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- [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.]
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- util-linux-2.2.tar.gz (source distribution)
- util-linux-2.2.bin.tar.gz (binary distribution)
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- WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORDS.
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- WARNING: THIS COLLECTION DOES *NOT* SUPPORT SYSTEM V INITTAB.
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- WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY!
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- WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING.
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- WARNING: *READ* the util-linux-2.2.bin.Notes file *BEFORE* and *AFTER*
- installation: there are a few links you must make by hand.
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- 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).
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- 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/*.
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- Many people provided patches and suggestions. I deeply appreciate
- this.
-
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- 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
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- HIGHLIGHTS for version 2.1:
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- 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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