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- From: csr@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf)
- Subject: CFR: chipset-2 - two useful software chips (b-tree, dl-list)
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- Summary: call for reviews for comp.sources.reviewed
- Keywords: chipset-2, btree, doublely linked lists, CFR
- Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News)
- Organization: PUCC UNIX Group
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:42:52 GMT
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-
- This is a comp.sources.reviewed Call For Reviews (CFR) for `chipset-2'.
-
- [Moderator's intro]
-
- This package contains two useful `software chips':
-
- btree.h -- the in-memory B-tree implementation
-
- dlist.h -- the in-memory doubly-linked list implementation
-
- The source code for each of these has been released into the public domain
- by its author, Paul Sander. If you are interested in *reviewing* these
- (I'll take reviews of the two under separate cover too, BTW) send a mail
- message to the csr mail-server:
-
- To: csr@cc.purdue.edu
- Subject: send chipset-2
-
- <thanks>
- <sig>
-
- and the mail server will send you the stuff.
-
- KSB's initial build notes:
- - the man/man3 directory should be named man/cat3 and man/man3 should
- have the nrofff source in it
- - OK on Sun4 under 4.1.3
- - looks like something I might use
- - I would post this `as is' (if no nix reviews)
-
- [end Moderator notes]
-
-
- [From Paul]
-
- This is my revised submission to comp.sources.reviewed of the Software
- ChipSet reusable software components. Most of the reviewers' comments
- have been incorporated, a couple of minor bugs were repaired, and some
- additional minor enhancement were made. Below is a list of the specific
- changes that were made.
-
- Paul
- -------
- Changes since the last release:
- - Added unpacking and build instructions.
- - Added a "verify" target to the top-level makefile that verifies that the
- package unpacked properly.
- - Documented the build scaffolding and procedures for adding new components
- to the package.
- - Rewrote the build scaffolding so that all configurable options are collected
- into one file, and default rules are collected into another common file.
- - Added aliases for the "spotless" target. These now include "clobber",
- "veryclean", and others.
- - Documented the target systems in the ChipSet file.
- - Added notices to each of the source code files explaining their status in
- the public domain.
- - Added several more redistribution media (compressed tar and cpio archives,
- also zip archives).
- - Modified the shar unpacking instructions to recommend editing the common.mk
- file prior to performing a "make all".
- - Bumped the patchlevels.
- - Added comment headers describing the purposes of the btpriv.h, btree.h,
- dlist.h, and dlpriv.h files.
- - Repaired bugs in the termination conditions of the B-tree and list test
- programs.
-
-
- [Moderator again.]
-
- No special stuff needed to review if you are a C programmer, gcc is
- the default compiler -- so it might help if you had that.
-
- If you need help with the mail-server send a note like:
- To: csr@cc.purdue.edu
- Subject: help
-
- Thanks
- <sig>
-
- If all else failed send a note to me....
- --
- Kevin Braunsdorf, csr-request@cc.purdue.edu
-