Index: modules/node/node.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/node/node.module,v
retrieving revision 1.998
diff -u -p -r1.998 node.module
--- modules/node/node.module	22 Nov 2008 14:09:41 -0000	1.998
+++ modules/node/node.module	23 Nov 2008 04:15:52 -0000
@@ -1715,12 +1715,28 @@ function node_block($op = 'list', $delta
     $blocks['syndicate']['info'] = t('Syndicate');
     // Not worth caching.
     $blocks['syndicate']['cache'] = BLOCK_NO_CACHE;
+    $blocks['recent']['info'] = t('Recent content');
     return $blocks;
   }
   elseif ($op == 'view') {
-    $block['subject'] = t('Syndicate');
-    $block['content'] = theme('feed_icon', url('rss.xml'), t('Syndicate'));
+    switch ($delta) {
+      case 'syndicate':
+        $block['subject'] = t('Syndicate');
+        $block['content'] = theme('feed_icon', url('rss.xml'), t('Syndicate'));
+        break;
 
+      case 'recent':
+        $block['subject'] = t('Recently posted');
+        $items = array();
+        $result = db_query_range(db_rewrite_sql('SELECT n.title, n.nid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.status = 1 ORDER BY n.created DESC'), 0, 10);
+        while ($node = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
+          $items[] = l($node['title'], 'node/' . $node['nid']);
+        }
+        if (count($items)) {
+          $block['content'] = theme('item_list', $items);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
     return $block;
   }
 }
Index: modules/system/system.install
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.install,v
retrieving revision 1.282
diff -u -p -r1.282 system.install
--- modules/system/system.install	22 Nov 2008 10:59:49 -0000	1.282
+++ modules/system/system.install	23 Nov 2008 04:20:30 -0000
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ function system_install() {
   db_query("UPDATE {system} SET status = %d WHERE type = '%s' AND name = '%s'", 1, 'theme', 'garland');
   db_query("INSERT INTO {block} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages, cache) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", 'user', 'login', 'garland', 1, 0, 'left', '', -1);
   db_query("INSERT INTO {block} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages, cache) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", 'user', 'navigation', 'garland', 1, 0, 'left', '', -1);
+  db_query("INSERT INTO {block} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages, cache) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", 'node', 'recent', 'garland', 1, 0, 'left', '', -1);
   db_query("INSERT INTO {block} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages, cache) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", 'system', 'powered-by', 'garland', 1, 10, 'footer', '', -1);
 
   db_query("INSERT INTO {node_access} (nid, gid, realm, grant_view, grant_update, grant_delete) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d)", 0, 0, 'all', 1, 0, 0);