patch-2.1.99 linux/Documentation/Changes

• Lines: 166
• Date: Tue Apr 28 22:48:57 1998
• Orig file: v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/Changes
• Orig date: Tue Mar 17 22:18:13 1998

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.98/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 texinfo so a diff is useless anyway (though I can incorporate one by
 hand if you insist upon sending it that way ;-).
 
-   Check out http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Misc/info/LinuxBleed.html for an
+   Check out
+http://www.mindspring.com/~nunez/info/linux/LinuxBleed.html for an
 HTML-ized shopping list.
 
    For those of you in Europe,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
    Also, don't forget http://www.linuxhq.com/ for all your Linux kernel
 needs.
 
-Last updated: March 16. 1998
+Last updated: April 27, 1998
 Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu).
 
 Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@
 - Gnu C 		 2.7.2.3                 ; gcc --version
 - Binutils		 2.8.1.0.1               ; ld -v
 - Linux C Library	 5.4.44                  ; ls -l /lib/libc.so.*
-- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5                   ; ldd -v
+- Dynamic Linker (ld.so) 1.9.5                   ; ldd --version
 - Linux C++ Library	 2.7.2.8                 ; ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so.*
 - Procps		 1.2.5                   ; ps --version
-- Procinfo               0.13                    ; procinfo -v
+- Procinfo               13                      ; procinfo -v
 - Mount                  2.7l                    ; mount --version
 - Net-tools              1.41                    ; hostname -V
 - Loadlin                1.6a
-- Sh-utils               1.16                    ; expr --v
+- Sh-utils               1.16                    ; basename --v
 - Autofs                 0.3.11                  ; automount --version
 - NFS                    0.4.21                  ; showmount --version
 - Bash                   1.14.7                  ; bash -version
@@ -137,7 +138,11 @@
 
    Note that the latest compilers (egcs, pgcc, gcc 2.8) may do Bad
 Things while compiling your kernel, particularly if absurd
-optimizations (like -O9) are used.  Caveat emptor.
+optimizations (like -O9) are used.  Caveat emptor.  Currently, the only
+C compiler available in a binary distribution is egcs.  Version 1.0.2
+seems okay; if you have to have a binary, you may be successful using
+that.  In general, however, gcc-2.7.2.3 is known to be stable, while
+egcs and others have not been as thoroughly tested yet.
 
 Networking Changes
 ==================
@@ -163,8 +168,14 @@
    To run bootpd, you'll need to issue the following command:   echo 1
 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_boot_agent
 
+   Similar procedures are necessary to turn on other features.  If
+something appears broken, check the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ directory.  "1"
+generally denotes enabled, while "0" generally denotes disabled.
+
    For support for new features like IPv6, upgrade to the latest
-net-tools.
+net-tools.  This will also fix other problems.  For example, the format
+of /proc/net/dev changed; as a result, an older ifconfig will
+incorrectly report errors.
 
 Memory
 ======
@@ -257,11 +268,11 @@
 ========
 
 The 2.8.1.0.1 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.1.bin.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.1.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.23.bin.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.8.1.0.23.bin.tar.gz
 Installation notes:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.1
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.1
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.23
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.8.1.0.23
 
 Gnu C
 =====
@@ -273,13 +284,26 @@
 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.3
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.3
 
+The egcs-1.0.2 release:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-glibc.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-libc5.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-glibc.x86.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/egcs-1.0.2-libc5.x86.tar.gz
+Installation notes:
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.2
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.egcs-1.0.2
+
+Gnu C 2.7.2.3 source:
+ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/gnu/gcc-2.7.2.3.tar.gz
+
 Linux C Library
 ===============
 
 The 5.4.44 release:
 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.44.bin.tar.gz
-Installation notes for 5.4.38:
+Installation notes for 5.4.44:
 ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.44
 
@@ -304,21 +328,20 @@
 =================
 
 The 2.1.85 release:
-ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/alphabits/modutils/modutils-2.1.85.tar.gz
 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/modutils-2.1.85.tar.gz
 
 Procps utilities
 ================
 
 The 1.2 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.5.tar.gz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.2.5.tgz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/procps-1.2.7.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/ps/procps-1.2.7.tgz
 
 Procinfo utilities
 ==================
 
-The 0.11 release:
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-0.13.tar.gz
+The 13 release:
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/procinfo-13.tar.gz
 
 RPM utilities
 =============
@@ -337,8 +360,7 @@
 ======
 
 The 0.66.7 release:
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu0.66.7.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/emulators/dosemu0.66.7.tgz
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/dosemu-0.66.7.tgz
 
 Loadlin
 =======
@@ -376,8 +398,9 @@
 Net-tools
 =========
 
-The 1.432 release:
-ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/net-tools-1.432.tar.gz
+The 1.45 release:
+ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/net-tools-1.45.tar.gz
+http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-1.45.tar.gz
 
 Ypbind
 ======
@@ -396,7 +419,6 @@
 
 The 2.1.1 release:
 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.1.1.tgz
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/ncpfs/ncpfs-2.1.1.tgz
 
 Pcmcia-cs
 =========