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Linux-Announce Digest #897
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Mon Dec 18 19:13:10 2000
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Linux-Announce Digest #897, Volume #3 Mon, 18 Dec 00 19:13:03 EST
Contents:
autoproject 0.10.1 ("James R. Van Zandt")
ProcMeter3 - System monitoring program (cpu, memory etc.) ("Andrew M. Bishop")
Mailfilter 0.0.3 released ("Andreas Bauer")
MIMEDefang 0.7 -- flexible mail scanner for virus/trojan protection ("David F. Skoll")
webrowse 1.3.3 - Netscape interfacing/web browsing tools (Steve Kinzler)
COMMERCIAL: Holiday special 1Ghz Linux server (sales)
RpmLevel 1.3-1 ("Didimo Grimaldo")
cgipasswd 1.0Beta3a (staf wagemakers)
LibGGI Final Beta (becka@uni-duesseldorf.de)
Viewmol 2.3 has been released. (Joerg-Ruediger Hill)
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From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
Subject: autoproject 0.10.1
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:03:41 GMT
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I'm releasing a new version of autoproject. It fixes a bug in the
"argp" support introduced in the last version.
Here are the recent entries in the changelog:
2000-12-13 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.10.1
* lib/cli/c/argp/configure.in: delete extra "fi" (thanks to
Michael Ghens <michael@spconnect.com> and Charles McDonald
<support@cmweb.org>).
* chkar: Add "make check" test case for argp.
* autoproject.1: In documentation of -L, use "DIR" in all three
places. Minor wording and emphasis fixes.
2000-12-10 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.10. argp support, courtesy of Kalle
Olavi Niemitalo <kon@iki.fi>:
* README: Document argp support.
* autoproject.1: Ditto, and fixed autogen -> autoproject.
* autoproject.in <STDPARSERS>: Added argp.
<optionsub>: Anchor ends of regexps too.
* lib/cli/all/argp/program.1: New file, adapted from
lib/cli/all/none/program.1. Added equal signs between long
options and their parameters. In lists of equivalent options,
print the commas and spaces in Roman font. Describe --usage.
* lib/cli/all/argp/program.texinfo: New file, adapted from
lib/cli/all/none/program.texinfo. Changed every @code{#NAME#} to
@command{#NAME#}.
(Sample): Copied the --help example from the real output and
conditionalized it to show only selected options.
(Invoking #NAME#) <--output, --directory, --cd>: Added equal signs
between long options and their parameters. Use @var for
parameters.
<--silent>: Use @itemx, not @item.
<--verbose>: This is -v, not -V.
<--version>: This is -V, not -v.
<--help>: This is -?, not -h.
<--usage>: New option.
(Problems): Use @email.
* lib/cli/c/argp/Makefile.am: New file, copied from
lib/cli/c/none/Makefile.am.
* lib/cli/c/argp/configure.in: New file, copied from
lib/cli/c/none/configure.in. Fail if argp.h is not found.
* lib/cli/c/argp/program.c: New file, adapted from
lib/cli/c/none/program.c.
* lib/cli/c/argp/xmalloc.c: New file, copied from
lib/cli/c/none/xmalloc.c.
* TODO: argp support is ready, so added some more tasks :-)
* autoproject: -L argument may use relative path.
* lib/cli/c/none/getopt.c: include getopt.c, getopt1.c, getopt.h
in project code unless an external parser is used (in case build
machine does not use the GNU C Library). (Fix courtesy of Matthew
Whitworth <matthew@okcomputer.org>)
2000-11-03 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* README: update autoopts pointers.
2000-10-11 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.9.2
* README: autoproject output files may be used without restriction.
2000-09-30 James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
* configure.in: version 0.9.1
* lib/cli/c/none/program.c (decode_switches): generate code for
--verbose (thanks to "Chris F.A. Johnson" <c.f.a.johnson@home.com>).
Use an enum instead of magic numbers for getopt_long return codes.
autoproject may be downloaded from here:
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/vanzandt/
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel
from README:
autoproject - create a skeleton source package for a new program
autoproject interviews the user, then creates a source package for a
new program which follows the GNU programming standards. The new
package uses autoconf to configure itself, and automake to create the
Makefile. `make distcheck' succeeds.
The idea is that you execute autoproject just once when you start a
new project. It will ask a few questions, then create a new directory
and populate it with standard files, customized for the new project.
The version number for the new program is initialized as 0.1.0, and is
set in configure.in. It is available in C programs as the macro
VERSION, and in the Makefile as $(VERSION).
