Re: Bleeding edge FTP repository updated to glibc2 + egcs.
Has anybody already noted this here?
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> From: adam@freya.yggdrasil.com (Adam J. Richter)
> Subject: Bleeding edge FTP repository updated to glibc2 + egcs.
> Summary: ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/test/Bleeding_Edge/packages/current
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system
> Date: 31 Dec 1997 23:35:17 GMT
> Organization: Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.
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> Message-ID: <68ekrl$4ma@freya.yggdrasil.com>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: freya.yggdrasil.com
> Xref: localhost comp.os.linux.development.system:15507
>
>
> Our repository of bleeding edge, flaky, untested GNU/Linux
> binaries is now completely rebuilt under GNU Libc version 2 (2.0.6)
> and egcs-1.0. This is the new "Linux Libc 6" that merges the
> development of the GNU C Library and the Linux C Library. So, if you
> want to experiment with glibc2 binaries or binaries built with the
> egcs C compiler, this repository may be use to you. These binaries
> are not tested or stable or anything like that. We will not provide
> any unpaid technical support for them whatsoever under any
> circumstances.
>
> The binaries in the repository are in SLS/Slackware tar,
> Debian dpkg, RedHat rpm and Yggdrasil Live Filesystem formats, and yet
> are built from a single source base. Ultimately, this process should
> create a more consistent user environment for all GNU/Linux users.
>
> Source code to the following components have been updated.
> A few others were also upgraded before we started tracking these
> upgrades.
>
> Component old version new version
>
> FL 0.96 0.97
> NetKitBSD 0.08 Removed replaced by NetKit 0.09
> dejagnu 971028 971222
> gcc 2.7.2.3 Removed replaced by egcs-1.0
> gimp 0.99.15 0.99.16
> glibc 2.0.6
> inn 1.7 1.7.2
> lesstif 970311 0.82
> libc 5.4.40 5.4.42
> libg++ 2.7.2.8 2.8.0b6.5
> logwrites 1.4 1.6
> mailx 5.5 8.1.1
> make 3.76.1 3.75 downgraded for reliability
> mule ? Removed incorporated into {x,}emacs
> tcl 8.0p1 8.0p2
> tclX 8.0.1 8.0.2
> tcsh 6.06 6.07
> termcap 2.0.8 Removed obvatiated by ncurses 4.1
> tk 8.0p1 8.0p2
> tzcode 1997g 1997i
> tzdata 1997i 1997k
> wine 971116 971221
> xemacs 19.16 20.3
>
> List of all version numbers of coponents of the FTP archive:
>
> CTI-ifhp-2.2.3 man-pages-1.18
> ElectricFence-2.0.5 man_db-2.3.10
> FL-0.97 mc-4.1
> ImageMagick-3.8.9 metamail-2.7
> LPRng-3.3.7 minicom-1.75
> NetKit-0.09 mkdosfs-ygg-0.3b
> NetKitMisc-0.01 mkisofs-1.11.1
> SGMLSpm-1.03ii modules-2.0.0
> Wcl-2.7.2 modutils-2.1.71
> WorkBone-2.4 moog-0.2
> acm-4.7 moxftp-2.2
> adagio-0.5 mpeg_play-2.3
> agrep-2.04 mtools-3.6
> andrew-8.0 nas-1.2p5
> apache-1.3b3 ncompress-4.2.4
> arena-0.3.50 ncurses-4.1
> ash-linux-0.2 nenscript-1.13++
> at-2.9b net-tools-1.2.0
> autoconf-2.12 nfs-server-2.1
> autofs-0.3.14 nntpd-15.11A
> automake-1.2 oleo-1.6
> bash-2.01.1 p2c-1.20
> bc-1.04 patch-2.5
