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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7152 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:48:55 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!acd4!iedv7!smm From: smm@iedv7.acd.com ( Steve McCoole ) Subject: Diffs to BSDI BSD/386 Ported Software List 01/02 Message-ID: <1993Jan18.215028.15203@acd4.acd.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Summary: Much shorter. Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System) Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN References: <1993Jan18.214656.15060@acd4.acd.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 21:50:28 GMT Lines: 255 42c42 < BSDI SOFTWARE LIST ( 12-10-92 ) --- > BSDI SOFTWARE LIST ( 01-18-93 ) 54c54 < Date: Thu Dec 10 17:10 EST 1992 --- > Date: Mon Jan 18 17:10 EST 1993 829a830,1070 > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: MIT Scheme > VERSION: 7.2 > DESCRIPTION: Scheme (a dialect of Lisp) Interpreter/Compiler > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: Andrew H. Marrinson/andy@terasil.terasil.com > AVAILABILITY: Anonymous ftp from altdorf.ai.mit.edu (18.43.0.246) > STATE OF PORT/CODE: One minor bug remains; dump-world not yet tested. > REQUIRES: Two sets of patches, one to fix bugs in Beta BSDI, and one > for Scheme itself both available on BSDI.COM (192.48.96.23). > NOTES: Scheme is my favorite language, and this is an excellent > implementation. It is one of the few implementations to > include a compiler. Also included are a complete GNU Emacs > compatible editor written in Scheme, support for X graphics, > and many other features. I have written an extensive README > that includes a list of the files on altdorf.ai.mit.edu that > are needed/desirable, detailed installation instructions > specifically for BSDI, a quick guide to running Scheme, and > lots of other things I learned as I got this system working. > This README is available on BSDI.COM together with my patches. > ------- > Software Package Name: GNU AWK > Version: 2.14 > Description: GNU implementation of the awk utility > Your Name/E-mail: sanders@bsdi.com > Availability: bsdi.com:bsdi.sw/sw/gamma/progs/awk.tar.Z > State of Port/Code: Finished. > Requires: Nothing. > Notes: > Date Submitted: Tue, 12 Jan 93 11:31:50 CST > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: Xsky > VERSION: > DESCRIPTION: Star Chart program > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: This is an astronomy program. It will show you the night sky from > anywhere on earth. The distribution on export contains > necessary catalogs and such. Porting was pretty easy. The > heapsort prototype was wrong as shipped and that's about it. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xantfarm > VERSION: 23oct91 > DESCRIPTION: watch ants dig your root window. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > Notes: xmkmf,make is all it took. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xcb > VERSION: 2.1 > DESCRIPTION: Manage multi cut buffers under X. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: usenet, I think > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: xmkmf,make. Very useful program! > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xpooltable > VERSION: > DESCRIPTION: Play pool under X > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: This built very easily, but is soooo slow, it's hardly worth it. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xascii > VERSION: > DESCRIPTION: X ascii tables > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu, I think > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: Very useful. xmkmf,make. This program displays ascii tables in > hex,dec,oct. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: p2c > VERSION: 1.16 > DESCRIPTION: Pascal->C translater > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: This was pretty easy, as I recall. I did this a while ago. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: texi2roff > VERSION: 2.0 > DESCRIPTION: translate texinfo -> troff > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: uunet, comp.sources.misc > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: piece of cake port. This got me through the days when I didn't > have tex. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: starchart > VERSION: 2.1 > DESCRIPTION: astronomy program, constellation finder. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: uunet, comp.sources.misc > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: This is kinda cool. It will generate starcharts in text, postscript, > plot, pic and tektronics output. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xfish > VERSION: > DESCRIPTION: Put an aqaurium in your root window. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: THis is fun. You need swap to build this fishies, though. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xxgdb > VERSION: 1.01 > DESCRIPTION: X11 interface to GDB > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: uunet > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11,GDB > NOTES: This is kinda like dbxtool. In fact, it is an extensively hacked > xdbx2.1 pl2 which comes in the same package. I had to hack calldbx.c > so that the right include files get included. Not too tough. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: x3270 > VERSION: 1.2 > DESCRIPTION: 3270 emulation under X11 > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: usenet (probably export.lcs.mit.edu) > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11, an IBM mainframe. > NOTES: I don't have an ibm mainframe so I can't be sure it works. But it > built well enough. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xgremlin > VERSION: 1.0 > DESCRIPTION: figure drawing program > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: Compiled fine. No problems, I think. It's kinda clunky, though. > I like xfig better. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: xless > VERSION: 1.2 > DESCRIPTION: X based 'more' program > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: This gives you a scroll bar based more program > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: ncftp > VERSION: 1.0 > DESCRIPTION: ftp designed for anonymous ftp's > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: alt.sources > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: I had to comment out #include <sys/ioctl.h> from cmds.c, and change > termio calls to termios stuff. . After that it all worked. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: planet > VERSION: 1.0 > DESCRIPTION: scientific planet generator. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: comp.sources.misc > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: worked except lrand58 was missing. Changed to random > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: pbm utilities > VERSION: 27sep91 > DESCRIPTION: convert all kinds of bitmaps to other kinds > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: No big deal, if I remember > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: PGP > VERSION: 2.1 > DESCRIPTION: Public Key encryption system RSA and IDEA cipher implementation. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: alt.sources recently. Check alt.security.pgp for ftp details. > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: This was an easy port. I think it was mostly a 'make'. However, if > you decide to port it you should make sure you read the two document > files which come with it to fully understand the legal status of > doing so. This is another in the series of US export Laws and patent > spider webs. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: RIPEM 1.3 (RSAREF) > VERSION: 1.03 > DESCRIPTION: Public key encryption system based on RSA and DES. > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: A bit complicated to get. It falls under US Export regulation > since its crypto code. Further, It also contains proprietary > code from RSA, Inc. which has licensed it free for > "personal" use within the US and Canada. So, you can: > 1. try rsa.com > 2. try alt.security.ripem > > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: > NOTES: Required some makefile hacking. Pretty neat though. And legal to use > within the US. There is a version available for ftp which does not > contain crypto code and therefore does not fall under the US export > restrictions. But trying to get this to work may be the equivilant > of trying to get 'ls' working without any system calls. > ------- > SOFTWARE PACKAGE NAME: Seyon > VERSION: 1.7 > DESCRIPTION: X based communications program > YOUR NAME/E-MAIL: tom@usblues.rt.com > AVAILABILITY: export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib > STATE OF PORT/CODE: completed > REQUIRES: X11 > NOTES: If you are running X and use modems, use this program. It is much > faster and smoother than "xc". It doesn't have as many bugs as xc. > It does a better job on zmodem xfers than xc. It wouldn't work as > setuid uucp, so I had to make it setuid root. Just changing spool > locations and other stuff makes it build and work just fine. > ------- > Software Package Name: tcpdump > Version: 2.2.1 > Description: BSD packet filter and bpf code. > Your Name/E-mail: Yoshitaka Tokugawa <toku@dit.co.jp> > Availability: ftp.dit.co.jp:/pub/bsd386/dit/tcpdump-2.2.1-bsdi.tar.Z. > State of Port/Code: Complete? > Requires: ? > Notes: I have ported tcpdump-2.2.1 and latest bpf code to BSDI Gamma4. > It includes modified version of net/if_sl.c which enables you > to monitoring slip traffic. > Date Submitted: Sat, 16 Jan 93 01:33:12 JST > ------- 833c1074 < Date: Thu Dec 10 19:00:29 EST 1992 --- > Date: Mon Jan 18 19:00:29 EST 1993