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hi,

now that stable has been moved to hyacinth, the old stable server (willow) is idle, and has been turned into a login server. please feel free to move your tools, if you like; however, be aware that the server might be rebooted or reinstalled in the next few days as we fine-tune the configuration. (if it is reinstalled, i will back up crontabs first.)

unlike the current login server (nightshade), willow is running Solaris. i will document the implications of this on the wiki later, but the most important differences are:

* some software is installed in different places; see https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Solaris_software * the default $PATH places GNU tools (e.g. ls) before Solaris ones, since most of our users are more familiar with GNU. if you would rather use the Solaris tools, simply change your $PATH in your shell rc file. * crontab doesn't accept the '/' syntax, so instead of writing */10, you need to write 10,20,30,40,50.

if there are any problems (e.g. missing software or things not working right), file a bug in JIRA, under Toolserver: willow.

at this time there are no plans to change anything on nightshade, so you can continue to use that server if you want. (however, as willow is idle, you might find it a lot faster, at least for now...)

- river.