PACKAGES.TXT;  Wed Jul 25 02:03:04 UTC 2012

This file provides details on the Slackware packages found
in the ./patches/ directory.

Total size of all packages (compressed):  139 MB
Total size of all packages (uncompressed):  469 MB


PACKAGE NAME:  apache-1.3.41-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1604 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  6720 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
apache: apache (The Apache HTTP Server)
apache:
apache: Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for the
apache: NCSA HTTP server.  It fixes numerous bugs in the NCSA server and
apache: includes many frequently requested new features, and has an API which
apache: allows it to be extended to meet users' needs more easily.
apache:
apache: Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
apache: half of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of
apache: its variants.
apache:

PACKAGE NAME:  bin-8.3.0-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  672 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1660 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bin: bin (standard utilities found in /bin and /usr/bin)
bin:
bin: The "bin" package is a collection of utilities for handling various
bin: kinds of archives, identifying file types, and processing data.
bin: Several of these tools are used by system scripts, so this is a
bin: required package.  This package contains these programs:
bin: bban bpe compress diskcopy dosfsck ed eject fbset file fiz fromdos
bin: indent lha makewhatis mkdosfs mktemp patch rpm2targz rpmoffset
bin: run-parts savelog sed shar splitvt sysvbanner tempfile time todos
bin: tree unarj unshar uudecode uuencode volname which xx zoo
bin:

PACKAGE NAME:  bind-9.4_ESV_R5-i386-2_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1852 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  5640 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bind: bind (DNS server and utilities)
bind:
bind: The named daemon and support utilities such as dig, host, and
bind: nslookup.  Sample configuration files for running a simple caching
bind: nameserver are included.  Documentation for advanced name server
bind: setup can be found in /usr/doc/bind-9.x.x/.
bind:

PACKAGE NAME:  bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1380 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3880 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bitchx: BitchX (chat client)
bitchx:
bitchx: BitchX is an advanced Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
bitchx:

PACKAGE NAME:  bzip2-1.0.6-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  176 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  550 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bzip2: bzip2 (a block-sorting file compressor)
bzip2:
bzip2: Bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text
bzip2: compression algorithm, and Huffman coding.  Compression is generally
bzip2: considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-
bzip2: based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of
bzip2: statistical compressors. 
bzip2:
bzip2: Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org> is the author of bzip2.
bzip2:

PACKAGE NAME:  cups-1.1.19-i386-2_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  2556 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  6620 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cups: CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)
cups:
cups: The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for
cups: UNIX(R)-like operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software
cups: Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors
cups: and users.  CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the
cups: basis for managing print jobs and queues.  The CUPS package includes
cups: System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces, a PostScript RIP
cups: package for supporting non-PostScript printer drivers, and tools for
cups: creating additional printer drivers and other CUPS services.
cups:

PACKAGE NAME:  cvs-1.11.20-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  836 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1470 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cvs: cvs (Concurrent Versions System)
cvs:
cvs: CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions
cvs: of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why
cvs: changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS.  It handles multiple
cvs: developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control
cvs: various operations, and can work over a wide area network.
cvs:
cvs: Some of the people who have worked on CVS include:  Dick Grune,
cvs: Brian Berliner, Jeff Polk, and others too numerous to mention.
cvs:

PACKAGE NAME:  dhcp-3.1.2p1-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  736 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1860 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dhcp: dhcp (DHCP server and client utilities)
dhcp:
dhcp: This package provides the ISC's DHCP utilities, including both a
dhcp: server and client.  The DHCP protocol allows a host to contact a
dhcp: central server which maintains a list of IP addresses which may be
dhcp: assigned on one or more subnets.   A DHCP client may request an
dhcp: address from this pool, and then use it temporarily for communication
dhcp: on the network.   The DHCP protocol also provides a mechanism whereby
dhcp: a client can learn important details about the network to which it is
dhcp: attached, such as the location of a default router or name server.
dhcp:

PACKAGE NAME:  dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  52 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dhcpcd: dhcpcd (DHCP client daemon)
dhcpcd:
dhcpcd: The DHCP client program dhcpcd is used to connect to a network by
dhcpcd: contacting a DHCP server.  dhcpcd gets an IP address and other
dhcpcd: information from a corresponding DHCP server, configures the network
dhcpcd: interface automatically, and tries to renew the lease time according
dhcpcd: to RFC2131 or RFC1541 depending on the command line option.
dhcpcd:

