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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: UUCP on BSDI History? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 37 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DpDsBI.13r@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4k0094$7e4@panix.com> <VIXIE.96Apr4165111@wisdom.vix.com> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 08:45:17 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:665 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3068 Paul A Vixie (vixie@vix.com) wrote: : >I've gotten a quick look at the version of UUCP that's supplied with : >BSD/OS 2.1. It appears to be "Version 2" based, but with a lot of : >updates. Nearly all the features of the newer UUCP versions (HDB / BNU) : >supplied on other commercial UNIX platforms seem to be available : >via the /etc/uucp/CONFIG configuration file. : > : >Is this variant of UUCP unique to the BSD/OS platform, or can it be : >found on any other commercial or freeware system? I see that NetBSD : >and FreeBSD use Taylor UUCP, so my guess is that this code is either : >"encumbered" or proprietary to BSDI. : : BSD/OS UUCP is derived from "UUNET UUCP", which Rick Adams commissioned : and which UUNET makes available in source form to their customers. The : intent of this version of UUCP was to recreate "BSD UUCP" without any V7 : encumberances. Wherever this UUCP differs from the BSD version, the aim : has been for HDB compatibility. : : Taylor UUCP has gotten a lot better in recent years. I'm not sure we'd've : started with UUNET UUCP if Taylor had been as far along in 1991 as it is : now. Reader's Digest version: Use Taylor UUCP. It supports a lot more protocols and it's probably a bit more efficient and robust than honeydanber uucp. It builds without incident on 1.0 and 2.0.1 (and FreeBSD 2.0.5 and 2.1). I gave one of my downstream sites an exact copy of the latest Taylor code that I'm running and it also compiled on their Sparc 2 (which I think is running one of the later SunOSen). When I upgrade to 2.1 (for 100mbit ethernet support) I'll be sure to post any difficulties/solutions to getting Taylor running on that rev (though I suspect it'll be a no-brainer based on previous experience). Last I checked, Taylor was up to v1.0.6. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451