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$Id: ChangeLog_2003,v 1.1 2004/02/09 14:36:36 mbroek Exp $
v0.38.0 26-Dec-2002 - 03-Oct-2003
upgrade:
Note: if upgrading from a 0.37.8 or 0.37.9 development version,
then no upgrade procedure is needed. All others read the next
carefully!
A bit tricky to upgrade and start using the new debug logfile,
follow the next steps exactly!!
1. Download and install the source
2. Run "./configure"
3. Run "make" (and do not install yet)
4. Run "mbstat close"
5. Backup /opt/mbse/bin and /opt/mbse/etc.
6. Run "mbstat close"
7. Kill mbtask, mostly "kill `/sbin/pidoff mbtask`" will do.
8. Run (as root) "make install" to install the new software.
9. Make sure you are user mbse again.
10. Start mbtask manual, "mbtask"
11. Run "mbsetup", enter menu 1, exit, save and close.
12. Wait one minute.
13. Run "mbstat open"
After this is done the first time, restarting mbtask can be
done as usual by running the mbsed init script. If something
doesn't work (you get socket errors), it is important that you
kill mbtask during software versions swap. All software must
be of the same build.
Check settings menu 1.5.21 for maximum allowed logins.
Check setting of menu 1.14.15.
Remove ~/etc/archiver.data, start mbsetup menu 3, leave and
save. This updates the archiver view contents commands.
After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/maptabs and it's contents.
After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/bank.data.
After upgrade you may remove ~/etc/safe.data.
If you want, download and install the nu-door and safe-door
packages.
In mbsetup 1.17.3 check if you have the XX,CM,IBN,IFC flags,
which indicates your TCP/IP capabilities. This is only for
systems that use TCP/IP, dialup systems should only have
the XX,CM flags. Important: only protocols that you place
in this entry are supported, so XX,CM,IBN will let your system
only call binkp nodes.
general:
The nodelist lookup functions are now in a separate library.
This will give us easy implemtation of new nodelist formats
and flags.
Introduced a new file, ~/etc/nodelist.conf, this file will
be used for nodelist lookup behaviour.
The current looked-up nodelist strcuture has an extra field,
the URL how that node must be contacted.
Debug logging is now in a separate file, the normal logging is
now only in the normal logfiles.
Changed all Linux references into GNU/Linux.
Changed the address of the FSF in all sources.
Removed memwatch debugger.
Changed all gif and jpg images to png images.
Added a setup switch for the nodes for selecting the wrong
binkp long filenames escape method for Argus and Irex nodes.
Activated the productcode for mbse that is published in the
ftscprod.007, MBSE now has an official product code.
Changed the website address in several sources.
Added switches for binkp CRC mode in global and node records.
Added check for inconv.h in configure script for UNIX98
character set conversion. (Not yet used).
Removed external (sysop) chat, chat paging times and other
chat stuff that is of no use anymore. The sysop shows his
presence by running mbmon. The mbchat program is obsolete.
Menu item 22 is added, this is user chat session.
For chat (and sysop/user paging chat) works now using the
mbtask daemon.
In several messages handling functions the international
charset translations are removed because of several bugs. They
will be replaced by standard library functions. Right now the
messages are 8 bit clean and there is no translation on the
gateway. The maptabs are removed.
Menu items 22 and 23 are removed, menu 319 is added. You may
want to replace the default txtfiles and menus, upgraded
versions are in the distribution but are not automatic
installed.
Documented menu 318, was present for a long time, just not in
the html docs.
The main Makefile now sets each txtfiles directory to mode 775
to allow doors to write ansi/ascii screens.
Removed the safe cracker door, this is now external.
A new developer/translator joined the team, David Gonzalez.
The settings to suppres some IP protocols (global and nodes)
are removed, this behaviour must be set using nodelist flags
configuration.
Debug logging for mail and news now have one setting, the M.
Nodelist debug logging now uses the N character.
In some makefiles the chown user.group syntax changed to
user:group to follow the new POSIX syntax. Please let me know
if you are using an older distribution that complains about
this. This was needed for FreeBSD 4.7.
Added Dutch template macro files. Updated English and German
template macro files. Please remove old ones before installing.
common.a:
Added a set of general purpose timers.
Node locking tests for non-stale lockfiles older then 6 hours.
