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2002/04/14:
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* Version 0.79.0
* UADDR functions have been totally rewritten and now uses the Berkeley DB.
NOTE: when you will switch to this version, the previous content of the UADDR
base is not imported. DCTC will build a new one and during some minutes
the direct download will not be able to start transfer.
* the "hide absolute path" flag is now enabled by default. There is too many
problem when it is not.
* /DL is now a wrapper to /GDL* functions
* the global status file includes a new option telling which DCTC client is the
master one (== the one updating UADDR list and managing the UNODE).
* GLSTC message includes enough information to compute a more accurate transfer
speed.
* Fix a bug occuring when a partial file is attached to a GDL. If all segments
that can be downloaded from this partial file have already been downloaded,
earliest versions don't stop to try to use this source.
* New command added: /DFLAG. This command goal is to avoid creation of one
command for each existing flag. List of flags compatible with this command is
in Documentation/VAR (D column).
* 2 new flags added: with_incoming_wake_up and with_sr_wake_up. The first one
wakes up waiting GDL source when a user with the same nickname comes into the
hub. The second flag does the same action when a search result matching the
nickname reports free download slot.
* 1 new flag added: min_gdl_wake_up_delay. It is the delay in seconds between
automatic wake up of waiting tasks of a same user (events: look previous
flags).
* Thanks to Aubin Paul, DCTC now has a man page.
* New command added: /VSHARE. Using this command you can add virtual share files
(see Docs/Vshare).
* New command line option added: -D. Same as /VSHARE.
* Fix the bug preventing to share files not located in sub-directory.
* New command added: /LOCATEUSER. This command displays all hubs where the
given user is connected.
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2002/04/07:
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* Version 0.78.0
* configure is now able to guess Berkeley DB version and adapts itself to find
a valid combination of include/library (v3.x and v4.x). The old detection
method is still available using --enable-manual-db-detect flag. Usage of
--with-db option is still required if the include and lib directories are
installed in an unusual place.
* 2 new commands added: /LAZYKC and /NOLAZYKC. These commands enable/disable
lazy key check. Some buggy clients generate a transfer key which is nearly
good. If lazy key check is enabled, the key is assumed to be ok but only if
the client which wants to download is yours, not the remote one... who cares
about users having a buggy client...
* When a transfer of a GDL source ends and the client is not able to link it
with another one, the client now wakes up all GDL source having the nickname
as the ending one.
* In $ConnectToMe handling function, the buggy "unable to contact" error message
no more displays junk characters.
* This version biggest new feature is probably the UNODE. The goal of the unode
is to share the UADDR base (the one used by direct download to be able to
download without hub connection) and to relay search queries on more than one
computer. Let's assume you have 2 friends running DCTC and connected on hubs
you never go. Using this feature, you are able to find files owned by users
currently on hub where your friends are, you can even do search as if you were
connected on this hub.
* Add new flag in the user flag list: IGNORE_SLOT_LIMIT. When a user has this
flag, it can always start a download, even if no download slot is available.
* Fix a bug in the /SHARE command. If the given directory ends with a '/', this
slash is discarded. Previous version keeps it and it creates entry with '//'
in the shared file list and unfortunatelly, remote users cannot download files
having this '//'.
* Fix a bug in download function when you have direct download enabled. If you
download from someone having its address in the UADDR cache, if this user IP
changes and he comes back on a hub where you are, earlier versions of DCTC
still use the IP in UADDR until the UADDR entry expires (can take up to 12
hours). Most of the time, the bug does not appear because the user with its
new IP has made some search queries and DCTC has seen him. With this new
version, even if the user does nothing, DCTC will be able to find its new IP.
* Fix a bug in search result string. The reply now includes the hub port.
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2002/03/30:
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* Version 0.77.0
* Spanish translation of INSTALL and README files by Iigo Lpez-Barranco Muiz.
* When the client was disconnected from the hub, the previous version forgets to
load the previous client status before modifying it.
* Error returned by Berkeley database is handled more gracefully.
