Announcements

[aron]

A new batch of packages were uploaded. It is recommended to install the xsiipc package. Use the following command to upgrade:

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# pkman -Syu xsiipc

[aron]

A new set of packages was uploaded. Upgrade as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

The upgraded xsiipc (version 0.1-391) will support shared memory and semaphore set (message queue is supported since 0.1-390).

IPC features are accessible via the System V API:

• message queue: msgget(), msgctl(), msgsnd(), msgrcv()
• shared memory: shmget(), shmctl(), shmat(), shmdt()
• semaphore set: semget(), semctl(), semop()

[aron]

Introducing the small-PID mechanism: this mechanism hides the actual task handles, and provides small integers from the range 1 to 32767 (inclusive). Due to this change, the system shall be upgraded carefully when upgrading sysvc below 0.1-395 to 0.1-395 or above:

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# mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.old && ln -s /run/bin/sh /bin/sh
# PATH=/run/bin:/run/usr/bin:$PATH
# pkman -Syu
# reboot
...
# rm /bin/sh && mv /bin/sh.old /bin/sh

[aron]

Bug fixes are available in various packages:

• vfs-0.1-399 (includes a memory leak fix)
• tcpip-0.1-399 (prepare to handle prot_unix, the UNIX domain sockets implementation)

Upgrade the system as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

[aron]

• Several bugs were fixed in bufgroup-0.1-402, vfs-0.1-402 and threos-kernel-0.1-402 (i.e. memory leaks, false statistics, etc).
• Added support of UNIX domain sockets by prot_unix. Currently named sockets are not handled correctly, but autobind and abstract socket namespace works. Socket pairs can be also created with socketpair(). Note: SOCK_DGRAM is not supported yet.
• Other packages also contains minor fixes. E.g. links version 2.16-3 installs the manual pages into the correct directory.

Upgrade the system normally with additional installation of prot_unix:

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# pkman -Syu prot_unix

[aron]

Additional bug fixes, and upgraded packages (file, libarchive, curl).
Upgrade the system as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

[aron]

prot_unix supports AF_UNIX,SOCK_DGRAM since version 0.2.7-1.
Upgrade the system as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

[aron]

Support of the POSIX-like semaphores (see sem_open(3)) appeared in libc-0.2.224-1.
Upgrade the system as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

[aron]

Added new package: gawk-4.2.1-1
Fixed some bugs in loadersvc-0.1-406
Upgrade the system as usual:

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# pkman -Syu

[aron]

Fixing EOF-handling issues in terminal-0.1-407 and in ns16550-0.1-407.
Upgrade the system as usual.