From: vince@victrola.sea.wa.us (Vince Skahan)
Subject: Re: SLS: how do we know we've caught up ?
Organization: Vince and Suzie's Underpowered PC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:06:48 GMT

I run an anon-ftp site in another (non-linux) life and I use a quickie
perl program I whipped up to generate a files_area listing of what's
what, how big is it, when was it changed, and where is it in the tree.

I stuck (my best understanding of) the latest SLS .tpz distribution and
all changes since the last massive change on a DOS partition and here's
the output.

Consider it one example of the kind'a information I think is needed.
WARNING - THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF SLS CHANGES AND SOME AREN'T DOCUMENTED
IN THE HISTORY FILE...THIS MIGHT NOT BE PERFECTLY ACCURATE !!!

Again, the other thing I'd like to see is to have one command to list
which packages, and versions (very important) are installed on the system
something like:
			base.tpz	v1.0002
			etc.tpz		v1.0002
			tcpip.tpz	v1.0010

My solution is to get sysinstall to stick one commented-out line at the
top of each /install/installed/* file...then the command is a simple grep,
but I'm sure there are dozens of ways to do the same thing cleanly.

Attachment follows....please kick feedback via mail unless it's REALLY
something the whole net needs to see :-)

====================== attachment follows ============================


(file last modified Fri Jan 22 22:43:07 PST 1993)

The SLS distribution of Linux
=============================

This file contains information pertaining to the most current version of
the SLS (Linux Soft Landing System) distribution of Linux.  The filename
descriptions are the best we can come up with at this time based on the
limited SLS documentation currently available.

Please feel free to fill in the blanks or let us know if you see file
descriptions that can be added or improved...

This file reflects the initial SLS 0.99-2 '.tpz' repackaging of things
with gzip plus all known changes since that date.  It should be complete
and accurate as of noon PST 1/22/93. If it's not, please let us know !!!

NOTE: there is no SLS 'z1' disk.  We created one to stick all the faq's
	and readme files in one place to clean up the local disks...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disks currently part of the SLS Distribution
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         a1/    2048 19-Jan a-series disk 1
         a2/    2048 19-Jan a-series disk 2
         a3/    2048 19-Jan a-series disk 3
         a4/    2048 19-Jan a-series disk 4
         b1/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 1
         b2/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 2
         b3/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 3
         b4/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 4
         b5/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 5
         b6/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 6
         b7/    2048 19-Jan b-series disk 7
         c1/    2048 19-Jan c-series disk 1
         c2/    2048 19-Jan c-series disk 2
         c3/    2048 19-Jan c-series disk 3
         d1/    2048 19-Jan d-series disk 1
         d2/    2048 19-Jan d-series disk 2
         t1/    2048 19-Jan t-series disk 1
         t2/    2048 19-Jan t-series disk 2
         t3/    2048 19-Jan t-series disk 3
         x1/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 1
         x2/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 2
         x3/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 3
         x4/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 4
         x5/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 5
         x6/    2048 19-Jan x-series disk 6
         z1/    2048 19-Jan where I stash readmes and faqs here

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/a1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          a1 1228800 18-Jan boot disk (rawrite to floppy)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/a2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
          a2 1228800 18-Jan utilities disk (rawrite to floppy)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/a3:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    base.tpz  544998 17-Jan base binaries
   comms.tpz  201260 17-Jan terminal emulators
      diska3      26 17-Jan disk a-3 info file
  dosemu.tpz   54581 17-Jan dos emulator
efsprogs.tpz   14547 17-Jan extended file system programs
     etc.tpz  165793 17-Jan
   getty.tpz   15369 17-Jan getty/uugetty
    gzip.tpz   19904 17-Jan gnu zip
     joe.tpz   25710 17-Jan the 'joe' editor
    libm.tpz    6800 21-Jan
   menus.tpz   21450 17-Jan SLS menu interface
select14.tpz   19454 17-Jan
 term099.tpz   86673 17-Jan
  theory.sls    4195 17-Jan how SLS kits are set up
  vgalib.tpz    9500 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/a4:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     bin.tpz  808496 19-Jan /usr/bin and more
    devs.tpz    5541 17-Jan devices
      diska4      26 17-Jan disk a-4 info file
 install.end     125 17-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series
    lilo.tpz   26616 19-Jan lilo (linux loader)
   menus.tpz   21620 19-Jan SLS menu interface
      ps.tpz   40313 19-Jan
  shadow.tpz  181475 17-Jan shadow password suite
 syslogd.tpz   24582 19-Jan syslog daemon
syssetup.tpz    1802 19-Jan
   zafix.tpz   11270 19-Jan misc fixes to other kits

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskb1      26 17-Jan disk b-1 info file
     man.tpz  446909 17-Jan man pages
shlibc41.tpz   98879 17-Jan
   tcpip.tpz  382258 22-Jan
    uucp.tpz  257461 17-Jan taylor uucp v1.03

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskb2      26 17-Jan disk b-2 info file
emacsbin.tpz  211525 17-Jan emacs binaries
emacssup.tpz  632836 17-Jan emacs support files
 usrbin4.tpz  169225 17-Jan stuff that do things with words (hash, etc.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b3:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 deliver.tpz   31259 17-Jan 'deliver' mail delivery agent
      diskb3      26 17-Jan disk b-3 info file
 english.tpz  281828 17-Jan
   groff.tpz  486931 17-Jan groff (gnu-roff)
   smail.tpz  224714 17-Jan smail mail delivery agent v3.1.28

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b4:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      bc.tpz   39297 17-Jan
  cpi22a.tpz   26336 17-Jan
 diff20a.tpz   39365 17-Jan 'diff, 'cmp' and friends
      diskb4      26 17-Jan disk b-4 info file
 elm2417.tpz  200296 17-Jan elm v2.4.17 mail program
  fixkbd.tpz    7366 17-Jan
 ipcbeta.tpz   36712 17-Jan interprocess communication beta
     lpr.tpz   72204 17-Jan lpr printing facility
  lx99p2.tpz  549061 17-Jan kernel sources for 0.99-pl2
    man2.tpz   27084 17-Jan more man pages

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b5:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskb5      26 17-Jan disk b-5 info file
ghostscr.tpz  377923 17-Jan ghostscript
gsfonts1.tpz  385360 17-Jan ghostscript fonts 1
   trn22.tpz  188373 17-Jan trn newsreader v2.2

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b6:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskb6      26 17-Jan disk b-6 info file
gsfonts2.tpz 1151459 17-Jan ghostscript fonts 2

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/b7:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   cnews.tpz  156813 17-Jan cnews 12/22/91 patchdate
      diskb7      26 17-Jan disk b-7 info file
 install.end     125 17-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series
  nn6418.tpz  216924 17-Jan nn newsreader v6.4.18
 nn6418m.tar  153600 17-Jan nn newsreader manuals v6.4.18
    perl.tpz  408634 17-Jan perl - the swiss army chainsaw v4.035
  rcs56a.tpz  167367 17-Jan rcs (gnu improved sccs clone)
 tin11p4.tpz   86288 17-Jan tin newsreader v1.1-pl4

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/c1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskc1      26 17-Jan disk c-1 info file
  gcc233.tpz  442738 17-Jan gcc v2.33
  gxx233.tpz  732210 17-Jan g++ include files and libraries

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/c2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
binutils.tpz  108584 17-Jan 'as', 'ranlib' and friends
      diskc2      26 17-Jan disk c-2 info file
     f2c.tpz  151212 17-Jan fortran-to-c
     gdb.tpz  269348 17-Jan gnu debugger
   lib42.tpz  287121 17-Jan libraries for jump tables 4.2
    make.tpz   38695 17-Jan make
     p2c.tpz  293203 17-Jan pascal-to-c

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/c3:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   clisp.tpz  803480 17-Jan common lisp
      diskc3      26 17-Jan disk c-3 info file
   inc42.tpz   98121 17-Jan include files for jump tables 4.2
 install.end     125 17-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series
    libm.tpz    6800 21-Jan
smalltal.tpz  104750 17-Jan smalltalk

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/d1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskd1      26 18-Jan disk d-1 info file
dnewspak.tpz  279294 18-Jan news/mail detailed docs from sources
   info1.tpz  801156 18-Jan texinfo part 1

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/d2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskd2      26 18-Jan disk d-2 info file
   info2.tpz  690907 18-Jan texinfo part 2
 install.end     125 18-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/t1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskt1      26 17-Jan disk t-1 info file
   files.tex    4090 18-Jan
  texbin.tpz  566276 17-Jan tex binaries
  texdoc.tpz   60112 18-Jan tex docs
 texmisc.tpz  286026 17-Jan tex misc stuff
  xlib21.tpz  298204 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/t2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskt2      26 17-Jan disk t-2 info file
  texdoc.tpz  129316 17-Jan tex docs
  texlib.tpz  389488 17-Jan tex libraries
   texpk.tpz  651946 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/t3:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  cprint.tpz   23907 17-Jan
   dekmf.tpz   52360 17-Jan
      diskt3      26 17-Jan disk t-3 info file
dviljsrc.tpz   62028 17-Jan
   dvips.tpz  406429 17-Jan
 infosrc.tpz  101645 17-Jan texinfo sources
 install.end     125 18-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series
   latex.tpz  384472 17-Jan latex tex formatter
  textfm.tpz   97487 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskx1      26 17-Jan
   xbina.tpz  809973 17-Jan
   xlibs.tpz  298193 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x2:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskx2      26 17-Jan
   xbinb.tpz  788895 17-Jan
   xmono.tpz  333573 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x3:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bitstrma.tpz  244599 17-Jan
      diskx3      26 17-Jan
   xmisc.tpz  160379 17-Jan
   xprog.tpz  697667 17-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x4:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      diskx4      26 18-Jan
 modegen.tpz    7512 18-Jan
   type1.tpz  314702 18-Jan
  x75dpi.tpz  622106 18-Jan
    xman.tpz  210057 18-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x5:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    afm1.tpz   27815 18-Jan
bitstrmb.tpz   92013 18-Jan
      diskx5      26 18-Jan
  speedo.tpz  366626 18-Jan
    xkit.tpz  601501 18-Jan

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/x6:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    afm2.tpz   53560 18-Jan
      diskx6      26 18-Jan
  doc301.tpz  361035 18-Jan
   idraw.tpz  334301 18-Jan
 install.end     125 18-Jan marker that this is the end of a disk series

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sls/z1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dosbgin.txt  140230  5-Apr dos beginners guide to linux
   doshd.txt   51702  3-Apr dos hard disk guide to linux
download.v1a    1801 17-Jan a note from Peter about downloading
   emacs.faq    4564  2-Aug emacs FAQ
faq11-20.txt  187670 25-Nov linux faq 11/20/92
  faqnet.992   70185 10-Jan linux networking faq
     gcc.faq    4178  2-Aug gcc faq
  kernel.faq    4804  2-Aug kernel faq
 lnxadmn.man   22971  6-Jan linux admin manual
  mtools.faq    6251  2-Aug mtools (access dos partitions) faq
  notice.v1a    1556 17-Jan copying, selling, warranty information
   rawrite.c    5153 23-Mar source to rawrite
 rawrite.doc    2138 23-Mar docs for it
 rawrite.exe   13052 23-Mar dos executable (need to write a1 and a2 to disk)
  readme.v1a   11564 17-Jan readme file for this version
 release.v1a    3103 17-Jan release notes for this version
    scsi.faq   12314  2-Aug scsi disk faq
  serial.faq    2567  2-Aug serial communications faq

============================ end of attachment ==============================
-- 
     ---------- Vince Skahan --------- vince@victrola.sea.wa.us ----------
	"If you're watching this broadcast and your power is out, please
		contact you local power company to let them know"
				- local rocket scientist TV news readers