_Very_ impressive to Robert do this on his own! APPLAUSE!
Regards, Hsing-Foo > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Robert van den Aker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: woensdag 20 november 2002 22:32 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: [e-smith-devinfo] Coming soon: Unofficial SME 5.5 for Alpha > > > Dear Alphaphiles, > > I'm sure it's not as eagerly awaited as SME 5.6 for x86, and the > announcement is a bit premature, because some final testing remains > to be done, but I'd like to inform anyone interested in the > unofficial Alpha port of SME that I'm currently running what I > believe will be the as-official-as-it-gets unofficial SME 5.5 for > Alpha. > I'll keep you posted on how the tests are going and when to > expect the iso. > > In the meantime here are the release-notes, which will probably not > change between now and the actual release: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > SME/Alpha Server and Gateway V5.5 > Release notes - November 18, 2002 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Below you'll find a few notes about the differences between > this unofficial and unsupported Alpha port and Mitel's > official, original release for intel-compatible systems, as > well as a brief summary of Alpha-specific changes. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Differences from the original i386 release > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For a quick overview of differences between this release and > the original i386 release, have a look at the file > RedHat/base/comps on this CD-ROM. The comps file is the file > that tells the installer what software packages to install. > For this release I've kept the original comps file from the > i386 release intact, with the addition of flags where there's > a difference between i386 and alpha. These flags are 'i386:' > for any packages that only exist for or should only be > installed on intel-compatible systems; 'alpha:' for those > packages that are specific to this release; and '!alpha:' > (which means 'not on alpha') for packages that can be > installed on alpha systems, but were excluded from this > release for reasons that I'll explain below. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > First the 'i386' packages. I suppose it's fairly obvious why > they are i386-only. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > i386: e-smith-boot-image > i386: e-smith-lilo > i386: e-smith-reinstall-floppy > i386: kernel-pcmcia-cs > i386: lilo > i386: mkbootdisk > i386: syslinux > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Next are the alpha-only packages: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > alpha: @ SMEAlphaBase > alpha: @ SMEAlphaExtras > > which expands to: > > SMEAlphaBase: > > aboot > curl > mgetty > obtuse-smtpd-qmail > e-smith-obtuse-smtpd > > SMEAlphaExtras: > > links > ncftp > apache-manual > maildrop-man > man-pages > python2-docs > > The most surprising packages in this set are probably > obtuse-smtpd-qmail and e-smith-obtuse-smtpd. I had to revert > to using obtuse-smtpd because mailfront didn't function > properly on alpha: mailfront was accessible from the > localhost (tested with mconnect, pine, fetchmail and IMP), > but not from any host on the network. Connections with > tcpclient from network hosts to port 25 were allowed and > idented, but mailfront would not then take over. Because of > the return to obtuse-smtpd I put the (empty) template for > /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts, which had been moved to > e-smith-mailfront, back into e-smith-email. The original > e-smith-email package is included on this CD-ROM under > RedHat/test-packages, along with mailfront and > e-smith-mailfront packages, to allow you to help diagnose the problem. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Packages included in the i386 release but excluded from this > release: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > !alpha: SMEServer > !alpha: apmd > !alpha: db31 > !alpha: e-smith-blades > !alpha: e-smith-keys > !alpha: e-smith-mailfront > !alpha: e-smith-rpm > !alpha: mailfront > !alpha: megaide > !alpha: php-pgsql > > * The exclusion of mailfront and e-smith-mailfront is > explained above. > * The packages SMEServer, e-smith-blades, e-smith-keys and > e-smith-rpm all have to do with the 'blades' update system > and I don't have a blade server. > * apmd is the advanced power management daemon for laptops. > An alpha binary does exist for this package, but the RH 7.0 > installer that we use for SME/Alpha won't install it because > of "circular dependencies". > * A binary for db31 does not exist for alpha. Apparently all > the required routines are in db3. > * Megaide was excluded because it wouldn't compile and I > can't test it anyway. > * The RH 7.0 installer wouldn't install php-pgsql without > postgresql and it's not much use without postgresql anyway. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > SME/Alpha-specific changes > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > * The installation and upgrade floppies now give you a > choice of installation methods. Available methods are > CD-ROM, ftp, http, nfs, and harddisk. > * The installation instructions now contain more detailed > instructions for SRM installations. > * Diald-top has been updated to a version that actually > works on alpha. > * An update to mm-1.1.3-8 and a patch to e-smith-base seem > to have solved the problems with password-protected ibays, > but don't ask me why. > * Netatalk has been updated to 1.5.3.1-4, compared to > 1.5.2-2 in the original SME 5.5 for i386. This has > necessitated a small patch to e-smith-netatalk. Take this > into account if you should want to update e-smith-netatalk. > * Xinetd has been updated to 2.3.9-0.72, compared to 2.3.3-1 > in the original SME 5.5 for i386. This has necessitated a > minor patch to e-smith-base. Take this into account if you > should want to update e-smith-base. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cheers, > Robert > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security > issues Support for registered customers and partners to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
