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From: rr@caldera.com
Subject: Apache/Tomcat/JServ and More
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:35:00 GMT

Greetings,

On this date, August 10, Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people (1833)
and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was born in Edinburgh, Scotland (1947).
_And_, i am posting the following announcement:

New and revised Skunkware packages intended for use on OpenServer,
UnixWare 7 and Open UNIX 8 include:

Open UNIX 8 / UnixWare 7 pkgadd datastreams
===========================================

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/apache-1.3.19.pkg
    - The Apache web server. I fixed a problem with PHP.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/jserv-1.1.2.pkg
    - The Apache JServ Java Servlet Engine provides support for
      server-side Java servlet execution via Apache.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/tomcat-3.2.3.pkg
    - Tomcat is a servlet container and JavaServer Pages (JSP) implementation.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/manedit-0.5.0.pkg
    - ManEdit is a UNIX manual page editor and viewer. 
      It can be used as a direct editor for UNIX manual pages 
      (with no manual conversion steps involved) or a viewer/browser.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/netpbm-9.15.pkg
    - Netpbm is a suite of graphical file conversion and manipulation
      tools (formerly known as pbmplus).

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/ou8/sysadmin/msla-1.12.pkg
    - The MSLA package (Modify System for Linux Applications) automates many
      of the configuration steps necessary to run some Linux applications
      and optimizes the Open UNIX 8 kernel to set up some Linux services.
      This package is intended for use on Open UNIX 8 systems only.

These are pkgadd installable datastreams intended for use on 
Open UNIX 8, UnixWare 7.0.1 + ptf7051 + ptf7052 and/or UnixWare 7.1.x.

OpenServer media images
=======================

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/netpbm-9.15-VOLS.tar
    - Netpbm is a suite of graphical file conversion and manipulation
      tools (formerly known as pbmplus).

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/apache-1.3.20-VOLS.tar
    - The Apache web server.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/jserv-1.1.2-VOLS.tar
    - The Apache JServ Java Servlet Engine provides support for
      server-side Java servlet execution via Apache.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/tomcat-3.2.3-VOLS.tar
    - Tomcat is a servlet container and JavaServer Pages (JSP) implementation.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/ghostscript-6.51-VOLS.tar
    - GNU Ghostscript, a PostScript and PDF interpreter 

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/wuftpd-2.6.1-VOLS.tar
    - Internet File Transfer Protocol server

These are tar archives of media images suitable for installation with the
Software Manager (/etc/custom) and intended for use on OpenServer 5. 

Linux applications for Open UNIX 8 w/ LKP
=========================================

Included in the Open UNIX 8 media kit is a CD called the 
"Open Source Supplement". This CD provides approximately 500 Linux
applications, libraries and tools packaged in RPM format and intended
for use under the Linux Kernel Personality of Open UNIX 8. An ISO image
of this CD is available at:

   ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/soss/images/

and updated/new RPMs are downloadable via:

   ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/soss/updates/contents.html

E-mail comments/questions/kudos/requests to skunkware@caldera.com

Ronald Joe Record, Open Source Architect, Caldera Systems
E-mail: rr@caldera.com   Voice:  831-427-7604   FAX:  831-427-5417
USPS:   400 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, California 95061
WWW:    http://ronrecord.com
 

From: rr@caldera.com
Subject: New Skunkware in August, 2001
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:55:00 GMT

Greetings,

In the last month, new and revised Skunkware packages intended for use on 
OpenServer, UnixWare 7 and Open UNIX 8 include:

Open UNIX 8 / UnixWare 7 pkgadd datastreams
===========================================

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/squid-2.4.STABLE1.pkg
    - Squid is a WWW Cache application developed by the National Laboratory
      for Applied Network Research and members of the Web Caching community.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/apache-1.3.19.pkg
    - The Apache web server recompiled with support for SSL and 
      PHP/PostgreSQL support.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/jserv-1.1.2.pkg
    - The Apache JServ Java Servlet Engine provides support for
      server-side Java servlet execution via Apache. Recompiled to 
      enable Apache Extended API (EAPI).

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/ou8/sysadmin/prngd-0.9.22.pkg
    - Pseudo-Random Number Generator Daemon repackaged to start up
      prior to SSH.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/ou8/sysadmin/cvsweb-1.112.pkg
    - CVSWEB is a CGI interface to CVS trees

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/ou8/sysadmin/harvey-1.09.pkg
    - Harvey is software that facilitates online communities. Updated
      to current stable release. Lots of packaging improvements.

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/ou8/sysadmin/mailman-2.0.6.pkg
    - Mailman is the GNU Mailing List Management System

These are pkgadd installable datastreams intended for use on 
Open UNIX 8, UnixWare 7.0.1 + ptf7051 + ptf7052 and/or UnixWare 7.1.x.

OpenServer media images
=======================

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/squid-2.4.STABLE1-VOLS.tar
    - Squid is a WWW Cache application developed by the National Laboratory
      for Applied Network Research and members of the Web Caching community.

This is a tar archive of media images suitable for installation with the
Software Manager (/etc/custom) and intended for use on OpenServer 5. 

Linux applications for Open UNIX 8 w/ LKP
=========================================

Included in the Open UNIX 8 media kit is a CD called the 
"Open Source Supplement". This CD provides approximately 500 Linux
applications, libraries and tools packaged in RPM format and intended
for use under the Linux Kernel Personality of Open UNIX 8. An ISO image
of this CD is available at:

   ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/soss/images/

and updated/new RPMs are downloadable via:

   ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/soss/updates/contents.html

Cross-platform Scripts for OpenServer, UnixWare, Open UNIX and OpenLinux
========================================================================

  ftp://ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/src/devtools/cvsget-4.7.gz
    - The cvsget script can be used to retrieve the latest CVS source
      repository of many Open Source projects including:
         amavis Amaya aolserver autoconf cooker caudium creative ccvs dejagnu 
         dx emma enhydra enlightenment everybuddy expect faqomatic fltk 
         freetype freetype2 ftpascal gcc gdb gimp graphviz gtk+ gtk-gnutella 
         glib hylafax hypermail ImageMagick incrTcl interbase interchange 
         java-jakarta jboss jday jetspeed jserv jyve KBackup kmp3 libtiff 
         libtool libwww lxr mc mojonation mozilla mpg123 mutt myPHPCalendar 
         mysql mythreads opennms openoffice openssh php python quadra roxen 
         rsync rxvt sabtol samba tcl tk tclx turbine udi vim wine wxPython 
         xml and zend

E-mail comments/questions/kudos/requests to skunkware@caldera.com

Ronald Joe Record, Open Source Architect, Caldera Systems
E-mail: rr@caldera.com   Voice:  831-427-7604   FAX:  831-427-5417
USPS:   400 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, California 95061
WWW:    http://ronrecord.com
 

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