* 2 new commands added: /DBL and /GBL. /DBL is like /UBL but for download
instead of upload and use bloc of 1KBytes instead of 512bytes one. /GBL allows
a limitation of the number of 8KBytes blocs copied per second when a client
gather all parts of GDLs.
* Support of Berkeley Database 4.0 added.
* The configure script now has the option --with-db to specify where the
Berkeley Database include and lib directories are. If you have compiled the
library yourself, you probably will have to use this option with something
like /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.0 as parameter.
* -u flag takes now 3 parameters instead of 1.
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2002/03/24:
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* Version 0.76.0
* Dutch translation of the GDL and BerkeleyDB documentations added by Myckel
Habets.
* Fix a severe security bug in the function handling download. Due to a missing
character in the C code, it is possible to download any file, shared or not
as long as you know its name. Problem notified by Morra.
* When the client was disconnected from the hub, the previous version resets the
number of GDL of the global status file. The problem has been fixed.
* new commands added: /HIDE_KICK, /SHOW_KICK. Enable/disable hub-security global
chat kick message deletion. To limit pollution of global chat, I suggest you
to discard these annoying messages.
* An UI can now send DCTC commands in client udp socket used by DCTC link.
* minor error message fixed in berkeley database initialization. DCTC should no
more crash when database creation fails.
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2002/03/17:
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* Version 0.75.0
* The user informations are now sent to the server only if they differ from the
previously sent ones. This will avoid to periodically receive the incoming
message from buggy hub bots.
* BerkeleyDB v3 library/includes is required.
* remote users can now be "flagged". The following flags are available: ignore
private messages, ignore search queries, ignore search_replies.
* new extra command support added: $ChgSSP. This command is a sub-command that
can be used during a transfer. Command added by Yves Blusseau.
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2002/03/10:
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* Version 0.74.0
* The value given by /GDLASOFFAFT is now properly taken into account to limit
autoscan. Previously, the /MAXRUNGDLSRC value was used instead.
* when a private message is relayed to other running DCTC clients thru DCTC
links, the hubname is included in the relayed message.
* web proxy support added to hublist. Patch by Thomas Stewart.
* To avoid wasting bandwidth, download queries received when no download slot is
available are discarded without even starting a transfer handshake.
* global status file now includes the number of GDLs and the number of users of
each running client.
NOTE: BerkeleyDB library/includes will be needed by the next version.
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2002/03/03:
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* Version 0.73.0
* nickname bug fixed in "Null download connection" message.
* fix a bug in the Makefile.am. hublist is now properly linked with glib.
* /SLOWGDLLST delay has been changed from 8 to 4 seconds.
* New commands added: /HIDE_ABS, /SHOW_ABS. This will hide/show the first
character (/) at the beginning of the directory you share.
* Polish Translation of installation and readme files by
Piotr '_PepeR_' Wojciechowski.
* Before using .dctc or .dctc/running directories, DCTC now first check if it
can access to them.
* New commands added: /ABORTLEAVED, /NOABORTLEAVED. Cancel uploads of users
having left the hub.
* New command added: /MAXRUNGDLSRC. This command adjusts the limit of number of
simultaneous running download source per GDL.
* New command added: /GDLASOFFAFT. If the number of running sources of a GDL
reachs the given number, autoscans of this GDL are disabled.
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2002/02/24:
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* Version 0.72.0
* file type has been updated.
* new file added: $HOME/.dctc/gstatus. This file contains the status of all
running DCTC client (online, offline).
* new command added: /SLOWGDLLST. It is a limited version of /GDLLST taking
the command into account only if it has not be entered in the last 8 seconds
(useful to limit dialog between UI and DCTC).
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2002/02/16:
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* Version 0.71.1
* fix the segmentation fault problem occuring when a relayed private chat
message is a multiline message and starts with newline(s).
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2002/02/16:
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* Version 0.71.0
* fix the bug occuring when a multiline string is pasted into the private chat.
Previously, the destination user received it but the local user sees nothing.
* Away status is now taken into account when creating a new client.
* Indirect private chat is now supported. If dctc link is enabled, you can
dialog with any user from any hub you are connected using any of the running
DCTC. Using this feature, you can centralize all chats into one GUI or jump
from one DCTC to another without interrupting chats.