> bdflush-1.5 pbmplus-10dec91
> bin86-0.4 pcmcia-cs-2.9.12
> bind-4.9.6 pcnfsd-1.40
> binutils-2.8.1.0.15 pdksh-5.2.8
> bison-1.25 perl-5.004_04
> blt-8.0-unoff petidomo-1.3
> bogo-1.2 pg95browse-0.1
> bootlin-4 pg95perl5-1.4.2
> bootpc-0.61 pkg-0.1
> brcfg-829872000-modtime portmap-5beta
> byacc-3.0 postbrowse-0.1
> capture-1.00-ss-10.10 postgresql-6.2.1
> cbzone-2.0c-ss-10.10 ppp-2.2.0g
> cdwrite-2.0 pql-0.8.1
> checklinks-1.00 procps-1.2.2
> chfn-0.91b psmisc-16
> comboot-1.0 psutils-858038400-modtime
> contrib-11R6.3-xfree86-3.3.1 pwdutils-1.2
> cpio-2.4.2 qddb-1.42.6p3
> cron-3.0pl1 rcs-5.7
> ctwm-3.4pl2 readelf-1.3
> cvs-1.9 readline-2.1
> cweb-3.4g readlink-1.0
> debiandoc-sgml-1.0.7 real_lp_filter-1.0
> dejagnu-971222 realpath-1.0
> dialog-0.6z recode-3.4
> diffutils-2.7 rkdebug-0.1
> dip-3.3.7o rpc.etherd-0.6
> dlltools-2.17 rplay-3.2.0b5
> dosemu-0.64.3 rpm-2.4.10
> dosfsck-1 sdbm-715737600-modtime
> dpkg-1.4.0.19 sed-2.05
> e2fsprogs-1.06 selection-1.7
> ed-0.2 sendmail-8.8.8
> efax-0.8a sgml-tools-0.99.0
> egcs-1.0 sh-utils-1.16
> elvis-1.8pl4 sharutils-4.2
> emacs-20.2 sirc-2.132
> etherboot-3.2 slang-0.99.38
> expect-875461980-modtime sliplogin-2.1.1
> f2c-1996.09.04 smalltalk-1.1.5
> fdformat-705628800-modtime snd-util-3.0
> fileutils-3.16 sox-11gamma-cb3
> finddev-1.0 sp-1.2.1
> findutils-4.1 spider-0
> flex-2.5.4a sspkg-2.1
> freeWAIS-0.5 strace-3.1
> freefile-1.1 sup-1.0
> fsp-2.71 symlinks-1.2
> ftape-3.04d syslinux-1.10
> fvwm-2.0.43 sysvinit-2.72
> fvwm95-2.0.42a-Autoconf.src tar-1.12
> fwf-4.0 tcl-8.0p2
> fwhois-1.00 tclX-8.0.2
> gawk-3.0.3 tclvsdb-1.0
> gdb-4.16 tcp_wrappers-7.6
> gdbm-1.7.3 tcpdump-3.3
> gettext-0.10.32 tcsh-6.07
> ghostscript-3.33 term-2.3.5
> ghostscript-fonts-4.0 termutils-2.0
> ghostscript-fonts-other-3.33 texinfo-3.11
> ghostview-1.5 texk-7.0
> gimp-0.99.16 texmflib-7.2
> glib-1.9f textutils-1.22
> glibc-2.0.6 tiff-3.4beta037
> glibc-crypt-2.0.6 time-1.7
> glibc-linuxthreads-2.0.6 tk-8.0p2
> glibc-localedata-2.0.6 tkinfo-0.7-beta
> gmod-2.2.3 tkpostage-1.3b
> gmp-2.0.2 traceroute-4.4BSD
> gn-2.24 trn-3.6
> gnats-3.2 tset-jv-0.9.6
> gnuchess-4.0.pl77 tzcode-1997i
> gnugo-1.2 tzdata-1997k
> gnuplot-3.5 umsdos_progs-0.9
> gnushogi-1.2p03 usermaint-1.0
> gpkg-0.2 util-linux-2.7.1
> grep-2.1 uucp-1.06.1
> groff-1.11a vacation-1.1.1
> gtk-971201 vlock-1.0
> gwm-1.8c voice_modem-0.1
> gzip-1.2.4 w3c-libwww-5.0a
> hdparm-3.1 wavplay-1.0.patch2
> hfsutils-2.0 wbuild-3.3
> host-1.01 wdiff-0.5
> ibcs-960823 wine-971221
> ifs-5.1 words-1.0
> indent-1.9.1 wu-ftpd-2.4
> inetutils-1.3a xanim-2.68.3
> inn-1.7.2 xaster-1.10-ss-10.10
> ipfwadm-2.3.0 xblast-2.2-to-2.2.1
> ismodem-1.00 xbmbrowser-5.0
> ispell-3.1.20 xboard-3.6.2
> itcl-2.2 xc-11R6.3-xfree86-3.3.1
> jidentd-1.0 xdaliclock-2.10
> joystick-0.8.0 xearth-0.92
> kbd-0.93 xemacs-20.3
> kdebug-1.7 xemacs.elc-20.3
> kterm-6.2.0 xemacs.info-20.3
> ld.so-1.9.5 xemacs.mule-20.3
> less-332 xexit-1.0
> lesstif-0.82 xfig-0
> libc-5.4.42 xfm-1.3.2
> libc-a.out-4.7.6 xgopher-1.3.3
> libc-a.out-include-4.7.6 xkeycaps-2.41
