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| 2 | util-linux-2.1.tar.gz (source distribution) | |
| 3 | util-linux-2.1.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution) | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS. | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY! | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING. | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.1.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER* | |
| 14 | installation: there are a few links you must make by hand. | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are | |
| 17 | system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere | |
| 18 | (e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap); others are BSD ports of common utilities | |
| 19 | that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g., col); others are | |
| 20 | non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g., simpleinit, | |
| 21 | agetty, login, passwd). | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux | |
| 24 | Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.1, October 9, 1994, with *NO* | |
| 25 | exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at | |
| 26 | tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate | |
| 29 | this. | |
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| 31 | ||
| 32 | HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1: | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | 1) Directory structure rearrange, with configuration support for those who | |
| 35 | use shadow passwords and System V init (no support is provided for these | |
| 36 | things, but your utilities won't get overwritten if you do a "make | |
| 37 | install" after you properly edit MCONFIG). | |
| 38 | 2) fdisk and cfdisk should work as expected with 2GB+ disk drives | |
| 39 | 3) As usual, lots of stuff was updated and added, including mount, vipw, | |
| 40 | readprofile | |
| 41 | 4) Some stuff was also deleted, and can now be found elsewhere: | |
| 42 | fsck wrapper: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs/e2fsprogs* | |
| 43 | pwd, su: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sh-utils* | |
| 44 | ed: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ed* | |
| 45 | od: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils* | |
| 46 | uudecode/uuencode: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sharutils* | |
| 47 | bdflush/update: ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v1.1/bdflush* | |
| 48 |