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<b><a name="pre-R2-mirrors">MkLinux BIND 9 Update</a></b></font>
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<p>An update for BIND 9 has been added to the updates area to fix a
critical denial of service vulnerability. The updated packages are at:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm">ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-devel-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm">ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-devel-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-utils-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm">ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/R1/bind-utils-9.6.1-1.ppc.rpm</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/SRPMS/bind-9.6.1-1.src.rpm">ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/SRPMS/bind-9.6.1-1.src.rpm</a></li>
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<p><b>WARNING:</b></p>
<p>I had to nuke a couple of patches to make this thing build, and one of those involved the locations for the config files. It looked like they weren't needed anymore anyway, but apparently they were. I just discovered this issue, and I've decided it isn't worth spending another 24 hours to roll another build that doesn't have the problem since it's so easy to work around. Before upgrading from previous versions of BIND 9:</p>
<pre>
sudo mkdir /usr/var
sudo mkdir /usr/etc
cd /usr/etc
sudo ln -s /etc/named.conf .
sudo ln -s /etc/rndc.conf .
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<p>After making those changes, the upgrade process should be fairly painless <b>if you are upgrading from a previous BIND 9</b>. If you are upgrading from the old BIND 8, you're probably in a world of hurt, starting with the hassle of generating an rndc key or modifying your configuration to disable it.... :-D</p>
<p>The MkLinux Team</p>
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Thu 30 July, 2009</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="pre-R2-mirrors">MkLinux Time Zone Update</a></b></font>
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<p>A time zone update is now available on the ftp site to correct for
a change in U.S. Daylight Savings Time (DST) schedule. To install,
download the file <a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/tzdata-2007c-1.el4.noarch.rpm">tzdata-2007c-1.el4.noarch.rpm</a>
(DR2.1 and newer) or <a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/updates/exportable/usr_share_zoneinfo.tar.gz">usr_share_zoneinfo.tar.gz</a>
(DR2 and earlier) from the updates area on ftp.mklinux.org, then run one of the following
commands (as appropriate):</p>
<pre><code>
sudo rpm --install tzdata-2007c-1.el4.noarch.rpm --replacefiles # RPM version
cd / ; sudo tar -xvpf /path/to/usr_share_zoneinfo.tar.gz # tar version
</code></pre>
<p>Or, if your version of MkLinux does not have RPM (MkLinux R2 and earlier), type:</p>
<p><code>sudo rpm --install tzdata-2007c-1.el4.noarch.rpm --replacefiles</code></p>
<p>Check the time. If it is correct, you're done. Otherwise, the <code>/etc/localtime</code>
file was probably incorrectly created as a hard link or copy instead of a symbolic
link. To fix this, first try the following command:</p>
<pre><code>
sudo tzselect
</code></pre>
<p>The <code>tzselect</code> utility will prompt you to choose a new time zone.
If that works, you're done. If that fails (or if your system does not have
<code>tzselect</code>), type the following commands (as appropriate):</p>
<pre>
cd /etc # change to /etc
sudo rm -f localtime # remove the old localtime file
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT localtime # for Eastern time only
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT localtime # for Central time only
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/MST7MDT localtime # for Mountain time only
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/PST8PDT localtime # for Pacific time only
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<p>Note: the extra RPM option to overwrite files is necessary because most MkLinux
versions did not ship with a separate time zone info package, and it
wasn't worth the effort to build a patched RPM for multiple ancient versions
of glibc. As a fortunate side effect, however, this single tarball or RPM
(if installed as described above) should work with any version of MkLinux from DR1
up through R2 on any CPU architecture that MkLinux has ever supported.</p>
<p>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon 12 March, 2007</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="pre-R2-mirrors">MkLinux Pre-R2 Mirrors</a></b></font>
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A shortlist of Unofficial Pre-R2 ISO image download locations is now
available on the <a href="../mirrors.html">Mirrors page</a>, Please, if you download the image, and have
the Drivespace and Bandwidth available, E-mail <a href="mailto:sfalken@dumpsterdivers.net">
sfalken@dumpsterdivers.net</a> with the URL for your download site.
<p>The MkLinux Team
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PS. The links are near the bottom of the page.....
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sun 11 August, 2002</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="pre-r2-update">Mklinux Pre-R2 Update</a></b></font>
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Recently added, is a page listing the new/updated packages in the Pre-R2
image, versus the Pre-R1 image, have a look, <a href="../updates.html">HERE</a>
<p>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Tues 6 August, 2002</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="pre-r2">MkLinux Pre-R2 Released!</A></b></font>
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As of 5th August 2002, there is now a User-Contributed Pre-R2 release candidate
to MkLinux, while not changing any major parts of the distribution, it
offers some much needed updates to the packages, including many security updates.
Mirror List soon to follow, as the ISO image makes it's way upstream. (At the moment
it is NOT available on ftp.mklinux.org)
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon 5 August 2002</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="spampolicy">Commercial Email Policy</A></b></font>
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Use of this server signifies that you agree to comply with the
terms of the <A HREF="../spampolicy.html">MkLinux.ORG Commercial
Email Policy</A>.<P>
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Jun 21 2002</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="chat">World Without Borders Chat</A></b></font>
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<a href="http://www.wwbchat.com" target="_top">World Without Borders</A>
will be hosting a web what with David Gatwood of the MkLinux team on
Monday, August 7th at 7 p.m. Pacific time (10 p.m. Eastern, etc.). For
more information, visit their web site at www.wwbchat.com. This chat is
<A HREF="http://www.worldwithoutborders.com/archives/davidgatwood0800.shtml" TARGET="_top">archived</A> for your reading.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Jul 31 2000</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="performa">Performa/PowerMac 5200/5300/6200/6300 family support</A></b></font>
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As of July 31, 2000, the PowerMac 5200/5300/6200/6300 family of
computers, and their Performa equivalents, are officially
supported in MkLinux. Please NOTE that only the 6214 has been
tested, so there may be some small snags in some of the others.<p>
CAVEATS:<p>
<ul>
<li> Sound is not supported yet. That's the next priority....
<li> SCSI is working, but rather slow. It's partially hardware
at fault, and partially a lack of pseudo-DMA code. Oh well.
It "mostly works." As always, your mileage may vary.
<li> Serial is untested. It should work, but again, YMMV.
</ul>
You can download the kernel from <a
href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/kernels/wip/Mach_Kernel.PERFORMA.gz"
>ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/kernels/wip/Mach_Kernel.PERFORMA.gz</a>
The README file is <a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/kernels/wip/README-PERFORMA"
target="_top">here</a>, in the same directory.<p>
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Jul 31 2000</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="keyboards">International Keyboard Maps Needed</A></b></font>
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In an effort to make the upcoming release of MkLinux as widely
accessible as possible, we are looking to obtain console and X
keyboard maps for as many nationalities as possible. So if you
have maps for non-US keyboards, we would like to hear from you.
<a href="mailto:ekato@ees.hokudai.ac.jp">Etsushi Kato</a> has
graciously offered to coordinate the inclusion of new keyboards
into the distribution and installer. If you have files to
contribute, please contact Etsushi directly or through the
mklinux-setup <a href="http://www.mklinux.org/mailinglists.html"
target="_top">mailing list</a>.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Dec 20 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="cddesign">Preliminary MkLinux R1 CD Designs</A></b></font>
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We are nearing the point of completion for the new MkLinux CD release. Now we have to begin
worrying about the little details which get taken for granted. One of these is the art
design for the new CDROM. We have a number of tentative designs available for people to view
and comment on. This represents a lot of hard work for many people, we want a design which
will be both memorable and professional. Take a look at the current possibilities and let
us know what you think. If you have design ideas of your own, feel free to contribute them.
<P>Jon Harms is providing space for publicly displaying the preliminary designs at
<a href="http://mach-linux.org/mklinux_cd/" target="_top">MkLinux CD Designs</a>. We
hope to provide a polling booth so that you can vote on the look of <emph>your</emph>
new distribution.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sat Dec 11 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="counter">MkLinux Counter Project</A></b></font>
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This is to announce a counter project for MkLinux users. The point
of this counter project is to get an indication of the popularity of
MkLinux and of the number of users using MkLinux. This counter will try
to protect email addresses as well as possible by hiding the list
behind a password protected web page. The password will be listed on
the web page but it will be necessary to enter it once that function is
implemented.
<P>I have the way to add to the project but viewing the list of people
without adding an item is not currently allowed. I will add that in the
near future.
<P>To add yourself to the list please visit:
<a href="http://mach-linux.org/counter/addperson.php3" target=_top>MkLinux
Counter</a>
<P>This will allow you to add to the database and once you add
yourself then you will be able to see the last 100 users entered.
After a day or two I will have the ability to list ALL users that are
entered, behind a password. This password will stop email SPAM
scanners of web pages.
<P>To see the current list visit:
<a href="http://mach-linux.org/counter/showall.php3" target=_top>showall</a>
and enter user name mklinux and password mklinux.
<P>Jon Harms
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<b><a name="ftpmirrors">FTP and Mirror Problems</A></b></font>
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If you have been visiting any of the <a href="../mirrors.html"
target=_top>mirror sites</a> of ftp.mklinux.org,
you may have noticed that things are in the complete state of chaos
that we had previously feared. Unfortunately, it looks as though
things may remain in that state for a couple of more weeks due to
bandwidth limitations. Over the weekend of October 23-24, there
were over 1.2 Gigabytes of file changes on the server. This requires
the mirror sites to completely rebuild their archives instead of making
the usual incremental updates. Coupling this with bandwidth limitations
and disk drive problems on ftp.mklinux.org, the mirror sites are
badly out of sync with the distribution. This should only be a
temporary situation. We apologize for the inconvenience.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Fri Oct 29 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="ftp_reorg">FTP being Reorganized</A></b></font>
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A couple of news items about the ftp site at mklinux.org.
<P>If you haven't heard, the ftp site has a very limited number
of anonymous ftp connections available. Since ftp.mklinux.org
is currently being serviced over MontaVista Software's DSL line,
we've had to limit the number of people who can access the site.
So please, people, download the distribution from one of the
<a href="http://www.mklinux.org/mirrors.html" target=_top>mirror sites.</a>
<P>For the next couple of days, we are going to be playing around with
the organization of the ftp site. Directories and files are likely to
move around frequently, while this is ongoing. The situation should
stabilize before the end of the week. During this time, the rpm2html
database pages may have many broken links. Please be patient. We hope
to improve the site in the long run, but we will have to go through a
brief period of chaos to get there.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Oct 18 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="updates3">New pre-R1 Updates</A></b></font>
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<br>
This is just a quick note to let people know that I've updated a number
of packages on the ftp.mklinux.org site. You should probably wait to
let the changes propagate out to the <a href="http://www.mklinux.org/mirrors.html" target=_top>mirror</a>
sites before downloading them.
<P>More than 90 packages were upgraded and about 20 new packages were
added. A brief listing of the most important changes:
<ul>
<li>Upgrade to SysVinit-2.77
<li>Upgrade to XFree86-3.3.5
<li>Upgrade to glib-1.2.5 and gtk-1.2.5
<li>Upgrade to most of the gnome packages
<li>Upgrade of WindowMaker to 0.61.1
<li>Upgrade of e2fsprogs
<li>Upgrade of dump-restore
<li>Upgrade of rpm package
</ul>
<P>Addition of <a href="http://www.kdevelop.org" target=_top>KDevelop</a>
and <a href="http://members.telecom.at/~johsixt/kdbg.html" target=_top>Kdbg</a>.
Our current packages are lacking the Qt and KDE API documentation.
As a result, the online help currently doesn't work. I intend to
fix this problem soon, but I thought people might like to play with
these packages while I'm working on it.
<P>Addition of <a href="http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~john/sw/sawmill/"
target=_top>Sawmill</a> window manager and related packages. (librep,
rep-gtk, sawmill, sawmill-gnome)
<P>Addition of <a href="http://www.superpimp.org/" target=_top>Pan</a>,
a gnome based news reader. Pan is still pretty rough,
but it shows some promise. You should probably only try it if you want
to give the author some feedback about problems.
<P>Addition of many non-English ispell dictionaries.
<h4>Known Problems which have been fixed.</h4>
<P>The <a href="http://glade.pn.org/" target=_top>Glade</a> package was
failing to install an important file needed for converting glade's XML
format into C code. As a result, glade would core dump if you attempted
to generate source code from your project. This problem has now been fixed.
<P>The utility last (from SysVinit) no longer reports crashes erroneously.
<blockquote><i>
There is a caveat to upgrading the SysVinit package. Your machine may
not shutdown cleanly the first time after upgrading this package.
I don't know if the event was an aberration on my system or not, but the
first time after upgrading e2fsprog and SysVinit, my system paniced
during the final stage of the shutdown process. This may be completely
unrelated to the package upgrades. Before placing this package on the
server, I rebooted my machine multiple times to see if the event recurred.
It never did.
</i>
</blockquote>
<P><a href="http://www.psionic.com/abacus/portsentry/" target=_top>Portsentry</a>
has been modified to shut down correctly with the newer
versions of initscripts. In order to fix this problem, I've reworked
how portsentry is integrated into the system. If you are running
portsentry and you choose to upgrade this package, you should probably
shutdown the currently running daemon before upgrading the package.
Then restart the daemon after the upgrade. This will prevent a trivial
error message when shutting down the system.
<P>Many packages which would not build properly with gcc-2.95.1 and later
have had work arounds provided. Among the list of such files are Mesa,
cdf, and many C++ programs that don't meet the latest compiler's strict
standards for function prototypes.
<h4>Known Problems which have not yet been fixed.</h4>
<P>The current version of xfig still core dumps on start up. This is a
compiler induced bug. Unless we can trace down the compiler bug which
is generating this bad code, we will probably have to rebuild the
package with an earlier compiler.
<P>Gnorpm 0.9 doesn't seem to work correctly with the current version of
rpm. Still looking for a solution. :-(
<P>Have fun! We're getting close, people.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Mon Oct 11 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="updates2">More pre-R1 Updates</A></b></font>
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Well, another couple of weeks have rolled around and I've updated
many packages in the pre-R1 distribution. The vast majority of
these package changes are simple minor version changes. About
140 packages were upgraded in total this weekend.
<P>We do have a number notable changes. First, we've decided not
to taunt Apple's lawyers by making eMac the default enlightenment
theme on the distribution. The theme is still part of the
distribution (for now), but you have to select it yourself if you
wish to use. The default enlightenment theme is now minEguE. It's
a terrible name with a simplistic, unobtrusive appearance.
<P>I've been holding off on updating some of the gnome packages
while the gnome-print libraries went through some growing pains.
The print facilities are somewhat operational, so I've updated
Gnumeric, the spreadsheet program, to the latest version. Printing
is still problematic, so don't expect too much.
<P>Printing works now in AbiWord. If you haven't tried this
word processor, you should give it a try.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sun Sep 12 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="updates1">pre-R1 Updates</A></b></font>
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<br>
There have been a number of major updates to the MkLinux pre-R1
distribution this week. Probably, the most important was a fix
to the archive of the MacOS side files to eliminate a number of
problems. The extraneous mach_options line in the lilo.conf file
has been removed, and the Mach Kernel file has been replaced with
one of David Gatwood's official GENERIC 7 kernels. If you have
experienced difficulties with installation on your machine be
sure to check that you have removed the bus_speed mach_options
line from your lilo.conf file.
<P> We have made a number of security updates to packages in
the pre-R1 distribution. The affected packages are telnet,
wu_ftpd, traceroute, netkit-base, libtermcap and tcp_wrappers.
<P> The new set of compilers is available. Gcc 2.95.1 is the
successor to the egcs compiler set.
<P>The MkLinux Team
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Wed Aug 30 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="rpm2html">rpm2html Database Added</A></b></font>
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<p>We've added an rpm2html database to the mklinux.org web site. The index can be
viewed with any web browser. You will find it useful to track the addition
of new packages to the distribution. It can also we used to determine
package dependencies, discover what package installs a particular file and
even to view the package change logs.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The rpm2html database has since been removed.</p>
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sun Aug 8 14:36:14 EDT 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="interview">MkLinux Radio Interview</A></b></font>
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Jaime Magiera, host of a radio show called Interactive Technologies at the
University of Michigan (<a href="http://www.wcbn.org/it/" target=_top>http://www.wcbn.org/it/</a>),
will be broadcasting a discussion with Gilbert Coville and David Gatwood,
on Tuesday, July 27. They discuss the history and current development of
MkLinux. It's very informative to developers and users alike.
<P>Jaime has posted the Quicktime file of the recorded interview for the
perusal of the MkLinux Community. The file is embedded in the document, so
you will need to use a web browser with a quicktime plugin to hear the
recording.
