[Devil-linux-announce] Devil-Linux 0.5 Release Candidate 1 is out!

Hello everybody,

the long waiting period is over!

I'm proude to announce Devil-Linux 0.5RC1.

We did a lot of changes and it's time that the public can take a look at it.

Visit our Website to download this release: http://www.devil-linux.org
You find the Changelog at the end of this mail.

Please report any bugs/problems on our mailinglist, you find details on 
the website.

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0.5 Release Candidate 1
- updated hdparm to v5.1
- updated openssl to v0.9.6d
- updated openssh to v3.2.3p1
- updated util-linux to v2.11r
- updated psmisc to v21
- added iANS v1.6.30 as package
- all file dates are now set to 01/01/1980
- changed internal packaging (modules, packages) to bzip2 instead of gzip
- initrd ramdisk is now emptied (saves 7 MB)
- added freeramdisk
- added dhcp relay start script and config file /etc/dhcrelay.conf
- updated hdparm to v4.9
- updated tar to v1.13.25
- updated dhcp to v3.0.1rc9
- updated e100 to v1.8.38
- updated bind to v9.2.1
- in the process of killproc-2.03 and showconsole-1.01, needed for PPTP 
ADSL (fl)
- print out some memory statistics during boot (fl)
- clean up of build-iso - work in progress (fl)
- updated modutils to v2.4.16
- updated ucd-snmp to v4.2.5
- updated samba to v2.2.4
- added logrotate v3.5.9 as package
- added nail v9.30 as package
- added MAC address spoofing by Donald R. Huettl (NIC definition files)
- updated syslog-ng to v1.4.15
- renamed /etc/snmp.conf to snmpd.conf
- added lynx v2.8.4 as package
- updated pptp-linux to v1.1.0
- updated Python to v2.1.3
- updated wvdial to v1.53
- added bridge netfilter patch v0.0.7 to Kernel
- added bridge-utils v0.95 to base system
- updated jftpgw to v0.13.1
- cleaned up InitRD
- updated X.509 patch for FreeS/WAN to v0.9.10
- updated FreeS/WAN to v1.97
- updated xfsprogs to v2.0.3
- updated acl to v2.0.9
- updated attr to v2.0.7
- updated XFS to v1.1
- updated to Kernel v2.4.18
- updated Util-Linux to v2.11q
- updated UCD-SNMP to v4.2.4
- updated Snort to v1.8.6
- updated Nano to v1.0.9
- added missing devices for Compaq Smart Array Controllers
- added Intel GBit Ethernet driver (E1000 v4.0.7) as module
- added tar v1.13 to Initrd (replaces Busybox tar and fixes CRC errors 
while unpacking packages)
- fixed problem with missing devices in the Initial Ramdisk (booting 
from IDE CD-ROM as slave on the second channel is now possible)
- new parameter INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/config (support for 
loading SCSI drivers)
- update jftpgw start script, so it finally starts during system startup
- add example to ntp.conf and step-tickers (ntp daemon)
- new parameter KERNEL_LOGLEVEL in /etc/sysconfig/config
- klogd is now used instead of syslog-ng for kernel messages
- added klogd from sysklogd v1.4.1 to base system
- added ping from netkit-base v0.17 to base system
- fixed shutdown problems with squid init script
- updated util-linux to v2.11o and disabled NLS support
- added psmisc v20.2 to base system
- booting over a dos disc (loadlin) is now possible again
- nic interface can now be initialized without IP
- added missing INSTALL_XFS_UTIL to /etc/sysconfig/software
- after /etc is unpacked, all files will be owned by root
- create /var/log/snort within the snort start script
- fixed the start problem with snort
- updated snort to v1.8.4
- updated /etc/sysconfig/permissions.base to set to corret acces for postfix
- updated postfix to v1.1.5 and TLS patch to v0.8.5
- corrected postfix main.cfg and set some default parameters
- corrected paths in postfix package
- added postfix start script