1(1) NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Product involved: AXINSTALL Release date: 95-10-24 Software version: 1.8.2 Last preceding release: 1.8.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Release description: 1. Added possibility for the user to choose a model script in PROS A installation on system V. 2. Corrected log file text for automatic start of PROS A daemons in system V. 3. Changed default answer to 'no' when trying to install with an existing pipe Best regards AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB Appendix A: Technical description of the release. Appendix A - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE 1(1) Product involved: AXINSTALL Software version: 1.8.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The numbers below refer to items listed on page 1. 1. Added possibility for the user to choose a model script in PROS A installation on system V. Pressing RETURN will give the default model 'dumb' or 'standard'. if test $sys_family = sysv; then echo "The PROS A method allows the use of any printer model script in the" echo "'/usr/spool/lp/model/' directory." answerP "Enter model script name" $MODEL MODEL=$answer fi 2. Corrected log file text for automatic start of PROS A daemons in system V. cat <<- SYSV_LOGNOTE_END | cat >> $instalog Compiled prosd in directory $PROSHOME. If you want the PROS daemon to start automatically at system reboot then add the following line to /etc/inittab: id01::respawn:$PROSHOME/prosd $prosd_options 2> $PROSLOG 1>&2 Note! The ID string 'id01' must be four (4) characters long and individual for every entry in /etc/inittab. On some systems, the /etc/inittab file is recreated each time the system is booted, erasing the entries you just added. To cure this problem, put the added lines in a separate file in the /etc/conf/init.d directory as well. Any file name will do, such as /etc/conf/init.d/printer-init. SYSV_LOGNOTE_END and... cat <<- PROSD_LOGNOTE_END | cat >> $instalog Started prosd in directory $PROSHOME with command: nohup $PROSHOME/prosd $prosd_options 2> $PROSLOG 1>&2 & PROSD_LOGNOTE_END if test $sys_family=sysv; then cat <<-PROSD_SYSV_STRT_END | cat >> $instalog If you want the PROS daemon to start automatically at system reboot then add the following line to /etc/inittab: id01::respawn:$PROSHOME/prosd $prosd_options 2> $PROSLOG 1>&2 PROSD_SYSV_STRT_END fi 3. Changed default answer to 'no' when trying to install with an existing pipe The default answers to the following questions has been changed to 'no'. "Do you want to use the existing spool directory" (default n) If the same spool directory is used the print jobs will come out one after another, even if there are queues to several different printers and servers... "Do you want to use the existing pipe" (default n) Using the same pipe for more than one prosd daemon will garble the data.