PACKAGE NAME:  elm-2.5.8-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  288 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  760 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
elm: elm (Menu-driven user mail program)
elm:
elm: Elm is an interactive screen-oriented mailer program originally
elm: written by Dave Taylor, and continued by the Elm Development Group. 
elm:

PACKAGE NAME:  epic4-1.0.1-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  508 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1950 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
epic4: epic4 (Internet Relay Chat client)
epic4:
epic4: EPIC is the (E)nhanced (P)rogrammable (I)RC-II (C)lient.
epic4:
epic4: The EPIC home page is:        http://www.epicsol.org/
epic4: The EPIC main ftp site is:    ftp://ftp.epicsol.org/
epic4: The EPIC IRC channel is:      #epic on EFNet
epic4:

PACKAGE NAME:  fetchmail-6.3.20-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  984 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2750 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fetchmail: fetchmail (mail retrieval and forwarding utility)
fetchmail:
fetchmail: fetchmail is a mail retrieval and forwarding utility.  It fetches
fetchmail: mail from a POP, IMAP, or ETRN-capable remote mailserver and forwards
fetchmail: it to your local (client) machine's delivery system.  You can then
fetchmail: handle the retrieved mail using normal mail user agents such as elm,
fetchmail: pine, or mutt.  The fetchmail utility can be run in a daemon mode to
fetchmail: repeatedly poll one or more systems at a specified interval.
fetchmail:
fetchmail: fetchmail is probably not secure.
fetchmail:

PACKAGE NAME:  file-4.20-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  224 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  690 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
file: file (a utility to determine file type)
file:
file: This is Ian F. Darwin's 'file' utility, used to identify files.
file: Christos Zoulas has been file's maintainer since 1994.
file:

PACKAGE NAME:  glibc-2.2.5-i386-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  24036 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  97490 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
glibc: glibc (GNU C libraries)
glibc:
glibc: This package contains the GNU C libraries and header files.  The GNU
glibc: C library was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is currently
glibc: maintained by Ulrich Drepper.  Some parts of the library were
glibc: contributed or worked on by other people.  The BSD database libraries,
glibc: no longer officially part of glibc, have been added back by Slackware.
glibc:
glibc: You'll need this package to compile programs.
glibc:

PACKAGE NAME:  glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1452 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3690 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
glibc-solibs: glibc-solibs (shared GNU C libraries)
glibc-solibs:
glibc-solibs: This package contains the shared libraries, binaries, and support
glibc-solibs: files required to run most Linux applications linked with glibc.
glibc-solibs:

PACKAGE NAME:  glibc-zoneinfo-2011i_2011n-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  580 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3110 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
glibc-zoneinfo: glibc-zoneinfo (timezone database)
glibc-zoneinfo:
glibc-zoneinfo: This package allows you to configure your time zone.
glibc-zoneinfo:
glibc-zoneinfo: This timezone database comes from the tzdata and tzcode packages by
glibc-zoneinfo: Arthur David Olson et.al.  The latest version and more information
glibc-zoneinfo: may be found at:  http://www.iana.org/time-zones
glibc-zoneinfo:
glibc-zoneinfo: Use the timeconfig utility to set your local time zone.
glibc-zoneinfo:

PACKAGE NAME:  gzip-1.3.5-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  84 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  190 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gzip: gzip (file compression utility)
gzip:
gzip: Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding
gzip: (LZ77).  Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the
gzip: extension .gz, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
gzip: modification times.
gzip:

PACKAGE NAME:  imapd-4.64-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  716 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1390 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
imapd: imapd (IMAP4rev1 from pine4.63)
imapd:
imapd: /usr/sbin/ipop3d and /usr/sbin/imapd are servers supporting the POP3
imapd: and IMAP remote mail access protocols.  They allow users to download
imapd: mail from your Linux system for remote viewing.
imapd:

PACKAGE NAME:  inetd-1.79s-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  24 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  50 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
inetd: inetd (Internet super-server)
inetd:
inetd: This is a program to listen for connections on certain Internet
inetd: sockets and invokes a program to service the request.  Essentially,
inetd: inetd allows running one daemon to invoke several others, reducing
inetd: load on the system.  Many of the network services are run through
inetd: inetd, so you'll probably need it.
inetd:
inetd: This version of inetd was ported from OpenBSD.
inetd:

PACKAGE NAME:  infozip-5.52-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  252 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  610 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
infozip: infozip (Info-ZIP's zip and unzip utilities)
infozip:
infozip: zip is a compression and file packaging utility for Unix, VMS, MSDOS,
infozip: OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, Atari and Macintosh, Amiga and Acorn RISC OS.
infozip: It is analogous to a combination of the UNIX commands tar(1) and
infozip: compress(1) and is compatible with PKZIP (Phil Katz's ZIP).  A
infozip: companion program (unzip(1L)), unpacks zip archives.
infozip:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-ide-2.4.18-i386-6.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1168 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1580 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-ide: kernel-ide (Linux kernel without SCSI controller support)
kernel-ide:
kernel-ide: A Linux kernel for computers that do not need SCSI support. You MUST
kernel-ide: install a kernel image in order for your system to boot. This kernel
kernel-ide: supports IDE hard drives and IDE CD-ROM drives.  Other drivers (such
kernel-ide: as for CD-ROM drives on proprietary interfaces, or ethernet cards)
kernel-ide: may be loaded as modules.  See /etc/rc.d/rc.modules for examples.
kernel-ide:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-modules-2.4.18-i386-5.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  7460 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  8300 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-modules: kernel-modules (Linux kernel modules)
kernel-modules:
kernel-modules: A kernel module is a piece of object code that can be dynamically
kernel-modules: loaded into the Linux kernel to provide new kernel functions.  Most of
kernel-modules: these modules provide support for devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape
kernel-modules: drives, and ethernet cards.  You can choose which modules to load by
kernel-modules: editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
kernel-modules:

PACKAGE NAME:  kernel-source-2.4.18-noarch-7.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  30428 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  134050 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel-source: kernel-source (Linux kernel source)
kernel-source:
kernel-source: Source code for Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel.
kernel-source:
kernel-source: This is the complete and unmodified source code for the Linux kernel.
kernel-source:

PACKAGE NAME:  lftp-2.6.10-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  460 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1160 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
lftp: lftp (command line file transfer program)
lftp:
lftp: lftp is a program that allows sophisticated ftp and http connections
lftp: to other hosts.  lftp can handle many file access methods including
lftp: ftp, ftps, http, https, hftp, fish and file.  Every operation in lftp
lftp: is reliable, that is any non-fatal error is ignored and the operation
lftp: is retried.  lftp has shell-like command syntax.  lftp has a built in
lftp: mirror feature which can download or upload a whole directory tree.
lftp: To learn about many more features of lftp, see 'man lftp'.
lftp:

PACKAGE NAME:  libpng-1.2.50-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  400 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1060 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
libpng: libpng (Portable Network Graphics library)
libpng:
libpng: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
libpng: lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images.  PNG
libpng: provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
libpng: common uses of TIFF.  Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images
libpng: are supported, plus an optional alpha channel.  Sample depths range
libpng: from 1 to 16 bits.
libpng:

PACKAGE NAME:  libtiff-3.5.7-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  632 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1770 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
libtiff: libtiff
libtiff:
libtiff: This library provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF),
libtiff: a widely used format for storing image data.  A small assortment of
libtiff: TIFF-related software for UNIX is also included.
libtiff:

PACKAGE NAME:  lynx-2.8.5rel.5-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1900 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  4470 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
lynx: Lynx (text mode browser)
lynx:
lynx: Lynx is a distributed hypertext browser with full World Wide Web
lynx: capabilities.  Lynx can be used to access information on the World 
lynx: Wide Web, or to build information systems intended primarily for local
lynx: access.  For example, Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide
lynx: Information Systems (CWIS).  
lynx:
lynx: Lynx's authors include Lou Montulli, Garrett Blythe, Craig Lavender,
lynx: Michael Grobe, and Charles Rezac.
lynx:

