ChangeLog
2023-12-22 - 2.69 ->
- Home page URL http to https
- Added Wikipedia link
- Updated Slackware package list versions removing
11.0-13.37, adding 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0
- Removed md5sum and sha1sum verification,
added base64-encoded SHA256 verification
2012/05/08 - 2.68 -> 2.69
- Updated Slackware note for 13.37
2010/10/28 - 2.65 -> 2.68
- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
2010/03/06 - 2.63 -> 2.65
- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
- Updated the uninstall part at the bottom to remove
files in /usr/info and /usr/share/info, /usr/man/man1
and /usr/share/man/man1
2009/02/17 - 2.62 -> 2.63
- Updated Slackware note for 12.2, removed older than 11
2008/05/26 - 2.61 -> 2.62
- Updated Slackware note for 12.0 and 12.1
Dec 28, 2006 - Added sha512 verification
Nov 28, 2006 - 2.60 -> 2.61
- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (at the top now)
- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
Aug 17, 2006 - Removed prerequisite link to non-existant expr howto (?),
expr is a part of coreutils
Aug 2, 2006 - 2.59 -> 2.60
- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
- Added sha1sum verification
- chown -R root:root if you are root
- Rearrange options to shut up recent versions of find
- Updated prerequisites
- Only run removepkg if it exists
May 10, 2005 - Changed download URL from ftp to http
- Removed the make, fileutils, sh-utils, and coreutils links
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
- Updated Slackware package note to include Slackware 10.1
- Changed ibiblio URL to one that currently exists
Aug 31, 2004 - Fixed the ibiblio link
- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils and sh-utils
prerequisites
- Replaced md5sum -> textutils link with a link to coreutils
- Added note about the version that comes with Slackware 10.0
Feb 2, 2004 - Fixed link to expr from non-existant expr howto to
sh-utils howto
Dec 19, 2003 - 2.58 -> 2.59
- Added fileutils as a prereq
Nov 11, 2003 - 2.57 -> 2.58
- Added note about what comes with Slack 9.0 and 9.1
- Added more prerequisites
- Added gpg verification
Oct 2, 2003 - Changed the link to ibiblio from ftp to http
- Removed use of sha1sums file that used to be at
ftp.gnu.org before it got cracked with a verified md5sum
- Create ~/installed with mode 700
Jul 23, 2003 - Set to reuse existing tarball rather than re-downloading
Mar 6, 2003 - Modernized
Dec 5, 2002 - 2.56 -> 2.57
- Updated removal of old versions
- Added gpg verification of sha1sums and sha1sum
verification of tarball
Nov 15, 2002 - 2.54 -> 2.56
- Updated previous version removal
Oct 4, 2002 - 2.53 -> 2.54
- Added home page link
- .tar.gz -> .tar.bz2