LSB-FHS Release 2.1-1
                                 Release Notes


This document provides Release notes for the Verification suite for the
Filesystem Hierarchy aspects of the Linux Standard Base.

1. Release Overview

LSB-FHS 2.1-1  is the first  release of this test suite for the FHS2.1
specification.  LSB-FHS is built using the VSXgen 
(the generic VSX test framework), and contains tests for the 
Filesystem Hierarchy aspects of the Linux
Standard Base.


This test suite has not yet been formally approved by the Linux Standard
Base team and no claims should be made of LSB conformance to this version
of the test suite.  The test assertions being tested are in the file
MAN/LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0.

1.1  Changes since the last release

The following changes have been made since the last
release:

	The major change for this release has been to align
	with the FHS2.1 specification .  See the CHANGES file for details.

2. Release Contents

The release consists of the following files.

LSB-FHS-2.1-1.tar.gz      The source code to the suite in gzip'd tar format
lsb-fhs-gde.ps            The Users Guide in postscript
lsb-fhs-gde.pdf           The Users Guide in PDF format
relnote.txt               These release notes

3. TET

LSB-FHS runs under TET3 (The Test Environment Toolkit test framework).
A suitable version of TET3 is bundled with the release.  The latest
release can also be obtained at:

           ftp://ftp.rdg.opengroup.org/pub/TET3/

TET3 must be configured  to build  as  the Lite version .  Do not use
the Distributed version.  For more information on TET , see
http://tetworks.opengroup.org .

4. Documentation

Two files are included with the release to ease installation and
test setup: INSTALL.SETUP and INSTALL.FHS.  Please follow the instructions
within these to install, configure and execute the tests.

For more in depth information consult the User's Guide which provides
comprehensive information on the installation, configuration and use
of LSB-FHS. 

5. Support

Support related questions and problem reports should be directed to by
email to ajosey@rdg.opengroup.org.

6. Size

The size of LSB-FHS when the  suite is built is approximately 10MB.  The
size of the compressed distribution is roughly 1 MB. When running the
complete test suite, journal files will be produced that are typically
less than 1MB in length, so its recommended that at least 20MB of disk
space be allowed for a test campaign.

7. Time

The test suite takes approximately 30 minutes to run depending on the
speed of the platform under test


Licensing information.

See the Licence file included in the distribution for licensing
information.  At the moment this is the Artistic License.  The Open
Group intends to change the license to that recommended by the Linux
Standard Base team.