Optionally, the new package will use an external command line parser
or a parser generator. Currently, autoproject supports:
argp by Miles Bader, included in GNU C Library 2.1
clig by Harald Kirsch <kir@iitb.fhg.de>
(see http://wsd.iitb.fhg.de/~kir/clighome/)
autogen by Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org>
(see http://AutoGen.SourceForge.net/autoopts/)
I would like to support graphical user interface (GUI) as well as
command line interface (CLI) programs, but I have very little
experience with them. Contributions would be welcome.
For the latest version, check here:
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/vanzandt/
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel
autoproject itself is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, you may
use the files generated by autoproject without any restriction.
- James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
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From: "Andrew M. Bishop" <amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk>
Subject: ProcMeter3 - System monitoring program (cpu, memory etc.)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:04:57 GMT
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PROCMETER V3.2b
===============
The ProcMeter program itself is a framework on which a number of modules
(plugins) are loaded. More modules can be written as required to perform more
monitoring and informational functions.
The statistics that are displayed are grouped by module, with a menu allowing
selection of module and a sub-menu for each output available for that module.
APM
Advanced Power Management information. These outputs are only available
if you have configured the kernel to have the APM feature.
Biff
Monitors the e-mail inbox (in /var/spool/mail/<username> or
/var/mail/<username>) and indicates the number of e-mails that are
waiting and the size.
Date_Time
The current date and time and the amount of time since the system was
last booted.
DiskUsage
Shows the percentage of the disk that is used and the amount of free
space for each of the local disks that it finds are mounted or can be
mounted when the program starts.
LogFile
Monitors the size and number of lines and the rate of increase of these
in a set of log files.
Memory
The amount of memory that is used for programs, buffers, cache and the
amount that is free.
Network
The network devices and the amount of traffic on each of them. It will
automatically pick up available devices when it starts.
Processes
The load average and the number of processes running and starting.
ProcMeter
Information about the procmeter program itself.
Sensors
Hardware sensors for temperature and fan speed. (Requires lm78 hardware
and kernel patch from http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/).
Statistics
Low level system statistics. For example CPU usage, disk usage,
swapping and paging.
Stat-CPU
Statistics about individual CPU usage including support for SMP
machines.
Stat-Disk
Statistics about individual disk usage including support for up to 4
disks.
Stat-Intr
Statistics about individual interrupts including support for up to 32
interrupts.
Uname
The system information from the uname program, hostname and Linux kernel
version.
Changes
- -------
Since version 3.2a:
Handles the changed format of /proc/stat file.
Availability
- ------------
FTP server: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/X11/xutils/procmeter3-3.2b.tgz
FTP server: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/xstatus/procmeter3-3.2b.tgz
Web page: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/procmeter3/
Author & Copyright
- ------------------
This program is copyright Andrew M. Bishop 1996,1997,98,99,2000
(amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk) and distributed under GPL.
email: amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk
[Please put procmeter in the subject line]
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Andrew M. Bishop amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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From: "Andreas Bauer" <baueran@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Mailfilter 0.0.3 released
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:11:13 GMT
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Dear All
This announcement is to inform you about the new version of Mailfilter.
Mailfilter is a flexible utility to get rid of unwanted spam mails, before
having to go through the trouble of downloading them into the local
computer. It offers support for one or many POP3 accounts and is
especially useful for dialup connections via modem. You can define your
own filters (rules) to determine which e-mails should be delivered and
which are considered waste.
Download the latest version from:
http://mailfilter.sourceforge.net/
The new release 0.0.3 fixes some memory leaks and removes few other minor
bugs. Also a man page has been added and support for even more flexible
filter rules. Now Mailfilter also works for users who pick up their e-mail
from the infamous IMail server.
Thanks for your time and interest,
Andi.
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http://www.in.tum.de/~baueran/
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From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
Subject: MIMEDefang 0.7 -- flexible mail scanner for virus/trojan protection
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:11:45 GMT
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MIMEDefang is a MIME mail scanner designed to run on Linux or UNIX
systems, and intended mainly to protect Windows e-mail clients from
mail-borne viruses. It requires Sendmail 8.11.
MIMEDefang is available from:
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang
and is released under the GNU General Public License.
I would like to thank Robert A. Levene for spending a lot of time testing
pre-release versions of MIMEDefang and shaking out many problems.
Changes since 0.6:
o Safer handling of temporary working files.
o Addition of action_discard to silently discard messages.
