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Intro

=====

This document contains a list of the latest stable releases of the most

important packages for Linux as well as instructions for newcomers to

the 2.0.x series of kernels.  By glancing through it, you should be

able to find out what you need to upgrade in order to successfully run

the latest kernels.  Note that I tend to mention the earliest releases

of software known to work, not necessarily the latest and greatest

versions, as the goal is to provide you with a list of sure-to-work

software.

   It was originally 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,

and was originally written and maintained by Alessandro Sigala

(ssigala@globalnet.it).

   Para aquellos que prefieran una version en castellano de este

documento, consultad la traduccion de Alfredo Sanjuan en

http://slug.ctv.es/~alfredo/Cambios.html (Spanish translation).

   Akik magyarul szeretnenek olvasni az uj kernellel kapcsolatos

valtozasokrol, az alabbi cimen megtalaljak Nyitrai Tamas forditasat:

http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/newkernel.html (Hungarian

translation).

   Tamas also maintains a version of this file at

http://www.datanet.hu/generations/linux/Changes.html (English version).

   For people who prefer Japanese (thanks to Mitsuhiro Kojima): Kono

bunshou no nihongo ban wa

http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/v2.0/Changes-2.0.html ni arimasu.

   Voyez le site http://www.linux-kheops.com/traduc/kernels/ pour la

traduction francaise (merci, David Bourgin).  (French translation)

   Per quelli che preferiscono avere una versione in Italiano di questo

documento, si consulti la traduzione di Giovanni Bortolozzo reperibile a

http://www.pluto.linux.it/ildp/kernel/Changes-2.0.html (Italian

translation).

   The most current version should always be available from

http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/kaboom/linux/ as well.

Last updated: February 16, 1998.

Current Author: Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu).

Current Releases (the latest necessary for basic functionality, not

*******************************************************************

   necessarily the latest and greatest)

- Kernel modules         2.0.0

- PPP daemon             2.2.0f

- Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.7.14

- GNU CC                 2.7.2.1

- Binutils               2.7.0.3

- Linux C Library        Stable:  5.2.18, Beta:  5.4.33

- Linux C++ Library      2.7.2.1

- Termcap                2.0.8

- Procps                 1.01

- Gpm                    1.10

- SysVinit               2.64

- Util-linux             2.5

- Mount                  2.5p

- Net-tools              1.32-alpha

- Kbd                    0.91

Upgrade notes

*************

Network errors with recent kernels

==================================

   Many default network scripts are set up to add a route to the

localhost at 127.0.0.1 at startup.  However, they do this incorrectly.

To fix the error, which is now spotted by the kernel (causing many

daemons to quit working), look for a line like `route add -net

127.0.0.1' in your network configuration files and change it to `route

add -net 127.0.0.0'.

   This error is present in all Red Hat distributions through Red Hat

3.03 (and derivative distributions like Caldera).  If you're running

one of these, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-lo, changing the

line `route add -net $(IPADDR)' to `route add -net 127.0.0.0' and you

should be fine.

   People have also reported problems due to the naming of the dummy

network interface driver.  If the dummy driver is compiled into the

kernel, its name is "dummy."  If the dummy driver is compiled as a

module, its name is "dummy0."  Furthermore, more than one dummy driver

can be loaded if compiled as a module.  Each subsequent loading of the

driver adds a new dummy interface whose name is incremented by one

("dummy1," "dummy2," etc.).

Booting Changes

===============

   The boot support in 2.0.x (for arch/i386) has been enhanced so that

it now can load bigger kernels (bzImage) and that the loaders now can

load an initial ramdisk (initrd). For initrd see

Documentation/initrd.txt. For building bigger kernels use one of the

following make targets: bzImage, bzlilo, bzdisk (equivalent to make

targets zImage, zlilo, and zdisk respectively). If you want or need to

use the new features you'll need to upgrade your bootloaders.  Lilo can

be found at ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.19.tar.gz.

LOADLIN is at

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lodlin16.tgz.  If

you're using more unusual loaders like SysLinux or etherboot, the

latest versions are 1.3 and 2.0, respectively.

   Ramdisk support does not work with the latest kernels if ramdisk=0

option is present.  Many older distributions (mainly Slackware) have

this option in their lilo.config file.  Comment it out and re-run lilo

if you need ramdisks.

