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$Id: ChangeLog_2006,v 1.1 2008/11/29 13:55:33 mbse Exp $
v0.90.0 06-Nov-2005 - 23-Jul-2006
upgrade:
Start mbsetup once and leave, this will update user records
with the wrong editor choice, fixes the files databases if
needed and upgrades the nodes settings.
Add extra switches to unarchiver commands entry 11, see
mbsetup for the archivers.
In menus 7.n.3.14 check if the NR flag is off, unless you need
it (which I doubt).
mbsebbs:
Removed antique line editor.
Added check for users homedirectory permissions and attempt to
fix errors. If fatal the connection is dropped.
Fixed virus scan of uploaded archives.
There are no paths anymore in OLR download packet files.
Made OLR bluewave packets CPU independant.
Fixed a strange bug that ftell didn't work right, this caused
corrupt bluewave download packets.
Bluewave is now big/little endian correct.
Added width marker for chat input and fixed linelength.
Added screen rows detection using ANSI sequences needed for
some terminal programs like minicom.
Writes LINES and COLUMNS environment into data.msg so that the
joe editor can use that.
Changed zmodem transmitter timeout to 60 seconds and changed
the zmodem init fase so that clients that don't start automatic
have a chance to start the transfer.
The zmodem transmitter now uses buffered output.
Added Change archiver menu.
Added crontrol-U0 to display current archiver.
Changes to OLR ASCII download:
- area files are named after area tag if possible, dots are
replaced by underscores and extension is .text.
- If available each message now has a msgid in the header.
- Added a .info file with control information.
Fixed logging of wrong file after upload.
mbtask:
Lots of changes and bugfixes in the IBC chatserver.
Added code to the chatserver thread to handle remote servers
with dynamic dns addresses.
All IBC log lines start now with IBC: to allow easier grep.
Added global reset for chatservers every 24 hours.
Added setup checks for two main configuration settings for IBC
and fail to start if they are missing.
Don't start connections with IBC servers that miss settings in
the chatserver setup.
Several commands now send the server address from the servers
setup to the neighbours.
After server connect send the correct usernames already in chat.
When the IBC server detects a IP change of a remote server it
will completly restart the connection with that remote.
Made several functions multithread aware.
On shutdown also send PART and QUIT messages to all our links
for our own users if they are still online so that the network
will keep the correct state.
Removed all thread programming so that mbtask is now a single
process again.
Fixed startup problem on new installations.
Changed chat welcome message.
Registration info for the clients was send double coded.
Delete users from channel when a server disconnects.
Delete users from a server when server disconnects.
Check for stopped tasks reverted to the old method without
signal handlers.
Fixed comma issue in user/city registration.
Fixed a crash when there is no /etc/services udp port for the
chatserver.
mbsetup:
In users edit screen, removed append record option.
Blocked changing the users unixname.
Removed antique line editor is edit users.
In IBC setup added a switch for dynamic dns.
Added switches to default extract commands for file_id.diz
files to:
nomarch -U
rar -cu
unrar -cu
unzip -L
Other archives don't support forced upper or lowercase.
Added NR switch to the nodes session setup.
When a filearea was moved to another path the symlinks were not
moved to the new path.
Added archiver selection for nodes in node setup.
In archiver select added checks for valid archivers and allowed
escape without selecting an archiver.
Added selection of archiver select menu.
Added setup switch for tic nodes that need a 4d seen-by line.
When saving message areas, the golded.inc file now has the
groupid numbers from the groups in echomail or news areas.
The message groups now handle groupnumbers for golded groups.
In nodes setup added check for paths when directory sessions
are selected.
mbcico:
Don't add files to send anymore when batchnr > 20 to prevent
an infinite session loop.
Implemented binkp NR option.
Assume EXTCMD is set when GZ or BZ2 is active.
Added real error message for failed outgoing IP connections.
mbfido:
Added some experimental code for tic orphans processing.
Fixed crash when receiving bad tics.
Tic orphans and bad crc handling is using a new method.
Now using new tmp workdirectory functions.
When a hatch directory doesn't exist, it is created.
Removed gated SB debug logmessages.
Made searching file file_id.diz case insensitive.
Uses archiver from the setup to pack mail for a node.
If sending crash to a node not in the setup, a default
archiver is now set to ZIP.
Accept unpacket mail for own points.
In created ticfiles in advanced seen-by mode, setting the node
to 4d will add point numbers to the seen-by lines if needed.
When message areas are auto changed, the updated golded.inc
file now has the groupid numbers from the groups in echomail
or news areas.
Seenby addresses in the internal tables did not store the
point numbers.
Added warning log for messages >= 32768 bytes.
mbfile:
Now using new tmp workdirectory functions.
Fixed file importing of non-archived files.
The test for files.bbs for files to import was done in the
wrong directory.
If a file is not removed from disk during pack, a error log
is created instead of a normal log.
Fixed a crash when files.bbs had empty lines.
Made searching file file_id.diz case insensitive.
Import now skips empty lines in files.bbs.
Import now handles properly missing files.
mbaff:
Fixed announce and filefind report problem when there were "
characters in the description.
mbmon:
Improved error message when the chatserver is not configured
in /etc/services.
In chat beeps are heard for system messages.
Added width marker for chat input and fixed linelength.
Better user input checking in chat.
Safer display in chat.
mbstat:
Don't write in errorlog after normal termination.
Added semafore names to help display.
mbmsg:
With the post function the right time is now used.
mbnntp:
Removed AREA:TAG kludge from posted articles.
libmbse.a:
Added temp workdirectory functions.
On socket send error 2, abort the client program.
Fixed another 32/64 bit issue in the files databases and added
automatic correction if detected.
Fixed comma issue in user/city registration.
nodelist.a:
Fixed parsing the nodelist when IBN:1.2.3.4 returned the IP
address 1.2.3.4 with port 1.
lang:
Changed language prompts 373 and 438.
New prompts 86, 87, 88 and 89.
install:
The checkbasic script uses more tricks to see if you are mbse
su to root before install.
examples:
Updated Engish menus and txtfiles.