From owner-freebsd-announce Tue Jan 14 15:40:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA15924 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA15919 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA07295 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:26 -0800 (PST) To: announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Who wants code development & validation tools for FreeBSD? Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:40:26 -0800 Message-ID: <7291.853285226@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Have you ever wanted a tool like "Purify" for FreeBSD but never dared to hope that some company might make a product like it available? Well, we were recently approached at USENIX by ParaSoft, Inc., a company which makes a Purify-like product called "Insure++" (so called because it handles both C and C++ code), and they indicated a strong interest in doing a FreeBSD version if a market could be shown to exist for it. They already provide products for Linux and BSD/OS, and if we want them to do a FreeBSD version then we now just need to LET THEM KNOW! ;-) In order to facilitate that process, Parasoft has even been kind enough to set up a special web page at: http://www.parasoft.com/forms/bsd/ If you're interested in the idea of buying Insure++ or CodeWizard, and there's even a place to signify how much you'd be willing to pay for them meaning you should *definitely* fill out the survey if you'd like to have some effect on the purchase price as well as the availability of of these products, please take a few minutes to visit this page and fill out the survey. Information on both products is also provided here. People often complain about the lack of commercial software for FreeBSD, well, now here's your chance to personally do something about that! It's also hard for me to overstate the importance of attracting commercial software vendors to FreeBSD. It's a little bit like choosing a restaurant you've never been to before: If you see a lot of people inside already eating then you're far more inclined to go in and join them. If the restaurant is empty, then you figure that something must be wrong with the food (even though it may be excellent) and you stay away. Please don't let that happen to FreeBSD; fill out ParaSoft's survey! :-) If you know any FreeBSD users who don't read the mailing lists or newsgroups and are interested in commercial development tools, please forward them the URL and help spread the word. Thanks! Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Tue Jan 14 21:02:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA05744 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:02:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id VAA05739 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:02:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA17946 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:02:30 -0800 (PST) To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: 3.0-970114-SNAP is now available from ftp.freebsd.org Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:02:29 -0800 Message-ID: <17940.853304549@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is a short-term snapshot, and won't be released on CDROM (though it will be available on the FTPs site until the next "real" snapshot is available). This snapshot is intended primarily as a quick "sanity check" of 3.0-current and as a starting point resource for the SMP developers; there are no truly significant differences between -current and RELENG_2_2 at this time (hence the short term nature of this snapshot; just as soon as something truly significant happens in 3.0, another snapshot will be done to replace this one). To get it: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-960114-SNAP/ contains all the usual bits. Also please note that the release documentation was NOT updated for this SNAP. Docs on the boot floppy will still reference "2.2 BETA" but everything is actually 3.0-current (and the uname command returns the right thing). Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Tue Jan 14 23:34:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA14100 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:34:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA14095 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA08319; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:30:35 -0800 (PST) To: "F. Marcos" cc: announce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0-970114-SNAP is now available from ftp.freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 08:13:59 +0100." <32DC83B7.43C6@infomaniak.ch> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:30:34 -0800 Message-ID: <8315.853313434@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-960114-SNAP/ > > Should we read 3.0-970114 ? :-) Needless to say, my brain is still back in '96. Correct, you should all read 3.0-970114-SNAP! :-} Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Wed Jan 15 04:22:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id EAA24583 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 04:22:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay-7.mail.demon.net (relay-7.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id EAA24578 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 04:22:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from runcirc.demon.co.uk ([158.152.9.225]) by relay-6.mail.demon.net id aa603643; 15 Jan 97 10:40 GMT Received: (from roger@localhost) by runcirc.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA01681; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:31:06 GMT Received: from relay-10.mail.demon.net (punt.demon.co.uk [194.217.242.133]) by runcirc.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA01444 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 08:40:37 GMT Received: from relay-10.mail.demon.net by mailstore for roger@runcirc.demon.co.uk id 853314512:10:11336:1; Wed, 15 Jan 97 07:48:32 GMT Received: from ceres.brunel.ac.uk ([134.83.176.3]) by relay-9.mail.demon.net id aa915143; 15 Jan 97 7:47 GMT Received: from freefall.freebsd.org by ceres.brunel.