PACKAGE NAME:  m4-1.4.11-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  216 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  430 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
m4: m4 (an implementation of the UNIX macro processor)
m4:
m4: This is GNU m4, a program which copies its input to the output,
m4: expanding macros as it goes.  m4 has built-in functions for including
m4: named files, running commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating
m4: text in various ways, recursion, etc...  Macros can also be user-
m4: defined, and can take any number of arguments.
m4:
m4: GNU 'm4' was originally written by Rene Seindal, from Denmark.
m4:

PACKAGE NAME:  metamail-2.7-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  136 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  380 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
metamail: metamail (MIME extensions for mail)
metamail:
metamail: Metamail is an implementation of MIME, the Multipurpose Internet
metamail: Mail Extensions, a proposed standard for multimedia mail on the
metamail: Internet.  Metamail implements MIME, and also implements extensibility
metamail: and configuration via the "mailcap" mechanism described in an
metamail: informational RFC that is a companion to the MIME document.
metamail:

PACKAGE NAME:  mod_ssl-2.8.31_1.3.41-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  464 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1460 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
mod_ssl: mod_ssl (Apache module for SSL)
mod_ssl:
mod_ssl: mod_ssl provides provides strong cryptography for the Apache web
mod_ssl: server via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer
mod_ssl: Security (TLS v1).  It is based on OpenSSL and provides support for
mod_ssl: all major security needs through HTTP.
mod_ssl:
mod_ssl: mod_ssl is written by Ralf S. Engelschall.
mod_ssl:

PACKAGE NAME:  mutt-1.4.2.2i-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1064 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2800 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
mutt: The mutt mail client.
mutt:
mutt: Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based MIME mail client.  Mutt
mutt: is highly configurable, and is well suited to the mail power user with
mutt: advanced features like key bindings, keyboard macros, mail threading,
mutt: regular expression searches and a powerful pattern matching language
mutt: for selecting groups of messages.
mutt:

PACKAGE NAME:  mysql-3.23.54a-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4600 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  11280 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
mysql: mysql (SQL-based relational database server)
mysql:
mysql: MySQL is a fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL
mysql: (Structured Query Language) database server.  It comes with a nice API
mysql: which makes it easy to integrate into other applications.
mysql:
mysql: The home page for MySQL is http://www.mysql.com/
mysql:

PACKAGE NAME:  nfs-utils-1.0.4-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  152 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  380 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
nfs-utils: nfs-utils (Network File System daemons and utilities)
nfs-utils:
nfs-utils: The nfs-utils package contains the necessary daemons and utilities to
nfs-utils: run an NFS server on Linux.
nfs-utils:
nfs-utils: You'll also need the portmap package to use NFS.
nfs-utils:

PACKAGE NAME:  ntp-4.2.2p3-i386-2_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1284 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2830 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
ntp: ntp (Network Time Protocol daemon)
ntp:
ntp: The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a
ntp: computer client or server to another server or reference time source,
ntp: such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. It provides client
ntp: accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens
ntp: of milliseconds on WANs relative to a primary server synchronized to
ntp: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via a Global Positioning Service
ntp: (GPS) receiver, for example. 
ntp:

PACKAGE NAME:  openssh-5.0p1-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  792 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1900 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
openssh: openssh (Secure Shell daemon and clients)
openssh:
openssh: ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and
openssh: for executing commands on a remote machine.  It is intended to replace
openssh: rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between
openssh: two untrusted hosts over an insecure network.  sshd (SSH Daemon) is
openssh: the daemon program for ssh.  OpenSSH is based on the last free version
openssh: of Tatu Ylonen's SSH, further enhanced and cleaned up by Aaron
openssh: Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and
openssh: Dug Song.  It has a homepage at http://www.openssh.com/
openssh:

PACKAGE NAME:  openssl-0.9.6m-i386-3_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  2488 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  6670 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
openssl: openssl (Secure Sockets Layer toolkit)
openssl:
openssl: The OpenSSL certificate management tool and the shared libraries that
openssl: provide various encryption and decryption algorithms and protocols.
openssl:
openssl: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
openssl: use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org).  This product
openssl: includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
openssl: (eay@cryptsoft.com).  This product includes software written by Tim
openssl: Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).
openssl:

PACKAGE NAME:  openssl-solibs-0.9.6m-i386-3_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  496 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1290 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
openssl-solibs: openssl-solibs (OpenSSL shared libraries)
openssl-solibs:
openssl-solibs: These shared libraries provide encryption routines required by
openssl-solibs: programs such as openssh.  They are also used by KDE's Konqueror web
openssl-solibs: browser to provide secure web connections.
openssl-solibs:
openssl-solibs: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for
openssl-solibs: use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org).  This product
openssl-solibs: includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
openssl-solibs: (eay@cryptsoft.com).  This product includes software written by Tim
openssl-solibs: Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

PACKAGE NAME:  pcre-6.3-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  476 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1470 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
pcre: pcre (Perl-compatible regular expression library)
pcre:
pcre: The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
pcre: expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as
pcre: Perl 5, with just a few differences (documented in the man page).
pcre:
pcre: The PCRE library is used by KDE's Konqueror browser.
pcre:

PACKAGE NAME:  php-4.3.11-i386-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  2752 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  8700 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
php: php (HTML-embedded scripting language)
php:
php: PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language.  It shares syntax
php: characteristics with C, Java, and Perl.  The primary objective behind this
php: language is to make a fast and easy-to-use scripting language for dynamic
php: web sites.
php:
php: More information can be found online at http://www.php.net/
php:

PACKAGE NAME:  pine-4.64-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1740 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  4630 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
pine: pine (a menu driven mail client)
pine:
pine: A menu driven user mail program. Originally based on Elm (Pine Is
pine: No-longer Elm), but with many additional features that make it
pine: easier to use.  Also contains pilot (a simple file manager) and
pine: pico (an easy to use text editor).
pine:

PACKAGE NAME:  proftpd-1.3.0a-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  832 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3000 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
proftpd: proftpd (FTP server daemon)
proftpd:
proftpd: ProFTPD is the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
proftpd: daemon.  ProFTPD grew out of the desire to have a secure and
proftpd: configurable FTP server, and out of a significant admiration of the
proftpd: Apache web server.
proftpd:

PACKAGE NAME:  python-2.2.3-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  7208 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  33180 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
python: python (object-oriented interpreted programming language)
python:
python: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
python: language that combines remarkable power with very clear syntax.  
python: Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
python: C or C++.  Python is also adaptable as an extension language for
python: existing applications. 
python:

PACKAGE NAME:  rsync-2.6.9-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  192 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  360 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
rsync: rsync
rsync:
rsync: rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.  It
rsync: uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for
rsync: bringing remote files into sync.  It does this by sending just the
rsync: differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both
rsync: sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand.
rsync:
rsync: rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras.
rsync:

PACKAGE NAME:  samba-2.2.10-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  8500 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  24710 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
samba: samba (SMB file and print server)
samba:
samba: Samba is an SMB file and print server for SMB and CIFS clients.  It
samba: allows you to make file space or printers on a Samba host available to
samba: any PCs running SMB clients (such as PCs running Windows).
samba:
samba: If you have any SMB servers (such as Windows NT/2K Server), you may be
samba: able to replace them by or supplement them with Samba. One of Samba's
samba: big strengths is integration, so you can use it to tie together your
samba: Linux hosts and Windows PC clients.
samba:

PACKAGE NAME:  screen-4.0.3-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  540 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  780 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
screen: screen (screen manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation)
screen:
screen: Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical
screen: terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells).
screen: Each virtual terminal provides the functions of a DEC VT100 terminal
screen: and several control functions from the ISO 6492 (ECMA 48, ANSI X3.64)
screen: and ISO 2022 standards (e.g. insert/delete line and support for
screen: multiple character sets).  There is a scrollback history buffer for
screen: each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows
screen: moving text regions between windows.
screen:

PACKAGE NAME:  sendmail-8.13.7-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1148 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2920 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
sendmail: sendmail (mail transfer agent)
sendmail:
sendmail: Eric Allman's mail transport agent. The _Unix System Administration
sendmail: Handbook_ calls sendmail 'The most complex and complete mail delivery
sendmail: system in common use...'
sendmail:
sendmail: Ready-made configuration files are included for systems connected by
sendmail: TCP/IP (with or without a nameserver) and for systems using UUCP.
sendmail:
sendmail: The procmail package is required to handle local mail delivery.
sendmail:

PACKAGE NAME:  sendmail-cf-8.13.7-noarch-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  260 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1080 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
sendmail-cf: sendmail-cf (configuration files for sendmail)
sendmail-cf:
sendmail-cf: These files are used to create sendmail.cf configuration files.  The
sendmail-cf: m4 macro processor is also required in order to make use of these
sendmail-cf: files. 
sendmail-cf:
sendmail-cf: The files and documentation in /usr/share/sendmail should make it
sendmail-cf: possible to support virtually any mail configuration.  NOTE: You
sendmail-cf: probably won't need this package if you're planning to use one of the
sendmail-cf: sendmail.cf samples included in the sendmail package.
sendmail-cf:

PACKAGE NAME:  sox-12.17.4-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  356 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  740 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
sox: sox (universal sound sample translator)
sox:
sox: Sox is a universal sound converter, player, and recorder.  It can
sox: play, record, and convert between several sound file formats such as
sox: .au, .snd, .voc and .wav.
sox:

PACKAGE NAME:  sudo-1.7.4p6-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  196 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  430 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
sudo: sudo (give limited root privileges to certain users)
sudo:
sudo: 'sudo' is a command that allows users to execute some commands as 
sudo: root.  The /etc/sudoers file (edited with 'visudo') specifies which
sudo: users have access to sudo and which commands they can run.  'sudo' 
sudo: logs all its activities to /var/log/ so the system administrator
sudo: can keep an eye on things.
sudo:

PACKAGE NAME:  sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-7.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  60 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  140 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
sysklogd: sysklogd (Linux system logging utilities)
sysklogd:
sysklogd: Dr. Greg Wettstein and Stephen Tweedie's syslogd/klogd.
sysklogd:
sysklogd: This package contains a modified version of syslogd for the Linux
sysklogd: environment.  An additional utility, klogd, is included which allows
sysklogd: kernel logging to be directed through the syslogd facility.
sysklogd: Syslogd and klogd are started when your system boots.
sysklogd:

PACKAGE NAME:  tar-1.16-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  408 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  790 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
tar: tar (archiving utility)
tar:
tar: This is the GNU version of tar, an archiving program designed to store
tar: and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile.  A tarfile
tar: may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a
tar: tarfile to a normal file.
tar:
tar: Slackware's package system uses tarfiles compressed with GNU gzip.
tar:

PACKAGE NAME:  tcpdump-3.9.3-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  436 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1040 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
tcpdump: tcpdump
tcpdump:
tcpdump: Tcpdump is a tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.  You
tcpdump: can use it to dump information on all the packets on a network that
tcpdump: match a boolean expression.  Tcpdump uses libpcap, a system
tcpdump: independent interface for user-level packet capture.
tcpdump:

PACKAGE NAME:  tcpip-0.17-i386-13b.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  680 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1710 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
tcpip: tcpip (TCP/IP networking programs and support files)
tcpip:
tcpip: This is a set of standard TCP/IP utilities for Linux.  Some of these
tcpip: were written from scratch and some were ported from various sources
tcpip: such as BSD.  Some of the people who helped write and/or port this
tcpip: code include:  H. Peter Anvin,  Donald J. Becker,  Alan Cox,
tcpip: David A. Holland,  Fred N. van Kempen,  Olaf Kirch, H.J. Lu,
tcpip: Florian  La Roche,  Mark Shand,  Rick Sladkey,  Johannes Stille,
tcpip: Linus Torvalds,  Wietse Venema,  and Orest Zborowski.
tcpip:

PACKAGE NAME:  util-linux-2.11r-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1368 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3450 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
util-linux: util-linux (a huge collection of essential utilities)
util-linux:
util-linux: adjtimex agetty arch banner blockdev cal cfdisk chkdupexe clear clock
util-linux: col colcrt colrm column ctrlaltdel cytune ddate dmesg dnsdomainname
util-linux: domainname elvtune fdformat fdisk fsck.minix getopt getoptprog hexdump
util-linux: hostname hwclock ipcrm ipcs isosize jaztool logger look losetup
util-linux: mcookie mesg mkfs mkfs.bfs mkfs.minix mkswap more mount namei
util-linux: nisdomainname pivot_root ramsize raw rdev readprofile rename renice
util-linux: reset rev rootflags script setfdprm setserial setsid setterm sfdisk
util-linux: sln strings swapoff swapon tunelp ul umount update vidmode wall
util-linux: whereis write ypdomainname ziptool

