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From: Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>
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Subject: util-linux-2.1 now available
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Date: 20 Feb 1995 13:35:12 +0200
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Keywords: miscellaneous utilities for Linux, fdisk, mkswap, many others
util-linux-2.1.tar.gz (source distribution)
util-linux-2.1.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution)
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY!
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.1.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER*
installation: there are a few links you must make by hand.
This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are
system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere
(e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap); others are BSD ports of common utilities
that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g., col); others are
non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g., simpleinit,
agetty, login, passwd).
The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux
Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.1, October 9, 1994, with *NO*
exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*.
Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate
this.
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1:
1) Directory structure rearrange, with configuration support for those who
use shadow passwords and System V init (no support is provided for these
things, but your utilities won't get overwritten if you do a "make
install" after you properly edit MCONFIG).
2) fdisk and cfdisk should work as expected with 2GB+ disk drives
3) As usual, lots of stuff was updated and added, including mount, vipw,
readprofile
4) Some stuff was also deleted, and can now be found elsewhere:
fsck wrapper: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs/e2fsprogs*
pwd, su: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sh-utils*
ed: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ed*
od: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils*
uudecode/uuencode: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sharutils*
bdflush/update: ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v1.1/bdflush*
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Title: util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
Version: 2.1
Entered-date: Thu Feb 16 09:23:18 1995
Description: reboot shutdown simpleinit sln swapoff swapon cal chfn chsh
clear col colcrt colrm column dnsdomainname domainname
dsplit fdformat getopt hexdump hostid hostname ipcrm ipcs
last logger look lpcntl mcookie md5sum mesg namei newgrp
passwd ramsize rdev readprofile renice reset rev rootflags
script selection setfdprm setsid setterm strings swapdev
tsort tunelp ul vidmode wall whereis write chroot
ctrlaltdel frag syslogd update_state vipw zdump zic
Keywords: essential utilities
Author: several
Maintained-by: fa...@cs.unc.edu (Rik Faith)
Primary-site: ftp.cs.unc.edu /pub/users/faith/linux
640k util-linux-2.1.tar.gz
570k util-linux-2.1.bin.tar.gz
Alternate-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/utils
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
Platforms: Linux 1.1.8x, GNU tar
Copying-policy: GPL, BSD, others
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From: Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: util-linux-2.2 now available
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Date: 6 Mar 1995 16:00:32 +0200
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Keywords: bugfix release for util-linux-2.1
[Please note that the latest fdisk is "v2.0a (>2GB)" and the latest cfdisk
is "0.8a BETA (>2GB)". The cannonical versions of both are in this
package, and both should work with disks > 2GB if you have Linux 1.1.46 or
above.]
util-linux-2.2.tar.gz (source distribution)
util-linux-2.2.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution)
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY!
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.2.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER*
installation: there are a few links you must make by hand.
This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are
system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere
(e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap); others are BSD ports of common utilities
that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g., col); others are
non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g., simpleinit,
agetty, login, passwd).
The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux
Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.1, October 9, 1994, with *NO*
exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*.
Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate
this.
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.2:
1) This is primarily a quick bug-fix release for version 2.1
2) mkfs wrapper added back in, since e2fsprogs only supplies an fsck wrapper
3) selection removed, since someone appears to be maintaining it now. See
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/linux/kernel/patches/console for recent sources.
For the time being, I'm keeping a copy in the historic subdirectory of
util-linux. A "make install" should work find from within that
directory.
4) Note that other floppy utilities are available from:
ftp.imag.fr:pub/Linux/ZLIBC/fdutils/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/sbin/fdutils-4.1.src.tar.gz
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1:
1) Directory structure rearrange, with configuration support for those who
use shadow passwords and System V init (no support is provided for these
things, but your utilities won't get overwritten if you do a "make
install" after you properly edit MCONFIG).
