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From:	 John Jenkins <mrgoblin@dunedin.lug.net.nz>
To:	 mrgoblin@dunedin.lug.net.nz
Subject: Slackware Changelog Notice!!
Date:	 Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:45:42 +1200


        	Slackware Current ChangeLog Notice.

The following additions have been made to The Current ChangeLog.txt

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New Entry:  Wed Apr 10 01:00:21 PDT 2002
New Entry:  Added "install-packages" scripts in the package directories.
New Entry:  a/lilo-22.2-i386-3.tgz:  If XFS is detected, make MBR installation the default
New Entry:    menu choice.
New Entry:  a/pkgtools-8.0.8-i386-3.tgz:  Fix bug which caused leftover files in
New Entry:    /var/log/setup/tmp when a package was skipped while using -infobox.
New Entry:    Return an error code from upgradepkg if the last (or only) package it tried
New Entry:    to upgrade was not installed.
New Entry:    Add xfce detection to xwmconfig, and remember previous selection.
New Entry:  a/sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-3.tgz:  Fixed missing /var/log/syslog err/warn logging in
New Entry:    /etc/syslog.conf.  Add rotation for /var/log/syslog.
New Entry:  ap/rexima-1.1-i386-1.tgz:  Added rexima-1.1.
New Entry:  xap/fvwm-2.4.6-i386-4.tgz:  Don't create an xinitrc symlink.
New Entry:  xap/fvwm95-2.0.43ba-i386-2.tgz:  Don't create an xinitrc symlink.
New Entry:  xap/xfce-3.8.14c-i386-1.tgz:  Added xfce-3.8.14c.  Do you find GNOME and KDE to
New Entry:    be too slow on your machine?  Then try xfce, "The Cholesterol Free Desktop
New Entry:    Environment".  This has been added to fill the need for a complete but
New Entry:    lightweight and _fast_ desktop environment.
New Entry:  ----------------------------


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New Entry:  Tue Apr  9 01:09:48 PDT 2002
New Entry:  a/dcron-2.3.3-i386-3.tgz:  Patched to report correct version.
New Entry:  n/sendmail-8.12.3-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to sendmail-8.12.3.
New Entry:  n/sendmail-cf-8.12.3-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to sendmail-8.12.3.
New Entry:  ----------------------------

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New Entry:  Sun Apr  7 18:15:16 PDT 2002
New Entry:  a/aaa_base-8.0.8-i386-4.tgz:  Moved /etc/slackware-version to here.
New Entry:  a/dcron-2.3.3-i386-2.tgz:  Added logrotate to root's crontab.
New Entry:    Added updatedb (slocate) to root's crontab.
New Entry:    Removed nobody's crontab, which used to run GNU findutils updatedb.
New Entry:  a/etc-5.0-i386-1.tgz:  Removed obsolete "filesize" script.
New Entry:    Added slocate group.
New Entry:  a/findutils-4.1.7-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to findutils-4.1.7.
New Entry:    Removed deprecated locate and updatedb programs -- the new versions
New Entry:    are in the slocate package.
New Entry:  a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.2.5-i386-1.tgz:  Fixed timeconfig to work better on
New Entry:    vt100 terminals.  Since it's a minor change, and this _is_ -current, I
New Entry:    didn't update the build number.
New Entry:  a/grep-2.5-i386-2.tgz:  Compile against the static libpcre.a, since we
New Entry:    don't want to have to move that into the A series, and it doesn't make
New Entry:    grep much larger.
New Entry:  a/lprng-3.8.5-i386-2.tgz:  Better config file handling in the install script.
New Entry:  a/logrotate-3.6.2-i386-1.tgz:  Added by popular demand.  ;-)
New Entry:  a/pciutils-2.1.10-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to pciutils-2.1.10 and the latest
New Entry:    version of pci.ids.
New Entry:  a/pkgtools-8.0.8-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed some spelling errors in installpkg and
New Entry:    pkgtool.  Also fixed many several other spelling mistakes in the installer
New Entry:    and package descriptions.  Thanks to Jason Byrne for kicking me into editor
New Entry:    mode.  :-)
New Entry:    Removed /etc/slackware-version.
New Entry:    Eliminated use of obsolete filesize script in makepkg.
New Entry:  a/shadow-19990827-i386-3.tgz:  Don't create (obsolete) /var/log/sulog.
New Entry:  a/slocate-2.6-i386-1.tgz:  Added slocate-2.6.
New Entry:  a/sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-2.tgz:  Provide a more complete syslog.conf.
New Entry:    Add /etc/logrotate.d/syslog.
New Entry:  ap/mysql-3.23.49-i386-2.tgz:  Recompiled with better optimization.
New Entry:  l/gdbm-1.8.0-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed '/usr/local' bug in libgdbm.la.
New Entry:  l/glibc-2.2.5-i386-1.tgz:  Fixed timeconfig script for vt100 terminals.
New Entry:  n/php-4.1.2-i386-4.tgz:  Added IMAP/SSL support.
New Entry:    Thanks to Miha Verlic for suggesting the mysql and php changes.
New Entry:  xap/fvwm-2.4.6-i386-3.tgz:  Added back a bunch of icons that fvwm doesn't
New Entry:    include in recent versions.  Thanks to Artur Kedzierski for noticing this.
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-rootdisks/install.?:  Use /dev/sr?, not /dev/scd? which is depricated.
New Entry:  rootdisks/install.?:  Use /dev/sr?, not /dev/scd? which is deprecated.
-  Modify rc.M for sendmail, which now requires seperately started MTA
New Entry:    Modify rc.M for sendmail, which now requires separately started MTA



