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Linux-Announce Digest #58
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Linux-Announce Digest #58, Volume #4 Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:13:12 EST
Contents:
ANNOUNCE: SCons 0.02 now available (Steven Knight)
xmus v2001.12.02 (Hermann Samso)
Fcron 2.1.0 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron (Thibault Godouet)
tk545, new program to control the NRD-545 shortwave rcvr (Bob_Parnass_AJ9S)
xmus v2001.12.02 (Hermann Samso)
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:24:34 CST
From: Steven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: SCons 0.02 now available
I'm pleased to announce that version 0.02 of SCons has been released and
is available for download from the SCons web site:
http://www.scons.org/
Or through the download link at the SCons project page at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scons/
RPM and Debian packages and a Win32 installer are all available, in
addition to the traditional .tar.gz files.
SCons is a software construction tool (build tool, make tool) written
in Python. Its design is based on the design which won the Software
Carpentry build tool competition in August 2000 (in turn derived from
the Perl-based Cons build tool).
Distinctive features of SCons include:
- configuration files are Python scripts, allowing the full use of a
real scripting language to solve build problems
- a modular architecture allows the SCons Build Engine to be
embedded in other Python software
- a global view of all dependencies; no multiple passes to get
everything built
- the ability to scan files for implicit dependencies (#include files);
- improved parallel build (-j) support
- use of MD5 signatures to decide if a file has changed
- easily extensible through user-defined Builder and Scanner objects
An scons-users mailing list has been created for those interested in
getting started using SCons. You can subscribe at:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scons-users
Alternatively, we invite you to subscribe to the low-volume
scons-announce mailing list to receive notification when new versions of
SCons become available:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scons-announce
Special thanks to Charles Crain and Anthony Roach for their
contributions to this release.
On behalf of the SCons team,
--SK
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:24:33 CST
From: Hermann Samso <samso@studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de>
Subject: xmus v2001.12.02
X point device cursor prettyfier.
Let's you change the shape and color of
your mouse in easy ways. You may also
customize it using an .xpm graphics file.
Other options include a "tail" and
"xor", for semitransparent effect.
This is version 2001.12.02 and should
work flawlessly under at least Linux 2.2
and XFree. It is a binary release.
http://members.tripod.com/~So_o2/xmus.html
Enjoy,
So_o2
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:24:44 CST
From: Thibault Godouet <fcron@free.fr>
Subject: Fcron 2.1.0 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron
What is new in this release (2.1.0) ?
=====================================
- PAM support for fcron and fcrontab (need testing ! - help would be appreciated).
- Fcron now send a mail if a job has noticenotrun set and could not be run because
of a queue full.
- Fcron now compiles on AIX (thank you, John A. Parker !), and a few AIX-only bugs have
been fixed, but it may remain some problems to correct. Please try, and tell me !
- We now use constants ROOTUID and ROOTGID instead of some hard-coded "0", and those
constants are defined by the configure script (we use the uid/gid of the name given
with the option "--with-root{name|group}"). It allows fcron to be run on system
on which root is not uid/gid 0/0.
- code cleaning.
- bug fixed : setting lavg to (0,0,0) used to make the line be added in the lavg queue
instead of the serial queue (but the lavgs were ignored anyway).
- bug fixed : fcrontab's "-z" option was not ignoring previous user's fcrontab version.
- bug fixed : on systems using putenv(), the var HOME, USER and SHELL wasn't correctly
assigned. On system supporting setenv() (which is the default), the problem did not
occur. (thanks go to Evan A. Zacks).
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).
In other words, fcron does both the job of Vixie Cron and anacron, but does
even more and better :)) ...
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,
- set the max system load average value under which the job should be run,
- set a nice value for a job,
- run jobs at fcron's startup if they should have been run
during system down time,
- mail user to tell him a job has not run and why,
- a better management of the mailing of outputs ...
What is planed for next releases ?
==================================
- PAM support (ongoing) (need more tests)
- convert the doc into DocBook, and make it easier to read and understand
- allow a non-privileged user to run fcron
- possibility to display a list of jobs including their options,
time and date of next execution, status, of only the running jobs,
all the jobs, in order of execution or classified by user, etc.
- run one of this job, change its nice value, stop it...
- add a system of data flow
(propositions and help are welcome)
How you can help me
===================
If you'd like to help me, please contact me at :
fcron@free.fr
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-2.1.0.src.tar.gz (144kB)
(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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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:24:45 CST
From: Bob_Parnass_AJ9S <parnass@megsinet.net>
Subject: tk545, new program to control the NRD-545 shortwave rcvr
The JRC NRD-545 DSP is a fine shortwave receiver.
I wrote tk545, a new GUI computer program which lets you:
(1) Control the NRD-545 from your computer.
(2) download/upload the radio's memory channels from/to a
csv (comma-separated values) file.
tk545 provides 1 Hz resolution (vs. the 10 Hz shown on the radio's
front panel). It lets you easily adjust the DSP,
Line Enhance, and Beat Canceler parameters while listening
to signals. These parameters are buried within the NRD-545's menus
and are otherwise difficult to tweak when using the radio's
front panel.
Though I've all but abandoned Windows 98 in favor of free Linux,
I wrote tk545 in a language (Tcl/Tk) which permits it run on either
operating system. It may even run on Macs, Solaris, and other
environments, but I've only tested it on Linux and Windows 98.
You can read about and download a beta test version of tk545
from my home page:
http://members.core.com/~parnass
I don't warrant the software, but it won't cost you anything.
--
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Bob Parnass, AJ9S parnass@megsinet.net
Linux user
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From: Hermann Samso <samso@studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de>
Subject: xmus v2001.12.02
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:24:52 CST
X point device cursor prettyfier.
Let's you change the shape and color of
your mouse in easy ways. You may also
customize it using an .xpm graphics file.
Other options include a "tail" and
"xor", for semitransparent effect.
This is version 2001.12.02 and should
work flawlessly under at least Linux 2.2
and XFree. It is a binary release.
http://members.tripod.com/~So_o2/xmus.html
Send any comments, ideas or bugs to:
so_o2@lycos.com
Enjoy,
So_o2
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