On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Alessandro Sigala wrote:
>
> *** Note for Linus: if you want to add this into the Documentation/ dir ;)
>
> --- CUT HERE ----------------------------------------------------
>
> LINUX_UPTODATE - "Keep your Linux system up to date".
>
> For comments, fixed, etc write to
> Alessandro Sigala <ssigala@globalnet.it>
>
> Last updated: 11 Apr 1996.
>
> This short document describe what you need and where to get
> most of the new stuff for your Linux box (intended for systems that have
> already upgraded to ELF binaries).
>
> The ftp site mainly used in this document is sunsite.unc.edu.
>
> The current releases of the linux software are:
> Linux Kernel 1.3.xx :-)
> Kernel modules 1.3.57
> PPP daemon 2.2.0e
> Binutils 2.6.0.12
> Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.7.14
> Linux C Library 5.3.9
> Linux C++ Library 2.7.1.4
> Termcap 2.0.7
> GNU CC 2.7.2
> Procps 0.99a
>
> What do you really need to upgrade for using the latest 1.3.x kernel:
> - Modules 1.3.57 for using the kernel modules
> - Procps 0.99a for using free, ps, pstree, top and friends
> - PPP 2.2.0e for using pppd, pppstats, pppon, etc
>
> This document may also be useful to answer the questions like:
>
> * Q: 'free' displays some strange lines
> A: upgrade the procps package
>
> * Q: 'pppd' displays "the PPP protocol is not available"
> A: upgrade the PPP package
>
> ... and so :)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ** NOTES
>
> - Take a look at the documentation that come with every package
> before doing anything!
>
> - All the installation operation must be done as root.
>
> - If you want to use the latest GCC release (2.7.2) you must upgrade
> your C Library, the C++ Library, the dynamic linker and the binutils.
>
> - After installed any new library, run the program `ldconfig' to update
> the dynamic linker cache (you may also need to modify the file
> /etc/ld.so.conf).
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The dynamic linker.
>
> Get the file ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz and unpack into a directory. You should
> have no problem installing this package, simply cd into the package
> directory and type `make install'.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The Linux C Library.
>
> *** NOTE: read the release.libc-5.3.9 file before installing the
> libraries!
>
> Get the libc-5.3.9.bin.tar.gz file and unpack into the root directory
>
> i.e. into the root directory type:
>
> tar xvfz libc-5.3.9.bin.tar.gz
>
> you also need to make the symbolic links to the new library into the /lib
> directory
>
> i.e. into the /lib directory type:
>
> rm -f libc.so.5
> sln libc.so.5.3.9 libc.so.5
> rm -f libm.so.5
> sln libm.so.5.0.5 libm.so.5
>
> *** Note 1:
>
> <cutted from release.libc-5.3.9>
>
> The structure DIR, defined in sysdeps/linux/dirstream.h, was changed in
> release 5.2.0. If you upgrade from release 5.1.4 or earlier to release
> 5.2.0 or later, you must reboot after installing the new libraries.
>
> *** Note 2:
>
> You must patch and recompile your GNU 'make' utility!
>
> <cutted from release.libc-5.3.9>
>
> 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. A patch is included here.
>
> here the patch:
> RCS file: /home/cvs/gnu/make/dir.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
> diff -c -r1.1.1.1 dir.c
> *** 1.1.1.1 1995/06/25 03:27:16
> --- dir.c 1995/06/25 03:55:22
> ***************
> *** 20,26 ****
>
> #if defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
> #include <dirent.h>
> ! #ifndef __GNU_LIBRARY__
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
> #else /* GNU C library. */
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
> --- 20,26 ----
>
> #if defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
> #include <dirent.h>
> ! #ifndef __BAD_GNU_LIBRARY__
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
> #else /* GNU C library. */
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/gnu/make/glob/glob.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
> diff -c -r1.1.1.1 glob.c
> *** 1.1.1.1 1995/06/25 03:27:18
> --- glob/glob.c 1995/06/25 03:56:01
> ***************
> *** 64,70 ****
>
> #if defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
> #include <dirent.h>
> ! #ifndef __GNU_LIBRARY__
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
> #else /* GNU C library. */
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
> --- 64,70 ----
>
> #if defined (POSIX) || defined (HAVE_DIRENT_H) || defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__)
> #include <dirent.h>
> ! #ifndef __BAD_GNU_LIBRARY__
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) strlen((d)->d_name)
> #else /* GNU C library. */
> #define D_NAMLEN(d) ((d)->d_namlen)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The Linux C++ Library.
