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- From: tfoley@camaro.uucp (Tim Foley)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: List of Broken Bins under 0.99 [v1.2]
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.120724.535@camaro.uucp>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 12:07:24 GMT
- Organization: camaro
- Lines: 128
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- Below is an un-official list of programs which break under 0.99 (or 0.98.6)
- and the method to get them running again. I felt there was a great need
- for such a thing.
-
- Any Changes/Suggestions/Fixes, tfoley@camaro.uucp
-
-
- NOTE: ENSURE YOU GET THE NEW LIBC 4.2 FILE FROM YOUR LOCAL SITE
-
- To Upgrade to 4.2:
-
- Make sure you don't remove the sym-link to 4.0 or the old 4.1, unless
- you have a boot diskette. The easiest method that I have found is use
- either HLU's bootdisk or Disks 1 and 2 of the SLS series, reboot your
- machine using either combination and exit from the SLS install, then
- manually mount your partition with /lib on it. Then just kill the link
- and relink using 4.2, reboot and voila...4.2
-
-
- Revision 1.2
- Date 12/26/92 12:15pm
-
- 1.0
- -Initial Release
-
- 1.1
- -Added minicom correction/makefile had different install dir/my fault ;)
- -Added sed problems
- -Updated rz/sz / tested...works
-
- 1.2
- -Added Empire
- -Added availability list
- -Added info on how to upgrade to 4.2
- -Added tsch & gtroff... (Thanks to Scott Heavner)
-
-
- NAME STATUS FIXED METHOD OF REPAIR
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ps Broke Yes -recompiled the ps-0.97.6.tar source
- -ps -U after installing the new ps in /usr/bin
- elm Ok? Yes -Appears to work ok
- trn Ok? Yes -Appears to work ok (needs new sed for inews to post)
- emacs Ok? Yes -Appears to work ok
- uucp Broke Yes -recompiled the Taylor 1.03 with the -fwritable-strings in
- the makefile in addition to all other cflags and
- added the new libc.so.4.2 (MUST HAVE!)
- minicom Broke Yes -Apply mini98.5.tar patch
- -Check Config.h install dir though, it changed
- rz/sz Ok? Yes -Appears to work ok (tested from minicom)
- sed Broke? Yes -Did not behave reliably, version GNU 1.09
- -Get GNU 1.13, added -dHAVE_BCOPY and removed def in
- sed.c for sys_errlist as its in errno.h
- -now works properly, fixes INEWS problem
- cnews Broke Yes -Inews shell script keeps dumping in dead.article
- -Due to SED not fully working
- mail Broke Yes -Recompiled the mailpak-1.3 mail, with -fwritable-strings in
- the makefile, remember to re-link rmail as well
- getty Broke Yes -Recompiled the 2.04 (Not 2.03) sources
- -No longer likes terminals? Had to use uugetty for
- my vt220
- uugetty Broke Yes -Recompiled the 2.04 (Not 2.03) sources
- man Stat() Yes -Recompiled 1.1 sources
- empire Ok? Yes -Appears to work ok, but the power command
- still causes the emp_server to stop.
- tcsh CS-Write Yes -get tcsh-0.98.5 (maybe 6) from tsx-11
- -I don't run tcsh, so untested as of yet
- gtroff CS-Write ? -not tested on my system as of yet
-
-
- The new lib, libc.so.4.2 seems to solve many a problem actually.
-
-
-
- Availability list
- -------------------
-
- All of the previous files/patches were obtained from Squally Holler bbs,
- a public-access Fido-Net site and the Head of LNXNET, the fido net Linux
- distribution network. Greg keeps the files very up to date, and is quite
- receptive to Q&A and may help you find some files if you do not have ftp
- access, but the bbs usually has everything.
-
- Squally Holler BBS ---- 1-206-235-0270
-
- Its well worth the long distance call if you need just a simple 10 to 30k
- patch, if you have a HST or high speed modem, then you are in luck, as so is
- the bbs. I regularily call S.H. each night to keep up to date, and it costs
- only a dollar at most if I download something, otherwise just about 50 cents
- to look around (Of course this is Bell Canada). Get yourself a long
- distance calling plan, such as Between Friends or something, it works.
-
-
- Note from Scott:
-
- The CS-Write error seems to be the error that resulted in
- the "Broke" error before where the thing just dies and dumps its
- core. Someone sent me this kernel patch so that you can tell when
- one of these errors occurs. You can still run the program + you
- know what's wrong with it.
-
- > Hi. If you want to run tcsh `dirty', you can change a line in the
- > kernel source file /usr/src/linux/mm/memory.c. Look for function
- > do_wp_page() and change
- >
- > if (user_esp)
- > send_sig(SIGSEGV, tsk, 1);
- >
- > to something like
- >
- > if (user_esp)
- > printk("%s writes to code space\n", tsk->comm);
- >
- > That's how I run tcsh, now it only complains "tcsh writes to code
- > space" each time I start it up, instead of dying with a
- > segmentationspace" each
- > fault...
-
-
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