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From: mark@alias.com (Mark Andrews)
Subject: Re: Release of 4.4lite - When?
Message-ID: <1994Feb10.161414.23939@alias.com>
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 16:14:14 GMT
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In <2j9181$l4l@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU> beattie@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Brian Beattie) writes:

>I guess it is probably too early but does anybody have a guess as to when
>4.4lite will be released?  I would like to get the TCP/IP stuff for a port
>to OS/2.

I had an email conversation with Keith Bostic yesterday where he answered
a number of my questions. In terms of availability of 4.4-lite, Keith thought
in about a month. CSRG (and the USL people) are busy combing over the kernel
files changing them to meet the requirements of the lawsuit outcome. As for
what will be missing from 4.4-lite:

  The same things that were missing from Net/2, with a couple of minor
  additions.  In the kernel, support for executing files, doing physical
  I/O, managing the buffer cache, handling process tracing, terminal
  character I/O, and accounting are still missing.  In addition, System
  V shared memory emulation will be missing from 4.4BSD-Lite.  In user
  land, the cpio(1) utility has been deleted from 4.4BSD-Lite.  We have
  also added a few freely redistributable implementations of standard
  utilities to the system since Net/2.

The 4.4-lite tape will probably cost $1000 (U.S.) but the price won't be
finalized until CSRG is ready to ship.

As for availability of the manuals, CSRG is pushing for their publication
but nothing has been finalized.