patch-pre2.0.13 linux/Documentation/Changes

• Lines: 130
• Date: Wed Jun 5 17:47:00 1996
• Orig file: pre2.0.12/linux/Documentation/Changes
• Orig date: Wed Jun 5 10:41:27 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file pre2.0.12/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Taylor.  Check out http://www.cviog.uga.edu/LinuxBleed.html if you
 prefer a HTML-ized shopping list.
 
-Last updated: June 1, 1996.
+Last updated: June 5, 1996.
 Current Author: Chris Ricker ([email protected]).
 
 Current Releases
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 - Termcap		 2.0.8
 - Procps		 0.99a
 - Gpm			 1.09
-- sysvinit		 2.62
+- SysVinit		 2.62
 - Util-linux		 2.5
 
 Upgrade notes
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@
 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo, changing the line `route add
 -net $(IPADDR)' to `route add -net 127.0.0.0' and you should be fine.
 
+Booting Changes
+===============
+
+   The boot stuff in 1.3.x (for arch/i386) has been enhanced so that it
+now can load bigger kernels (bzImage) and that the loaders now can load
+an initial ramdisk (initrd). For initrd see Documentation/initrd.txt.
+For building bigger kernels use one of the following make targets:
+bzImage, bzlilo, bzdisk (equivalent to make targets zImage, zlilo, and
+zdisk respectively).  If you want or need to use the new features
+you'll need to upgrade your bootloaders.  Lilo can be found at
+ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.19.tar.gz.  LOADLIN is at
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lodlin16.tgz.  If
+you're using more unusual loaders like SysLinux or etherboot, the
+latest versions are 1.3 and 2.0, respectively.
+
 The Linux C Library
 ===================
 
@@ -154,8 +169,8 @@
 latest stable release is 2.2.0f and is available at
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz.
 
-Named pipes
-===========
+Named pipes (SysVinit)
+======================
 
    Linux's handling of named pipes changed (it now does it The Right Way
 instead of the SunOS way ;-).  This broke some programs that depended
@@ -164,9 +179,7 @@
 your computer shuts down fine but "INIT: error reading initrequest" or
 words to that effect scroll across your screen hundreds of times.  To
 fix, upgrade to
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/sbin/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
-ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/software/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz.
+ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/debian/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz.
 
    If you're trying to run NCSA httpd, you have to set pre-spawning of
 daemons to zero, as it incorrectly assumes SunOS behavior.  I recommend
@@ -187,6 +200,17 @@
 changing them to read-write) will fix any program that is broken
 because of this change.
 
+File Locking (Sendmail)
+=======================
+
+   As of pre2.0.6 (aka 1.99.6), mixed-style file locking is no longer
+allowed.  For example, a file cannot be simultaneously locked with
+`flock' (BSD-style) and `lockf' (SYSV-style).  Among the programs this
+has impacted are older sendmails.  If you get a message that sendmail
+cannot lock aliases.dir (or other files), you'll need to upgrade to at
+least 8.7.x.  The latest sendmail is at
+ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/src/sendmail/sendmail.8.7.5.tar.gz.
+
 Uugetty
 =======
 
@@ -299,7 +323,7 @@
 ====
 
    If tcsh acts funny, get the source from
-ftp://tesla.ee.cornell.edu/pub/tcsh and add #define SYSMALLOC in
+ftp://anise.ee.cornell.edu/pub/tcsh and add #define SYSMALLOC in
 config_f.h before recompiling tcsh.  Binaries can be found in
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Shells/ and a corrected one will
 probably wind up there eventually.
@@ -351,6 +375,20 @@
 /usr/include/mntent.h.  I've uploaded this to sunsite as
 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Admin/quotas-1.51-tar.gz
 
+Process Accounting
+==================
+
+   Process accounting support has also been integrated into the new
+kernels. To use this feature, you'll need to get
+ftp://iguana.hut.fi/pub/linux/Kernel/process_accounting/acct_1.3.73.tar.gz.
+
+Bdflush
+=======
+
+   Bdflush has also been integrated into the new kernels, so those of
+you using it on older systems no longer need to hunt for the patches to
+implement it once you upgrade to 1.3.x.
+
 APM support
 ===========
 
@@ -368,7 +406,9 @@
 
    For a version of Dosemu that works (well, at least as well as DOS
 ever works ;-), get
-ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.63.1.8.tgz.
+ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.63.1.19.tgz.
+Be sure to follow the instructions in README.newkernels about patching
+your include files, or it will not compile.
 
 Mtools and Fdutils
 ==================
@@ -500,7 +540,7 @@
 SysVinit utilities
 ==================
 
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.60.tar.gz
+ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz
 
 Util-linux
 ==========