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- Orig file:
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- Orig date:
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diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.9/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -1,58 +1,39 @@
Intro
=====
-This document contains a list of the latest stable releases of the most
-important packages for Linux as well as instructions for newcomers to
-the 2.0.x series of kernels. By glancing through it, you should be
-able to find out what you need to upgrade in order to successfully run
-the latest kernels.
-
- It was originally based on material from the linux-kernel mailing
-list, Jared Mauch's web page "Software Victims of the 1.3 Kernel
-Development" (http://www2.nether.net/~jared/victim.html), and Axel
-Boldt's (boldt@math.ucsb.edu) Configure.help file, among other sources,
-and was originally written and maintained by Alessandro Sigala
-(ssigala@globalnet.it).
-
- There is now a web page based on this material, thanks to John
-Taylor. Check out http://www.cviog.uga.edu/LinuxBleed.html if you
-prefer a HTML-ized shopping list.
-
- Para aquellos que prefieran una version en castellano de este
-documento, consultad la traduccion de Alfredo Sanjuan en
-http://slug.ctv.es/~alfredo/Cambios.html (Spanish translation).
-
- Akik magyarul szeretnenek olvasni az uj kernellel kapcsolatos
-valtozasokrol, az alabbi cimen megtalaljak Nyitrai Tamas forditasat:
-http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/newkernel.html (Hungarian
-translation).
-
- Tamas also maintains a version of this file at
-http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/Changes.html (English version).
-
- For people who prefer Japanese (thanks to Mitsuhiro Kojima): Kono
-bunshou no nihongo ban wa
-http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/v2.0/Changes-2.0.html ni arimasu.
+This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
+software necessary to run the 2.1.x kernels, as well as provide brief
+instructions regarding any other "Gotchas" users may encounter when
+trying life on the Bleeding Edge. If upgrading from a pre-2.0.x
+kernel, please consult the Changes file included with 2.0.x kernels for
+additional information; most of that information will not be repeated
+here. Basically, this document assumes that your system is already
+functional and running at least 2.0.x.
+
+ It is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels and
+therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
+Axel Boldt, Alessandro Sigala, and countless other users all over the
+'net). Please feel free to submit changes, corrections, gripes,
+flames, money, etc. to me (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu). If you do so,
+you don't need to bother doing so in the form of a diff, as this is
+generated by texinfo so a diff is useless anyway (though I can
+incorporate one by hand if you insist upon sending it that way ;-).
- Voyez le site http://www.linux-kheops.com/traduc/kernels/ pour la
-traduction francais (merci, David Bourgin). (French translation)
-
-Last updated: November 5, 1996.
+Last updated: November 13, 1996.
Current Author: Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
-Current Releases
-****************
+Current Minimal Requirements
+****************************
+
+ Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've
+encountered a bug!
- Kernel modules 2.0.0
-- PPP daemon 2.2.0f
-- Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.7.14
-- GNU CC 2.7.2.1
+- Gnu C 2.7.2.1
- Binutils 2.7.0.3
-- Linux C Library Stable: 5.2.18, Beta: 5.4.10
+- Linux C Library 5.4.12
- Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.1
-- Termcap 2.0.8
- Procps 1.01
-- Gpm 1.10
- SysVinit 2.64
- Util-linux 2.5
- Mount 2.5p
@@ -62,525 +43,27 @@
Upgrade notes
*************
-Network errors with recent kernels
-==================================
-
- Many default network scripts are set up to add a route to the
-localhost at 127.0.0.1 at startup. However, they do this incorrectly.
-To fix the error, which is now spotted by the kernel (causing many
-daemons to quit working), look for a line like `route add -net
-127.0.0.1' in your network configuration files and change it to `route
-add -net 127.0.0.0'.
-
- This error is present in all Red Hat distributions through Red Hat
-3.03 (and derivative distributions like Caldera). If you're running
-one of these, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo, changing the
-line `route add -net $(IPADDR)' to `route add -net 127.0.0.0' and you
-should be fine.
-
- People have also reported problems due to the naming of the dummy
-network interface driver. If the dummy driver is compiled into the
-kernel, its name is "dummy." If the dummy driver is compiled as a
-module, its name is "dummy0." Furthermore, more than one dummy driver
-can be loaded if compiled as a module. Each subsequent loading of the
-driver adds a new dummy interface whose name is incremented by one
-("dummy1," "dummy2," etc.).