2) fdisk and cfdisk should work as expected with 2GB+ disk drives
3) As usual, lots of stuff was updated and added, including mount, vipw,
readprofile
4) Some stuff was also deleted, and can now be found elsewhere:
fsck wrapper: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs/e2fsprogs*
pwd, su: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sh-utils*
ed: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/ed*
od: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils*
uudecode/uuencode: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/sharutils*
bdflush/update: ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/v1.1/bdflush*
Begin3
Title: util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
Version: 2.2
Entered-date: Sun Feb 26 16:05:47 1995
Description: reboot shutdown simpleinit sln swapoff swapon cal chfn chsh
clear col colcrt colrm column dnsdomainname domainname
dsplit fdformat getopt hexdump hostid hostname ipcrm ipcs
last logger look lpcntl mcookie md5sum mesg namei newgrp
passwd ramsize rdev readprofile renice reset rev rootflags
script selection setfdprm setsid setterm strings swapdev
tsort tunelp ul vidmode wall whereis write chroot
ctrlaltdel frag syslogd update_state vipw zdump zic
Keywords: essential utilities
Author: several
Maintained-by: fa...@cs.unc.edu (Rik Faith)
Primary-site: ftp.cs.unc.edu /pub/users/faith/linux
592k util-linux-2.2.tar.gz
571k util-linux-2.2.bin.tar.gz
Alternate-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/utils
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
Platforms: Linux 1.1.9x, GNU tar
Copying-policy: GPL, BSD, others
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From: Rik Faith <fa...@cs.unc.edu>
Subject: util-linux 2.5
Date: 1995/10/18
Message-ID: <cola-liw-814054057-20372-1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>
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util-linux-2.5.tar.gz (source distribution only)
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
This is a collection of many assorted utilities for Linux. Some are
system utilities that are not easily available anywhere elsewhere
(e.g., mkfs.minix, mkswap, cfdisk, fdisk); others are BSD ports of
common utilities that are not yet contained in any FSF package (e.g.,
col); others are non-System-V alternatives to common utilities (e.g.,
simpleinit, agetty, login, passwd).
The arrangement, as nearly as I can determine, conforms to the Linux
Filesystem Structure, Interim Release 1.2, March 28, 1995, with *NO*
exceptions. A copy of the standards document can be found at
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd/*.
Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate
this.
This product includes software developed by the University of
California, Berkeley and its contributors.
IN THE FUTURE, SEND UPDATES AND PATCHES TO: util-li...@math.uio.no
HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.5:
0) Nicolai Langfeldt is taking over maintenance of util-linux, with the
help of a few others (Michael K. Johnson, Andries Brouwer, and Rik
Faith).
PLEASE SEND PATCHES AND UPDATES TO: util-li...@math.uio.no
1) The following packages have been removed. Please use the up-to-date,
canonical versions of these packages from the listed places:
timezone support (/usr/lib/zoneinfo, libz.a, zic, zdump):
elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzcode95d.tar.gz
elsie.nci.nih.gov:/pub/tzdata95h.tar.gz
MAKEDEV-C:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-C-1.5.tar.gz
MAKEDEV:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Admin/MAKEDEV-2.2.tar.gz
md5sum:
prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/textutils-1.3.tar.gz
[The GNU version is now compatible with the Plumb/Lankester
version.]
ksymoops:
Now bundled with the kernel in linux/scripts.
2) update_state has been removed
3) fdisk now supports NetBSD disklabels courtesy of Bernhard Fastenrath
<fas...@athene.informatik.uni-bonn.de> (and > 8GB disks, courtesy of
Andries Brouwer)
4) mount improved -- many patches from Andries Brouwer for greatly improved
error reporting
5) ddate, chkdupexe, and other programs have been improved and bug fixed
6) util-linux is now a source-only distribution
7) mcookie generates better random numbers and will use /dev/random or
/dev/audio if available
8) chfn, chsh, passwd, and vipw have been updated with security patches
from Zefram <A.M...@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>. Now, they all use the same
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.
Begin3
Title: util-linux: Miscellaneous utilities for Linux
Version: 2.5
Entered-date: Thu Oct 12 15:20:00 1995
Description: agetty arch cal cat cfdisk chfn chkdupexe chroot chsh clear
clock col colcrt colrm column ctrlaltdel cytune ddate dmesg
dnsdomainname domainname dsplit fastboot fasthalt fdformat
fdisk fsck.minix getopt halt hexdump hostid hostname ipcrm
ipcs kbdrate kill last logger login look mcookie mesg mkfs
mkfs.minix mkswap more mount namei passwd ramsize rdev
readprofile reboot renice reset rev rootflags script
setfdprm setserial setsid setterm shutdown simpleinit sln
strings swapdev swapoff swapon sync syslogd tsort tunelp ul
umount vidmode vipw wall whereis write
Keywords: essential utilities
Author: several
Maintained-by: Nicolai Langfeldt <util-li...@math.uio.no>
Primary-site: tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/packages/utils
487k util-linux-2.5.tar.gz
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Misc
Platforms: Linux 1.2.x/1.3.x
Copying-policy: GPL, BSD, others
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