   The definition of SIOCSARP in /usr/include/linux/sockios.h was

changed.  This means bootpd has to be re-compiled in order to work.

   The kernel reboot method is now, by default, a cold reboot so that

the kernel will work on systems that don't support other methods.  If

you want to be able to do a warm reboot, add a reboot=warm option to

lilo.conf.

The Linux C Library

===================

   The latest stable Linux C Library release is 5.2.18.  If you upgrade

to this from 5.0.9 or earlier, be sure to read the

`release.libc-5.2.18' file, since GNU make and a few other fairly

important utils can be broken by the upgrade.

   A current common Linux C Library release is 5.3.12. In this release

there are some important changes that may cause troubles to buggy

programs (programs that call free() on a pointer not returned by

malloc(), such as Netscape, work with previous libc, but not with this

release) so read the `release.libc-5.3.12' file carefully!  In the

latest libc releases a dirent bug, which erroneously defined d->reclen

to d->namlen if USE_GNU was defined, has been fixed.  Unfortunately,

some GNU packages depend on this bug.  GNU make 3.xx is one of them.

To fix that you need to patch and recompile those programs (a patch for

make is included in the file `release.libc-.5.3.9', and the address to

obtain a precompiled binary is at the end of this file).

   Also, the libc-5.3.x line has a known security hole relating to

rlogin.  Libc-5.3.12 fixes this, so if you're going to run an

experimental libc, be sure to upgrade to 5.3.12.  Libc-5.4.33 is

currently available as well, but it may have problems, so caveat

emptor.  It fixes lots of problems, but may break even more programs

than 5.3.12.

   If you're getting an error message that is something to the effect of

   `fcntl_setlk() called by process 123 with broken flock() emulation'

   then you need to upgrade to at least libc-5.2.18 as well.  A proper

(in other words, BSD-style ;-) flock system call was added to 2.0.x,

and older libc's will now give this error.  It doesn't *really* matter,

so you can just ignore it. If it really annoys you, upgrade libc (and

recompile any static binaries you might have that are linked against

the old libc).  If you're feeling lazy, just comment out

   `                printk(KERN_WARNING

"fcntl_setlk() called by process %d with broken flock()

  emulation\n",                        current->pid);'

   in linux/fs/locks.c and recompile.  If you're still running a.out,

there's an unofficial libc-4.7.6 release out to which you can upgrade

to fix this problem.  Libc is available from

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/.

GCC Signal 11 error

===================

   Many people have been reporting messages like the following,

especially when compiling a new kernel:

   `gcc:  Internal compiler error:  program cc1 got fatal signal 11'.

   This is NOT a kernel bug.  Rather, these messages are generally

caused by hardware problems.  See http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ for

the sig11 FAQ.

   On the other hand, if you're using a gcc patched for Pentium

optimization and are getting these errors, downgrade to a standard GNU

gcc before assuming your hardware (or the kernel) is to blame.

   On a related note, if you get random OOPses that don't seem to be

related to anything and you have a motherboard with APM support, try

disabling the APM support and/or compiling the kernel with APM support.

Procps utilities

================

   Due to changes in the structure of the /proc filesystem, you need to

upgrade procps to the latest release, currently 1.01.  Otherwise,

you'll get floating point errors with some ps commands or other similar

surprises.  Grab

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz.

Kernel Modules

==============

   Almost all drivers in 2.0.x can be modules, and kerneld is now

incorporated into the kernel.  To take advantage of this, you'll need

the latest version of the module support apps. These are available at

http://www.pi.se/blox/modules/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz.  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 for a recent kernel, then it's definitely

time to upgrade module utilities.

   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 legacy

app, then you can do a.out support as a module.  Otherwise, you should

probably leave it in the kernel, and if you haven't gone ELF yet, you

can probably say no to ELF support.  Similarly, any partitions that you

have to mount at startup have to have their necessary file system and

device drivers compiled into the kernel, so don't get grandiose ideas

about going completely modular and then forget to compile ext2fs

support and ide/SCSI drive support into your kernel ;-).

Kernel messages

===============

   Kernel messages without a specific log level use the kernel's

default log level.  In 1.2 kernels, the default log level was 6

(information), while in 2.0.x kernels it is 4 (warning).  Adjust your

configuration of syslogd appropriately (or edit printk.c in the kernel

source ;-).