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New Entry:  Fri Apr  5 22:54:17 PST 2002
New Entry:  rootdisks/install.?:  Use /dev/sr?, not /dev/scd? which is depricated.
New Entry:    Support a new series KDEI for the kde-i18n packages.
New Entry:  extra/openmotif-2.2.1/openmotif-2.2.1-i386-1.tgz:  Added openmotif-2.2.1.
New Entry:  extra/sgml-tools-1.0.9-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed missing libostyle.
New Entry:  a/gettext-0.11-i386-2.tgz:  Recompiled.
New Entry:  a/grep-2.5-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to GNU grep-2.5.
New Entry:  a/lilo-22.2-i386-2.tgz:  Add a warning against installing LILO on the
New Entry:    superblock of an XFS partition.
New Entry:  a/pkgtools-8.0.8-i386-1.tgz:  Enhanced upgradepkg to handle a sloppy package
New Entry:    database -- if multiple packages match the old package name, remove all of
New Entry:    them instead of a random one.
New Entry:    Made xwmconfig a menu rather than a radiolist.
New Entry:  ap/texinfo-4.2-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to GNU texinfo-4.2.
New Entry:  d/autoconf-2.53-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to GNU autoconf-2.53.
New Entry:   (I'm holding off on automake-1.6 until the impact of the renaming of
New Entry:   /usr/share/aclocal can be assessed.  Really, I'm mostly hoping they change
New Entry:   their minds, since it really screws things up for packages that want to install
New Entry:   an .m4 file in there to have /usr/share/aclocal-1.6.  When automake-1.7 comes
New Entry:   out I don't want to be rerolling dozens of packages just to move the .m4 files
New Entry:   into /usr/share/aclocal-1.7.)
New Entry:  d/bison-1.35-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to GNU bison-1.35.
New Entry:  d/gdb-5.1.1-i386-2.tgz:  Added gdbserver and docs.
New Entry:  d/gettext-tools-0.11-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed libgettextlib.la to indicate that the
New Entry:    library is installed.
New Entry:  kde/:  Upgraded to KDE-3.0.  (Thanks KDE team for the great work! :-)
New Entry:  kdei/:  New series for the KDE language support packages.
New Entry:  l/audiofile-0.2.3-i386-2.tgz:  Moved here from ../kde.  Even though KDE 3.0rc3
New Entry:    uses aRts, it seems audiofile is still required, and things outside of KDE
New Entry:    will require it in the future.
New Entry:  l/freetype-1.3.1-i386-1.tgz:  Split out of the xfree86 packages.  Moved into
New Entry:    /usr instead of /usr/X11R6, which seems to help prevent programs from
New Entry:    including the wrong header files (freetype2, which is bundled with XFree86,
New Entry:    puts its header files under /usr/X11R6/include).
New Entry:  l/libungif-4.1.0b1-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed libungif.la to indicate that the library
New Entry:    is installed.
New Entry:  l/libxml2-2.4.19-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to libxml2-2.4.19.
New Entry:  n/bind-9.2.0-i386-2.tgz:  Added missing rndc-confgen, and patched the install
New Entry:    script to run it at install time with the -a option.
New Entry:  n/links-0.97pre9-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to links-0.97pre9.
New Entry:  n/lftp-2.5.0a-i386-1.tgz:  Added lftp-2.5.0a.
New Entry:  n/pidentd-3.0.12-i386-1.tgz:  Split out from tcpip package, reverted to 3.0.12
New Entry:    since 3.0.14 was doing this:
New Entry:      in.identd[6698]: Error while changing user/group privileges
New Entry:  n/tcpip-0.17-i386-7.tgz:  Remove pidentd (now in separate package).
New Entry:  x/xfree86-4.2.0-i386-3.tgz:  Removed freetype-1.3.1 shared library.
New Entry:  x/xfree86-devel-4.2.0-i386-3.tgz:  Removed freetype-1.3.1 headers.
New Entry:  x/xfree86-docs-4.2.0-i386-2.tgz:  Removed freetype-1.3.1 docs.
New Entry:  xap/freefonts-0.10-i386-1.tgz:  Removed.  There were a couple of problems with
New Entry:    this.  First, it's tricky to install them in the usual (Type1) directory
New Entry:    without stomping on the existing fonts.dir and fonts.alias.  Second, not all
New Entry:    of the licenses are as free as the package name might lead you to think.
New Entry:    If you need these fonts you can find them here:
New Entry:      ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/fonts/
New Entry:  xap/sane-1.0.7-i386-1.tgz:  Added sane-1.0.7.
New Entry:  xap/xmms-1.2.7-i386-2.tgz:  Added support for ESD and GNOME.
New Entry:  xap/xpdf-1.00-i386-2.tgz:  Fixed xpdfrc to not try to load Type1 fonts.
New Entry:  xap/xsane-0.84-i386-1.tgz:  Added xsane-0.84.
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