shtml
More information available:
http://www.bestlinux.net/en/
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SOT Oy Suomen Ohjelmistotyö Ab - tel. (03) 316 5544
Hermiankatu 8 E, 33720 TAMPERE - fax. (03) 316 5959
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From: Cruise <cruise@drunkenbastards.org>
Subject: OpenVerse Visual Chat 0.7-1
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:59:20 GMT
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OpenVerse 0.7-1 Visual Chat Program
Hello,
This is the latest update for OpenVerse visual chat.. Many changes! If you
have not updated in a while, this version is a must see! It is much more
stable, has LOADS of new features and is nearly bug-free!
RedHat RPMS and other forms of packages can be downloaded from the website
at http://openverse.org/
The OpenVerse is a visual chat program written in Tcl/Tk. The program
connects to any OpenVerse server (server and client code included).
The OpenVerse is similar to other graphical chat systems like The Palace
and Microsoft Chat with the main difference being that it is much more
OPEN and also runs on a variety of systems including Windows, *nix (Yes
Linux too), Macintosh OS/2 you name it! Anything which Tcl/Tk is available
for should run OpenVerse just fine!
Cruise - Enjoy!
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From: sergio@titan.demon.co.uk (Sergio Masci)
Subject: COMMERCIAL: XEBOT v0.5.00 (beta) Rapid Visual Application builder and multiplatform execution environment
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:02:11 GMT
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XEBOT v0.5.0
Lisence type: commercial but free evaluation version available for download
Description
Visual application builder and multiplatform execution environment
Changes since v0.4.02
Added a new interactive debug mode which allows a developer to set break
points, single step XPE source code, view the object context ('this'),
watch variables, manually modify variables (while the code is being
traced), view the execution path to the current break point, and easily
navigate functions and methods in the execution path.
the SVGALIB version is now also available from the same site.
Features
* Extremely powerful visual editing interface that allows easy editing
across files using multiple overlapping windows. The graphics objects
drawn and edited using the interface have built in intelligence and react
to the mouse and each other so as to maximize user productivity and
reduce tedious repetitive setup sequences (see the IPAD sub app
features for more information on the visual edit capabilities available to
the developer).
* The self contained execution environment of the multiplatform
IPAD-Pro core which allows apps built using XEBOT to:
o run directly on systems without GUI support (e.g. MSDOS or
DRDOS)
o replace the native GUI where it is considered bloated or
unpredictable.
o run on all supported platforms without the usual porting
overheads. This lets the developer design the app once and use it
through the same interface on many platforms.
* Fast prototyping of partial designs allows icremental interactive
development of complex specifications between developers and users,
and greatly accelerates time to market.
o The underlying IPAD-Pro core manages many form and dialog
functions which other GUIs normally require the app take
responsibility for.
o The drag and drop capability of the XEBOT interface lets forms
and dialogs be quickly built from templates.
o The control property editor and code editor of the XEBOT
interface lets forms and dialogs be quickly and easily tailored.
o The concise coding model allows functionality to be quickly and
easily added to controls.
* App development and maintenance is greatly simplified by:
o The ability to directly add concise code to controls on a form or
dialog which does not need to intercept and decode GUI event
messages.
o The ability to directly set or inspect context variables belonging to
controls (including forms and dialogs).
o The ability of controls on a form or dialog to directly interact with
each other and the user in response to events without the need to
build and send special messages between the communicating
components.
o The sophisticated API which allows complex data gathering,
validation and mapping between the IPAD-Pro core and the visual
components of the app (such as buttons, text entry fields, check
boxes etc.) There is no need to provide hundreds of API defined
functions and buffers just to collect data and perform validation
from myriad's of points within the code.
o Code module support allowing components to encapsulate data
and functionality.
* Supports hot swap dynamic linking of externally compiled modules
allowing in situ upgrades. This is of particular value when the app is part
of a monitoring or control process since there is no need to reboot the
system or restart the IPAD-Pro core.