PPP driver

==========

   You need to be running a pppd from ppp-2.2.0.tar.gz or greater.  The

latest stable release is 2.2.0f and is available at

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz.

Named pipes (SysVinit)

======================

   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 weird 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://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.64.tar.gz.

   If you're trying to run NCSA httpd, you might have problems with

pre-spawning daemons.  Upgrade to the latest release (1.5.2), available

from http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ or check out Apache

(http://www.apache.org/).

   The new named pipe behavior also causes problems with Hylafax.  If

you're running the hylafax daemon, it will just keep eating up CPU time

until you have no idle time free.  To fix this, edit port.h included

with the Hylafax distribution and change the line

   CONFIG_OPENFIFO="O_RDONLY"

   to

   CONFIG_OPENFIFO="O_RDWR"

   A similar method (finding all named pipes opened read-only and

changing them to read-write) will fix any program that is broken

because of this change.

File Locking (Sendmail)

=======================

   As of pre2.0.6 (aka 1.99.6), mixed-style file locking is no longer

allowed.  For example, a file cannot be simultaneously locked with

`flock' and `fcntl'.  See Documentation/locks.txt for all the gory

details.  Among the programs this has impacted are older sendmails.  If

you get a message that sendmail cannot lock aliases.dir (or other

files), you'll need to upgrade to at least 8.7.x. The latest sendmail

is at ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/src/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.7.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-2.0.7i.tar.gz.

Kbd

===

   For those of you needing non-ASCII character/font support, you should

upgrade to ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/kbd-0.91.tar.gz.

Mount

=====

   The mount util is distributed as part of util-linux, which is

currently at release 2.5.  Some may find, especially when using the

loop or xiafs file system, NFS, or automounting, that they need to

upgrade to the latest release of mount, available from

ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/util/mount-2.5p.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

   Better yet, just get the latest official Linux termcap from

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz.  If you

upgrade to this release read the `README' file contained into the

package to get some important information about the `tgetent' function

changes!  Note that there is now a fixed version at

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/termcap-2.0.8.fix.  If some of your

apps complain that termcap entries are too long and you don't need some

of the more esoteric terms in the standard 2.0.8 termcap, just download

termcap-2.0.8.fix and move it to /etc/termcap.

   Also, the console driver is now responsible for keeping track of

correspondence between character codes and glyph bitmaps.  If you

encounter problems, try `loadunimap def' to get back the default

correspondence.

Hdparm

======

   Hdparm has been upgraded to take advantage of the latest features of

the kernel drivers.  The latest non-beta version can be found at

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/diskdrives/hdparm-3.1.tar.gz.

IP Accounting

=============

   All IP packets coming in or going out via one of the network

interfaces are now passing the accounting chain.  So, packets being

forwarded are passing this chain twice.  Since pre2.0.7 (aka 1.99.7),

accounting rules can be defined so that they will only match in one

direction (either incoming or outgoing).

   There also exists a possibility to match on device names and/or

device addresses, so that only packets coming in/going out via that

device (network interface) match with a rule.  You'll need to get

ipfwadm from ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to

use this.

IP Firewalls

============

   The IP firewall code has been changed drastically for 2.0.x. There

are now 3 categories of firewall rules: one for incoming packets, one

for outgoing packets, and one for packets being forwarded.  There also

exists a possibility to match on device names and/or device addresses,

so that only packets coming in/going out via that device (network

interface) match with a rule.  This is especially useful to prevent

spoofing.  You'll need to get

ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to use this.

IP Masquerading

===============

   IP masquerading is now part of the standard kernel.  However, you

always need to load separate modules (ip_masq_ftp.o and/or

ip_masq_irc.o) if you are going to use FTP or IRC in combination with

masquerading.  You'll need to get

ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz to use this.

   To enable IP forwarding, you may need to

   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding

   as well.

ISDN support

============

   The new kernels support ISDN.  You'll need ISDN utils available from

ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/isdn4linux/v2.0/isdn4k-utils-2.0.tar.gz to try

this.

Frame Relay

===========

   Frame relay support for Linux is now available as well.  Currently,

only Sangoma cards are supported, but the interface is such that others

will be as drivers become available.  To use this, grab

ftp://linux.invlogic.com/pub/fr/frad-0.15.tgz (soon to be

frad-0.20.tgz).  Another package of interest is

ftp://linux.invlogic.com/pub/routing/routing.tgz (which allows Linux to

make routing decisions based on packet source).

