X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=499bf0330bc87878837fcf0772dda871e6832f33;hb=d805688afc0c709154c9c6f29383b175c05ffc92;hp=a17abe0e595e17552e5c9106fd527135ba78b117;hpb=0c93519e78018202052fff6cfb5c0a98eb587ae9;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a17abe0e59..499bf0330b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.8: 1) New programs: - getopt(1) by Frodo Looijaard replaces the older bsd based version. Keywords: Backward compatible, supports --long options. -1) Removed programs: +1) Removed programs: - chroot: is no longer in util-linux. Get it free with GNU sh-utils - hostid: No-one could figure out the right way for this program to work. Another hostid program is included in poeigl @@ -1426,11 +1426,11 @@ 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, +- 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 + 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. @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.6: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/sources/sbin sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Daemons -2) Bugfixes, additions: +2) Bugfixes, additions: - SECURITY: All known holes in mount have been fixed. UPGRADE NOW if you haven't already! - Portability enhancements to the minix filesystem utils (m68k and @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.6: - passwd/chsh/chfn will not mess up the passwd file on a NIS machine - others too numerous to enumerate. -3) New programs: +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 @@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.5: 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. - + HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.4 (2.3 was never released): 0) Michael K. Johnson is the interim maintainer @@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ login-utils: simpleinit: Peter Orbaek ftp.daimi.aau.dk:/pub/linux/poe/poeigl-1.37.tar.gz vipw: 5.16 (Berkeley) 3/3/91, with modifications by Mike Grupenhoff - + wall: 8.2 (Berkeley) 11/16/93 (With changes so that damaging escape sequences cannot be sent.) ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/bsd-sources/4.4BSD-Lite/usr/src/usr.bin @@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ mount: supports NFS stuff. I have modified the man pages. I have also added a small patch from Hamish Glen Coleman (t933093@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU) which restores the -o semantics. - + Updated with Rick Sladkey's mount-0.99.14.tar.gz package, and with extra patches from Rick. Adam J. Richter allowed -t option to be optional. Patrick J. Volkerding (volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu) and