-
-Booting Changes
-===============
-
- The boot support in 2.0.x (for arch/i386) has been enhanced so that
-it now can load bigger kernels (bzImage) and that the loaders now can
-load an initial ramdisk (initrd). For initrd see
-Documentation/initrd.txt. For building bigger kernels use one of the
-following make targets: bzImage, bzlilo, bzdisk (equivalent to make
-targets zImage, zlilo, and zdisk respectively). If you want or need to
-use the new features you'll need to upgrade your bootloaders. Lilo can
-be found at ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.19.tar.gz.
-LOADLIN is at
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lodlin16.tgz. If
-you're using more unusual loaders like SysLinux or etherboot, the
-latest versions are 1.3 and 2.0, respectively.
-
- Ramdisk support does not work with the latest kernels if ramdisk=0
-option is present. Many older distributions (mainly Slackware) have
-this option in their lilo.config file. Comment it out and re-run lilo
-if you need ramdisks.
-
- The definition of SIOCSARP in /usr/include/linux/sockios.h was
-changed. This means bootpd has to be re-compiled in order to work.
-
- The kernel reboot method is now, by default, a cold reboot so that
-the kernel will work on systems that don't support other methods. If
-you want to be able to do a warm reboot, add a reboot=warm option to
-lilo.conf.
-
-The Linux C Library
-===================
-
- The latest stable Linux C Library release is 5.2.18. If you upgrade
-to this from 5.0.9 or earlier, be sure to read the
-`release.libc-5.2.18' file, since GNU make and a few other fairly
-important utils can be broken by the upgrade.
-
- The current (beta) Linux C Library release is 5.3.12. In this
-release there are some important changes that may cause troubles to
-buggy programs (programs that call free() on a pointer not returned by
-malloc() work with previous libc, but not with this release) so read the
-`release.libc-5.3.12' file carefully! In the latest libc releases a
-dirent bug, which erroneously defined d->reclen to d->namlen if USE_GNU
-was defined, has been fixed. Unfortunately, some GNU packages depend
-on this bug. GNU make 3.xx is one of them. To fix that you need to
-patch and recompile those programs (a patch for make is included in the
-file `release.libc-.5.3.9', and the address to obtain a precompiled
-binary is at the end of this file).
-
- Also, the libc-5.3.x line has a known security hole relating to
-rlogin. Libc-5.3.12 fixes this, so if you're going to run an
-experimental libc, be sure to upgrade to 5.3.12. Libc-5.4.10 is
-currently available as well, but it may have problems, so caveat emptor.
-
- If you're getting an error message that is something to the effect of
-
- `fcntl_setlk() called by process 123 with broken flock() emulation'
-
- then you need to upgrade to at least libc-5.2.18 as well. A proper
-(in other words, BSD-style ;-) flock system call was added to 2.0.x,
-and older libc's will now give this error. It doesn't *really* matter,
-so you can just ignore it. If it really annoys you, upgrade libc (and
-recompile any static binaries you might have that are linked against
-the old libc). If you're feeling lazy, just comment out
-
- ` printk(KERN_WARNING
-"fcntl_setlk() called by process %d with broken flock()
- emulation\n", current->pid);'
-
- in linux/fs/locks.c and recompile. If you're still running a.out,
-there's an unofficial libc-4.7.6 release out to which you can upgrade
-to fix this problem. Libc is available from
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/.
-
-GCC Signal 11 error
-===================
-
- Many people have been reporting messages like the following,
-especially when compiling a new kernel:
-
- `gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11'.
-
- This is NOT a kernel bug. Rather, these messages are generally
-caused by hardware problems. See http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ for
-the sig11 FAQ.
-
- On the other hand, if you're using a gcc patched for Pentium
-optimization and are getting these errors, downgrade to a standard GNU
-gcc before assuming your hardware (or the kernel) is to blame.
-
- On a related note, if you get random OOPses that don't seem to be
-related to anything and you have a motherboard with APM support, try
-disabling the APM support and/or compiling the kernel with APM support.
-
-Procps utilities
-================
-
- Due to changes in the structure of the /proc filesystem, you need to
-upgrade procps to the latest release, currently 1.01. Otherwise,
-you'll get floating point errors with some ps commands or other similar
-surprises. Grab
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz.
-
-Kernel Modules
-==============
-
- Almost all drivers in 2.0.x can be modules, and kerneld is now
-incorporated into the kernel. To take advantage of this, you'll need
-the latest version of the module support apps. These are available at
-http://www.pi.se/blox/modules/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz. Note: If you try to
-load a module and get a message like
-
- `gcc2_compiled, undefined Failed to load module! The symbols from
-kernel 1.3.foo don't match 1.3.foo'
-
- where `foo' is a number for a recent kernel, then it's definitely
-time to upgrade module utilities.