* new commands added: /DLFORCE, /NODLFORCE. Force your download to start with a
remote client even if the remote client wants to download.
* new command line option added to configure script. --enable-bug-workaround.
On some old glibc, some bugs occurs when some functions are called from thread
mainly if the CPU is not able to perform unaligned memory access. The problem
has been noticed with a SPARC CPU running redhat 6.2 and during a semctl
(GETVAL) call. Using this option installs a workaround these bugs.
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2002/02/09:
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* Version 0.70.0
* /LS is now able to use direct download.
* GDL autoscan can now use dctc link.
* when attaching a GDL to a running client, autoscans of the attached GDL now
restarts.
* search results no more display the client own files. Previously, the client
displays your own files if they match the query.
* minimal length of remote search query has been modified. It is now a 2 char
pattern (previously, it was 4).
* random number generator is now properly initialized.
* when moving to another hub, being disconnected, ..., the nickname is resetted
to its original value, any digits appended to avoid nickname conflicts are
discarded.
* /LS command is now only started by client having either a console display or
a local UI connected. This avoids the problem of having a client without
display starting a /LS (created by another client) just because direct
download is enabled and it has the remote user address.
* In few cases, DCTC can now links GDL downloads (like normal download does).
You won't have to wait a long time for a free slot.
* hublist and DCTC now support SOCKS proxy (version 4 only). New flags added in
DCTC (-S, -P, -U). hublist accepts 2 or 3 parameters (socks proxy address,
port and user ID (if necessary)). SOCKS support is in its early stage,
sometimes, returned error messages may have no meaning.
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2002/02/03:
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* Version 0.69.0
* when /GDLEND is used, the killed GDL's download directory is now properly
destroyed.
* Fix the "long try" GDL problem. Sometimes, starting GDL transfer fails and
remains in try mode for a long time (it wastes no CPU or bandwidth, it just
waits the timeout to retry).
* Dutch Translation of installation and readme files by Myckel Habets.
* new flag added: --dctclink. Enable the capability to cooperate with other
running DCTC client to perform some task like /SRCH, /DL and GDL download
on all connected hubs at the same time.
* new commands added: /LINK, /NOLINK. Enable/disable dctc link (see --dctclink)
* Fix the GDL direct download bug. Previously, direct download is not used by
GDL even if the option is enabled.
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2002/01/27:
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* Version 0.68.0
* New command added in client to client protocol: $GetFileLength.
* In active mode, each GDL can now scan for new download source using one or
more search patterns (autoscan).
* New GDL commands added: /GDLAS+ (add autoscan pattern), /GDLAS- (remove auto
scan pattern), /GDLDETACH (detach a GDL of the client).
* fix a crash occuring when the local client wants to start a download and
when simultaneously, the remote client connection ends before remote client
direction has been received.
* several memory allocation errors have been fixed.
* bzip2 has been added to the list of compressed file type.
* fix a crash occuring when the client creates a new transfer thread and
pthread_create return EINTR. I am not sure the problem still occurs with
glibc 2.2 but it exists with glibc 2.1. Previously, the client supposes the
thread does not exist and frees its memory -> core dump. Now, the client
supposes the thread exists. In the worst case, few memory is lost but it no
more coredumps.
* to reduce CPU load, GTS is now called only every 5 seconds. With the DDL
support and without this limit, we can easily achieve a 100% CPU load,
especially with a lot of running connections.
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2002/01/20:
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* Version 0.67.0
* DCTC now enables the "SERVER" status if the client is up for more than 2 hours
and shares more than 2GB (including offset).
* Pong command is now supported.
* --nomd5sum bug has been fixed (-5 flag is not affected).
* new feature added: DDL (Direct download). Using this, it is possible start a
download without being connected to a hub (remote user must be active, not
passive) or even having one running dctc connected to a hub (using GTS, it is
only possible to have xfers moving from one client to another but only if the
destination client is connected). This feature affects both the normal
download (/DL) and GDL download (/GDL).
* new commands added: /DDL, /NODDL. Enable/disable download without hub.
