Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of EncapHowto

Timestamp:

08/11/06 08:08:46 (17 years ago)

Author:

dclark

Comment:

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EncapHowto

@@ -5 +5 @@
 quickly as possible (from source).
 
+The latest version of this document is always available from:
+ * http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/browser/trunk/bcfg2/encap/README
+
+For a more general overview of what this is, see:
+ * http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/EncapPackages
+
 You can view this document with glorious Trac Wiki formatting at:
  * http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/EncapHowto
-(Although that version may be out of date)
+   (Although that version may be out of date)
 
 You can obtain the latest version of the code from bcfg2 svn:
@@ -22 +28 @@
 It attempts to be as self contained as possible; everything gets linked to
 under `/usr/local/lib/bcfg2`, except for bcfg2 itself and some dependent
-software, which is prefixed by `b2` (`b2openssl`, `b2python` etc.).  
+software, which is prefixed by `b2-` (`b2-openssl`, `b2-python` etc.).  
 
 To run the bcfg2 server, you also need to install gamin, which
@@ -51 +57 @@
 == Prerequisites ==
  * GNU gcc and GNU g++
+   * If you are using the gcc distributed with Solaris/x86 10, you need to 
+     install the gcc bugfix at http://www.openssl.org/~appro/values.c by 
+     running "ksh -f values.c" as root (or openssl will segfault)
  * GNU make (make sure "gmake" links to GNU make on non-GNU platforms)
- * epkg from http://www.encap.org/epkg/
+ * epkg (the encap package manager)
+   * Canonical website is http://www.encap.org/epkg
+   * Mirror of epkg binaries is available at http://www.dclark.us/mirror/
    * If built from source, first need all recommended libraries from web page
 
@@ -74 +85 @@
 
 || OS        || Vendor || Version || Arch  || GCC   || By || With VERSION   ||
-|| AIX       || IBM    || 5.3     || POWER || 4.1.0 || dc || 0.1/0.8.2pre6  ||
-|| GNU/Linux || Debian || Sarge   || i386  || 3.3.5 || dc || 0.1/0.8.2pre6  ||
-|| GNU/Linux || Debian || Sid     || i386  || 4.1.2 || dc || 0.3/0.8.2pre10 ||
+|| AIX       || IBM    || 5.3     || POWER || 4.1.0 || dc || 0.7/0.8.2      ||
+|| GNU/Linux || Debian || Sarge   || i386  || 3.3.5 || dc || 0.7/0.8.2      ||
+|| GNU/Linux || Debian || Sid     || i386  || 4.1.2 || dc || 0.8/0.8.2      ||
+|| Solaris   || Sun    || 10      || Sparc || 3.4.3 || dc || 0.7/0.8.2      ||
+|| Solaris   || Sun    || 10      || i386  || 3.4.3 || dc || 0.7/0.8.2      ||
 
 dc: "Daniel Clark" <mailto:[email protected]>
@@ -136 +149 @@
 
  0.5::
- * Removed external download of patches as that was not working consistantly;
-   replaced with patches inline the bcfg2 .profile
- * Added GNU patch dependancy, both for bcfg2 patches and call from Cfg.py
- * Fixed bcfg-repo-validate so it can find xmllint (as b2xmllint)
+ * Removed external download of patches as that was not working consistently;
+   replaced with patches inline the bcfg2 encap profile (.ep file)
+ * Added GNU patch dependency, both for bcfg2 patches and call from Cfg.py
+ * Fixed bcfg-repo-validate so it can find xmllint (as b2-xmllint)
  
  0.6::
  * Updated bcfg2 to 0.8.2 (released version)
- * Removed r1953 patch from bcfg2 .profile, since that is included in 0.8.2
+ * Removed r1953 patch from bcfg2 profile, since that is included in 0.8.2
  * Added alpha version warning
 
+ 0.7::
+ * Added Solaris support
+
+ 0.8::
+ * Added python code to fix paths; removed inline patch & GNU patch dependency
+   * Path change happens as part of install, logged to postinstall.log
+ * Changed prefix from b2 to b2- to disambiguate from system commands  
+ * Fixes to make man pages easier to access
+ * Install tools as b2-example-tools-*
+ * Added some auxiliary tools under tools/ directory
+   * daemontools - cross-platform alternative to init scripts/cron
+   * ostiary - simple/secure daemon for kicking off a local script
+   * epkg Makefile - to build epkg when prebuilt binaries aren't available
+
 == Documentation Version ==
-$Id: README 1982 2006-07-20 22:23:25Z dclark $
+$Id: README 2053 2006-08-07 12:22:27Z dclark $