-
- Another little tip: you can't have both a.out *and* ELF support
-compiled as modules. Otherwise, you get a nice Catch-22 when you try
-to run insmod to install a.out/ELF support so you can run insmod ;-).
-If you have an all-ELF system, but need a.out for the occasional legacy
-app, then you can do a.out support as a module. Otherwise, you should
-probably leave it in the kernel, and if you haven't gone ELF yet, you
-can probably say no to ELF support. Similarly, any partitions that you
-have to mount at startup have to have their necessary file system and
-device drivers compiled into the kernel, so don't get grandiose ideas
-about going completely modular and then forget to compile ext2fs
-support and ide/SCSI drive support into your kernel ;-).
-
-Kernel messages
-===============
-
- Kernel messages without a specific log level use the kernel's
-default log level. In 1.2 kernels, the default log level was 6
-(information), while in 2.0.x kernels it is 4 (warning). Adjust your
-configuration of syslogd appropriately (or edit printk.c in the kernel
-source ;-).
-
-PPP driver
-==========
-
- You need to be running a pppd from ppp-2.2.0.tar.gz or greater. The
-latest stable release is 2.2.0f and is available at
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz.
-
-Named pipes (SysVinit)
-======================
-
- Linux's handling of named pipes changed (it now does it The Right Way
-instead of the SunOS way ;-). This broke some programs that depended
-on the SunOS behavior, most notably SysVinit. If you're running 2.59
-or earlier, you will probably get a weird error on shutdown in which
-your computer shuts down fine but "INIT: error reading initrequest" or
-words to that effect scroll across your screen hundreds of times. To
-fix, upgrade to
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.64.tar.gz.
-
- If you're trying to run NCSA httpd, you might have problems with
-pre-spawning daemons. Upgrade to the latest release (1.5.2), available
-from http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ or check out Apache
-(http://www.apache.org/).
-
- The new named pipe behavior also causes problems with Hylafax. If
-you're running the hylafax daemon, it will just keep eating up CPU time
-until you have no idle time free. To fix this, edit port.h included
-with the Hylafax distribution and change the line
-
- CONFIG_OPENFIFO="O_RDONLY"
-
- to
-
- CONFIG_OPENFIFO="O_RDWR"
-
- A similar method (finding all named pipes opened read-only and
-changing them to read-write) will fix any program that is broken
-because of this change.
-
-File Locking (Sendmail)
-=======================
-
- As of pre2.0.6 (aka 1.99.6), mixed-style file locking is no longer
-allowed. For example, a file cannot be simultaneously locked with
-`flock' and `fcntl'. See Documentation/locks.txt for all the gory
-details. Among the programs this has impacted are older sendmails. If
-you get a message that sendmail cannot lock aliases.dir (or other
-files), you'll need to upgrade to at least 8.7.x. The latest sendmail
-is at ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/src/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.2.tar.gz.
-
-Uugetty
-=======
-
- Older uugettys will not allow use of a bidirectional serial line. To
-fix this problem, upgrade to
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Serial/getty_ps-2.0.7i.tar.gz.
-
-Kbd
-===
-
- For those of you needing non-ASCII character/font support, you should
-upgrade to ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/kbd-0.91.tar.gz.
-
-Mount
-=====
-
- The mount util is distributed as part of util-linux, which is
-currently at release 2.5. Some may find, especially when using the
-loop or xiafs file system, NFS, or automounting, that they need to
-upgrade to the latest release of mount, available from
-ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/util/mount-2.5p.tar.gz.
-
-Console
-=======
-
- The Linux console type has changed. If your setup is old enough
-that you have problems, you'll need to update your termcap. To fix,
-add linux to one of the types in /etc/termcap or snoop around
-http://www.ccil.org/~esr/ncurses.html (reputedly the latest universal
-termcap maintainer). You may also need to update terminfo by running
-the following as root:
-
- ln -s /usr/lib/terminfo/l/linux /usr/lib/terminfo/c/console
-
- Better yet, just get the latest official Linux termcap from
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz. If you
-upgrade to this release read the `README' file contained into the
-package to get some important information about the `tgetent' function
-changes! Note that there is now a fixed version at
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.8.fix. If some of your
-apps complain that termcap entries are too long and you don't need some
-of the more esoteric terms in the standard 2.0.8 termcap, just download
-termcap-2.0.8.fix and move it to /etc/termcap.
