Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!wright.CSNET!jsloan From: jsl...@wright.CSNET.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Ultrix 1.2 query for mod.computers.vax Message-ID: <8605141525.AA15591@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 13-May-86 13:30:08 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8605141525.AA15591 Posted: Tue May 13 13:30:08 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 14-May-86 23:50:42 EDT Sender: j...@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 26 Approved: info-...@sri-kl.arpa Does anyone have any experience with the Ultrix-32 1.2 updates? Specifically: o Has there been any changes regarding Sendmail and domain based addressing? Must I still use my hacked Sendmail originally from the 4.2 distribution? o Does DECnet/ULTRIX really work, and what is the relative difficulty of modding a sendmail cf to handle the DECnet mailer? We are already running CSNET/PMDF, UUCP for both USENET and local mail, and TCP/IP over a local ethernet, so our cf is already interesting :-). o What are the known compatibility problems between 4.2BSD and ULTRIX 1.2? Can I reasonably expect SPICE, CAESAR, C-Prolog, etc. etc. etc. to run, or will this be a traumatic experience for all involved? o Any other general comments, such as software breakage, increased/decreased functionality, etc.? Is DEC molding ULTRIX such that only DEC will be able to supply software to run under it (4.3 is looking better and better)? Thanks! John Sloan, Computer Science and Engineering Wright State University, Dayton OH 45435 (513) 873 - 2491 CSNET: jsl...@wright.EDU UUCP: cbosgd!crdnl!wright!jsloan "WARFARE: a conflict that does not prove who is right, but who is left."
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!cbosgd!ucbvax!decuac.UUCP!avolio From: avo...@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Re: Ultrix 1.2 query for mod.computers.vax Message-ID: <8605211329.AA04678@decuac.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-May-86 09:29:49 EDT Article-I.D.: decuac.8605211329.AA04678 Posted: Wed May 21 09:29:49 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 23-May-86 20:20:43 EDT References: <8605141525.AA15591@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: dae...@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 46 Approved: info-...@sri-kl.arpa In article <8605141525.AA15...@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, jsl...@WRIGHT.CSNET (John Sloan) writes: > Does anyone have any experience with the Ultrix-32 1.2 updates? Specifically: > o Has there been any changes regarding Sendmail and domain based addressing? No, sendmail.cf hasn't changed as far as I can tell. I use the UUCP Project's sendmail.cf (distributed with smail -- I believe a new posting of smail will be coming in the near future in mod.sources). > o Does DECnet/ULTRIX really work, and what is the relative difficulty of > modding a sendmail cf to handle the DECnet mailer? We are already running > CSNET/PMDF, UUCP for both USENET and local mail, and TCP/IP over a local > ethernet, so our cf is already interesting :-). It works great. We run UUCP, TCP/IP, and DECnet. The mail goes fine. The changes to sendmail.cf are made at DECnet/Ultrix install time, but they are not adequate for a Internet sendmail.cf. Drop me a note and I'll show you the changes we made (really just catching and converting host::node addresses to u...@host.domain). They are easy to make and minor. > o What are the known compatibility problems between 4.2BSD and ULTRIX 1.2? > Can I reasonably expect SPICE, CAESAR, C-Prolog, etc. etc. etc. to run, > or will this be a traumatic experience for all involved? You should reasonably expect things to run. There is an occasional program that might need recompiling -- certain structures have changed, etc. But I suspect the same could be said for 4.3BSD. > o Any other general comments, such as software breakage, increased/decreased > functionality, etc.? Is DEC molding ULTRIX such that only DEC will be > able to supply software to run under it (4.3 is looking better and better)? Increased functionality! U-32 V1.2 is 4.2BSD compatible and System V compatible (based on the SVID Spring 1985. There are two programming environments -- non-System V and System V. 4.3BSD performance enhancements are a part of U-32 V1.2. Not all -- all those that were gleaned when V1.2's code was frozen. Others will be in the next release. I think DEC's publically stated commitment to the standards effort (P1003, /usr/group, SVID, etc.) indicates an interest in compatibility and supportability. I am in a support organization in the field. I don't make policy. But I do know that DEC is interested in good third party products that will run under the Ultrix-32 O/S. In some cases DEC has announced DEC support of these products (eg, Latitude). In others, DEC gives reference for where to obtain third party support. (All this gotten from the Ultrix Software Source Book, 2nd Edition (EJ-27741-43).)