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/NetTools/, where the latest

is currently net-tools-1.32-alpha.tar.gz.  See

http://www.inka.de/sites/lina/linux/NetTools/index_en.html for more

information.  Note that there is currently no ipfw (which is part of

net-tools) which works with 2.0.x kernels.  If you need its functions,

learn how to use ipfwadm or patch ipfw to get it to work (ipfw's current

maintainer does not currently have time to fix it).

Xntpd

=====

   Older versions of xntpd will not work with the latest kernels.

Upgrade to xntp3.5f.tar.Z, available from

ftp://louie.udel.edu/pub/ntp/xntp3.5f.tar.Z.

Sound driver

============

   The sound driver was upgraded in the 2.0.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.  Some users

report that various other sound utils (cdd2wav-sbpcd, for example) need

to be recompiled before they will work with the new kernels.

Tcsh

====

   If tcsh acts funny, get the source from

ftp://anise.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.  Upgrading

libc can also break xterm support.  If it does, you need to recompile

xterm.

Loop device

===========

   2.0.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-2.5k.tar.gz; preliminary work

on encrypted file system support can be found in

ftp.funet.fi:/pub/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/md035.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

http://www.loran.com/~layes/arpd/arpd-1.0.2.tar.gz for a copy of arpd.

Quota

=====

   Quota support has also been added.  You need to get quotas-1.55 from

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/kernel/src/subsystems/quota/all.tar.gz. You

may need to copy its mntent.h over to /usr/include/mntent.h to get it to

compile.

Process Accounting

==================

   Process accounting support has also been integrated into the new

kernels. To use this feature, you'll need to get

ftp://iguana.hut.fi/pub/linux/Kernel/process_accounting/acct_1.3.73.tar.gz.

Bdflush and Updated

===================

   Bdflush has also been integrated into the new kernels, so those of

you using it on older systems no longer need to hunt for the patches to

implement it once you upgrade to 2.0.x.  You do still need to run the

update daemon, however.  You should probably upgrade to the latest

updated, currently

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/updated-1.2.tar.gz.  This

(and later) versions will not spawn a bdflush daemon, since that is now

done by the kernel (kflushd).  If you upgrade, be sure to leave update

in your init scripts and remove bdflush.

APM support

===========

   Advanced Power Management (APM) support has been added to the kernel

as well.  APM, which is primarily of use in laptops, provides access to

battery status information and may help to conserve battery power.  The

support files can be found in

http://www.worldvisions.ca/~apenwarr/apmd/

iBCS and Dosemu

===============

   For a version of iBCS that works with 2.0.x kernels, grab

ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/ibcs-2.0-960610.tar.gz

   For a version of Dosemu that works (well, at least as well as DOS

ever works ;-), get

ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development/dosemu-0.64.0.3.tgz

or check out http://www.ednet.ns.ca/auto/rddc. Be sure to follow the

instructions in README.newkernels about patching your include files, or

it will not compile.

Mtools and Fdutils

==================

   The floppy ioctl numbering scheme has changed for 2.0.x.  For

backwards compatibility, the old system was supported through 1.3.x and

will generate a warning in 2.0.  In 2.1.x, the old scheme will

disappear entirely.

   To avoid trouble (or at least annoying messages), you'll need to

recompile any programs which emit floppy ioctls, including mtools and

fdutils.  For mtools, get

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.0.src.tar.gz

and for fdutils, get

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz.

   In the future, fdformat might disappear entirely, so get used to

using superformat instead.

Cyclades Serial Driver

======================

   The Cyclades driver has been changed so that the minor numbers start

at 0 instead of 32 (for example, ttyC0 should be major 19, minor 0 for

2.0.x kernels; in older kernels, it would have been major 19, minor

32).  Use mknod or a sufficiently new version of MAKEDEV to fix this.

NCR 53c810 SCSI Driver

======================

   Drivers for this card are now included in the standard linux source.

However, they require Perl to be installed before they will compile.

As far as I know, this is the only code in the kernel source that

requires Perl to compile.  If your kernel compile fails and you happen

to have included this driver in your configuration, make sure you have

Perl installed.