-
- Also, the console driver is now responsible for keeping track of
-correspondence between character codes and glyph bitmaps. If you
-encounter problems, try `loadunimap def' to get back the default
-correspondence.
-
-Hdparm
-======
-
- Hdparm has been upgraded to take advantage of the latest features of
-the kernel drivers. The latest non-beta version can be found at
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/diskdrives/hdparm-3.1.tar.gz.
-
-IP Accounting
-=============
-
- All IP packets coming in or going out via one of the network
-interfaces are now passing the accounting chain. So, packets being
-forwarded are passing this chain twice. Since pre2.0.7 (aka 1.99.7),
-accounting rules can be defined so that they will only match in one
-direction (either incoming or outgoing).
-
- There also exists a possibility to match on device names and/or
-device addresses, so that only packets coming in/going out via that
-device (network interface) match with a rule. You'll need to get
-ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to
-use this.
-
-IP Firewalls
-============
-
- The IP firewall code has been changed drastically for 2.0.x. There
-are now 3 categories of firewall rules: one for incoming packets, one
-for outgoing packets, and one for packets being forwarded. There also
-exists a possibility to match on device names and/or device addresses,
-so that only packets coming in/going out via that device (network
-interface) match with a rule. This is especially useful to prevent
-spoofing. You'll need to get
-ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to use this.
-
-IP Masquerading
-===============
-
- IP masquerading is now part of the standard kernel. However, you
-always need to load separate modules (ip_masq_ftp.o and/or
-ip_masq_irc.o) if you are going to use FTP or IRC in combination with
-masquerading. You'll need to get
-ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to use this.
-
-ISDN support
-============
-
- The new kernels support ISDN. You'll need ISDN utils available from
-ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/v2.0/isdn4k-utils-2.0.tar.gz to try
-this.
-
-Frame Relay
-===========
-
- Frame relay support for Linux is now available as well. Currently,
-only Sangoma cards are supported, but the interface is such that others
-will be as drivers become available. To use this, grab
-ftp://linux.invlogic.com/pub/fr/frad-0.15.tgz (soon to be
-frad-0.20.tgz). Another package of interest is
-ftp://linux.invlogic.com/pub/routing/routing.tgz (which allows Linux to
-make routing decisions based on packet source).
-
-Networking
-==========
-
- Some of the /proc/net entries have changed. You'll need to upgrade
-to the latest net-tools in
-ftp://ftp.inka.de/pub/comp/Linux/networking/NetTools/, where the latest
-is currently net-tools-1.32-alpha.tar.gz. See
-http://www.inka.de/sites/lina/linux/NetTools/index_en.html for more
-information. Note that there is currently no ipfw (which is part of
-net-tools) which works with 2.0.x kernels. If you need its functions,
-learn how to use ipfwadm or patch ipfw to get it to work (ipfw's current
-maintainer does not currently have time to fix it).
-
-Xntpd
-=====
-
- Older versions of xntpd will not work with the latest kernels.
-Upgrade to xntp3.5f.tar.Z, available from
-ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp/xntp3.5f.tar.Z.
-
-Sound driver
-============
-
- The sound driver was upgraded in the 2.0.x kernels, breaking vplay.
-To fix this problem, get a new version of the sndkit from
-ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/front/tasd/snd-util-3.5.tar.gz. Some users
-report that various other sound utils (cdd2wav-sbpcd, for example) need
-to be recompiled before they will work with the new kernels.
-
-Tcsh
-====
-
- If tcsh acts funny, get the source from
-ftp://anise.ee.cornell.edu/pub/tcsh and add #define SYSMALLOC in
-config_f.h before recompiling tcsh. Binaries can be found in
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Shells/ and a corrected one will
-probably wind up there eventually.
-
-Make
-====
-
- If make no longer works, you need to read the release notes for the
-libc you upgraded to. The latest libc and release notes can be found at
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC. This is NOT an error due
-to the kernel, though many people have mistakenly thought it is. When
-you upgrade to libc-5.3.9, you have to patch make to get it to work.
-All of this is documented in the release notes with libc. Upgrading
-libc can also break xterm support. If it does, you need to recompile
-xterm.
-
-Loop device
-===========
-
- 2.0.x kernels include loop device support which lets you mount a
-file as a file system, which can allow for all sorts of cool things
-like encrypted file systems and such. To use it, you'll need a
-modified version of mount from
-ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/util/mount-2.5k.tar.gz; preliminary work
-on encrypted file system support can be found in
-ftp.funet.fi:/pub/Linux/BETA/loop/des.1.tar.gz.