<P>Check it out at
<a href="http://www.wcbn.org/it/IT0010.html" target=_top>http://www.wcbn.org/it/IT0010.html</a>
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Monday, July 26, 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="rescue">MkLinux Rescue Disk</A></b></font>
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<br>
Takashi Oe, has built a "rescue disk" for MkLinux. The disk is distributed as a
binhexed Stuffit archive. You should unpack it onto your Macintosh System disk.
It will create a mach_servers folder containing a vmlinux_rescue linux server.
The server contains a ram disk loaded with many tools which will be useful in
emergency situations.
<P>The archive file is available at <a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.org/pub/mklinux-pre-R1"
target=_top>ftp.mklinux.org</a>.
<P>Thanks, Takashi!
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Monday, July 5, 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="rawhide_installer_2">Updated MkLinux Rawhide instructions</A></b></font>
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The MkLinux Rawhide <a href="rawhide.html" >installation instructions</a> have been updated with tips on how to install from a local HFS disk and a list of known bugs. If you run into any problems, a good place to ask is through the mklinux-setup mailing list.
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sunday June 27, 1999</i></font></date>
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<b><a name="cvs">MkLinux CVS Repository Relocated</A></b></font>
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The CVS repository containing the source code for MkLinux has been relocated
from the globegate.utm.edu server to mklinux.org. Attempts to update your
source code from globegate will no longer work. You will need to retarget
your sandbox to the new repository. The following script will assist you
in making the transition.
<pre>
<tt><b>
#!/bin/bash
set -x
if [ $# != 0 ]; then
for x in `find $1 -name Root`;
do
path2=`dirname $x`
oname=$x
savename=$path2/Root.orig
cp $oname $savename
sed "s/globegate\.utm\.edu/mklinux\.org/" $savename > $oname
done
else
cp ~/.cvspass ~/.cvspass.orig
sed "s/globegate\.utm\.edu/mklinux\.org/" ~/.cvspass.orig > ~/.cvspass
fi
</b></tt>
</pre>
Copy this script to a file and make it executable. Name it something like
retarget_cvs. Run the script with the path to the root of the source tree
you need to retarget.
<p>
<b>
retarget_cvs /path/to/root/of/tree
</b>
<p>
This will correctly retarget each directory in the tree to access mklinux.org.
Since you must be logged into the repository to update, you will either need
to login to mklinux.org as you did for globegate, or run the script without a
command line argument. This will modify the .cvspass file in your home
directory to point to mklinux.org instead globegate.utm.edu.
<P><strong>Be sure that you run the script as the user who is
logged into the globegate!</strong>
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Tuesday Jun 22, 1999</i></font></date><br><br>
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<b><a name="banners">MkLinux Web Banners</A></b></font>
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<br>
<a href="mailto:rfout@mahi.damien.edu">Robert Fout</a> has created a series
of <a href="banners.html" target=_top>MkLinux web banners</a> to be displayed
on web sites. Show off your use and support of MkLinux. Let people know
that you're out there, and not "Down for the count."
<P>The complete set of banners is available <a href="banners.html"
target=_top>here</a> or by clicking on the banner at the bottom of
<a href="../index.html#banner" target=_top>www.mklinux.org</a>'s home page.
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sunday May 30, 1999</i></font></date><br><br>
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<b><a name="rawhide_installer">MkLinux Rawhide Installer</a></b></font>
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<br>
<a href="mailto:fukui@ppc.linux.or.jp">Kaoru Fukui</a> has
built an MkLinux
<a href="http://home7.highway.ne.jp/~k_fukui/" target=_top>installer</a>
which can be used to install the new
<a href="http://www.linuxppc.org" target=_top>LinuxPPC</a> Developer's
Release 1, based RedHat Rawhide distribution. This is a glibc2 based
distribution which is binary incompatible with the current DR3
distribution. The packages for this distribution are the basis for both
<a href="http://www.yellowdoglinux.com" target=_top>Yellow Dog Linux</a> and
<a href="http://www.linuxppc.com" target=_top>LinuxPPC, Inc. R5</a>.
<P>This installer should be considered a pre-release alpha version.
(Only because I've never tried it.) The installer isn't an official
distribution of mklinux.org...at this time. However, it is likely
to be the basis for a CD distribution produced by the group behind
mklinux.org, so we need people to pound on it and let us know what
works and what doesn't.
