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Linux-Announce Digest #815
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Linux-Announce Digest #815, Volume #3 Wed, 5 Jul 00 10:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Dump/restore 0.4b18 - Linux ext2fs backup utilities (Stelian Pop)
fcron 0.9.0 has been released (Thibault Godouet)
HTMLDOC v1.8.8 Now Available - HTML to indexed HTML/PDF/PS converter (Michael Sweet)
"noteedit" with support for lyrics (Dr. Joerg Anders)
COMMERCIAL: Linux Journal August 2000 (Darcy Whitman)
WWW: Linux Gazette #55 (July 2000) is available (Linux Gazette)
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From: Stelian Pop <pop@cybercable.fr>
Subject: Dump/restore 0.4b18 - Linux ext2fs backup utilities
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:42:08 GMT
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A new version of Dump/Restore, the linux ext2fs backup utilities has
been released today.
This version has some bugfixes, including some security related ones.
See the ChangeLog for details.
You can download the last version, submit bug reports, subscribe to
several mailing lists at the dump homepage:
http://dump.sourceforge.net
Enjoy!
Stelian.
Changelog:
Changes between versions 0.4b17 and 0.4b18 (released June 30, 2000)
===================================================================
1. Fixed a potential buffer overflow in restore. Thanks
to Stan Bubrouski <satan@fastdial.net> for reporting
the bug.
2. Fixed a readline-related bug which prevented
'cat DUMPFILE | restore -i -f -' from working. Thanks
to Charles Karney <karney@users.sourceforge.net>
for the bug report.
3. Changed a few "panic" into "exit", causing restore to
be more stable against some attacks (like the last one
reported on Bugtraq, although the last version of restore
was not vulnerable - just dumped core). Thanks to
Andreas Hasenack <andreas@conectiva.com.br> for reporting
the bugs to me.
4. Removed the suid-root bit on dump and restore in the
default build (and generated RPMs). It should be safer
now. Users who need the suid-root capabilities in order
to make network backups should read first the man page
of dump and enable the suid bit manually.
5. Added -ltermcap to the compile parameters for restore
when using readline support, in order to make the compile
process work on some systems (SuSE ?). Thanks to
Patrik Schindler <poc@pocnet.net> for reporting the bug.
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Stelian Pop <pop@cybercable.fr>
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From: Thibault Godouet <tgodouet@freesurf.fr>
Subject: fcron 0.9.0 has been released
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 13:56:34 GMT
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What 's new in this release (0.9.0) ?
----------------------
- - support of options in fcrontabs.
Options can be specific to a line or defined once for every line
located after their definition (a special option "reset" set all
options to their default).
Some options also have too names: a long name and an abbreviation.
- - jobs can now be run be run one after the other (option "serial") :
when the job should normally be run, it is added to a queue, which
entries are executed one by one.
It permits to avoid the use of a lot of system resources for a brief
moment by the simultaneous execution of several tasks.
- - jobs can be run at system start up if they should have been run during
system down time (option "bootrun", only for jobs based on time and
date).
- - root can run jobs as an another user (option "runas")
- - user can set a nice value to a job, but only root can use a negative
value (a negative value will increase priority)
- - user can choose to perform a logic AND or a logic OR between day of
month and day of week (option "dayor" and "dayand")
- - user can choose to mail the output of jobs (option "mail") if any, and
can force fcron to send a mail even if output is zero-length (option
"forcemail").
What is fcron ?
---------
Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements
most of its functionalities.
But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7
days a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which
are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to
anacrontab).
To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell
it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run
a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same
as system up time. For example :
Run the task 'save /home/ directory'
every 3h15 of system up time.
and, of course, in order to make it really useful, the time remaining
until next execution is saved each time the system is stopped.
You can also say :
run that command once between 2am and 5am
which will be done if the system is running at any time in this
interval.
Fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied
either to every lines following the declaration or to a single line.
Some of the supported options permit to: run jobs one by one, run
jobs at fcron's startup if they should have been run during system
down time, a better management of the mailing of outputs, set a nice
value for a job ...
What is planed for next releases ?
---------------------
I'd like to :
- allow users to have several fcrontabs
- add a mode in which jobs are run depending to the system load average
(propositions and help are welcome)
Where can I get it ?
------------
You can either go to the project home page at :
http://fcron.free.fr
or get it from metalab at
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-0.9.0.src.tar.gz
(I've sent the file but it may take some time before it is available on
metalab)
I hope you will enjoy it,
Thibault.
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From: Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com>
Subject: HTMLDOC v1.8.8 Now Available - HTML to indexed HTML/PDF/PS converter
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:00:25 GMT
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The 1.8.8 release of HTMLDOC is now available for download from
the Easy Software Products web site at:
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc
HTMLDOC v1.8.8 adds support for PDF encryption, document
security, a new "paths" feature, and table formatting
enhancements.
HTMLDOC is a HTML document conversion and formatting utility for
UNIX(r) and Microsoft(r) Windows(r) that produces indexed HTML,
Portable Document Format ("PDF"), and Adobe(r) PostScript(r)
files suitable for printing and on-line viewing.
HTMLDOC is provided under the GNU General Public License.
Commercial support is available from Easy Software Products for
$99 US.
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From: J.Anders@Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE (Dr. Joerg Anders)
Subject: "noteedit" with support for lyrics
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:01:55 GMT
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Version 1.6.4 of the Qt-based note editor "noteedit" can bow deal with lyrics.
This feature is still experimental and only one lyrics line per staff is
supported (more are expected). The lyrics are exported into MusiXTeX and MIDI
(and implicitely into MUP). Unfortunately not PMX.
See: http://rnvs.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/~ja/noteedit/noteedit.html
New is also:
- setting the staff geometry
Other properties:
* insertion/deletion/modification of notes, rests, dotted notes/rests, slured notes, clefs with/without shift,
time signatures, key signatures, volume signatures, tempo signatures, triplets,
repeat groups with/without special ending and instrument changes on different staffs;
* building chords;
* building groups of beamed notes;
* determine pitch by means of a MIDI keyboard;
* record from MIDI keyboard;
* playing on /dev/sequencer (if correctly configured) whereby:
o giving each staff a different voice;
o giving each staff a different channel;
o highlighting the played notes;
o muting staffs
o setting MIDI tempo;
* export MusiXTeX;
* export MIDI;
* export PMX;
* import MIDI;
* read from MIDI keyboard
Planned
If there is enougth interest I plan to transform the program into a KDE
application.
Furthermore:
* More edit features: transpose
* More music elements: crescendo, ...
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From: Darcy Whitman <darcy@ssc.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linux Journal August 2000
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:05:55 GMT
Reply-To: darcy@ssc.com
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From: Linux Gazette <lg@ssc.com>
Subject: WWW: Linux Gazette #55 (July 2000) is available
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:08:20 GMT
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