PACKAGE NAME:  wget-1.10.2-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  580 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1560 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
wget: wget (a non-interactive network retriever)
wget:
wget: GNU Wget is a free network utility to retrieve files from the 
wget: World Wide Web using HTTP and FTP, the two most widely used Internet
wget: protocols.  It works non-interactively, thus enabling work in the
wget: background after having logged off.
wget:
wget: The author of Wget is Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>.
wget:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-4.2.1-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  12712 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  37840 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86: xfree86 (XFree86 base package)
xfree86:
xfree86: This is the base package for XFree86, and provides the required
xfree86: binaries, shared libraries, and support files (except fonts) to run
xfree86: X11R6 on Linux.
xfree86:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-devel-4.2.1-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  4212 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  12540 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-devel: xfree86-devel (Libraries and other files for X programming)
xfree86-devel:
xfree86-devel: This is a set of include files (found in /usr/X11R6/include), static
xfree86-devel: libraries (found in /usr/X11R6/lib/*.a) and configuration files
xfree86-devel: (found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/) needed to compile X programs
xfree86-devel: under Linux and XFree86.
xfree86-devel:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-docs-4.2.1-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  196 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  730 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-docs: xfree86-docs (text documentation for XFree86)
xfree86-docs:
xfree86-docs: Documentation and release notes for XFree86 that you can find in
xfree86-docs: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/.
xfree86-docs:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-docs-html-4.2.1-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1088 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  6020 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-docs-html: xfree86-docs-html (HTML documentation for XFree86)
xfree86-docs-html:
xfree86-docs-html: Documentation and release notes for XFree86 (in HTML format) that you
xfree86-docs-html: can find in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/.
xfree86-docs-html:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-xnest-4.2.1-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1004 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2790 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-xnest: xfree86-xnest (a nested X server)
xfree86-xnest:
xfree86-xnest: Xnest is an experimental nested server for X that acts as both a 
xfree86-xnest: client and a server.  Xnest is a client of the real server which
xfree86-xnest: manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf.  Xnest is a
xfree86-xnest: server to its own clients.  Xnest manages windows and graphics 
xfree86-xnest: requests on their behalf.  To these clients Xnest appears to be a 
xfree86-xnest: conventional server.
xfree86-xnest:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-xprt-4.2.1-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  748 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1750 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-xprt: xfree86-xprt (a print-only X server)
xfree86-xprt:

PACKAGE NAME:  xfree86-xvfb-4.2.1-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1112 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  3030 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xfree86-xvfb: xfree86-xvfb (virtual framebuffer X server)
xfree86-xvfb:
xfree86-xvfb: Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware
xfree86-xvfb: and no physical input devices.  It emulates a dumb framebuffer using 
xfree86-xvfb: virtual memory.  The primary use of this server is intended to be 
xfree86-xvfb: server testing.  The mfb or cfb code for any depth can be exercised
xfree86-xvfb: with this server without the need for real hardware that supports the
xfree86-xvfb: desired depths.  A secondary use is testing clients against unusual
xfree86-xvfb: depths and screen configurations.
xfree86-xvfb:

PACKAGE NAME:  xv-3.10a-i386-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  932 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  1560 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
xv: xv (John Bradley's interactive image viewer)
xv:
xv: xv is an interactive image manipulation program.
xv:
xv: NOTICE:  This program is unregistered shareware.  Please read the 
xv: license information included.
xv:

PACKAGE NAME:  yptools-2.8-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./patches/packages
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  240 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  700 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
yptools: yptools (NIS servers and clients)
yptools:
yptools: NIS stands for Network Information Service.  NIS is usually used to
yptools: provide /etc/passwd and /etc/group information throughout the network.
yptools: Most Sun-based networks run NIS, and Linux machines can take full
yptools: advantage of existing NIS service or provide NIS service themselves.
yptools: