[Netkit.users] Announcement: Netkit release

[Massimo Rimondini]

Dear Luca,

thank you for pointing this out. I can confirm the bug, which occurs
when using the dash shell (the default for most users of Ubuntu). It
will be fixed in the next release.

Regards,
Massimo.

Luca Dionisi wrote:
> Found a bug.
>
> When I say, eg
>    vstart pc1 --eth0=tap,10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2
>
> I see the message:
>     [: 1: yes: unexpected operator
>
> and then I'm asked for the root password, instead of my user's password.
>
> The problem is at line 271 of script_utils:
>       if [ "$USE_SUDO" == "yes" ]; then
>
> It should read:
>       if [ "$USE_SUDO" = "yes" ]; then
>
>
> --Luca
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Massimo Rimondini
> <rimondin a dia.uniroma3.it> wrote:
>   
>> Dear Netkit users,
>>
>> it's been a while since the last release, but at last we made it!
>>
>> We have just released a maintenance version that fixes most of the bugs
>> you have been signaling us over time (thank you for your valuable
>> contributions!) and introduces some interesting new features that
>> hopefully will make the emulation experience more comfortable.
>>
>> The upgrade affects the core, the filesystem, and the kernel, but major
>> improvements are definitely in the core. Among the most interesting ones:
>> - Fixed a longstanding bug affecting the setup of tap interfaces.
>> - Enabled the use of sudo (read: passwordless setup of virtual machines
>> with tap interfaces).
>> - Slightly faster and more stable startup of multiple virtual machines
>> (achieved by bypassing the port-helper).
>> - Command line completion for bash users, including options, option
>> arguments, collision domain names.
>> - Improved ltest (eases scripted testing of several labs).
>> - Added documentation about resizing the filesystem.
>>
>> For more information, and to get the new release, refer to the downloads
>> page: http://wiki.netkit.org/index.php/Download_Official.
>>
>> Happy emulation! :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> The Netkit Team.
>>
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