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diff --git a/net/rdist6/pkg-descr b/net/rdist6/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3960e480956f --- /dev/null +++ b/net/rdist6/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ + Rdist Version 6.1 + May 2, 1994 + + Michael Cooper + University Computing Services + University of Southern California + mcooper@usc.edu + + GENERAL INFORMATION + +This is version 6.1 of Rdist from USC. It is based on rdist from +4.3BSD (classic). It includes all fixes for all bugs known to the +CSRG Berkeley folks. It has been running at USC and numerous other +sites for some time now on a wide variety of platforms. + +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. + + CHANGES/FEATURES + +This version of rdist does not need to be setuid "root" at all. Rdist +now uses the rsh(1c) [remote command] program to make connections to +remote hosts, instead of making the connection directly. This +eliminates the need to be run as "root". Many thanks to Chris +Siebenmann <cks@utcc.utoronto.ca> and John DiMarco +<jdd@cdf.toronto.edu> who came up with an rsh version of rcmd() that +makes this possible. + +This version supports automatic system determination and configuration +for pre-ported platforms. This means that rdist knows how to +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. + +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) + + + COMPATIBILITY + +This version of rdist differs greatly from older versions (as +distributed with 4.3BSD) in that the client and the server portions +are seperated into two distinct programs, rdist and rdistd, +respectively. The protocol used to communicate between the client and +server has also been extensively modified. These two items make +providing "builtin" compatibility very difficult. However, backwards +compatibility is possible, provided you have a binary or source copy +of the old rdist. + +The way the old rdist started a server rdist is to run "rdist +-Server". If the new rdist is run with the "-Server" option, then it +will exec a copy of the old rdist (usually /usr/old/rdist or +/usr/ucb/oldrdist). In this way, you get compatibility with hosts +running the old rdist attempting to rdist to a machine running new +rdist. If your host running new rdist wants to rdist to a host +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. + +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 +run with the "-Server" option. + + BUG REPORTS + +Bug reports should be sent to "rdist-bugs@usc.edu". All bug reports +should include: + +1) The version of the rdist client and server you are running + (use the -V option to rdist and rdistd) +2) The platform (machine + OS name + OS version) +3) A full description of the problem, including sample distfiles. +4) If you have a patch to fix the problem, a context diff (diff -c) + of the original files vs. the fixed files + + RDIST MAIL LISTS + +There are two rdist mailling lists described below. PLEASE DO NOT SEND +GENERAL QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THESE LISTS. + +LIST NAME SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS DESCRIPTION +--------------- ----------------------- ------------------------------------ +rdist-announce rdist-announce-request Announcements about new versions + of Rdist. + +rdist-dev rdist-dev-request Rdist developers mailling list. + Discussion about rdist features, + suggestions, bugs, etc. Will also + receive all rdist-announce mail. + Only those who are _SERIOUS_ about + being an rdist developer should be + on this list. + +To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to the appropriate +SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS from above "@usc.edu". i.e. +"rdist-dev-request@usc.edu" for the "rdist-dev" list. + +Archives are available for anonymous ftp from usc.edu as + + /pub/rdist/<LIST>.archive |