nntp@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (02/11/91)
Archive-name: news/nntp/nntp/1991-02-10 Archive: lib.tmc.edu:/public/nntp.1.5.11.tar.Z [129.106.5.1] Original-posting-by: nntp@tmc.edu (Stan Barber) Original-subject: NNTP 1.5.11 (11 Feburary 1991) patch release (part 1 of 4) Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) [Excerpts from the change files and the README. --Ed] # CHANGES.diff # README.1.5.11 + 1.5.11 + Fixes to spawn.c and batch.c for those system that need + execle() to specifically call /bin/sh to exectute a sh script. + [All CNEWS sites running System V.] + Fixes to the timeout code to make it all work the GNUS. + [leres@ee.lbl.gov] + Fixes to nntpxmit to support CNEWS batch file formats which + contain the name of the article file and its message id. + [flee@guardian.cs.psu.edu] + Fixes to nntpxmit to not mistake the delete character in an + article as an EOF indication. [pst+@ir.stanford.edu] + Added the $HOME environmental variable in the new environment + provided to a child process. [steve@avalon.dartmouth.edu] + Added rudimentary support to clientlib for TLI. [sob@tmc.edu] + Changes to inews to optionally use gethostbyname() to get canonical + hostname as needed. [jef@ee.lbl.gov] + Changed extern int timezone to extern long timezone in time.c. + [pk@unidoct.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de] + Reset SIGCLD before calling serve for WIN/TCP users on System V. + [wescott%micky%sauron%ncrcae@ncrlnk.dayton.ncr.com] + Changed references to "server" in clientlib.c to "nntpserver" to + avoid a conflict with WIN/TCP. [rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil] + Defining DBZ will take care of defining DBM. [tgt@cblpf.att.com] + Some minor changes to nntpxfer to remove the risk of doing an update + when it's not necessary. [ccc141j@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au, + corbin@utep-vaxa.uucp] + Changes to nntpxmit to correctly utilize LOG_DEBUG when LOG is + defined and not when it isn't. [alden@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu] + Change order of setuid/setgid in spawn.c and batch.c to execute + setgid first. [apple.com!arc!chet] + Provided an optional and untested way to use a dynamically + resizing article array in the server. This will allow large + numbers of articles in each group without giving nntp heartburn. + [leres@ee.lbl.gov] Welcome to patch number 11 for NNTP 1.5. If you have not installed the first ten patches, you must do so before proceeding. You can get those patches (and this one) from anoymous ftp on bcm.tmc.edu [128.249.2.1] or by sending a message to the archive-server@bcm.tmc.edu with the following text: send public nntp.patch.1 send public nntp.patch.2 send public nntp.patch.3 send public nntp.patch.4.shar send public nntp.patch.5.shar send public nntp.patch.6.shar send public nntp.patch.7.shar send public nntp.patch.8.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.8.pt2.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt2.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt3.shar send public nntp.patch.10.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.10.pt2.shar If you have all ten patches installed, you are ready to install this set of patches. These patches are packaged as four shell archives. Be sure to unpack the shars in the root of your nntp distribution. Bug reports and enhancements welcome, Stan Barber nntp@tmc.edu P.S. This patched version of NNTP has been compiled on the following systems: Vax 3600 running Ultrix 3.1 (BNEWS 2.11.19) Solbourne Series 5/601 with OS/MP 4.0D (SunOS 4.0.3c compatible) (Same BNEWS) HP 9000/825 running HP-UX A.B3.00.5B P.P.S. The fully patched version is available via anonymous ftp from lib.tmc.edu [129.106.5.1] and gazette.bcm.tmc.edu [128.249.2.2]. Look in the public directory for nntp.1.5.11.tar. A compressed version is also on line. P.P.P.S. This is the really FINAL release of NNTP 1.5. The next release will be 1.6. There will be no patch kit. NNTP 1.6 will be a full release and will only be distributed in full source. P.P.P.P.S. Much thanks to all our beta testers: molenda@s1.msi.umn.edu,tale@cs.rpi.edu,anselmo-ed@cs.yale.edu, leres@helios.ee.lbl.gov,vixie@decwrl.dec.com,scs@hela.iti.org, wisner@ims.alaska.edu,nash@parc.xerox.com