Hello, maybe you already wondered why it was so silent on this list for a while. That's because we made some big jumps instead of many little steps the last weeks. Here is a list of important changes:
* Perl5 Perl5 packages were uploaded by me, which were important because the old ones had been overwritten by dummy packages. The ftp archive is in a sane state again very soon now. * dpkg 1.4.1.7 I went back to dpkg 1.4.1.5 under Linux and started from scratch, applying my patches as I need them. Now we are back in sync again with the Linux version. No new features apart that, but recompiled to work with perl5 package. * New installation scripts I will upload them in a few minutes to www.debian.org/ports/hurd. They are to be used with the new perl packages, dpkg and the new Hurd. * Hurd 19990725 A new snapshot with a lot of changes and bug fixes. In particular, Roland implemented a new boot up procedure (slpit-init, take a look at /libexec/runsystem), which is much more modular and managed by update-alternatives. A new tool is rpctrace, which does work, but seems to hang the system quite easily, too. Use with care. It also contains the Hurd info docs (I don't remember if they were in 0616, too). * sysvinit I ported sysvinit to the Hurd, and I will soon upload my package for general testing. It uses the new split-init feature of the new Hurd package to plunge into the boot process. This means, we have runlevels and all. More details later. If anyone dares to test it prior, let me know and I can send it to you. * GNU Mach A new GNU Mach, featuring a better Memory Management (Thomas Bushnell made it more reliable) and autodetection of all network cards! The latter should have worked ages ago, but a little bug was preventing it. * script The script program does currently timeout after thirty seconds. I can make available a fixed version, if anyone cares. It may work automagically after the next glibc update, we will see. I wish you a pleasant day, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
