Hello Bob, hello all,
You wrote in linux-hams:
> 2.0.36 already includes the ax25-module-14 patches.
>
> Since RH 5.2 is glibc2, you should get the ax25-utils .rpm package from
> contrib.redhat.com.
>
> Other than those considerations, the AX25-HOWTO is up-to-date (for
> 2.0.36, but not 2.2.x).
Are you really convinced of that? The links given in the version
downloadable from SunSite (AKA Metalab by now) in their majority
do not work any more since most of the versions of the used
software and utilities have changed since the HOWTO was last
updated.
An example: NetTools.
The HOWTO recommends installing nettools-1.33 and issuing
some patch to them to enable ROSE support. However, the
NetTools have been developed further, the current version (1.45 if
memory serves me right) has both ROSE support and IPv6 features
built in, it does not need patching. To extend this, these NetTools
come precompiled and ready-to-use in amost every modern Linux
distribution.
Reading the old HOWTO, a newcomer may get confused, however.
Should one downgrade to nettools-1.33 or will the current version
also do?
Above, I already gave the right answer, but it is missing in the
HOWTO...
>
> The world changes faster than the documentation can keep up.
> http://www.linuxhq.com is probably the best place to go for kernel
> information (short of the source code itself).
>
That is right. One may also try www.kernel.org for a collection of
information on the current Linux state.
Cheers, 73
Gerd
