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
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.
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
- 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
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 <johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net> is the interim maintainer
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
- <kashmir@umiacs.UMD.EDU>
+ <kashmir@umiacs.UMD.EDU>
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
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