>
> *** NOTE: read the release.libg++-2.7.1.4 file before installing the
> libraries!
>
> Get the libg++-2.7.1.4.bin.tar.gz file and unpack into the root directory
>
> i.e. into the root directory type:
>
> tar xvfz libg++-2.7.1.4.bin.tar.gz
>
> *** NOTE:
>
> You may have troubles with the binaries linked with the old 2.6 libraries
> (for example: umssync), dumping core or doing strange stuff.
> To resolve the problems you need to recompile the sources of the binaries.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The binutils.
>
> *** NOTE: read the release.binutils-2.6.0.12 file before installing the
> libraries!
>
> Get the binutils-2.6.0.12.bin.tar.gz file and unpack it into the root
> directory
>
> i.e. into the root directory type:
>
> tar xvfz binutils-2.6.0.12.bin.tar.gz
>
> *** NOTE:
>
> <cutted from release.binutils-2.6.0.12>
>
> If you don't need the cross assemblers/linkers for m68k-linux,
> m68k-linuxaout, sparc-sun-solaris2, sparc-sun-sunos4.1 nor alpha-linux,
> please do
>
> 1. su root
> 2. cd /usr
> 3. rm -rf m68k-linux m68k-linuxaout sparc-sun-solaris2 sparc-sun-sunos4.1 alpha-linux
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The GNU CC compiler.
>
> ** NOTE: read the release.gcc-2.7.2 file before installing the package!
>
> Get the gcc-2.7.2.bin.tar.gz file and unpack it into the root
> directory
>
> i.e. into the root directory type:
>
> tar xvfz gcc-2.7.2.bin.tar.gz
>
> You may want to remove the old compiler. Simply cd into the
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux and remove the old compiler directory tree.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The termcap library.
>
> *** NOTE: read first the documentation that come with the package!
>
> Get the file termcap-2.0.7.tar.gz and unpack into a directory. You should
> have no problem installing this package, simply cd into the package
> directory and type `make' then `make install'.
>
> *** NOTE:
>
> <cutted from the README of the package>
>
> The linux entry in the new termcap is larger than 1024 chars.
> But your application may only have a 1024 byte buffer. You may see
>
> tgetent: warning: termcap entry too long
>
> message when you run it in the Linux console. You can pass NULL to
> tgetent () to let termcap malloc the buffer. elm and zsh are two
> applications I know which use termcap and have this problem.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The kernel modudes utilities.
>
> *** NOTE: read first the documentation that come with the package!
>
> Get the file modules-1.3.57.tar.gz and unpack into a directory. You should
> have no problem installing this package, simply cd into the package
> directory and type `make' then `make install'.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The PPP daemon utilities.
>
> *** NOTE: read first the documentation that come with the package!
>
> Get the file ppp-2.2.0e.tar.gz and unpack into a directory. You should
> have no problem installing this package, simply cd into the package
> directory and type `make' then `make install'.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * The procps utilities.
>
> *** NOTE: read first the documentation that come with the package!
>
> Get the file procps-0.99a.tar.gz and unpack into a directory. You should
> have no problem installing this package, simply cd into the package
> directory and type `make' then `make install'.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is where you can find all that is described in this document.
>
> ### sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/GCC
>
> binutils-2.6.0.12.bin.tar.gz Binutils 2.6.0.12 (as,ld etc)
> gcc-2.7.2.bin.tar.gz GNU CC 2.7.2 (ELF and a.out)
> ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz The dynamic linker
> libc-5.3.9.bin.tar.gz The C library
> libg++-2.7.1.4.bin.tar.gz The C++ library
> termcap-2.0.7.tar.gz Termcap 2.0.7
> release.binutils-2.6.0.12
> release.gcc-2.7.2
> release.libc-5.3.9 info (contains the patch for 'make')
> release.libg++-2.7.1.4
>
> ### sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/kernel
>
> modules-1.3.57.tar.gz Utils the kernel modules
>
> ### sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Network/serial
>
> ppp-2.2.0e.tar.gz The pppd daemon and utils for PPP
>
> ### sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Status/ps
>
> procps-0.99a.tgz ps, pstree, free, etc
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For comments, fixed, etc write to
> Alessandro Sigala <ssigala@globalnet.it>
>
>