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Linux-Announce Digest #987
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Linux-Announce Digest #987, Volume #4 Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:13:06 EST
Contents:
tar 1.15 released (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
2005 MySQL Users Conference Registration Opens (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (paulf)
GNU cpio 2.6 released (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:47:54 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: tar 1.15 released (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
Hello,
I am pleased to announce the release of GNU tar 1.15.
GNU tar is an archiver that creates and handles file archives in various
formats. You can use tar to create file archives, to extract files from
previously created archives, store additional files, or update or list
files which were already stored.
The program saves many files together into a single tape or disk
archive, and can restore individual files from the archive. It
includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse files,
automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives and
special features that allow 'tar' to be used for incremental and full
backups.
For more information on tar, including links to file downloads,
please see the tar web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar
and the the project page http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tar.
GNU tar is available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar and
the mirror sites worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
for the list of those).
The MD5 checksums of the files are:
ccfa915461a74f6912227411da7ea3ea tar-1.15.shar.gz
412695e2c2ecbe2753d128f303b3ccf4 tar-1.15.tar.bz2
92264bf53887cacdf8594e92886c8d28 tar-1.15.tar.gz
User-visible changes in this release:
* Compressed archives are recognised automatically, it is no longer
necessary to specify -Z, -z, or -j options to read them. Thus, you can
now run `tar tf archive.tar.gz'.
* When restoring incremental dumps, --one-file-system option
prevents directory hierarchies residing on different devices
from being purged.
With the previous versions of tar it was dangerous to create
incremental dumps with --one-file-system option, since they
would recursively remove mount points when restoring from the
back up. This change fixes the bug.
* Renamed --strip-path to --strip-components for consistency with
the GNU convention.
* Skipping archive members is sped up if the archive media supports
seeks.
* Restore script starts restoring only if it is given --all (-a) option,
or some patterns. This is to prevent accidental restores.
* `tar --verify' prints a warning if during archive creation some of
the file names had their prefixes stripped off.
* New option --exclude-caches instructs tar to exclude cache directories
automatically on archive creation. Cache directories are those
containing a standardized tag file, as specified at:
http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/spec.html
* New configure option --with-rmt allows to specify full path name to
the `rmt' utility. This supercedes DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND variable
introduced in version 1.14
* New configure variable DEFAULT_RMT_DIR allows to specify the directory
where to install `rmt' utility. This is necessary since modifying
--libexecdir as was suggested for version 1.14 produced a side effect: it
also modified installation prefix for backup scripts (if
--enable-backup-scripts was given).
* Bugfixes:
** Fixed bug in recognizing files to be included in incremental dumps.
** Correctly recognize sparse archive members when used with -T option.
** GNU multivolume headers cannot store filenames longer than 100 characters.
Do not allow multivolume archives to begin with such filenames.
** If a member with link count > 2 was stored in the archive twice,
previous versions of tar were not able to extract it, since they
were trying to link the file to itself, which always failed and
lead to removing the already extracted copy. Preserve the first
extracted copy in such cases.
** Restore script was passing improper argument to tar --listed option (which
didn't affect the functionality, but was logically incorrect).
** Fixed verification of created archives.
** Fixed unquoting of file names containing backslash escapes (previous
versions failed to recognize \a and \v).
** When attempting to delete a non-existing member from the archive, previous
versions of tar used to overwrite last archive block with zeroes.
Regards,
Sergey
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:22:21 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: 2005 MySQL Users Conference Registration Opens (fwd)
========== Forwarded message ==========
For Immediate Release
For more information, contact:
Suzanne Axtell (707) 827-7114 or suzanne@oreilly.com
Registration Opens for the 2005 MySQL Users Conference:
Event provides an unmatched opportunity to learn more about the world's
most popular open source database
Program schedule and early registration pricing available at
http://mysqluc.com/
Sebastopol, CA--Early registration has just opened for the third annual
MySQL Users Conference, to be held in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa
Clara, California, April 18 -21, 2005. The MySQL Users Conference,
co-presented by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and MySQL AB, is the only gathering
where participants can share MySQL knowledge with the core MySQL
development team, hundreds of users, open source innovators, and
technology partners--all under one roof.
Many publications and analyst firms point to the explosive adoption of
open source software as the hottest trend in corporate computing
today--and MySQL as one of the leading influences. This conference is
designed to keep MySQL users, developers, DBAs, and IT professionals on
the cutting edge of the latest solutions and opportunities. New and
experienced users alike can choose from over 75 sessions and in-depth
tutorials, exploring every aspect of MySQL: the latest features, tools,
and technologies; migration and performance optimization techniques; MySQL
Cluster and high-availability; integrating MySQL with Java, .Net, and LAMP;
database administration; data warehousing applications; and much more.
The wide range of sessions, tutorials, speakers, and sponsors epitomizes
the conference theme, "MySQL Everywhere." As Arjen Lentz, program
committee chair and manager of Community Relations at MySQL, notes, "The
third annual MySQL Users Conference promises to be the biggest and best
we've ever organized. We're assembling all of the key MySQL developers,
gurus, and experts."
