Hi all,

I've put a prerelease of the 1.3.1 binary snapshot .tgz files on
ftp.netbsd.org under ~ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/NetBSD-1.3.1-BETA/,
following the release(7) format.

This is not really an official BETA of 1.3.1.  It's certainly not the
official 1.3.1 release. It's compiled from a snapshot of the 1.3.1
source tree as of a couple of days ago.

I'm making this available because it contains a fix for libstdc++
symbol which hasn't been used in anger.  I'd welcome feedback from
anyone using C++, libstdc++, or stdio with this snapshot.

If you choose to install this `-BETA', please be aware that it won't
be available or supported after the real 1.3.1 release.  (I dont
expect any significant changes to the 1.3.1 source before the official
release, but one never knows.)  

I also haven't rebuilt sysinst or install media; if you want to
install this, you should use
	tar --unlink -xpzf <file>.tgz

or use  the 1.3 sysinst as
	sysinst -r 1.3.1

and  do an `upgrade', but I haven't tried that myself.
(Sysinst will also default to a different FTP path.)

In particular, this snapshot does not have any fixes for the bug with
dynamic-linked binaries linked against .so files which define the same
symbol in multiple libraries.  I also haven't yet rebuilt the X11 sets.