Added general code for prgram locking.
The getheader function changed to support stone-age .pkt's.
If the packet year has a Y2K bug, the year is fixed. This is
only cosmetic for logging.
If the zone info is missing, the zone is guessed from 2d aka
matching against the system aka's. Then all mail in the .pkt
file is also assumed to be in that zone if there is no zone
info in the messages also.
Guess what, these packets do still exist in Fidonet, it took
5 years to find them! If you want to check, call 5:5/0
Fixed compiler warning in network code.
printable function now escapes all non-printable characters.
In rfcmsg function the Cc: header is now treated as any other
header to prevent a SIGSEGV when the headerline is empty.
Removed charset conversion/translation.
Added integer endian byteorder swapper, usefull for non-Intel
hardware.
The poutCR function for the bbs never did send a newline.
New function to get the real case of a filename.
nodelist.a:
Added experimental support for IP nodes lookup using a default
domain method. This is not the final implementation yet!
Update, this works now as described in a FSP-xxxx that is in
discussion in the FTSC. This will also work for current
practice.
msgbase.a:
Moved messages link from mbmsg program into library.
Resolved a buffer overflow problem with kludges larger then
512 bytes.
mbcico:
Compiled IEMSI code back in, starts mblogin which is not IEMSI
ready yet. A user with an IEMSI terminal can from there do a
manual login.
If doesn't do Multiple Batch mode anymore against binkp/1.1
mailers.
File resync during receive finally works.
In binkp we don't send a empty dataframe after a file anymore.
Completly changed the files inbound receive, all files are now
first stored in a unique per node temporary inbound directory.
Only after a successfull session all received files are moved
to the final inbound directory.
Another goodie is that this is more safe on busy multiline
systems.
A light improvement in session handshake setup timers.
Added EMSI handshake timers, this gives a more relaxed EMSI
handshake.
Set the EMSI receive failure count to 20 instead of 6, we can
now even accept buggy maindoor sessions and still display a
banner.
For FTS-0001 sessions the mail password was used instead of the
session password. Also improved the password check.
The product code was not entered in the FTS-0001 packet headers.
Revised some state tables in the binkp session setup stage.
Fixed a possible buffer overflow in the binkp driver.
Implemented CRAM rev.4 change in binkp driver.
Binkp now sends M_BSY to the remote when the bbs is closed.
Better logging of BSY and ERR messages.
The binkp transmitter does now escape the unsafe filename
characters. Method is selectable in the setup.
The binkp receiver now does process escaped filenames.
The binkp protocol now supports MD5 crypted passwords.
Removed some heavy debug code from ttyio functions to increase
throughput.
Standarized raw ifcico protocol logging.
Some minor changes to the raw ifcico protocol, better error
checking and a check for buffer overflow.
YooHoo transmitter fixed for transmitting 16 bits product
codes.
With binkp and EMSI sessions double received remote aka's are
filtered.
When calling ITN nodes, the default port is now 23.
Call setup changed and uses now the nodelist lookup URL.
Changed raw ifcico debug logging.
mbout:
When a poll was removed, the outbound was not rescanned.
mbfile:
Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbfile can
run at the same time.
When a file was deleted for age or download age, the 8.3
filename was not removed from disk.
A better check againts empty upload dates when purging files.
Also added a log when this happens. Please report if you see
any of these.
In the import function several bugfixes for reading files.bbs.
Fixed upper/lowercase filenames bug with import.
Move old files to another area failed, only the symbolic link
was moved.
Prepared for multilanguage html pages creation.
mbfido:
The rfc to ftn gate now drops the headerlines starting with
X-Spam- because they are only filled with advertisents and are
very large (upto 1200 bytes which is somewhat larger for a
fidonet kludge).
Stone age packet support, see common.a.
Due to a configuration error in some system using some tic
processor mbfido did crash.
Now it will log this and continue processing ticfiles with the
risk of sending files back to the owner of that faulty program.
Added the same check for Seenby lines.
In a scanned netmail destined to our own local UUCP gate the
useless X-FTN-INTL and X-FTN-TOPT kludges are no longer
inserted in the message.
Finding the inbound tic file now uses the new filecase function.
Removed all code for charset translation.
In areamgr/filemgr lists the messages are forced splitted when
the force limit is reached in the middle of a group listing.