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David F. Skoll
Roaring Penguin Software Inc. | http://www.roaringpenguin.com
GPG fingerprint: 50B4 FA66 CE95 E456 CD8F 96C9 E64D 185C 6646 68E0
GPG public key: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/dskoll-key.txt
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From: kinzler@cs.indiana.edu (Steve Kinzler)
Subject: webrowse 1.3.3 - Netscape interfacing/web browsing tools
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:12:00 GMT
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http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/webrowse
Webrowse is a tool for interfacing between a Netscape (or Mosaic)
web browser and the rest of a Unix/X11 environment, via the `netscape
- -remote` option. Also included in this package are `inbrowse` and `go`.
In brief, `webrowse` takes a text or HTML file, browser command or URL and
displays it with a running web browser, perhaps marking up any implicit
URLs or paths in the text. `inbrowse` is a frontend to webrowse that
reads the standard input and guesses the appropriate way to browse it.
`go` is a convenience frontend to webrowse that usually lets you give
simple, abbreviated commands to open a website or perform various web
searches and lookups. For example, you can simply run `go slashdot`
to browse <http://www.slashdot.com/>, or `go /:ucayali` to perform a
web search about the Ucayali river.
One sample nifty use for inbrowse lets you hit <Control-TAB> in your
TWM or CTWM managed X11 display to browse whatever is in the current
X cut buffer, whether it's a URL, a word like "slashdot", some text
or some HTML. This lets you select something to browse from almost
any application.
Webrowse was featured in the Toolman column of the SAGE Feature
section of the April 1998 ;login: magazine of the USENIX Association
<http://www.cs.duke.edu/~des/webrowse.html>.
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an organ with a mind of its own \(o/ www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler
Kaffeeklatsch arrant / bepaint hallucinosis / placement scatterbrain.
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From: sales <sales@storeanywhere.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Holiday special 1Ghz Linux server
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:07:05 GMT
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From: "Didimo Grimaldo" <degt@hotmail.com>
Subject: RpmLevel 1.3-1
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:06:34 GMT
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We at Coralys.com are happy to announce a new release of RpmLevel for
RPM based distributions. This architecture-independent perl package
can be found at:
Latest version: 1.3-1
FTP-1: ftp://coralys.com/pub/free/rpmlevel-1.3-1.noarch.rpm
HOME : http://www.coralys.com/products/rpmlevel.shtml
What is RpmLevel
Most Unix operating systems have a program that shows you which
packages have been installed and which patches have been applied.
Within the Linux camp the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is widespread.
RPM gives you a lot of querying possibilities but it is missing some.
So after you installed your brand new Red Hat (or derivation) system,
you want a quick summary of the state of affairs in your system so
that you can schedule system upgrades in response to the Security
Advisories and Erratas, and perhaps even add some 3rd extra packages.
This at least has been one of my constant worries, specially when I
keep two Red Hat machines at home and one at work. Now I can, and so
can you!
Features
* Written in Perl.
* Keep track of the system patch levels with respect to the original
distribution CD.
* Quick overview of Not-Installed packages, Upgraded packages,
Downgraded packages and Extra (third party) packages.
* Designed for Red Hat distributions but also recognizes SuSE and
Mandrake, or for that purpose any RPM-based distribution.
* Gives an overview between releases of the same distribution
What's new in the latest version (1.3-1)
For more in-depth information please consult the ChangeLog file in the
distribution package, here is a summary:
1. Fixed problems with platform identification
2. Some algorithmic changes
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From: staf wagemakers <staf@digibel.org>
Subject: cgipasswd 1.0Beta3a
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:08:55 GMT
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cgipasswd 1.0 Beta3a
"cgipasswd" allows users to change their passwd by a web interface.
The new version has the following improvements:
* version 1.0Beta3a
+ two new entries in the configfile you can set the minimum and maximum
password length.
+ added Solaris pam support
* version 1.0Beta3
+ pam support
+ correct a typo in cgipasswd_msgchanged.html.
cgipasswd is available at
http://staf.digibel.org/topic.php?lang=eng&top=cgipasswd
regards,
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From: becka@uni-duesseldorf.de
Subject: LibGGI Final Beta
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:10:46 GMT
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The GGI project is glad to announce
LibGGI Final Beta
=================
This is our last beta before the final release of LibGGI at the end of this
year.
I. What is LibGGI ?
LibGGI is a graphics metalibrary that provides a fast and lightweight
access path to a broad variety of graphics architectures like SVGAlib,
X, fbdev, glide, kgicon and even libaa or DirectX.
