The OpenDarwin-20030213 Binary Release is now available. This release is intended to fix many of the significant deficiencies in Darwin 6.0.2, as well as provide a more stable platform for future Darwin development. It is available for both PowerPC and x86 architectures from:
PPC (385 MB) - MD5 4c1f37a55f895bc4b3d9528de5aa6723
http://web.mit.edu/darwin/www/opendarwin-20030212-ppc.cdr.gz
http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/opendarwin-20030212-ppc.cdr.gz
x86 (385 MB) - MD5 d02fd9d600c176e52271cbe5c2281bb7
http://web.mit.edu/darwin/www/opendarwin-20030212-i386.iso.gz
http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/opendarwin-20030212-i386.iso.gz
The SRPMS used to build the release are also available:
SRPMS (230 MB) - MD5 812c3a9aabdfeffe0cd10f7b9047c33a
http://web.mit.edu/darwin/www/opendarwin-20030212-srpms.tar
http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/opendarwin-20030212-srpms.tar
Features:
- Recompiled with gcc3-1208 from Apple to fix x86 ABI issues
- System daemons no longer crash on launch
- XFree86-4.2.99.x CVS snapshot
Known bugs:
- perl is not present awaiting integration of perl 5.8.
In the interim, perl5.8 is available via DarwinPorts. - XFree86 on x86 has an inverted colormap, making it difficult to use.
Hardware Support:
- This release should support at least as much as Darwin 6.0.2
- There is untested support for Old World G3 machines
In general, this release is based on the same source as Darwin 6.0.2, and does not include local modifications from OpenDarwin CVS. Future releases will take advantage of these modifications.
For bug reports, please visit OpenDarwin Bugzilla. You can discuss this release on the [email protected] or [email protected] list, as appropriate.
Thanks to Shantonu Sen for engineering this release!