* On hub connection loss, DCTC sends new connection status to UI.
* Fix the bug preventing user to enter a hub as registered user if DCTC has been
launched from UI.
* GLSTC message has been modified to include GDL start time and download bytes.
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2002/01/13:
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* Version 0.66.0
* In GDL, DCTC no more crashs on do_gdl_start when no download range can be
allocated.
* Fix the Glib-CRITICAL message occuring when no data are received during
transfer handshake.
* Fix the crash occuring when during transfer handshake, the connection is
closed just when a $Lock is expected.
* Some info messages are now debug messages.
* minor communication code parts have been changed to reduce unwanted signal
generation.
* new flag added: --nomd5sum. The MD5sum is used for content search. If you run
DCTC on a slow computer or share a lot of file (in number, not in size), MD5
computation can take a long time. Using this flag, you can disable it.
Note: once disabled, it is not possible to reenable it without leaving the
client.
* when attaching a GDL to a client, the client now immediatly checks if the GDL
is completed.
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2002/01/06:
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* Version 0.65.0
* Fix the bug preventing /GDLEND to work properly on a running and not finished
GDL.
* Fix a bug in the users information caching system.
* Fix the bug crashing DCTC when creating semaphores on some OS (redhat 6.2 on
sparc for example).
* DCTC now handles nickname conflict properly.
* a REFRESH_MSG is now sent when a task is removed from the running task list
due to a timeout on start.
* an error message is now displayed for each file not taken into account in the
shared directories.
* fix forever trying GDL tasks. In fact, only their status is trying but they
don't really try.
* when a GDL ends, its temporary directory is now cleared and destroyed.
* GDL now properly supports the when_done flag (move complete file into the
done/ directory).
* When a GDL ends successfully, the result is stored inside the .done file,
as standard download does.
* To avoid multiple client to download the same GDL file, a lock is now set in
the GDL file temp directory.
* To allow GDL resuming, inside a GDL file temp directory, a description of the
running GDL is saved inside this directory.
* To allow GDL resuming, new command added: /GDLATTACH. Use it followed by the
name of the GDL you want to start. If it exists and is still not busy, it is
load in the current client.
* when trying to leave DCTC with /FORCEQUIT, running connections are now closed.
Previously, uploading threads may remain alive and uploads.
* GDL sources are only used if the user having the source nickname is on the hub
(it is stupid to waste bandwidth sending requests which cannot success).
* GDL download range now takes into account the remote file size of this
connection. Previously, it is ok when a download is started but during the
transfer, this information is not taken into account.
* Fix a bug in initial download range allocation function occuring when there is
no unused segment.
* it is now possible to give an empty password to /PASSWD. Just use "/PASSWD ".
* DCTC now handles hub redirection. It can either disconnect and come back
later or follow the redirection.
* 2 new commands added: /FOLLOW_FORCE and /UNFOLLOW_FORCE.
* DCTC now supports OS without mmap.
* A display bug forcing DCTC to pause forever has been fixed.
* It is now possible to send multi-line message in the chat (/CHAT) and in
private chat (/PRIV) using \r where new line must be inserted.
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2001/12/30:
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* Version 0.64.0
* To avoid unnecessary DC commands, Users information (/UINFO result) is now
cached.
* New output message type added: "PRGBR]". This message appears to report
progress of a task. Currently, initial shared file database building uses it.
* client to client transfer function has been partially rewritten to be more
efficient and accurate.
* For future usage, in the client to client transfer, a new command has been
added ($Capabilities) which describes which enhanced function the client
support (see Documentation/DCextensions/p2p_cabilities for more information).
The client remains compatible with DC.
* previous version of DCTC doesn't return anything when the searched pattern is
at the end of the matching string. Bug is now fixed.
* For user in active mode, in earlier version, an error can occur when creating
communication port. If the search port fails to create, active search fails
until the /PORT command is used. The problem has been fixed both when starting
DCTC and when performing a /PORT.
* search pattern handling works now in the same manner has DC does. Use $ to
separate searched strings.
* it is now possible to download one file from multiple source at the same time
using a segmented download. This feature is in ALPHA VERSION. (see /GDL* and
Documentation/GDL for more information)
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2001/12/23:
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* Version 0.63.0
* some remote users extra information are now guessed. DCTC can identify users
running in passive mode. It can also still find host address/port of active
mode users. This is the first step of the hubless download. Using these
information it is technically possible to start download without being
connected to a hub.
* minor error fixed in $Capabilities function. Reply can be sent on the wrong
socket.
* new command added: /RECOND. Using it, you can change the hub reconnection
delay when the client loses the hub connection.
* new flag added: --precmd. The parameter of this flag is a / command. All the
commands given using one or more this flag are performed before the hub
connection. See Documentation/commands for more information.
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2001/12/09:
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* Version 0.62.0
* DCTC now uses automake/autoconf. Just compile with ./configure ...
* hub address (-g option) can now contain a port. Syntax: hubaddr[:hubport]. If
no port is given, the default one is used.
* Despite a bug fixed in the previous version, DCTC still crashs. Another bug
has been found inside transfer initialization. When the transfer is initiated
by the remote side, if during this initialization, the remote side closes its
connection before sending a direction, previous DCTC versions crashed. The
problem should be fixed now.
* new option added: --mdc. Its default value is 0 (DC compatible command).
If the value is set to 1 and a compatible hub is found (none still exists),
DCTC uses an extended command set. Currently, only extra command is supported:
$Capabilities (see Documentation/MDC for more information).
* new message added: $ULST]. For each running upload, this message contains the
upload status.
* new command added: /RESHARE. Rebuild the database of shared files to take into
acount added/removed files/directories.
* new command added: /REUINFO. resent user information to the hub (mainly used
internally).
* The shared file database is now rebuilt every 15 minutes.
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2001/12/02:
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* Version 0.61
* The bug preventing some clients to perform download from a DCTC client. The
problem seems to occur only with old glibc but not with recent one. A
misplaced MSG_WAITALL on send system calls was the problem. Newest glibc
doesn't care about this unuseful flag but oldest seems to.
* To work like DC, now, no more than 5 search results are sent to each search
query.
* Trying to fix the bug randomly crashing DCTC. It is quite hard because the
problem occurs very randomly and everytime, the stack is trashed.
* To improve bandwidth usage, when /ULIST is entered, if DCTC already has the
user list, it doesn't retrieve it one more time but use the one it has.
To avoid any potential problem, the command /ULIST_FORCE has been added and
force DCTC to retrieve user list from the hub, even if it still has it.
* -s option has been rewritten. Shared directories are now added after the un*x
socket has been created. Thus, UI should no more think the client has hanged
because it doesn't respond for a too long time.
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2001/11/24:
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* Version 0.60
* the client now can link downloads (file or file list) on the same connection.
It no more releases the download connection and tries to establish a new one.
* upload bandwidth limitation added. The bandwidth is set for all clients
running on the same computer and having the same owner. This bandwidth is
shared by them.
* -u added to set up the default bandwidth limit.
* /UBL added to dynamically change the bandwidth limit of running clients.
* When changing the number of upload slots, the number of free upload slots is
now properly adjusted.
* minor bugs occuring when an upload tries to start and all upload slots are
busy have been fixed. Previously, a 10 bytes string is sent to the client
which though it is 10 bytes of the wanted data while it is the error message.
* same problem as previous one fixed for the shared list download.
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2001/11/06:
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* Version 0.59
* Password protected nickname are now supported (see /PASSWD command and
PASWD] message).
* Fix a minor bug occuring sometimes when a UI reconnects a running client.
* Sometimes, the last displayed (or sent to local socks) messages are lost.
The problem should be fixed now.
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2001/10/21:
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* Version 0.58
* it is now possible, with compatible client (DCTC, ...), to search file by
content instead of filename.
* After 5 minutes, the client automatically switches on the away flag.
Side effect: this action also keeps the connection alive. Since v0.56, the
download function has been optimized to reduce bandwidth usage but due to this
optimization, the command connection can remain unused for a long time so the
hub disconnect the client. Because the client has no more things to send, it
does not establish a new connection to the hub.
