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@@ -1,71 +1,39 @@ +util-linux-2.7.tar.gz (source only distribution) -util-linux-2.5.tar.gz (source distribution only) +READ the README file and the stuff below. - WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS. +util-linux-2.7.tar.gz (source only distribution) - WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB. +NOTE: Before installing util-linux. READ the README or risk nuking +your system. Thank you. - WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING. + Util-linux is a suite of essential utilities for any Linux system. +It's primary audience is system integrators (like the people at +RedHat) and DIY Linux hackers. The rest of you will get a digested +version of util-linux installed with no risk to your sanity. - This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are - system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere - (e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap, cfdisk, fdisk); others are BSD ports of - common utilities that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g., - col); others are non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g., - simpleinit, agetty, login, passwd). + Version 2.7 of util-linux is mostly a bugfix release. But several +utilities that appear in other packages have been removed and +hwclock(8) has replaced clock(8) entirely. - The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux - Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.2, March 28, 1995, with *NO* - exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at - tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*. + Util-linux is attempting to be portable, but the only platform it +has been tested much on is linux/intel. There have however been +integrated several patches for Arm, m68k, and Alpha linux versions. +The present version is known to compile on at least Linux 1.2/libc 4 +and Linux 2.0/Libc 5 and has also been tested with libc 6 on intel, +alpha and sparc. People are encouraged to make _nice_ patches to +util-linux and submitting them to util-linux@math.uio.no. Thank you. - Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate - this. +[To be more precise, earlier versions of util-linux did compile on +Linux 1.2/libc 4. The present version contains at least one obstacle: +the routine snprintf() is not available in libc 4.5.26, but it is in 4.6.27.] - This product includes software developed by the University of - California, Berkeley and its contributors. +Util-Linux 2.7 is imediately available from + ftp.math.uio.no:/pub/linux, and + sunsite.uio.no:/pub/unix/linux/packages/util-linux, +and will appear at + sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Misc, as well as + tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/utils +when the people in charge there get time. - IN THE FUTURE, SEND UPDATES AND PATCHES TO: util-linux@math.uio.no - - - -HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.5: - -0) Nicolai Langfeldt is taking over maintenance of util-linux, with the - help of a few others (Michael K. Johnson, Andries Brouwer, and Rik - Faith). - - PLEASE SEND PATCHES AND UPDATES TO: util-linux@math.uio.no - -1) The following packages have been removed. Please use the up-to-date, - canonical versions of these packages from the listed places: - - timezone support (/usr/lib/zoneinfo, libz.a, zic, zdump): - elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzcode95d.tar.gz - elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzdata95h.tar.gz - MAKEDEV-C: - sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-C-1.5.tar.gz - MAKEDEV: - sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-2.2.tar.gz - md5sum: - prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils-1.3.tar.gz - [The GNU version is now compatible with the Plumb/Lankester - version.] - ksymoops: - Now bundled with the kernel in linux/scripts. - -2) update_state has been removed -3) fdisk now supports NetBSD disklabels courtesy of Bernhard Fastenrath - <fasten@athene.informatik.uni-bonn.de> (and > 8GB disks, courtesy of - Andries Brouwer) -4) mount improved -- many patches from Andries Brouwer for greatly improved - error reporting -5) ddate, chkdupexe, and other programs have been improved and bug fixed -6) util-linux is now a source-only distribution -7) mcookie generates better random numbers and will use /dev/random or - /dev/audio if available -8) chfn, chsh, passwd, and vipw have been updated with security patches - from Zefram <A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>. Now, they all use the same - locking, and several security holes have been patched. Further, chsh - and chfn can be configured at compile time to require a password before - updates and chsh can be configured to only use shells from /etc/shells. +Nicolai Langfeldt |