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David Greenman 6e1173dc29 In past releases of FreeBSD, I have used the exit status of "ping" to
determine whether a connection to a given machine is up or not.

In FreeBSD 2.0 (and therefore, I assume, BSD 4.4) the exit code of ping
is always zero, even if no packets were received.

I would like to propose the following change to /usr/src/sbin/ping/ping.c
to restore this useful behaviour:

Submitted by:	Denis Fortin
1994-11-29 16:09:56 +00:00
bin Re-apply an old patchkit days fix of mine for mempages: 1994-11-24 13:13:55 +00:00
eBones Don't install bogus tftp, tftpd, tcom manual pages from the MIT Kerberos 1994-11-20 23:41:23 +00:00
etc Call rc.local with . instead of sh to pass variables 1994-11-26 19:25:14 +00:00
games Add the files: characs, gold, lastdead, mess, monsters, motd, scoreboard, void 1994-11-28 11:12:29 +00:00
gnu Add the files y.tab.h and a2p.c that get automatically generated to 1994-11-28 18:30:44 +00:00
include Reviewed by: Bruce Evans 1994-11-21 09:25:58 +00:00
lib wscrl: implement partial scrolling via al/dl 1994-11-29 02:48:20 +00:00
libexec Remove -u argument, does nothing for non-priviliged user. 1994-11-25 02:27:08 +00:00
lkm Again, this is not a filesystem so don't compile it as if it were. 1994-10-27 23:39:19 +00:00
release Do some last evil things when extracting the bindist to work around problems 1994-11-29 00:56:30 +00:00
sbin In past releases of FreeBSD, I have used the exit status of "ping" to 1994-11-29 16:09:56 +00:00
secure Fix secrdist sharedlib bug. 1994-11-24 22:34:18 +00:00
share Add fbtab.5 to the Makefile so that it will be installed. 1994-11-28 21:52:45 +00:00
sys Experimental change to floppy driver to NOT probe the floppy tape if 1994-11-29 15:46:20 +00:00
tools/regression/usr.bin/sed BSD 4.4 Lite Usr.bin Sources 1994-05-27 12:33:43 +00:00
usr.bin Get rid of gets 1994-11-29 01:11:43 +00:00
usr.sbin BSD 4.4 compatibility fix 1994-11-29 01:05:37 +00:00
COPYRIGHT This is the official 4.4 Lite copyright. 1994-09-11 07:53:28 +00:00
CVS-INFO Documented the new CVS template. This really isn't the right place for it, 1994-07-24 22:27:27 +00:00
HW.TROUBLE Added the first three entries. Changed the intro a bit. 1994-08-28 20:48:37 +00:00
Makefile More changes for the "distribute" target. 1994-11-14 20:52:54 +00:00
README Small tweak - I said that ESC-ESC aborted the install. It actually only 1994-11-10 04:28:15 +00:00
TODO Removed an item from the "projects-todo" list, now that Martin has done it. 1994-10-23 04:06:10 +00:00

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       FreeBSD 2.0  ---  ALPHA Release                 ,        ,
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Welcome to the ALPHA release of FreeBSD 2.0 - the     /- _  `-/  '
first public snapshot of our new 4.4BSD Lite based   (/\/ \ \   /\
operating system environment.  This install proce-   / /   | `    \
dure is also at the ALPHA stage, and contains only   O O   ) /    |
the minimum functionality required by an             `-^--'`<     '
*EXPERIENCED* person to install the system.         (_.)  _  )   /
It is our hope, of course, that the feedback         `.___/`    /
provided from this snapshot will                       `-----' /
greatly assist us in making the release   <----.     __ / __   \
of 2.0 much more user friendly.  Your     <----|====O)))==) \) /====
comments and criticisms are very          <----'    `--' `.__,' \
valuable to us, so please don't hesitate               |        |
in contacting us!  Full details on where and            \       /	/\
how to provide feedback are given below.           ______( (_  / \______/
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This install procedure is ALPHA code, and        `--{__________)
may very possibly *DESTROY* the contents of your
ENTIRE DISK!  Please do not proceed with this installation
unless you've adequately backed up your data first!

If any errors occur during this installation, you can see them
by toggling over to the alternate screen - type ALT-F2 to switch
over, ALT-F1 to switch back to the install screen.  The debugging
output on the second screen may be very valuable to us in understanding
your bug report, so please be sure to take note of it when reporting
any failures in the installation!  Thanks!

Menus and scrolling output windows may be traversed with the arrow
and Page Up/Page Down keys.  To suspend the installation at any point,
hit ESC twice.  Hitting TAB will move the focus to different controls.
If you've ever dealt with a DOS installation, you'll know how to deal
with this.

For a more complete description of what's new in this release, please
see the release notes.

For more documentation on this system, it is recommended that you purchase
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