diff: update WWW download stuff
Fergus Henderson
fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Thu Mar 18 22:47:54 AEDT 1999
Estimated hours taken: 0.5
Update the WWW page to reflect recent developments.
w3/download/include/release.inc:
Add URLs for the Uppsula ftp site, since that is working
properly again now that it is mirroring ftp.mercury
rather than turiel.
Add links to the new RPM distribution.
Add a warning about the problems with Linux libc-2.1.
w3/news/newsdb.inc:
Mention the new RPM distribution.
Warn about the problems with Linux libc-2.1.
Index: w3/download/include/release.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/staff/zs/imp/w3/download/include/release.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 release.inc
--- release.inc 1999/02/28 17:51:10 1.9
+++ release.inc 1999/03/18 11:37:20
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
<dd> <a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/">
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/</a><br>
National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
+<dt> Sweden
+<dd> <a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/">
+ ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/</a><br>
+ Uppsula University, Sweden.
</dl>
Mercury 0.8 was released on November 18, 1998.
@@ -137,14 +141,17 @@
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.1.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.1.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.1.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
<dt> Extras (377k)
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-extras-0.8.1.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-extras-0.8.1.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-extras-0.8.1.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
<dt> Tests (233k)
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-tests-0.8.1.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-tests-0.8.1.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-tests-0.8.1.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
</dl>
<h3>Binary Distribution</h3>
@@ -156,13 +163,28 @@
<p>
<dl>
- <dt>x86 machines running Linux (ELF executable format, libc 6)
- <dd> Debian Package (*.deb) <br>
+ <dt>x86 machines running Linux (ELF executable format, libc 6.0)
+ <dd> Note that these binary distributions work ONLY with libc 6.0.x.
+ Unfortunately they do NOT work with libc 6.1. This is due
+ to incompatibilities between libc versions 6.0 and 6.1
+ (i.e. glibc 2.0 and 2.1).
+ <p>
+ Debian Package (*.deb) <br>
Compiler only (about 11.6 Mb): <br>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury_0.8.1-1.deb">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury_0.8.1-1.deb">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-tests-0.8.1-1.deb">Sweden</a>
<br>
If you get this package, we suggest that you also download
+ the "extras" source distribution.
+ <p>
+ RedHat Package (*.rpm) <br>
+ Compiler only (about 11.6 Mb): <br>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury_0.8.1-1.deb">Australia</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury_0.8.1-1.deb">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-tests-0.8.1-1.deb">Sweden</a>
+ <br>
+ If you get this package, we suggest that you also download
the "extras" source distribution.
<p>
Ordinary package (*.tar.gz) <br>
@@ -170,12 +192,15 @@
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz">Greece</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz">USA</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-0.8.1.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
<p>
<dt>x86 machines running FreeBSD 3.0
<dd> Compiler only, minus sample programs (about 14.5 Mb): <br>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.i386-pc-freebsd3.0.tar.gz">Australia</a>
-<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.i386-pc-freebsd3.0.tar.gz">Greece</a> <br>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.i386-pc-freebsd3.0.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-compiler-0.8.i386-pc-freebsd3.0.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
+<br>
If you get this distribution, we suggest you also download
the "compiler" and "extras" source distributions,
so that you can look at some sample programs.
@@ -185,6 +210,7 @@
<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 17.9 Mb): <br>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-0.8.1.sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.sparc-sun-solaris2.6.tar.gz">USA</a><br>
<em> <strong>WARNING:</strong>
We've had reports that some users have had trouble untarring some of
@@ -197,6 +223,7 @@
<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 36 Mb): <br>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.alpha-dec-osf3.2.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.alpha-dec-osf3.2.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-0.8.1.alpha-dec-osf3.2.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.alpha-dec-osf3.2.tar.gz">USA</a>
<p>
@@ -204,30 +231,29 @@
<dd> Compiler + Extras + Tests (about 14 Mb): <br>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.pc-windows-cygwin-b20.1.tar.gz">Australia</a>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/mercury-0.8.1.pc-windows-cygwin-b20.1.tar.gz">Greece</a>
+<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/mercury-0.8.1.pc-windows-cygwin-b20.1.tar.gz">Sweden</a>
</dl>
<h3>FTP Sites</h3>
<dl>
- <dt> Australia:
+ <dt> Australia (primary site)
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/">
ftp://ftp.mercury.cs.mu.OZ.AU/pub/mercury/</a>
- <dt> Greece
+ <dt> Greece (automatically updated mirror)
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/">
ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/mercury/</a>
-
- <dt> USA:
- <dd>
- <a href = "ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/">
- ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/</a>
-<!--
- <dt> Europe:
+ <dt> Europe (automatically updated mirror)
<dd>
<a href = "ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/">
ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Mercury/</a>
--->
+
+ <dt> USA (manually updated mirror)
+ <dd>
+ <a href = "ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/">
+ ftp://ftp.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/XSB/mercury/</a>
</dl>
Index: w3/news/newsdb.inc
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RCS file: /home/staff/zs/imp/w3/news/newsdb.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -r1.24 newsdb.inc
--- newsdb.inc 1999/03/18 11:01:52 1.24
+++ newsdb.inc 1999/03/18 11:42:36
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
*/
$newsdb = array(
+"18 Mar 1999" => array("Linux RPM format binary distribution",
+
+"We have provided a new binary distribution of Mercury 0.8.1
+for Linux in RPM (RedHat Package Manager) format.
+
+Note that the binary distributions that we provide for Linux work
+with libc 6.0 only. Unfotauntely they do NOT work with libc 6.1.
+This is due to incompatibilities between libc versions 6.0 and 6.1
+(i.e. glibc 2.0 and 2.1).
+"),
+
"15 Mar 1999" => array("Lazy evaluation",
"The latest development version of the Mercury extras distribution
@@ -26,10 +37,10 @@
with \`delay' and \`force' operations.
There is also a module \`lazy_list', which defines a lazy list
data type using the \`lazy' module.
-See the files in extras/dynamic_linking for details."
+See the files in extras/dynamic_linking for details.
This will soon be available for
<A HREF=\"download/rotd.html\">download</A>.
-),
+"),
"11 Mar 1999" => array("Prolog debuggers no longer supported",
--
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WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | of excellence is a lethal habit"
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