util-linux-2.6.tar.gz	(source only distribution)

NOTE: Before installing util-linux. READ the README or risk nuking
your system.  Thank you.

    Util-linux is a suite of essential utileties for any Linux system.
It's primary audience is system integrators (like the people at
RedHat) and DIY Linux hackers.  The rest of you will get a digested
version of util-linux installed with no risk to your sanity.

    Version 2.6 of util-linux cleans out utilities that have appeared
otherwhere, fixes bugs (notably mount has all known root holes fixed),
and adds some new programs, most notably hwclock(8) which will replace
clock(8) entierly in the next release.

    Util-linux is attempting to be portable, but the only platform it
has been tested much on is linux/intel.  There have however been
integrated several patches for Arm, m68k, and Alpha linux versions.
The present version is known to compile on at least Linux 1.2/libc
4.7.5 and Linux 2.0.22/Libc 5.3.12 (the Linux versions I run :-).
People are encouraged to make _nice_ patches to util-linux and
submitting them to util-linux@math.uio.no.

Util-Linux 2.6 is imediately available from
ftp.math.uio.no:/pub/linux/util-linux-2.6 and will appear at
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Misc as well as
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/utils when the people in charge
there get time.

Nicolai Langfeldt