Hi A new version of 'sysvinit' has been uploaded to a server near you.
The version number will be bumped after Yaakow releases a new util-linux package. see: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-02/msg00131.html Right now last from sysvinit conflicts with last from util-linux. Cygwin NEWS: ============ o Maintainer change o Switched to cygport build framework o Support for /etc/initrunlvl for cygwin is still turned on o cygwin last doesn't support IPv6 (yet) sysvinit NEWS: =============== sysvinit (2.86) * Fixed up bootlogd to read /proc/cmdline. Also keep an internal linebuffer to process \r, \t and ^H. It is becoming useable. * Applied trivial OWL patches * Block signals in syslog(), since syslog() is not re-entrant (James Olin Oden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, redhat bug #97534) * Minor adjustements so that sysvinit compiles on the Hurd * killall5 now skips kernel threads * Inittab entries with both 'S' and other runlevels were broken. Fix by Bryan Kadzban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Changed initreq.h to be more flexible and forwards-compatible. * You can now through /dev/initctl set environment variables in init that will be inherited by its children. For now, only variables prefixed with INIT_ can be set and the maximum is 16 variables. There's also a length limit due to the size of struct init_request, so it should be safe from abuse. * Option -P and -H to shutdown set INIT_HALT=POWERDOWN and INIT_HALT=HALT as environment variables as described above * Add "mountpoint" utility. * Slightly better algorithm in killall5.c:pidof() * Added some patches from fedora-core (halt-usage, last -t, sulogin-message, user-console) sysvinit (2.85) * Add IPv6 support in last(1) * Sulogin: even if the root password is empty, ask for a password- otherwise there is no way to set a timeout. * Removed support for ioctl.save. * Turned of support for /etc/initrunlvl and /var/run/initrunlvl * Fixed warts in dowall.c ("Dmitry V. Levin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) * Fix init.c::spawn(). The "f" variable was used both as file descriptor and waitpid(2) return code. In certain circumstances, this leads to TIOCSCTTY with wrong file descriptor (Vladimir N. Oleynik). * Fix fd leak in sulogin (Dmitry V. Levin). * More error checking in all wait() calling code (Dmitry V. Levin). * Fix argv[] initialization in spawn() (Dmitry V. Levin). * Change strncpy to strncat in most places (Dmitry V. Levin). DESCRIPTION: ============ Init is the parent of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes from a script stored in the file /etc/inittab (see inittab(5)). This file usually has entries which cause init to spawn gettys on each line that users can log in. It also controls autonomous processes required by any particular system. UPDATE: ======= To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'sysvinit' from the 'System' category (it should already be selected). DOWNLOAD: ========= Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. -- Dr. Volker Zell volunteer cygwin sysvinit maintainer CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: ================================= To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
