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Slackware 1.1.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Tue Feb 8 16:32:03 1994
To: linux-athena@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 94 16:31:42 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
The Slackware 1.1.2 distribution is now located in:
/mit/linux/slackware/Slackware.1.1.2
If you find any problems in it (ie missing or extra files), please
send email to nygren@mit.edu. Please be aware that this uses the new
libc.2.5.19. This may (and probably will) break many packages
including mh. Be careful when installing it. Also, do not install it
over an existing installation automatically. The installation scripts
aren't smart enough to deal with this and you will get very messed up.
Since most people are still using Slackware 1.1.1, it will stay around
for awhile in the linux locker.
--- Erik Nygren
The following is the readme for this release of Slackware:
==============================================================
This is Slackware Linux 1.1.2.
This version contains the new libc 4.5.19, kernel 0.99.15, and gcc 2.5.8.
It also sports the usual assortment of software upgrades and bug fixes.
There are two sets of A and D series provided with this: The new ones which
are found in ./a1 - ./a3 and ./d1 - ./d6, and a set based on libc 4.4.4 and
gcc 2.4.5, which are found in ./lib444/a1 - ./lib444/a3 and ./lib444/d1 -
./lib444/d6. I'm upgrading my own machine to libc 4.5.19, so this will be
the last support Slackware will offer for the older C libs. I don't know why
you'd what to use those anyway, but some people seem real scared of the
upgrade. :^)
I'm sure there will be some bugs to work out of this before the big 1.0 release,
so send in those bug reports. My mailbox has been flooded pretty good lately,
so I can't promise a response but I *do* appreciate the help people offer me
in fixing problems.
This is what you'll find in the subdirectories below:
./bootdisk Boot/install disks for 1.44M and 1.2M floppy drives. You will
need at least one boot disk and one rootdisk to install this
software. See the README file in ./bootdisk for more
information.
./a1 - ./a3 The base system. Enough to get up and running and have elvis
and comm programs available. Based around the 0.99pl15 Linux
kernel, and the new filesystem standard (FSSTND).
These disks are known to fit on 1.2M disks, although the rest
of Slackware won't. If you have only a 1.2M floppy, you can
still install the base system, download other disks you want
and install them from your hard drive.
./ap1 - ./ap4 Various applications and add ons, such as the manual pages,
groff, ispell (GNU and international versions), term, joe,
jove, ghostscript, sc, bc, and the quota patches.
./d1 - ./d6 Program development. GCC/G++/Objective C 2.5.8, make (GNU and
BSD), byacc and GNU bison, flex, the 4.5.19 C libraries, gdb,
kernel source for 0.99pl15, SVGAlib, ncurses, clisp, f2c, p2c,
m4, perl, rcs.
./e1 - ./e5 GNU Emacs 19.22.
./f1 A collection of FAQs and other documentation.
./n1 - ./n3 Networking. TCP/IP, UUCP, mailx, dip, deliver, elm, pine,
smail, cnews, nn, tin, trn.
./oop1 Object Oriented Programming. GNU Smalltalk 1.1.1, and the
Smalltalk Interface to X. (STIX)
./q1 Although this series is gone now, it will probably resurface
containing alternate kernel images and source before too long.
./tcl1 - ./tcl2 Tcl, Tk, TclX, blt, itcl.
./y1 Games. The BSD games collection, and Tetris for terminals.
--------- X windows disks:
./x1 - ./x5 The base XFree86 2.0 system, with libXpm, fvwm 1.20, and xlock
added.
./xap1 - ./xap2 X applications: X11 ghostscript, libgr13, seyon, workman,
xfilemanager, xv 3.00, GNU chess and xboard, xfm 1.2,
ghostview, and various X games.
./xd1 - ./xd3 X11 program development. X11 libraries, server linkkit, PEX
support.
./xv1 - ./xv2 Xview 3.2 release 5. XView libraries, and the Open Look
virtual and non-virtual window managers.
./iv1 - ./iv2 Interviews libraries, include files, and the doc and idraw
apps. These run unreasonably slow on my machine, but they
might still be worth looking at.
./oi1 - ./oi3 ParcPlace's Object Builder 2.0 and Object Interface Library
4.0, generously made available for Linux developers according
to the terms in the "copying" notice found in these
directories.
./t1 - ./t3 TeX support. Since many people have asked about TeX, I borrowed
the 3 TeX disks from SLS and went through them changing the
filesystem structure somewhat and fixing permissions. You can
take this as a sign that Slackware TeX support may continue to
improve. :^) These disks haven't changed all that much, but
they're better than getting the stock SLS ones, and should be
helpful for people accessing ftp sites or BBSs that do not
carry SLS.
Enjoy!
---
Patrick Volkerding
volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