Note, that is does not bring along its own graphics drivers but it will work
on top of about any graphics subsystem you already have running on your
machine.
LibGGI is intended to rid the graphics programmer of the choice whether his
program should run under X, under SVGAlib or under fbdev. You write your
program once and for all and if it is done well, it will run on all of
them, including LCD-Displays or whatever weird "target" you can attach
to LibGGI or even whatever targets will be added to LibGGI later.
Your program only links to LibGGI, so no more dependency nightmares.
II. Status of LibGGI and the GGI project.
Some of you might have thought the GGI project to be dead ...
Well we are not. We had just not realized how many people get scared away
by the "beta" Tag on our release. We have been imitating Tux, sitting
there happily and content and seeing that everything works fine and we get
only very few bug reports.
LibGGI worked fine all the time, and this time we would like to broaden our
testing base a lot by:
a) telling you that it really is pretty stable.
No need to worry about your machine - it is just a usermode library, and
the programs will run without special priviledges, if the underlying
graphics subsystem permits.
b) releasing binary packages.
Please all that are interested: Get it, install it, test it and report any
bugs you find !
We want to release the final version still this year, so be quick and help
us to make it as good as it can be.
III. I want it ! Where is it ?
Please visit www.ggi-project.org. The entry page will have prominent
pointers to the download locations. There will be .tgz snapshots available
as well as rpms.
Have fun with it,
The GGI Project Team
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Andreas Beck | Email : <becka@ggi-project.org>
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From: jrh@helios.qc.ag-berlin.mpg.de (Joerg-Ruediger Hill)
Subject: Viewmol 2.3 has been released.
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:06:09 GMT
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Subject: Viewmol 2.3 has been released.
What is Viewmol ?
Viewmol is a graphical front end for computational chemistry programs.
It is able to graphically aid in the generation of molecular structures for
computations and to visualize their results. The program's capabilities
include:
- - Building and editing of molecules
- - Visualization of the geometry of a molecule
- - Tracing of a geometry optimization or a MD trajectory
- - Animation of normal vibrations or to show them as arrows
- - Drawing of IR, Raman, and inelastic neutron scattering spectra
- - Drawing of an MO energy level or density of states diagram
- - Drawing of basis functions, molecular orbitals, and electron densities
- - Display of forces acting on each atom in a certain configuration
- - Display of Miller planes in crystals
- - Calculation of thermodynamic properties for molecules and reactions
- - Drawings generated by Viewmol can be saved as TIFF, HPGL, or
PostScript files
- - Animations of normal modes can be converted to a video file (MPEG),
e. g. for inclusion into World Wide Web documents (requires additional
programs available on the Internet)
- - Interface to the freeware ray tracing program Rayshade (input
file generation and use of Rayshade from within Viewmol)
- - Input and output in a variety of formats, new formats can be added
easily by the user
- - Embedded Python interpreter for automation
At present Viewmol includes input filters for Discover, DMol/DSolid/DMol3,
Gamess, Gaussian 9x, Gulp, Mopac, and Turbomole outputs as well as for
PDB files. Structures can be saved as MSI car-files, MDL files, and
Turbomole coordinate files. Viewmol's file format has been added to
Babel so that Babel can serve as an input as well as an output filter
for coordinates making all formats Babel can handle accessible by
Viewmol.
What is new in version 2.3 ?
- - Embedded Python interpreter
- - Calculation of thermodynamic properties for molecules and reactions
between them
- - Display of Miller planes for solids
- - Reworked moving of molecules (no more molecule fixed coordinate
system)
- - Changes to the OpenGL/X Windows integration
- - A lot of bug fixes
What operating systems does Viewmol run on ?
Viewmol was developed using Linux, but it was also ported (or better
recompiled) on a number of other operating systems. Currently, pre-
compiled binaries are available for Linux and IRIX. The program
should also run on AIX, HP-UX, FreeBSD, OSF1, and SunOS but due to
a lack of direct access to such hardware I couldn't test it.
Where do I get Viewmol ?
Viewmol can be downloaded from Sourceforge
- - http://viewmol.sourceforge.net/
or from the Computational Chemistry List archive
- - http://www.ccl.net/cca/software/SOURCES/C/viewmol/index.shtml
The source code and the precompiled binaries for Linux will also be
available from Sunsite or your friendly neighbourhood mirror
- - file://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/visualization
For the last two sites it may take a few days before the site
administrators have moved the code to the given location.
Jörg-Rüdiger Hill (joehill@users.sourceforge.net)
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