N o d e B r a i n   0.5.4

Copyright (C) 1998-2003 The Boeing Company
GNU General Public License

Ed Trettevik 

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File:        README.txt for nb-0.5.4-unix.darwin-ppc release files

Package:     NodeBrain   

Version:     0.5 - Numskull

Release:     0.5.4

Bundle:      unix.darwin-ppc

Title:       Binary for Mac OS X on PowerPC hardware

Date:        July 22, 2003

Reference:   http://www.nodebrain.org
	       1) Signatures to verify release file integrity
	       2) Documentation
	       3) Source code    

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Change Summary:

1) Listening sockets are now flagged to avoid inheritance by spawned
   processes.  Previously, a long running spawned process created problems
   when an agent was stopped and attempted a restart.  The port was
   unavailable to agent until the spawned process ended.  In addition,
   peers attempting a connection were fooled into waiting by the spawned
   process that listened by never answered.  These problems are avoided
   by this change.

2) A bug causing some time conditions to skip intervals has been fixed.

3) When a caching interval is specified, row deletion is always
   scheduled.  Previously, row deletion was delayed until the next
   row assertion.  By always scheduling the deletion, cache reference
   conditions are trigged when a row expires without delay.

4) When a caching interval is specified without counter thresholds,
   hits are not counted and decrements are not scheduled.  Only the
   final expiration is scheduled.  This enables a high rate of table
   assertions without having to schedule a large number of decrements.

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File Contents:

Component    Description
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LICENSE.txt  GNU General Public License
README.txt   This file
nb           NodeBrain Interpreter
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Instructions:

1) Follow the instructions on www.nodebrain.org to verify the integrity
   of the downloaded release file.
2) Unzip the bundle and place nb in /usr/bin or a directory of your choice.
3) Reference the "NodeBrain User's Guide" for configuration information
   if you plan to use NBP communications options.

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Software License: (see LICENSE.txt)

Copyright (C) 1998-2003 The Boeing Company
                        Ed Trettevik 
 
NodeBrain is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
 
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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