The nodes statistics are expanded with flow counters.
If echomail is accepted in a unsecure area or the unsecure
commandline option is set, a violation is logged as warning.
Removed some debugging tests and log messages.
If a tic file was received in uppercase, during import in the
bbs the LFN is converted to lowercase.
Promoted some normal debug logmessages to heavy debug messages
in the outbound queue packer.
Echomail from other zones showed the address of your own zone.
Added logging when other errors are found.
At zonegates, the seenby lines were twice stripped.
Another patch to compensate for sysops that pack pascalnet
files in fidonet packets and send these messages into the world
without zone information.
Made the incoming tic files complete case insensitive, mixed
case is now processed. If such file is received, the LFN will
be set to that name.
The magic unpack command now uses the mail unpack command
instead of file unpack command so that paths in the archive are
junked.
mbsebbs:
When a message is saved, the messages in that area are linked.
Added check for maximum simultaneous logins.
Removed debug logging for userrecord i/o
During virusscan of file uploads, the mbtask timeout timer is
set to one hour to support very long scans.
Changed logging during user login.
Fixed bugs in QWK mail upload processing.
Allow - and _ in email names (GetstrU function).
Increased internal message buffer size to 700 lines.
Fullscreen editor code cleanup, debug messages removed.
When entering a message, the first character of the subject
line was capitalized.
Fixed recognition of tar.gz files.
Added menu function display file.
Display ascii textfiles now uses the More Y/n/= prompt.
When a new message is saved in a local area, the mailout
semafore is not set anymore.
Offline reader, the reply packets are now handled complete
case insensitive.
Dropped BlueWave v2 format completly, obsolete format.
The BlueWave and QWK download packets can have kludges, this
depends on a setting in the userbase.
In downloaded netmail, if message comes from a point, the FMPT
kludge is allways included in the message.
Added some forgotten checks for a valid QWK board name.
Lots of code cleanups in the offline code.
Added menu 320, toggle Offline Reader Extended Info.
Added new control code: control-U + 8, this displays YES or NO
for the new Extended Info setting.
The display file function now displays the ^U8 code.
Added support for door32.sys dropfile.
Fixed user idle logoff when new mailcheck took too long.
Added email reply when reading new (e)mail.
To page the sysop, the CPAG and CCAN commands to mbtask are now
used.
Removed all old chat code that worked on the tty device.
Added chat client site. If the sysop responds to the page
request, the user is dropped into chatmode in the sysop
channel as soon as the user does nothing (ie in a menu or still
in page mode).
It will now refuse to up/download OLR packets when the system
bbs id is not set in the global setup.
When a reply is made on a message in a area which allows
aliases, the user is asked to use his alias.
When a reply is made on a message in a newsgroup and your
systems has a permanent mail domain the email address is used
as from name.
Removed timebank and nextuser doors.
Added editing of user's signature file. New menu item 319.
If the sysop is exporting a echomail message he will have the
option to save to his private directory or to the rules
directory. If saved to the rules directory the message will
have the filename of the area tag. Normal users can only export
to their private directory. Sysops: now you can start
collecting area rules!
New menu 221, display arearules. This function tries to find
the arearules in the rules directory and if found displays
this to the user.
Fixed whoson list to display user real names and handles again.
Fixed send online message to send to user real names, handles
and unix names again.
The menus are machine endian independant.
Maybe removed a bug where the bbs sometimes crashed during
mail reading.
Fixed some minor things to the door.sys file.
Normal users were allowed to delete messages of other users,
now only the writer or those with sysop access to the area are
allowed to delete messages.
Finally wrote Delete Message from the menu (menu 206).
Removed the safe cracker door.
Changed to use the new nodelist lookup methods.
mbsetup:
Made menus editor work on non-intel platforms.
Added support for debug logging in menu 1.3 and removed the
mbtask debug switch from menu 18.
Import and purge oneliners now log what is done.
In the nodes setup a switch is added to fallback to the wrong
binkp escape method.
Added menu entry 1.5.21 for setting maximum allowed logins.
Added program locking, only one mbsetup can run at the same
time.
In menu 1.14 added global switch to disable binkp CRC32 file
transfers.
In menu 7.x.3 added a switch to enable binkp CRC32 file
transfers with this node.
In menu 1.14 added a switch to turn MD5 crypted passwords off.
The edit archiver has now an edit line for the view archive
commands.
Added protection against wrong database sizes depending on
global settings.
When moving a message area to area zero mbsetup doesn't crash
anymore.
Added new menu item 319, removed menu items 22 and 23.
Added setup for rules directory.
Added setup for menu 221. Changed description of menu 103.
The menu editor is machine endian independant.
Removed setup for the safe cracker door.
In menu 8.3 showing long option data lines, the lines were too
long for a 80 characters display.
Removed global flags No-IBN, IFC and ITN from the setup.
Removed nodes flags No-IBN, IFC and ITN from the setup.
removed del/rubout/bs keys logging.
mbtask:
Added support for debug logfile. Dropped the debug switch for
mbtask logging, this is now allways on.
On new installations sets max logins to 1.
Now uses standard locking in ~/var/run
When idle, it now reports the time to the next event to be
seen in mbmon menu 1.
With startup it now shows the tty flags in the log.
Remove some semafore debug messages.
Fixed compiler warnings in network code.
Safer logging of user log messages.
In personal message text the text after a ; character is not
ignored anymore.
With mbtask start, the ports locktimes are reset to zero.
Added CSYS command to report if sysop is available.
Added CPAG command to page the sysop.
Added CCAN command to cancel the sysop page.
Added CCKP command to check for a page.
Added CCON, CCLO, CPUT and CGET commands for chatserver.
Implemented a chatserver, this looks like a simple IRC server
to the users.
Arcmail for non-CM nodes and Txx nodes is now sent during the
node's opening hours or ZMH.
Fixed a bug where one of the nodelists was node closed with
each outbound scan and was causing mbtask to stop functioning
after a few days.
After forking the daemon, the stdin, stdout and stderr are
reopend to /dev/null.
Zero the daily status counters finally works again.
Added experimental code where tossing mail is not started as
long as there are mailers running, but not longer as 30 mins.
This should make the whole system less nervous.
Modified this code, didn't work, the toss was always started
at once.
mbdiff:
If unpacking a diff file fails, a second attempt is done after
a sync and one second delay.
mbmon:
Updated software info screen.
Added program locking, only one mbmon can run at the same time
to prevent troubles with chat and sysop available.
Reports sysop available or left the system when mbmon starts
or stops.
Reports a page from a user in row 3 of the screen (but doesn't
do chat right now).
Adjusts its screensize if the environment variables LINES and
COLUMNS are set.
(in ~/.profile add the line "export LINES COLUMNS").
The show lastcallers now adjusts the number of lines available.
The show server clients screen now adjusts to the number of
lines available.
Added chatserver client, there are 2 modes, one id general chat
and the other is respond to a users page request where the
channel is automatic set.
mbuser:
Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbuser can
run at the same time.
Added nopper code during pack.
mbaff:
Added program locking to prevent that more than one mbaff can
run at the same time.
mball:
Added program locking to prevent that more than one mball can
run at the same time.
mbmsg:
Moved message linking to msgbase library.
unix:
Fixed compiler warning.
examples:
Updated Spaning and English chat menu to use the internal
chatserver.
Removed the last menu item from the offline menu, added new
Extended Info toggle (English only).
Updated offline textfiles to remove point download and add
new Extended Info toggle (English only)
The English and Dutch templates are updated to show the new
nodes flow counters (html.nodes).
English textfiles and menus are updated to show the new menu
functions.
Prepared for more example translations.
Added German template files made by Joachim Kuwan.
script:
Fixed debian init script to allow it to run over the network
by using kill `pidof mbtask` to kill the daemon.
Added full path to pidof command in FreeBSD init script.
Added new init script for FreeBSD.
lang:
Added language prompts 18 and 19.
Added germandu, a German language file in "Du" style instead of
"Sie". Written by Malte Tychsen.
Changed the last Englsh language prompts in the german.txt.
New language prompt number 17.
Erased language prompts 18..36.
Changed language prompts 15, 16 and 152.
Changed english, german and dutch language prompts 11, 12, 13,
14 and 107.
Changed in other languages as well, but in English.
SETUP.sh
Made the script more portable.
CRON.sh
Removed explanation about Zone Mail Hour, this is obsolete
for a long time already.