-
-Multiple device
-===============
-
- Multiple device support (allowing you to group several partitions
-into one logical device) has also been added. Check out
-ftp://sweet-smoke.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr/pub/Linux/md035.tar.gz to try this
-out.
-
-Arp
-===
-
- Arp daemon support has been added. Check out
-http://www.loran.com/~layes/arpd/index.html for more info and
-http://www.loran.com/~layes/arpd/arpd-1.0.2.tar.gz for a copy of arpd.
-
-Quota
-=====
-
- Quota support has also been added. You need to get quotas-1.55 from
-ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/kernel/src/subsystems/quota/all.tar.gz. You
-may need to copy its mntent.h over to /usr/include/mntent.h to get it to
-compile.
-
-Process Accounting
-==================
-
- Process accounting support has also been integrated into the new
-kernels. To use this feature, you'll need to get
-ftp://iguana.hut.fi/pub/linux/Kernel/process_accounting/acct_1.3.73.tar.gz.
-
-Bdflush and Updated
+General Information
===================
- Bdflush has also been integrated into the new kernels, so those of
-you using it on older systems no longer need to hunt for the patches to
-implement it once you upgrade to 2.0.x. You do still need to run the
-update daemon, however. You should probably upgrade to the latest
-updated, currently
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/updated-1.2.tar.gz. This
-(and later) versions will not spawn a bdflush daemon, since that is now
-done by the kernel (kflushd). If you upgrade, be sure to leave update
-in your init scripts and remove bdflush.
-
-APM support
-===========
-
- Advanced Power Management (APM) support has been added to the kernel
-as well. APM, which is primarily of use in laptops, provides access to
-battery status information and may help to conserve battery power. The
-support files can be found in
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/laptops/apm/apmd-2.4.tar.gz
-
-iBCS and Dosemu
-===============
-
- For a version of iBCS that works with 2.0.x kernels, grab
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/ibcs-2.0-960610.tar.gz
+ <CTRL><ALT><DEL> now performs a cold reboot instead of a warm reboot
+for increased hardware compatibility. If you want a warm reboot and
+know it works on your hardware, add a "reboot=warm" command line option
+in Lilo.
- For a version of Dosemu that works (well, at least as well as DOS
-ever works ;-), get
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.64.0.3.tgz
-or check out http://www.ednet.ns.ca/auto/rddc. Be sure to follow the
-instructions in README.newkernels about patching your include files, or
-it will not compile.
-
-Mtools and Fdutils
-==================
-
- The floppy ioctl numbering scheme has changed for 2.0.x. For
-backwards compatibility, the old system was supported through 1.3.x and
-will generate a warning in 2.0. In 2.1.x, the old scheme will
-disappear entirely.
-
- To avoid trouble (or at least annoying messages), you'll need to
-recompile any programs which emit floppy ioctls, including mtools and
-fdutils. For mtools, get
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.0.src.tar.gz
-and for fdutils, get
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz.
-
- In the future, fdformat might disappear entirely, so get used to
-using superformat instead.
-
-Cyclades Serial Driver
-======================
-
- The Cyclades driver has been changed so that the minor numbers start
-at 0 instead of 32 (for example, ttyC0 should be major 19, minor 0 for
-2.0.x kernels; in older kernels, it would have been major 19, minor
-32). Use mknod or a sufficiently new version of MAKEDEV to fix this.
-
-NCR 53c810 SCSI Driver
-======================
-
- Drivers for this card are now included in the standard linux source.
-However, they require Perl to be installed before they will compile.
-As far as I know, this is the only code in the kernel source that
-requires Perl to compile. If your kernel compile fails and you happen
-to have included this driver in your configuration, make sure you have
-Perl installed.
-
-Perl
+Libc
====
- While we're on the subject, changes made for the 2.0.x series cause
-the connect() Perl (both 4 and 5) call to time out while connecting to
-remote systems. The problem is not actually in the connect() call;
-rather, the optional bind() call usually used with connect() causes the
-problem. Remove the bind() call and your Perl scripts should connect.
-
- Also, Perl scripts using the readdir call now misbehave if you're
-using an old version of Perl, due to changes in libc. Upgrade to a
-more current Perl to avoid any unpleasantness.
