Re: [Off-Topic] Distribution 2.2-ready

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:56:37 -0500

In message <19990108144450.A756@bolet.ens.fr>, Thomas Pornin writes:
+-----
| In article <12415372204663@editel.com.br> you write:
| > Is there any linux distribution 2.2-ready, that cames with
| > updated-binutils, updated-pppd, and so on, to match 2.2 requeriments?
|
| RedHat 5.2 is supposed to be such a beast. Installed it three days ago.
| Compiled and booted fine. Seems ok. Haven't tried ppp though (I own no
| modem -- my "net access" is a zip drive, and another one in my lab).
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ifconfig, mkswap/swapon, and several other things are outdated.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/kerneld doesn't use kmod when available.
/etc/nsswitch.conf misbehaves in 2.1+.

Red Hat 5.2 is not 2.2-ready.

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