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About This Manual
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1    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0
1.1    Common Desktop Environment
1.1.1    CDE Video Tour
1.1.2    CDE Screen Savers
1.2    X/Open-Compliant Curses
1.3    X11R6
1.3.1    X Keyboard Extension for X11R6 (XKB)
1.4    DXImageview
1.5    Commands and Utilities
1.5.1    Changes to Mtools
1.5.2    sendmail Utility Supports Configurable GECOS Fuzzy Matching
1.5.3    df Supports Large File Systems
1.5.4    Compressed Reference Pages
1.5.5    Enhancements to terminfo
1.5.6    GNU Emacs Version 19.28
1.5.7    Netscape Navigator
1.5.8    dxterm
1.5.9    Performance Manager
1.5.10    utilupdate
1.5.11    Bootable Tape
1.5.12    Partition Overlap Checks Added to Disk Utilities
1.5.13    scsimgr Utility for Creating Device Special Files
1.6    SysMan System Management Applications
1.6.1    Installation
1.6.1.1    New Installation User Interfaces
1.6.1.2    New Format of Distribution Media
1.6.1.3    Installation Name Changes
1.6.1.4    Enhancements to the Installation Procedure
1.6.1.5    Cloned Installations
1.6.2    Configuration Applications
1.6.2.1    Bind Configuration
1.6.2.2    Disk Configuration
1.6.2.3    Mail Configuration
1.6.2.4    Network Configuration
1.6.2.5    NFS Configuration
1.6.2.6    Print Configuration
1.6.2.7    Internationalization Configuration
1.6.3    Daily Administration Applications
1.6.3.1    Account Manager
1.6.3.2    Archiver
1.6.3.3    File Sharing
1.6.3.4    Host Manager
1.6.3.5    License Manager
1.6.3.6    Shutdown Manager
1.6.3.7    System Information
1.6.3.8    Audit Manager
1.6.4    Monitoring and Tuning Applications
1.6.4.1    Kernel Tuner
1.6.5    Storage Management
1.6.6    Tools
1.7    Standards
1.7.1    Realtime Is Compliant with Final POSIX 1003.1b Standard Interfaces
1.7.2    DECthreads Is Compliant with Final POSIX 1003.1c Standard Interfaces
1.7.3    DEC C Compiler Complies with ISO C 94
1.8    Development Environment
1.8.1    Tcl/Tk Availability
1.8.2    DEC C++
1.8.3    Replacement of the pixie Utility
1.8.4    Software Development Environment Repackaging
1.8.5    DEC C Compiler
1.8.6    Init Execution Order Modified for Static Executable Files
1.8.7    PC-Sample Mode of prof Command
1.8.8    atom and prof Commands and Threads
1.8.9    Thread Independent Services (TIS) Interface
1.8.10    High-Resolution Clock
1.8.11    POSIX 1003.1b Realtime Signals
1.8.12    POSIX 1003.1b Synchronized I/O
1.8.13    POSIX 1003.1b _POSIX_C_SOURCE Symbol
1.8.14    Digital Porting Assistant
1.9    Networking
1.9.1    New Version of the gated Daemon
1.9.2    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
1.9.3    Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
1.9.4    NFS over TCP
1.9.5    Extensible SNMP
1.9.6    SNMP MIB support
1.9.7    telnet and mrouted
1.9.8    Network Time Protocol (NTP)
1.10    Enhanced Security
1.11    File Systems
1.11.1    AdvFS
1.11.1.1    New Tuning Parameters for AdvFS
1.11.1.2    AdvFS Now Supports Directory Truncation
1.11.2    File System Access Control Lists (ACLs)
1.11.3    Logical Storage Manager
1.11.4    Overlap Partition Checking
1.12    Bootstrap Linking and Kernel Modules
1.12.1    Defining Modules
1.12.2    Bootstrap Linking
1.12.3    Related Changes
1.13    Internationalization and Language Support
1.13.1    Internationalization (I18N) Configuration Utility for CDE
1.13.2    Unicode Support
1.13.3    The Worldwide Mail Handler No Longer Exists
1.13.4    Multilingual Emacs (mule)
1.13.5    Support for Catalan, Lithuanian, and Slovene
1.13.6    man Command Supports Codeset Conversion
1.14    PCMCIA (PC Card) Support
1.14.1    Restrictions
1.14.2    Configuring the PCMCIA Adapter Board from the Console
1.14.3    Configuring and Using a PCMCIA Modem PC Card
1.14.4    Creating a Device Special File for the Modem Card
1.14.5    /etc/remote File
1.14.6    Inserting a PCMCIA Modem Card
1.14.6.1    Possible Error Message
1.14.7    Removing a PCMCIA Modem Card
1.15    Dynamic Device Recognition for SCSI Devices
 
