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diff --git a/util-linux-2.1.Announce b/util-linux-2.1.Announce deleted file mode 100644 index 0906617eb..000000000 --- a/util-linux-2.1.Announce +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ - -util-linux-2.1.tar.gz (source distribution) -util-linux-2.1.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution) - - WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS. - - WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB. - - WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY! - - WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING. - - WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.1.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER* - installation: there are a few links you must make by hand. - - 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); 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). - - The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux - Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.1, October 9, 1994, with *NO* - exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at - tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*. - - Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate - this. - - -HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1: - -1) Directory structure rearrange, with configuration support for those who - use shadow passwords and System V init (no support is provided for these - things, but your utilities won't get overwritten if you do a "make - install" after you properly edit MCONFIG). -2) fdisk and cfdisk should work as expected with 2GB+ disk drives -3) As usual, lots of stuff was updated and added, including mount, vipw, - readprofile -4) Some stuff was also deleted, and can now be found elsewhere: - fsck wrapper: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs/e2fsprogs* - pwd, su: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sh-utils* - ed: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ed* - od: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils* - uudecode/uuencode: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sharutils* - bdflush/update: ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v1.1/bdflush* - |