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diff --git a/net/rdist6/pkg-descr b/net/rdist6/pkg-descr index 3960e480956f..f27d57d5f977 100644 --- a/net/rdist6/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rdist6/pkg-descr @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ - Rdist Version 6.1 - May 2, 1994 + + Rdist Version 6.1.2 + February 15, 1996 Michael Cooper University Computing Services @@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ This version of rdist is not directly compatible with rdist distributed with 4.3BSD and subsequent vendor releases, but does indirectly provide full backward compatibility. +The current official version of rdist is available via anonymous ftp +on usc.edu under /pub/rdist. The current version is always +retrievable as file "/pub/rdist/rdist.tar.gz". + CHANGES/FEATURES This version of rdist does not need to be setuid "root" at all. Rdist @@ -33,27 +38,17 @@ completely configure and compile itself for a number of platforms. Users don't need to worry about modifying any files to compile on a supported platform. +See the ChangeLog file for the real details. The end of that file +contains the major new features compared to rdist classic. + A paper titled "Overhauling Rdist for the '90s" from USENIX LISA VI is available for anonymous ftp on usc.edu as "/pub/rdist/overhaul.ps.gz". PLATFORMS -This version of rdist has been ported to most major and a number of -not so major platforms. The list below is only a partial list. -The complete list of supported platforms can be found by looking -at all the config/os-*.h files. - - MACHINE TYPE OPERATING SYSTEM - --------------- ---------------------------------- - DEC MIPS Ultrix 4.2 - DG AviiON DG/UX 5.4.x - HP 9000/300 HP/UX 7.05 (HP cc) - HP 9000/400 HP/UX 7.05 (HP cc) - HP 9000/700 HP/UX 8.07 (HP cc, GCC 2.3.1) - IBM RS6000 AIX 3.2 - NeXTStep Mach 3.1 - Sun-3 SunOS 4.1.1 - Sun-4/SPARC SunOS 4.1.3, SunOS 5.3 (Solaris 2.3) +This version of rdist has been ported to most major, and a number of +not so major, platforms. The complete list of supported platforms can +be found by looking at all the config/os-*.h files. COMPATIBILITY @@ -77,8 +72,8 @@ running the old rdist, then it must run the old rdist program (/usr/old/rdist or /usr/ucb/oldrdist). [[ for FreeBSD; /usr/bin/rdist is the "old" rdist, and /usr/local/bin/ -[[ is the location of the "new" rdist and rdistd. - +[[ is the location of the "new" rdist6 and rdistd. + The definition _PATH_OLDRDIST in "config/config.h" controls the location of the old rdist. If this is not defined, or the defined program does not exist at runtime, then rdist will print an error when |