Keynote speakers slated to present at the conference include:
- MySQL AB co-founders Monty Widenius and David Axmark
- Martin Fink, Hewlett-Packard's vice president for Linux
- Miguel de Icaza of Novell
- Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB
- O'Reilly Media founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly
A sampling of other speakers include Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, Adam
Trachtenberg of eBay, LiveJournal's Brad Fitzpatrick, MIT's Jacob Nikom,
and top members of the MySQL AB team, such as Brian Aker (architecture),
Sanja Byelkin (query cache, subqueries), Peter Zaitsev (performance
tuning), and Mike Zinner (GUI tools).
High-profile conference sponsors also illustrate MySQL's impact across the
software industry: Hewlett-Packard, Business Objects, Emic Networks,
Four J's, Genesi, Intel, ActiveGrid, Dell, EMB Software, Embarcadero
Technologies, Novell, Quest Software, Rackspace, SugarCRM, and Zend.
Lively evening events and an exhibit hall that showcases the most exciting
new MySQL and open source technologies round out the conference program.
Additional Resources:
For complete conference details, visit:
http://mysqluc.com/
To request media credentials, go to:
http://www.mysqluc.com/registration
Early registration prices end February 28, 2005. For details, see:
http://www.mysqluc.com/registration
For information on exhibition and sponsorship opportunities at O'Reilly
conferences, contact Andrew Calvo at (707) 827-7176, or
andrewc@oreilly.com
To become a media sponsor, contact Margi Levin at (707) 827-7184, or
margi@oreilly.com
For more information about O'Reilly conferences, visit:
http://conferences.oreilly.com/
About MySQL
MySQL AB develops, markets and supports a family of high performance,
affordable database servers and tools. The company's flagship product is
MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than five
million active installations. Many of the world's largest organizations,
including Google, Sabre Holdings, The Associated Press, Suzuki and NASA,
are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power Web sites,
business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software. MySQL AB
is a second generation open source company, with dual licensing that
supports both open source values and corporate customers' needs in a
profitable, sustainable business. For more information about MySQL, please
go to www.mysql.com.
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer
technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to
light the knowledge of technology innovators. O'Reilly books, known for
the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of
the developers building the next generation of software. O'Reilly
conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business
leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new
industries. From the Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web
services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map. For more information:
http://www.oreilly.com .
# # #
MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the U.S. and in other
countries. O'Reilly is a registered trademark of O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Other products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:34:18 CST
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (paulf)
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
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ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
27 December 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
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* SPECIAL PRESENTATION: *
* Paul Kunz of Stanford University *
* (Installer of the first web server outside Europe) *
* On the early history of the web and its influences *
******************************************************
St Petersburg Public Library, Main Branch
Auditorium
3745 Ninth Ave North
St Petersburg, FL 33713
727-893-7724
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
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**** CANCELLED ****
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1 January 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
6 January 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
TAMPA ****************************************************
11 January 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second TUESDAY of each month)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
Student Services Bldg, Room 108
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
19 January 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Wednesday of each month)
Honeywell
8323 Lindbergh Court
Sarasota, FL
See http://www.bish.net/directions/
DUNEDIN **************************************************
29 January 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library
Community Room A or B (see notice on site)
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: GNU cpio 2.6 released (fwd)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:39:07 CST
========== Forwarded message ==========
Hi,
I am pleased to announce the release of GNU cpio version 2.6. This is
the first major release of the program since 2002.
GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. It supports
various archive formats, among them: binary, ASCII (both old and new),
crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar, POSIX.1 tar. When extracting
from archives, cpio automatically recognizes which kind of archive it is
reading and can read archives created on machines with a different
byte-order.
For more information on cpio, including links to file downloads,
please see its web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio
and the the project page http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cpio.
GNU cpio is available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio and
the mirror sites worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
for the list of those).
The MD5 checksums of the files are:
25e0e8725bc60ed3460c9cde92752674 cpio-2.6.tar.bz2
76b4145f33df088a5bade3bf4373d17d cpio-2.6.tar.gz
The list of user-visible changes follows:
* Added NLS support
* Improved configure script
* Improved invocation consistency checking, diagnostic, and help output
* Printing warning about truncation of inode numbers is suppressed by
default. See below.
* New option --warning (-W) controls the level of output warnings:
-Wnone Disables all warnings
-Wtruncate Enable warning about truncation of the inode number
-Wall Enables all warnings
To disable a particular warning, prefix its name with 'no-', just
like in gcc.
* New option --to-stdout extracts files to standard output.
* The output of `cpio --help' is largely improved.
* Bugfixes:
** If a file grew n bytes in copy-pass mode, these n bytes got prepended
to the contents of all subsequent files.
** Padding the archive with zero bytes upon truncation of the file being
archived was broken.
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