Perl

====

   While we're on the subject, changes made for the 2.0.x series cause

the connect() Perl (both 4 and 5) call to time out while connecting to

remote systems.  The problem is not actually in the connect() call;

rather, the optional bind() call usually used with connect() causes the

problem.  Remove the bind() call and your Perl scripts should connect.

   Also, Perl scripts using the readdir call now misbehave if you're

using an old version of Perl, due to changes in libc.  Upgrade to a

more current Perl to avoid any unpleasantness.

Groff

=====

   Those of you running Slackware may experience weirdness with man

pages due to changes in groff.  If your man pages display  for -

when present at the end of a line, try setting an appropriate value

(many have reported success with "latin1", for example) for the

environmental variable LESSCHARSET.  Another, and probably better,

solution is to edit the file /usr/lib/man.config and change all

`-Tlatin1' options to `-Tascii'.  An alternate solution, for those of

you who can't reformat your man files in .../cat* directories is to

edit /usr/lib/man.config, setting the PAGER to `PAGER

(LESSCHARSET=latin1;export LESSCHARSET;/usr/bin/less -is)'.

E2fsprogs

=========

   e2fsprogs 1.02 will work with the latest kernels, but it cannot be

compiled on them.  If you need (or want) to compile your own copy,

you'll need to get the latest version, currently available at

ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/e2fsprogs-1.06.tar.gz.

FlagShip and /dev/full

======================

   The behavior of /dev/full changed with kernel 2.0.31.  In addition to

improving system security, the change broke executables created by the

FlagShip database compiler.  Fixes can be found at http://www.fship.com

via the "What's New" or "Support" buttons.

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.  The SysVinit version display

requires that you be logged in as root.

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

ldd: ldd -v and ldd -V

termcap: ls -l /lib/libtermcap.so.*

modules: insmod -V

procps: ps --version

SysVinit: cat /proc/`cat /var/run/syslog.pid`/environ|strings|awk '$1 ~

/INIT_VERSION/ {print}'

Where to get the files

**********************

Binutils

========

ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/GCC/binutils-2.7.0.3.bin.tar.gz

Installation notes:

ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/GCC/release.binutils-2.7.0.3

GNU CC

======

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/gcc-2.7.2.1.bin.tar.gz

Installation notes:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.gcc-2.7.2.1

Linux C Library

===============

The stable 5.2.18 release:

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

Installation notes for 5.2.18:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.2.18

The latest 5.4.33 release:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libc-5.4.33.bin.tar.gz

Installation notes for 5.4.33:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libc-5.4.33

Patched make sources:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/make/make-3.74.patched.tar.gz

Patched make binary:

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

Linux C++ Library

=================

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/libg++-2.7.2.1.bin.tar.gz

Installation notes:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC/release.libg++-2.7.2.1

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-2.0.8.tar.gz

Modules utilities

=================

The latest public release:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/modules-2.0.0.tar.gz

PPP Daemon and utilities

========================

The latest public release:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial/ppp/ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz

Procps utilities

================

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps/procps-1.01.tgz

Gpm mouse utilities

===================

ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/gpm/gpm-1.10.tar.gz

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/gpm-1.10.tar.gz

SysVinit utilities

==================

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Daemons/init/sysvinit-2.64.tar.gz

Util-linux

==========

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

Mtools

======

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.0.src.tar.gz

Fdutils

=======

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Misc/fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz

Other Info

==========

   Please remember that most of these utils are available on your

favorite local linux mirror.  If you can, please get them from a closer

site before checking sunsite.

   Also, for those of you running Red Hat (or RPM on a different

distribution), most of these are available in RPM format.  Check around

your favorite Red Hat mirror site before installing the non-RPM

version.  Remember, you might need to use the -force option to get the

upgrade to install.  Almost everything you need is available in

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/current/i386/updates/2.0-kernel/ and its

mirrors.

   For others, David Bourgin has put together a package of everything

necessary to quickly and easily upgrade to 2.0.x.  See

ftp://ftp.wsc.com/pub/freeware/linux/update.linux/ for more information

and the files.  This package also includes many bug-fixes, such as the

latest sendmail. There's also an alternate lightweight termcap in the

same directory that works well for many people.

Please send info about any other packages that 2.0.x "broke" or about

any new features of 2.0.x that require extra or new packages for use to

Chris Ricker .  I generate this from a modified

texinfo setup, so you don't need to bother generating a diff against

the current version before you send the additional information to me.