2    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0A
 
3    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0B
3.1    Environmental Monitoring
3.2    Bootable Tape
3.3    Console
3.4    VMEbus Example Device Driver Upgraded
3.5    Maintenance
3.6    Date Command Enhanced for Year 2000 Support
3.7    Installation Process Enhanced
3.8    Ladebug Debugger Updated
3.9    Netscape FastTrack Server Version 2.0
3.10    Netscape Navigator Gold Version 3.0
3.11    Performance Manager Updated to Version 2.1A
3.12    Worldwide Language Support Enhanced
3.13    New Processor Support
 
4    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0C
 
5    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0D
5.1    Year 2000 Readiness
5.2    Maximum Number of UIDs and GIDs
5.3    Class Scheduler
5.4    Enhanced Core File Naming
5.5    Compressed Crash Dumps
5.6    Binary Error Log Buffer Tuning
5.7    Early Child Exit Notification
5.8    ATM IP Switching, LAN Emulation, and Boot-Time Initialization
5.9    Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
5.10    Maximum Number of Open Files per Process
5.11    Multiple Session CD-ROMs
5.12    Dynamic Support for CDFS and ISO 9660 CD-ROMs
5.13    AdvFS Split Mirror Mount
5.14    AdvFS defragment Utility Added to Base System
5.15    Field Test Version of AdvFS Salvage Utility
5.16    AdvFS PrestoServe Performance
5.17    AdvFS Domain Panics in Binary Error Log
5.18    mmap Performance Improvement
5.19    PCI Driver Debugging
5.20    Pixstats Implemented as prof Command Option
5.21    Debugging and Analyzing DECthreads Programs
5.22    Multilingual Support in CDE Desktop
5.23    Documentation CD-ROM in ISO 9660 Format
5.24    DIGITAL UNIX Device Driver Kit
5.25    DE500-BA and DE500-FA Support
5.26    Server System MIB and Server Management MIB Subagent
5.27    VMEbus Backplane Driver Enhancements
5.28    New Printer Support
5.29    New Tape Drive Support
5.30    DEC C Compiler Version 5.6
5.31    cc.alt Compiler Updated
5.32    DEC C++ Runtime Library Updated
5.33    Ladebug Debugger Updated
5.34    Profiling and Memory Analysis Added to Developers' Toolkit
5.35    Netscape Navigator Gold Version 3.04
5.36    Netscape FastTrack Server Version 2.01
5.37    Java Development Kit Version 1.1.4
5.38    Performance Manager Version 4.0D
5.39    NetWorker Save and Restore Version 4.4
5.40    SCSI CAM Layered Components
5.41    Open3D for DIGITAL UNIX
5.42    Advanced Server Version 4.0 for DIGITAL UNIX
 
6    New and Changed Features in Version 4.0E
6.1    New Processor Support
6.2    USB Driver Support
6.3    AdvFS Now Supports Atomic Write Data Logging
6.4    Preventing Partial AdvFS Data Writes
6.5    Euro-character Support
6.6    Arena Malloc
6.7    NetRAIN
6.8    Asynchronous Processing Support in the Extensible SNMP Agent API
6.9    NFS Over TCP
6.10    Intraserver ITPS Device Driver
6.11    Gigabit Ethernet
6.12    sys_check Tool
6.13    Sendmail Enhancement
6.14    New Prestoserve Subsystem Attribute
6.15    Enhanced Security for TruCluster Version 1.5
6.16    Enhancement to disklabel Command
6.17    Support for ODBC and JDBC Data Access
6.18    Netscape Communicator Version 4.05
6.19    Netscape FastTrack Server Version 3.01
6.20    Ability for Users to Create a Customized Installation CD-ROM
 
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