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:47:13 +0000 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id XAA14197; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA14100 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:34:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA14095 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA08319; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:30:35 -0800 (PST) Old-To: "F. Marcos" cc: announce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0-970114-SNAP is now available from ftp.freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 08:13:59 +0100." <32DC83B7.43C6@infomaniak.ch> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:30:34 -0800 Message-ID: <8315.853313434@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Old-X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-Loop: roger@runcirc.demon.co.uk To: r.mccalman@elsevier.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-960114-SNAP/ > > Should we read 3.0-970114 ? :-) Needless to say, my brain is still back in '96. Correct, you should all read 3.0-970114-SNAP! :-} Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Wed Jan 15 18:40:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA20163 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:40:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA20151 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:40:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA01720 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:40:19 -0800 (PST) To: announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Two new members to join FreeBSD core team. Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 18:40:17 -0800 Message-ID: <1714.853382417@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please join me in welcoming: Jonathan Bresler and John Polstra to the FreeBSD core team! Both are already well-known to most of us, so little in the way of introduction is probably necessary: Jonathan Bresler is currently the FreeBSD Project postmaster and does occasional PR work for us as well (see mail archives for EUUG/Sweden presentation). He works for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C. John Polstra is the author of CVSup, now one of the most popular ways of synchronizing with the FreeBSD Project's CVS repository, and the ELFkit tools, among many other things. He is an independant contractor and lives in Seattle, WA. Welcome! Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jan 16 17:07:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA28534 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:07:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA28528 for freebsd-announce; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:07:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:07:08 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199701170107.RAA28528@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-announce Subject: Important new CVSup *server* release Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Subject: Important new CVSup *server* release Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:36:35 -0800 From: John Polstra This is an important announcement for people who are running cvsupd servers to mirror the FreeBSD sources. There is some repair work planned for the master CVS repository in the near future (at least 24 hours from now). Some unconventional things have to be done to some of the RCS files to effect the repairs. During some test runs, I discovered that one of them prodded a thus-far unexercised bug in cvsupd-14.1, causing it to dereference a null pointer and die. (Ironically, the bug was in the code that logged a warning saying something unusual was going on.) The upshot of this is that everybody who is running a CVSup server for FreeBSD _needs_ to upgrade his cvsupd to the new version 14.1.1. If you don't upgrade, your server is soon going to start producing a lot of core dumps. Normal users who just update their own trees using the CVSup _client_ don't need to do anything. Only the server is affected by this upgrade. I have already personally upgraded the master server on freefall as well as the following mirrors: cvsup.freebsd.org cvsup2.freebsd.org cvsup4.freebsd.org You can get the new release in the usual places: ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/CVSup/ ftp://ftp.polstra.com/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/ (slow; avoid if possible) Full sources as well as FreeBSD binaries are available: cvsup-bin-14.1.1.tar.gz FreeBSD static binaries for the client cvsupd-bin-14.1.1.tar.gz FreeBSD static binaries for the server cvsup-14.1.1.tar.gz Sources ** MD5 signatures for these files are: MD5 (cvsup-bin-14.1.1.tar.gz) = 8e89f30ab981af81ce0f35fa957a922c MD5 (cvsupd-bin-14.1.1.tar.gz) = 7e9f337de5ed82c231305fead134fa7d MD5 (cvsup-14.1.1.tar.gz) = c127fece77626a870935f066a834fdaa I have also checked in an updated port for the FreeBSD ports collection, and the corresponding package should appear soon. People who have already built the release 14.1 server from sources also have the option of simply applying this patch in the "server/src" directory: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Index: RCSComp.m3 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/jdp/cvsup/cvs/cvsup/server/src/RCSComp.m3,v retrieving revision 1.48 retrieving revision 1.50 diff -u -r1.48 -r1.50 --- RCSComp.m3 1997/01/07 22:15:52 1.48 +++ RCSComp.m3 1997/01/16 01:33:11 1.50 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * - * $Id: RCSComp.m3,v 1.48 1997/01/07 22:15:52 jdp Exp $ + * $Id: RCSComp.m3,v 1.50 1997/01/16 01:33:11 jdp Exp $ * $Name: $ *) MODULE RCSComp; @@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ said it had didn't even exist in the RCS file. (Somebody had clobbered the RCS file.) Just check out the desired revision from scratch. *) - WarnBoth(self, "Could not generate edits for " & pathname - & " " & oldDelta.revision & " -> " & newDelta.revision + Warning(self, "Could not generate edits for " & pathname + & " " & oldRevNum & " -> " & newDelta.revision & ": " & msg & " -- attempting full checkout"); checkOutWholeThing := TRUE; END; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I apologize for the fire drill. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth