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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!acd4!iedv7!smm From: smm@iedv7.acd.com ( Steve McCoole ) Subject: Diffs to BSDI BSD/386 Ported Software List 01/02 Message-ID: <1993Apr8.020033.22647@acd4.acd.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Keywords: BSD, PC, Available Software, Patches and Enhancements Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System) Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN References: <1993Apr8.015726.22485@acd4.acd.com> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 02:00:33 GMT Lines: 152 14,21c14,21 < Starting with this version of the list, I will be deleting < beta-specific information due to its age and limited use to the < majority of the BSDI users. If you need older versions, please let me < know and we will see what we can do for you. I have also removed path < names from the location section under availablity for files stored on < bsdi.com in preparation for the archive reorganization. I will < continue to maintain the site and file name for the files on bsdi.com. < The path can be found from the ls-lR.Z file in the top ftp directory. --- > I have deleted the beta-specific information due to its age and > limited use to the majority of the BSDI users. If you need older > versions, please let me know and we will see what we can do for you. > I have also removed path names from the location section under > availablity for files stored on bsdi.com in preparation for the > archive reorganization. I will continue to maintain the site and file > name for the files on bsdi.com. The path can be found from the > ls-lR.Z file in the top ftp directory. 50c50 < BSDI SOFTWARE LIST ( 02-17-93 ) --- > BSDI SOFTWARE LIST ( 04-05-93 ) 62c62 < Date: Wed, Feb 17 17:10 EST 1993 --- > Date: Mon, Apr 05 17:10 EST 1993 77c77 < VERSION: --- > VERSION: [ 2.4PL21 by david@tisdec.bsdi.com@ (David Snyder). ] 84a85 > Patches for 2.4PL21 are on bsdi.com under elm2.4pl21.patches.Z. 481a483 > [John Kohl's 2.3.3 binaries are also on bsdi.com SMM] 485a488,489 > Patches for compiling 2.3.3 are available on bsdi.com > as kihl.gcc2.3.3.patch.Z 683a688 > bsdi.com as xphoon.tar.Z 1074a1080,1093 > Software Package Name: tipx > Version: 1.21 > Description: Modified version of 4.3 tip with integrated support for > file transfers. Has a nice curses based visual interface > version of the rz/sz programs. > Your Name/E-mail: smm@acd4.acd.com > Availability: bsdi.com: tipx.tar.Z > State of Port/Code: Stable and working fine under GAMMA 4. Have > receive problems under 1.0 with the tiprz program. > Requires: Nothing. > Notes: Didn't use the POSIX terminal modes, relied on the traditional > BSD terminal interface. Wouldn't hurt to convert it at some later date. > Date Submitted: Wed, 07 Apr 93 20:40:00 EST > ------- 1078c1097 < Date: Wed, Feb 17 19:00:29 EST 1993 --- > Date: Mon, Apr 05 19:00:29 EST 1993 1158a1178,1180 > > Mush ( mail users shell ) 7.2.5 needed "-fwritable-strings" and some > minor Makefile changes to work. 1193a1216,1303 > "Michael F. Santangelo" <bsdilist@starburst.umd.edu> > > We needed to get PINE up and going on BSDI's UNIX here and the last time > I checked the ported software list, it had not been done. So I went > ahead and did it. It's done. I now have a distribution of PINE 3.05 > (latest release) that will build correctly for BSDI (for those who > are familier with building pine, I have actually created a new 'build' > <target-platform> of "BSI" for this). Anyway, I haven't tested it > extensively, but all major functions seem to work. Porting effort > was light-moderate... Mark Crispin advised me to use the NeXT port > as the reference and this turned out to be the best idea, mentioned > it was the best GNU-C port they had. Changes included tracking down > header files in different places in BSDI, adding some where needed, > changing CFLAGS: -ANSI to -traditional for 'pine' itself's build, > and a bunch of new #ifdef's (BSDI) throughout to alter some code in ways > not practical to spell out here, but nothing major. C-client, imapd, > pico, and pine itself compile fine. > > [ The pine sources and binaries are on bsdi.com with the other mail > programs. -smm ] > ---- > Bill Webb (webb@telebit.com) > Has the bootp program working. [ His patches are on bsdi.com under > the file name bootp.patch.Z SMM ] > ---- > hartzell@cs.berkeley.edu (George Hartzell) > I'm getting a dvi->hp converter ready for bsdi, but I don't have a > printer to test the output on. Before I put the source somewhere for > people to really try, I'd like someone to shoot a test file at their > printer for me. I've included it (uuencoded) below. It is a binary > file, so you'll have to make sure that you treat it as one (I confess > to being unfamiliar with spooling from bsdi systems to HP's...). The > file is just the story from page 24 of the TeXbook, it should be 4 or > 5 lines of silliness. [ On bsdi.com as dvitohp.Z SMM ] > ------ > Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com> > Patches for IDA senmdail (1.4.4.1) > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1993 18:09:43 MST > [On bsdi.com as ida-sendmail-1.4.4.1.patch.Z SMM ] > ------- > rd@pixie.aii.com (Robert D. Thrush) > Patches for Lucid Emacs 19.4 > We have it working fairly well here; however, I wouldn't want to belly up > for maintaining it. :-) > The changes to fns.c to get the load average never worked although I've > left (the short-circuited) code in. > [ On bsdi.com as lemacs.patch.Z and lemacs.s-386bsdi.h.Z, you need > both. SMM ] > ------- > From: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com> > Patches for mh 6.8 under BSD/386 gamma. > [ On bsdi.com as mh-6.8-bsdi.patch.Z SMM ] > ------- > From: webb@napa.telebit.com (Bill Webb) > Notes on how to do minimal X11 setup to save space. > > Since I've set up a number of our machines with minimal X setups, I > thought I'd pass along what you need to reduce the space for a functional > but minimal X11 setup. Split the following list of files off and feed it > into tar, and then extract it on a system that doesn't have much room > for a full X11. These are the names of the files under /usr/X11. > > [ On bsdi.com as minimal.X11.setup.Z SMM ] > ------- > From: Curtis Villamizar <curtis@ans.net> > Subject: slipup - variation of Larry Wall's work > > I don't know if anyone else is using a BSDI converted version of Larry > Wall's slipup. Just in case here is an update on one that I sent as a > shar file a while back. It's just a front end to do slip dialup with > nice features like logging to /var/log/messages. > > There are a few minor improvements. It works at 38400. Some > intermittent hangs were eliminated by getting hardware flow right (I > used a USR Courier V.32 modem). Sound is shut off so you don't have > to listen to dialed digites, etc. There is a sliplog.perl program > that goes through your /var/log/messages file and tells you what days > and times you had slip up (nice when you have to report what hour you > put in at home for whatever reason). Nice features inherited from > Larry Wall's original perl program include hanging up a line that has > been idle for 5 minutes. > > Sorry - no man page - not even a README file. Typical incantation is > "/usr/sbin/slipup -h <host>". Take slipup.hosts.sample and customize > it's one line entry, then put it in /etc/slipup.hosts. > [ On bsdi.com as wall.slipup.Z SMM] > ------- >