> libc_s-951222 xlander-0
> libg++-2.8.0b6.5 xless-1.7
> libjpeg-6a xntp-3-5.91
> libpaper-1.0.3 xpd-1.03
> libpcap-0.3.1a2 xpipeman-1.5-ss-10.10
> libpng-0.96 xpm-3.4j
> libtool-1.0 xpool-1.3
> libwww-perl-5.18 xrisk-2.15-ss-10.10
> lilo-20 xscreensaver-2.14
> linux-2.0.33 xsession-1.1
> logwrites-1.6 xshogi-1.2p03
> lout-3.08 xtetris-2.6
> lrzsz-0.12b xvier-1.0-ss-10.10
> lynx-2.5 xview-3.2p1-X11R6
> m4-1.4 xxgdb-1.12
> macutils-795139200-modtime youbin-2.13
> magicfilter-1.2 ytalk-3.0.3-8bit
> mailx-8.1.1 zlib-1.0.4
> make-3.75 zlibc-0.9f
>
> The FTP area is:
>
> ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/test/Bleeding_Edge/packages/current/.
>
> Here is a description of the directory layout:
>
> source - source code:
> debian - coming soon: debian source packages
> redhat - SRPM's.
> slackware - compressed diffs relative original sources
> yggdrasil - coming soon: the Yggdrasil development tree.
>
> i386 - i86 binaries:
> build.log - log of most recent complete build on i386.
> install.log - log of operations that installed files
> during i386 build recorded by logwrites
> program.
> debian - .deb files: binaries in dpkg format
> redhat - binaries in RPM format
> slackware - binaries in gzip'ed tar format
> yggdrasil - live filesystem with files selected via
> ./usr/lib/yggdrasil/components/*.include files.
>
> alpha, sparc, etc - coming eventually: executables for other
> architectures and other distributions.
> solaris, hpux, etc - coming maybe: GNU executables for other
> software platforms (i.e., the system
> minus the Linux kernel, libc, libg++, etc.).
>
> Known deficiencies:
>
> The only dependencies that these packages declare are the
> shared libraries that rpm automatically detects, although they rely
> extensively on shared libraries. None of the RPM or Debian packages
> contain actual descriptions or icons. Their minor version numbers are
> meaningless too. Think of what is on the FTP site now as mostly a
> public proof of concept.
>
> This archive is only for the very brave. Back up your system.
> Please do not ask for any free technical support whatsoever, as we
> will get flooded if we allow even the slightest amount of unpaid
> technical support. On the other hand, if you have a patch to submit
> or if you would like to volunteer to help maintain one or more of
> these packages for the GNU/Linux community, then we do want to hear
> from you.
>
> For the time being, please do not advertise this repository in
> comp.os.linux.* outside of comp.os.linux.development.system, because the
> software on there is really not yet ready for public consumption.
>
> --
> Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 205
> adam@yggdrasil.com \ / San Jose, California 95129-1034
> +1 408 261-6630 | g g d r a s i l United States of America
> fax +1 408 261-6631 "Free Software For The Rest Of Us."
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African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies
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