<P>Please let <a href="mailto:fukui@ppc.linux.or.jp">Kaoru Fukui</a>
know of any problems which you have with the installer. A good way
to do this would be through the mklinux-setup mailing list.
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Sunday May 30, 1999</i></font></date><br><br>
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<b><a name="columns">Regular Columns to Begin</a></b></font>
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<br>
Have you found a unique solution to a problem using MkLinux? Are you
using a little known application which you would like to review and
recommend to the MkLinux user community? Or maybe you just have a
useful tip worth sharing?
<P>Well, now you have a chance! We, here at www.mklinux.org, want to
begin a regular column giving users a chance to tell their stories.
Perhaps you have used MkLinux to manage a small network? Perhaps you
have used it to work as a file server in a small business? Perhaps
you were able to get PPP working the first time?! If you have solved
an interesting technical problem, we encourage you to send us your
story.
<P>The publication frequency of the column will depend upon the number
of contributions we receive, but we promise to keep them coming at
least on a monthly basis even if we have to write them all ourselves.
In fact, David Gatwood has already volunteered to write the first
column. He has promised us a "State of the Union" message on MkLinux.
<P> If you need or want an editor or coauthor, we will be happy to
provide those services. Just remember, the success of this effort
is up to you.
<br><br><date><font size=-1><i>Thursday May 27, 1999</i></font></date><br><br>
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<a name="PowerLinux">Power Linux Released</a>
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<br>
<a name="powerlinux">Power Linux</a> by <a
href="http://www.jpg.co.jp">Japan Photografix </a> is a Linux
distribution based on MkLinux DR3 and features some recent software
updates such as the Generic #6 kernel, Window Maker 0.20.3, and
Netscape 4.5. This distribution comes from Japan and the installation
program is in Japanese too. Power Linux was featured in May's edition
of Mac Power magazine (again Japanese) in a "Lite" version of their
distribution and a live filesystem so users can test Power Linux
before installation. This Lite version lacks programming and server
capabilities, which you can obtain by purchasing the full version or
by other means.
<br><br>
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<b><a name="server">www.mklinux.org Server Relocated</a></b></font>
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<tr><td> Thanks to the generous support of Montavista Software, we
have a new home. Gilbert Coville has made arrangements with his new
employer to host the MkLinux.org web server. Our new digs are on a
stable T1 connection, so our connection should be accessible 24/7. We
now have enough bandwidth to make an ftp site a real possibility.
<br><br><!--author Fred Bacon-->
<date><font size=-1><i>Sunday May 9, 1999</i></font></date><br><br>
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<b><a name="video">Video4Linux</a></b></font>
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<br>
Michel Lanners and Takashi Oe have donated support for the Plan B
video-input on the PowerMac 7x00/8x00 series of computers. The
Plan B port for MkLinux is available from the Globegate CVS
repository. Takashi Oe reports that
<a href="http://www.in-berlin.de/User/kraxel/xawtv.html" target=_top>
Xawtv</a> has been ported to run on Plan B equipped machines running
MkLinux.
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<br>
In other news, Takashi Oe is currently leading efforts to port the
Linux 2.2.x kernel to run on the Mach Kernel. There is still <strong>
quite</strong> a lot of work to do before the job is completed, but
the work has begun at last! The preliminary work will soon be
placed in the Globegate CVS repository.
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<br>
<P>This site was developed by the MkLinux community,
for the MkLinux community. Our thanks go to many
volunteers for generous contributions of money,
equipment, services, etc.
<P>Thanks especially to Gilbert Coville and Rich Morin for financial
contributions and our domain name registration and to MontaVista Software
for our Internet connection.
<P>In the coming months, we hope to become a regular stopping place
for you on the web. Our goal is to keep you abreast of the latest
developments in the MkLinux community and to provide you with the
resources to make MkLinux a powerful and enjoyable tool for your
daily work.
<P>Rather than put up an all too familiar "Under Construction" sign,
I'll simply state that this site went "live" with only 24 hours notice.
Only a tiny fraction of the content planned by the web team was available
on that first day, and we are still working to create content. So keep
an eye on the site and watch us work.
<P>Welcome again to the <B>New</B> MkLinux.org!
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