From: bf703@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Patrick J. Volkerding) Subject: [UPDATE] New kernel, libs for Slackware 1.0.3 Date: 21 Sep 1993 07:34:57 GMT
I've upgraded the kernel, shared libraries, and keyboard table utilities
in the Slackware Linux distribution on ftp.cdrom.com. The files that
have changed are noted in README_ChangeLog. Just in case anyone was in
the middle of downloading (again), the old files will be saved in
/pub/linux/slackware/obsolete for a while. This also provides a nice
safety net in case I introduced any big bugs :^)
The kernel has been upgraded to the newly released .99 patch level 13,
and the shared libraries have been upgraded to version 4.4.2 alpha. I
know I said I wasn't going to do that, but I'm giving in. I'll replace
these with the official versions as soon as they are released. The
keyboard utilities have been upgraded to version 0.81, and several new
keyboard maps are included.
The new package "shlibs.tgz" cannot be upgraded using pkgtool. If you
wish to upgrade an existing system, do the following:
Put "shlibs.tgz" in your root directory.
Boot the bootdisk, and mount your root partition under /root.
rm /root/lib/libc.so.*
rm /root/lib/libm.so.*
cd /root
zcat shlibs.tgz | tar xvf -
Reboot, and you'll be all set.
-- Patrick Volkerding volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu bf703@cleveland.freenet.edu