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This document contains a list of the latest releases of the most
important packages for Linux.

The installation information were removed because redundant.

Last updated: 14 Apr 1996.
Author: Alessandro Sigala (ssigala@globalnet.it).

Section "Upgrading to 1.3.x kernel" contributed by Chris Ricker
(gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu).

Current Releases
****************

- Kernel modules         Broken: 1.3.57, Exp: 1.3.69f
- PPP daemon             Stable: 2.2.0e, Exp: 2.2.0f-BETA6
- Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.7.14
- GNU CC                 2.7.2
- Binutils               2.6.0.12
- Linux C Library        Latest: 5.3.9, Stable: 5.2.18
- Linux C++ Library      2.7.1.4
- Termcap                2.0.7
- Procps                 0.99a
- Gpm                    1.06
- SysVinit               2.60
- Util-linux             2.5

What you really need to upgrade
*******************************

Dynamic linker
==============

   You may upgrade the dynamic linker to the latest release only to
solve some bugs.

SysVinit
========

   The FIFO behavior is changed in latest 1.3.x kernel releases. You may
upgrade to 2.60 if the older version breaks.

PPP daemon and utilities
========================

   To use the PPP protocol with the 1.3.x linux kernel, you need to
upgrade the PPP package to version 2.2.0e or the experimental 2.2.0f.

Procps utilities
================

   In the latest 1.3.x kernel releases the /proc filesystem structure
was changed, so you need to upgrade the Procps package to version 0.99a.

Installation notes
******************

Kernel Modules
==============

   The current kernel modules release is 1.3.57, but you need the
experimental release 1.3.69 to use newer binutils 2.6.0.x, because
modules compiled with new binutils can't be loaded by modules 1.3.57.

The Linux C Library
===================

   The current Linux C Library release is 5.3.9. In this release there
are some important changes that may break other programs, then read the
`release.libc-5.3.9' file carefully!  You need to patch and recompile
the `make' utility, or get it precompiled from the address written at
the end of this file.  If you don't want to patch and recompile the
binaries you may try the release 5.2.18.

The Termcap Library
===================

   The current Termcap release is 2.0.7. If you upgrade to this release
read the `README' file contained into the package to get some important
information about the `tgetent' function changes!

Upgrading to 1.3.x kernel
*************************

   This section was prepared by Chris Ricker and based on material from
the linux-kernel mailing list, Jared Mauch's web page "Software Victims
of the 1.3 Kernel Development"
(http://www2.nether.net/~jared/victim.html), and Axel Boldt's
(boldt@math.ucsb.edu) Configure.help file, among other sources.

   This section is intended primarily to help those that are new to the
1.3.x series of Linux kernels.  In the ongoing effort to make a faster,
better kernel and eventually achieve complete world domination, several
features of the kernel have changed.  As a result, when you first
upgrade to 1.3.x from 1.2.13, you will also have to upgrade several
utilities that are closely associated with the kernel.

Proc filesystem
===============

   Various changes in the /proc filesystem have been made, affecting ps,
top, etc.  Running `top' or `ps -auwwx' will now give you a floating
point exception. To fix the problem, upgrade to procps-0.99a.tar.gz,
available at
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/procps/procps-0.99a.tar.gz (or else
don't run top or ps with fancy switches and live with the incorrect
values ;-).

Modules
=======

   1.3.x is almost completely modularized, and kerneld is now
incorporated into the kernel.  To take advantage of this, you'll need
the latest version of the module support apps.  The latest non-beta
(works fine for me) is modules-1.3.57.tar.gz, and the latest beta is
modules-1.3.69f.tar.gz.  These should be available at the same place
you picked up your kernel (ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/kernel/)
and the home page is http://www.pi.se/blox/modules/index.html.  Note:
If you try to load a module and get a message like

   gcc2_compiled, undefined Failed to load module!  The symbols from
kernel 1.3.foo don't match 1.3.foo

   where foo is a number between 1 and 87, then it's time to upgrade
module utilities from 1.3.57 to 1.3.69f (you'll only get this if you're
running the latest binutils as well).  Another little tip:  you can't
have both a.out *and* ELF support compiled as modules.  Otherwise, you
get a nice Catch-22 when you try to run insmod to install a.out/ELF
support so you can run insmod ;-).  If you have an all-ELF system, but
need a.out for the occasional Netscape session, then you can do a.out
support as a module.  Otherwise, you should probably leave it in the
kernel.  Similarly, any partitions that you have to mount at startup
have to have their necessary drivers compiled into the kernel, so don't
get grandiose ideas about going completely modular and then forget to
compile ext2fs support into your kernel ;-).

PPP driver
==========

   The PPP driver was upgraded (and is still in somewhat of a a state of
flux).  You need to be running a pppd from ppp-2.2.0.tar.gz or greater.
The latest is 2.2.0e and is available at
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp-2.2.0e.tar.gz.

Named pipes
===========

   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
on the SunOS behavior, most notably SysVinit.  If you're running 2.59
or earlier, you will probably get a wierd error on shutdown in which
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://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/debian/sysvinit-2.60.tar.gz.

