From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8258 invoked from network); 12 Jul 1999 15:18:23 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Jul 1999 15:18:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 6162 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 1999 15:18:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2425 Received: (qmail 6152 invoked from network); 12 Jul 1999 15:18:05 -0000 Message-Id: <9907121447.AA37310@ibmth.df.unipi.it> To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk (Zsh users list) Subject: Test version zsh-3.1.6-test-1 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:47:10 +0200 From: Peter Stephenson I have uploaded a test version of the next zsh beta release, 3.1.6-test-1, to ftp.zsh.org, from where it should propagate to the mirror sites (see end). The file is in the testing subdirectory, testing/zsh-3.1.6-test-1.tar.gz . Manual pages are included, but no texinfo etc. -rw-r--r-- 1 mason zsh 1251180 Jul 13 00:57 zsh-3.1.6-test-1.tar.gz I'm posting this to zsh-users, since after months of development versions there may be people who want to try this out before 3.1.6 proper; the notes below are a very brief guide of what awaits you in upgrading from 3.1.5 (though a full upgrade should await 3.1.6 proper). Much of the new code is fairly well tested, so my main interest now is to sort out compilation problems for systems we may not have tried. In particular, it would be helpful if anyone compiling this (including regular zsh-workers) could check against the notes for their configuration in Etc/MACHINES, and drop a note to zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk about anything different, i.e. successful compilations on configurations not mentioned at all, or problems not mentioned for configurations which are supposed to work, or problems which seem to have been exaggerated --- don't assume we know anything machine-specific which isn't in Etc/MACHINES. New features are listed in Etc/NEWS. The most important change is a new system for completion based on shell functions; see the zshcompsys manual pages for the ready-to-use system. Functions will now be installed by `make install' and fpath set to find these by default (though they are not autoloaded by default). The old completion system is still supposed to work, and has been less tested recently, so please do report problems with this. Note also that dynamic loading is now enabled by default, so (unless it is not supported on your system, or you use --disable-dynamic) you will need to make sure the libraries are installed properly by making sure configure has a sensible --prefix or --exec-prefix. Dynamic loading should now work on AIX 3 and HPUX 10; again, please report limitations not yet mentioned in Etc/MACHINES. Other configuration changes are supposed to be transparent. Zsh is available from the following anonymous FTP sites. These mirror sites are kept frequently up to date. The sites marked with (G) may be mirroring ftp.math.gatech.edu instead of the primary site. The sites marked with (H) may be mirroring ftp.cs.elte.hu instead of the primary site. [Some of these appear to be out of date, e.g. ftp.sterling.com. I'd be glad to hear of any experiences here, too.] Primary site ftp://ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ http://www.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ Australia ftp://ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ http://www.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ ftp://ftp.ips.gov.au/pub/packages/zsh/ (G) (H) Denmark ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/unix/shells/zsh/ Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/shells/zsh/ France ftp://ftp.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr/pub/shells/zsh/ Germany ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/shells/zsh/ (H) ftp://ftp.gmd.de/packages/zsh/ ftp://ftp.uni-trier.de/pub/unix/shell/zsh/ Hungary ftp://ftp.cs.elte.hu/pub/zsh/ http://www.cs.elte.hu/pub/zsh/ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/zsh/ Israel ftp://ftp.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ http://www.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ Japan ftp://ftp.tohoku.ac.jp/mirror/zsh/ (H) ftp://ftp.nisiq.net/pub/shells/zsh/ (H) ftp://ftp.win.ne.jp/pub/shell/zsh/ Norway ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/unix/shells/zsh/ Romania ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/ Slovenia ftp://ftp.siol.net/pub/unix/shells/zsh/ (H) Sweden ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/unix/zsh/ UK ftp://ftp.net.lut.ac.uk/zsh/ ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/zsh/ USA ftp://ftp.math.gatech.edu/pub/zsh/ ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/shells/zsh/ ftp://ftp.sterling.com/zsh/ (G) (H) ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/shells/zsh/ ftp://foad.org/pub/zsh/ http://foad.org/zsh/ -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +39 050 844536 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy