-util-linux 2.5
+util-linux 2.7
WARNING: THE PROGRAMS IN THIS SUITE DO *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORD FILES!
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
-WARNING: The agetty, simpleinit, login, passwd, and other programs in this
- package are *NOT* System V compliant. These utilities are meant
- to be used by people who build their own systems. If you are not
+WARNING: The simpleinit and some other programs in this package are
+ *NOT* System V compliant. These utilities are meant to be
+ used by people who build their own systems. If you are not
a wizard, do *NOT* blindly install these utilities: they could
prevent you from logging into your system. Have a boot floppy
- ready, especially if you don't know what you are doing.
-
-
+ ready, especially if you don't know what you are doing. It's a
+ great way to learn though ;-)
To install from source:
1) Get source distribution (see the .lsm file for locations)
-2) Untar util-linux-2.5.tar.gz in /usr/src
-3) cd util-linux-2.5
+2) Untar util-linux-2.7.tar.gz in /usr/src
+3) cd util-linux-2.7
4) Edit MCONFIG
5) make
-
- Note that libc 4.5.26 headers need a small patch to be used with
- recent kernels. See the file uio.h-diff for the patch, if necessary.
-
6) make install
7) If you want to use simpleinit and agetty, then make softlinks from
/sbin/init to simpleinit and from /sbin/getty to agetty, but make sure
that your /etc/inittab is set up right (this is *NOT* the System V
compatible init!), or you will be hosed. If you are using the SysV
init and/or some other getty, they you can keep using those.
-8) Remove all the old binaries from previous locations.
-9) See the HIGHLIGHTS below for links you need to make for the new FSSTND
- compliance.
+HIGLIGHTS for version 2.7:
+
+1) util-linux now _requires_ ncurses. Several programs are completely
+ converted to use terminfo (instead of termcap).
+
+2) Removed progams:
+ - clock: Dropped entierly. Use hwclock (included).
+ - sync: is in gnu fileutils.
+ - setserial: Is being maintained by Ted Ts'o, he recommends
+ setserial-2.12 (2.13 is bad luck)
+ - clear: Included in ncurses
+ - hostname, domainname, dnsdomainname: It's in net-utils.
+
+3) Bugfixes, additions:
+ - cfdisk: A much improved version. All known bugs have been fixed.
+ - sfdisk: A command line fdisk type utility, formerly called fdisk-3.04.
+ - SECURITY: All known holes in login, chfn, chsh and others have been
+ plugged. UPGRADE NOW if you haven't already fixed them yourself.
+ - Should work with libc 4, 5 and 6 (gnulibc), on m68k, intel, alpha
+ and sparc.
+
+4) Problems.:
+ - The rpcgen that comes in NetKit-B-0.09 is broken. At least as
+ packaged with RedHat 4.2 (NetKit-B-0.09-6). There are several
+ ways to deal with this:
+ - Don't run rpcgen, the needed pre-generated sources are included
+ (nfsmount_xdr.c). You must hack mount/Makefile to do this.
+ - Edit the source emited by rpcgen so it can compile. This is very
+ simple if you know C.
+ - Disable the NFS parts of mount. You have to edit mount/Makefile
+ to do this.
+ - Use some other rpcgen
+
+util-linux 2.6.1
+
+This release was never made public
+
+See notes for 2.6 for installation instructions.
+
+This is a incremental release containing some fixes. A new release
+will be made later fixing the outstanding bugs.
+- Things compiles and works better with recent releases of kernel,
+ ncurses, and so forth: fdisk, more
+- Some fixes to make things compile out of the box on alphas.
+- There has been reported a problem with login and /etc/usertty. It
+ should be fixed. If you still have problems get a recent MAKEDEV and
+ use it to make new tty devices. They were renumbered sometime during
+ the 1.3 phase of the kernel.
+- ipcs now displays the key of the structures.
+- A (harmless?) overflow bug was fixed in login.
+
+Outstanding bugs:
+- login/getty has a denial of service problem.
+- Several places needs a bit more polish.
+- There are a _lot_ of nonfatal warnings when compiling mount. This will
+ not necesarily be fixed.
+
+
+util-linux 2.6
+
+HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.6:
+
+0) The first release with me at the helm. PLEASE SEND PATCHES AND
+ UPDATES TO: util-linux@math.uio.no.
+
+1) Removed programs:
+ - md5sum: available in GNU textutils.
+ - syslogd: Sysklogd is now prefered. It is available at
+ tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/sources/sbin
+ sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Daemons
+
+2) Bugfixes, additions:
+ - SECURITY: All known holes in mount have been fixed. UPGRADE NOW
+ if you haven't already!
+ - Portability enhancments to the minix filesystem utils (m68k and
+ Arm patches).
+ - passwd/chsh/chfn will not mess up the passwd file on a NIS machine
+ - others too numerous to enumerate.
+
+3) New programs:
+ - vigr (it's like vipw)
+ - Introducing hwclock. A complete rewrite of the latest available
+ clock source. It supports intel/CMOS, /dev/rtc and linux/m68k
+ system clock interfaces. Clock supports the same things but is now
+ obsolete and will not be present in the next release. Start using
+ hwclock now. Please.
+
+
+util-linux 2.5
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.5:
0) Nicolai Langfeldt is taking over maintenance of util-linux, with the
projects / thirdparty / util-linux.git / blobdiff