-
-Groff
-=====
-
- Those of you running Slackware may experience weirdness with man
-pages due to changes in groff. If your man pages display <AD> for -
-when present at the end of a line, try setting an appropriate value
-(many have reported success with "latin1", for example) for the
-environmental variable LESSCHARSET. Another, and probably better,
-solution is to edit the file /usr/lib/man.config and change all
-`-Tlatin1' options to `-Tascii'. An alternate solution, for those of
-you who can't reformat your man files in .../cat* directories is to
-edit /usr/lib/man.config, setting the PAGER to `PAGER
-(LESSCHARSET=latin1;export LESSCHARSET;/usr/bin/less -is)'.
-
-E2fsprogs
-=========
-
- e2fsprogs 1.02 will work with the latest kernels, but it cannot be
-compiled on them. If you need (or want) to compile your own copy,
-you'll need to get the latest version, currently available at
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/e2fsprogs-1.06.tar.gz.
+ Linux-2.1.x is ELF-only. You can still compile a.out apps if you
+really want, but your kernel must be compiled ELF. If you can't
+currently compile ELF, consult the ELF howto at
+http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ELF-HOWTO.html and upgrade your system
+accordingly.
+
+ For modules to work, you need to be running libc-5.4.7 or greater.
+Since updates to libc fix other problems as well (security flaws, for
+example) and since 5.4.7 is missing a few needed symbols, try to get
+the latest 5.4.x you can. Currently, that is libc-5.4.12.
How to know the version of the installed programs
*************************************************
@@ -589,13 +72,10 @@
installed programs and libraries. The SysVinit version display
requires that you be logged in as root.
-GNU CC: gcc -v and gcc --version
-PPP: pppd -h (wrong but it show the version)
-Libc: ls -l /lib/libc.so.5
-Libc++: ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so
+Gnu C: gcc -v or gcc --version
+Libc: ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
+Libc++: ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
Binutils: ld -v
-ldd: ldd -v and ldd -V
-termcap: ls -l /lib/libtermcap.so.*
modules: insmod -V
procps: ps --version
SysVinit: cat /proc/`cat /var/run/syslog.pid`/environ|strings|awk '$1 ~
@@ -611,8 +91,8 @@
Installation notes:
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.7.0.3
-GNU CC
-======
+Gnu C
+=====
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/gcc-2.7.2.1.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
@@ -626,15 +106,10 @@
Installation notes for 5.2.18:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.2.18
-The latest 5.4.10 release:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.10.bin.tar.gz
-Installation notes for 5.4.10:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.10
-
-Patched make sources:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/make/make-3.74.patched.tar.gz
-Patched make binary:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/make/make-3.74-direntfix-elf.tgz
+The latest 5.4.12 release (when it gets there):
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.12.bin.tar.gz
+Installation notes for 5.4.12:
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.12
Linux C++ Library
=================
@@ -648,34 +123,16 @@
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz
-Termcap Library
-===============
-
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz
-
Modules utilities
=================
-The latest public release:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz
-PPP Daemon and utilities
-========================
-
-The latest public release:
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz
-
Procps utilities
================
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz
-Gpm mouse utilities
-===================
-
-ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/gpm/gpm-1.10.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/gpm-1.10.tar.gz
-
SysVinit utilities
==================
@@ -686,16 +143,6 @@
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/util-linux-2.5.tar.gz
-Mtools
-======
-
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.0.src.tar.gz
-
-Fdutils
-=======
-
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz
-
Other Info
==========
@@ -708,20 +155,14 @@
your favorite Red Hat mirror site before installing the non-RPM
version. Remember, you might need to use the -force option to get the
upgrade to install. Almost everything you need is available in
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/current/i386/updates/2.0-kernel/ and its
-mirrors.
+ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/
For others, David Bourgin has put together a package of everything
-necessary to quickly and easily upgrade to 2.0.x. See
-ftp://ftp.wsc.com/pub/freeware/linux/update.linux/ for more information
-and the files. This package also includes many bug-fixes, such as the
-latest sendmail. There's also an alternate lightweight termcap in the
-same directory that works well for many people.
-
-Please send info about any other packages that 2.0.x "broke" or about
-any new features of 2.0.x that require extra or new packages for use to
-Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu). I generate this from a
-modified texinfo setup, so you don't need to bother generating a diff
-against the current version before you send the additional information
-to me.
+necessary to quickly and easily upgrade to 2.1.x. See
+ftp://ftp.wsc.com/pub/freeware/linux/update.linux/kernel-v2.1.x/ for
+more information and the files.
+
+Please send info about any other packages that 2.1.x "broke" or about
+any new features of 2.1.x that require extra or new packages for use to
+Chris Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).
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