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- From: Stephen Usher <steve@earth.ox.ac.uk>
- Subject: Latest version of my init(8) package.
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 09:38:08 +0100 (BST)
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-
- I've just uploaded to Atari.archive a source only distribution of the latest
- version of my init package for MiNT (New/inisrc11.tgz and
- New/inisrc11.readme1st).
-
- This is a source only distribution as you'll need to know what you're doing
- to extract and compile it!
-
- Firstly, you'll need to have GNU gzip and GNU tar handy and to have a Minix
- partition with about 3MB free to extract the archive easily, though you
- could get away with about 1.5-2 MB if you decompress the archive on another
- partition.
-
- You'll need a Minix partition as some of the files in the archive have names
- which won't fit the TOS 8+3 format.
-
- What does this archive contain I here you ask...
-
- It contains:-
-
- ac(8)
- A rather full etc directory
- finger(1)
- getty(8)
- An include directory for stuff which may not be in mintlibs
- (Please ignore and remove the syslogd.h file, sorry, slipped in)
- init(8)
- last(1)
- A lib directory holding such things as an implementation of writev
- login(1)
- su(1)
- passwd(1)
- As many manual pages as there were before. (oops! :-))
- A version of Ash, I can't remember if this is the version I modified
- to handle "for i do...done" loops.
- who(1)
- wlogin
- syslog - the complete (well almost) BSD release version.
- write(1) This version should now work!
-
- I think that'll do for the time being.
-
- The binary version won't appear until I've written a complete installation
- system for the package which will include all the programs needed to get a
- full BSD-like environment running. Don't hold your breath!
-
- Steve
-
- PS. This is really directed to Stephen Henson etc..
- I found a problem when using syslogd on a Minix filesystem, I'm including
- the notice I've placed in the syslog directory warning of the problem below:-
-
- --8<-- Cut -- Here --8<--
- There is a possible problem with MiNT or some versions of the Minix
- filesystem device driver which may either cause MiNT to lock up or the
- system log daemon to die with a "hardware" access violation when run on a
- machine with memory protection.
-
- If /var/adm/messages is read by a program whilst syslogd is running, the
- next time syslogd tries to write to the file it will crash. If
- /var/adm/messages is read by a program more than twice, on the third time
- MiNT will seize up completely.
-
- This problem was found whilst using MiNT 1.07 and Minixfs version 6.0
- patchevel 4.
-
- Stephen Usher, 9th August, 1993.
-
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