* External code (code written in C, C++ and assembler which is linked in
at run time) can access form or dialog controls simply by name if
required, with no need for the external code to be given a list of specific
control IDs by the app or for it to manage such a list (e.g. when
reporting errors the external code can simply ask for the ID of the
message box with the name "error_messages" and write to it). This also
applies to code belonging to other controls or modules.
Examples
xebot_base - XEBOT interface (defined using xebot)
This is part of the standard XEBOT distribution package.
This is the complete XEBOT interface. Modifying this lets you tailor
XEBOT itself. From it you would normally build your customized
xebot_tmpl
xebot_tmpl - XEBOT control templates
This is part of the standard XEBOT distribution package.
This is what you would normally build an app from. It is a sub set of
xebot_base. To use it simply run XEBOT, open a window, load
xebot_tmpl into it, open another window and copy the controls from the
template to your work sheet. For more details look at some of the xebot
demos.
xebot_demo - boiler temperature monitor
This is part of the standard XEBOT distribution package.
calc - fully functional virtual calculator
This is a proper app that runs in the self contained execution
environment of IPAD-Pro
XEBOT is currently available for Linux 2.0.x (Intel), Solaris 2.5
(SPARC), OS/2, MS Windows (NT, 95, 98 and 3.1) and MSDOS.
XEBOT can be obtained from:
http://www.demon.co.uk/titan
Animated demos showing user / GUI interaction, state machine traces
and dialog building can be obtained from:
http://www.demon.co.uk/titan/DEMO
(BEWARE: some demos seem to run slowly when viewed using
some versions of Internet Explorer)
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From: LittleIgloo <jm@littleigloo.org>
Subject: Linpopup - Linux port of winpopup
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:57:41 GMT
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I'm pleased to announce availability of LinPopUp version 1.1.1
LinPopUp is a Xwindow graphical port of Winpopup, running over Samba. It
permits to communicate with a windows computer that runs Winpopup,
sending or receiving message. ( It also provides an alternative way
to communicate between Linux computers that run Samba).
Please note that LinPopUp is not only a port, as it includes several
enhanced features like : doesn't need to run permanently, full message
base management, can be run minimized, full message editor capabilities,
clipboard cut&paste, documentation, etc.
This version includes various improvments
as well as GTK+ 1.2.5 & 1.2.6 support
Here is the Changelog:
http://www.littleigloo.org/changes_linpopup.txt
More info, binairies, sources and rpm packages can be obtained at:
http://www.littleigloo.org
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jm@littleigloo.org
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From: Robert McMillan <bob@linux-mag.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: November issue of Linux Magazine available
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 20:05:19 GMT
Reply-To: bob@linux-mag.com
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November 1, 1999 Linux Magazine's November Issue Now Available
The November issue of Linux Magazine, the
monthly magazine for the whole Linux community,
is now available at newsstands everywhere.
November's issue includes:
Inside the Red Hat IPO The story of the first
open source public stock offering. By Wendy
Goldman Rohm.
Kernel Configuration - A step-by-step guide to
building your own Linux kernel. By Alessandro
Rubini.
The Joy of Unix Sun Microsystsms co-founder
Bill Joy charts where Linux and free software fit
into his company's solar system. By Eugene Eric
Kim.
The Emerging State of Linux Office Suites - A
look at five Linux office suites. By William Wong.
File Browsing Satori - A review of CompuPic 4.6
for Linux. By Justin Ryan.
In the Trenches - An update on the Mozilla
project. By Mitchell Baker.
Departments
Gearheads - Writing mouse drivers. By Alan Cox.
Compile Time - Multiplexed I/O with poll(). By
Erik Troan.
Perl of Wisdom - Monitoring your news server.
By Randal L. Schwartz.
Best Defense - Security basics. By Paul "Rusty"
Russell.
Newbies - Upgrading Linux. By Hal Moroff.
On the Desktop - A look at Linux file managers.
By Lou Grinzo.
Guru Guidance - The Linux system logging demon.
By James Mohr.
Tech Support - Cool software for your desktop.
By Michael Perry.
Subscriptions to Linux Magazine are $34.95/year
and are available at:
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Telephone: 800-950-1974
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