Uugetty
=======

   Older uugettys will not allow use of a bidirectional serial line.  To
fix this problem, upgrade to
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Serial/getty_ps-2.0.7h.tar.gz.

Console
=======

   The Linux console type has changed.  If your setup is old enough that
you have problems, you'll need to update your termcap.  To fix, add
linux to one of the types in /etc/termcap or snoop around
http://www.ccil.org/~esr/ncurses.html (reputedly the latest universal
termcap maintainer).  You may also need to update terminfo by running
the following as root:

   ln -s /usr/lib/terminfo/l/linux /usr/lib/terminfo/c/console

Hdparm
======

   Hdparm has been upgraded to take advantage of the latest features of
the kernel drivers.  The latest can be found at
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/diskdrives/hdparm-2.7.tar.gz.

IP Accounting
=============

   IP accounting has now been integrated into the kernel.  To use this,
you'll need to get ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm.  Get
ipfwadm-2.0beta2.tar.gz if your kernel is 1.3.66 or later.

Networking
==========

   Some of the /proc/net entries have changed.  You'll need to upgrade
to the latest net-tools in
ftp://ftp.inka.de:/pub/comp/Linux/networking/net-tools.  The last
official release there is net-tools-1.2.0.tar.gz, and the latest
release is net-tools-1.3.6-BETA5.tar.gz.  If you need the upgrade, you
probably need the latest beta release.

xntpd
=====

   Older versions of xntpd will not work with the latest kernels.
Upgrade to xntp3.5c.tar.Z, available from
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/.

Sound driver
============

   The sound driver was upgraded in the 1.3.x kernels, breaking vplay.
To fix this problem, get a new version of the sndkit from
ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/front/tasd/snd-util-3.5.tar.gz

tcsh
====

   If tcsh acts funny, get the source from
ftp://tesla.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.

Make
====

   If make no longer works, you need to read the release notes for the
libc you upgraded to.  The latest libc and release notes can be found at
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC.  This is NOT an error due
to the kernel, though many people have mistakenly thought it is.  When
you upgrade to libc-5.3.9, you have to patch make to get it to work.
All of this is documented in the release notes with libc.

Loop device
===========

   1.3.x kernels include loop device support which lets you mount a file
as a file system, which can allow for all sorts of cool things like
encrypted file systems and such.  To use it, you'll need a modified
version of mount from
ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/linux/util/mount-2.5X.tar.gz and work on
encrypted file system support can be found in
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/BETA/loop/des.1.tar.gz.

Multiple device
===============

   Multiple device support (allowing you to group several partitions
into one logical device) has also been added.  Check out
ftp://sweet-smoke.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr/pub/Linux/md034.tar.gz to try this
out.

Arp
===

   Arp daemon support has been added.  Check out
http://www.loran.com/~layes/arpd/index.html for more info and a copy of
arpd.

Quota
=====

   Quota support has also been added.  You need to get
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Admin/quota_acct.tar.gz to enable
quotas.  The version that is currently there does not compile, though I
am uploading a patched one that will compile as I write this (look for
quota-acct-modified.tgz).

Please send info about any other packages that 1.3.x "broke" or about
any new features of 1.3.x that require extra packages for use to Chris
Ricker (gt1355b@prism.gatech.edu) or me.

How to know the version of the installed programs
*************************************************

   There are some simple methods useful to know the version of the
installed programs and libraries.

GNU CC: gcc -v and gcc --version
PPP: pppd -h (wrong but it show the version)
Libc: ls -l /lib/libc.so.5
LibC++: ls -l /usr/lib/libg++.so
Binutils: ld -v
dld: ldd -v and ldd -V
termcap: ls -l /lib/libtermcap.so.*
modules: insmod -V
procps: ps --version

Where to get the files
**********************

Binutils
========

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/binutils-2.6.0.12.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.binutils-2.6.0.12

GNU CC
======

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/gcc-2.7.2.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2

Linux C Library
===============

The latest 5.3.9 release:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.3.9.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.3.9

Patched make binary:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/make/make-3.74-direntfix-elf.tgz

The 5.2.18 release:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.2.18.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.2.18

Linux C++ Library
=================

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libg++-2.7.1.4.bin.tar.gz
Installation notes:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libg++-2.7.1.4

Dynamic Linker
==============

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz

Termcap Library
===============

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.7.tar.gz

Modules utilities
=================

The latest public release:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/modules-1.3.57.tar.gz
The latest experimental release:
http://www.pi.se/blox/

PPP Daemon and utilities
========================

The latest public release:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp-2.2.0e.tar.gz
The latest experimental release:
ftp://ftp.sii.com/pub/linux/ppp-2.2/ppp-2.2.0f.BETA6.tar.gz

Procps utilities
================

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-0.99a.tgz

Gpm mouse utilities
===================

ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/gpm/gpm-1.06.tar.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/gpm-1.06.tar.gz

SysVinit utilities
==================

At the time of writing:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/sysvinit-2.60.tar.gz
Next location:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.60.tar.gz

Util-linux
==========

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/util-linux-2.5.tar.gz

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