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2001/10/07:
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* Version 0.57
* fix the compilation problem occuring on some linux distribution in db.c and
also some warnings.
* new flag added: -v. This flag allows you to override protocol version sent by
DCTC to hubs. Thus, it is no more necessary to wait new release of DCTC to
enter hubs only accepting latest DC client.
* current DC protocol version has changed from 1,0009 to 1,0091.
* fix the "crash all running clients" bug. In fact, this bug doesn't crash all
clients. All clients are crashing when they attempt to lock the .dctc/gts.*
file at the same time.
* /HUBNAME crash fixed. The first previous changes of the v0.56 has created new
bugs. For example, if the hub is slow to return its name and someone has
already entered commands, some commands may crash because there is no valid
result to return (ex: /HUBNAME).
* SIGHUP is now catched. If the start shell ends (or crashs), dctc will stay
alive. This change has been done because the xterm of Mandrake 8.1 seems to be
buggy and crashs when "strange" strings are displayed.
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2001/09/30:
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* Version 0.56
* the keyboard input now is available when the client is trying to establish a
connection with the hub, even if the hub is very slow to reply.
* the queued download list is now shared by all clients. Thus, transfer can
move from one hub to another.
* remote search query are now supported if the remote client is in active mode.
* sometimes, the GUI hangs because it waits DCTC and DCTC hangs because it waits
the GUI. The problem comes from socket capacity. When both programs want to
write but nobody reads, the sockets become full and both program wait. The
problem is not solved but it should be no more occur ... at least until very
big hub (approximately more than 800 users) exists.
* patch from David Toth: File sharing list Windows (DC) compatibility bugfix.
The byte 4 of the file list is now computed.
* Protocol violation has been removed when a DC client wants to retrieve the
shared file list. In combination with the previous patch, the list of shared
files can now be displayed by Direct Connect.
* To avoid compatibility problem, if path containing shared files are absolute
(starts with a slash), DCTC transparently replaces it by a (0xFF). This
tips is not visible in a search result, only in shared file list.
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2001/09/22:
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* Version 0.55
* fix the hanging problem occuring when the client losts its terminal. Previous
version hangs forever.
* new command added: /DONE and /UNDONE. When a download ends, the file can be
moved into the done/ directory or stay where it is.
* new flags added: -t and -w. -w = /DONE. if -t is used, the program
immediatly closes its input and output descriptor thus no messages are
displayed on the shell and commands cannot be entered using the keyboard.
This flag is mainly here to provided a "clean" interface to GUI.
* new flag added: -l. When -l is provided, at the very beginning, the client
hangs until someone connects to its local socket (like a GUI). This flag is
only here for GUI.
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2001/09/15:
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* Version 0.54
* fix the crash problem occuring when a program disconnect from the local socket.
* in directory $(HOME)/.dctc, a file recent contains the list of all recently
contacted hubs.
* get_a_dc_line has been updated to avoid hanging when the network connection
hangs.
* new flag: -x. Same as /DLOFF but from the command line.
* bug fix in the /PORT command. Changing the transfer port on the fly now works.
* bug fix in /VARS. shared dir list is now correctly returned.
* new command added: /LPATH. change the download directory.
* if the transfer port is already used by someone else or cannot be used, the
client tries the ports after the given one until it found one.
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2001/09/09:
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* Version 0.53
* some no more useful INFO messages have been changed into DEBUG messages. The
client will be less verbose.
* New command added: /LS. this command retrieves the list of the given user
shared files.
* New command added: /VARS. the command returns the value of some internal
client vars.
* Some new output messages have been added: ASTRT,ASTOP, RFRSH, BXFER, VAR.
Those messages are here to simplify task managment of a GUI.
* When starting a new client, it creates an Unix socket into $(HOME)/.dctc/running.
socket name is "dctc-xxxxxxxx-yyyy" where xxxxxxxx is the pid of the process (8
characters) and yyyy is the hub address (the one provided by -g). A file is also
created with the name "dctc-xxxxxxxx-yyyy.done". It contains the list of all
done transfers.
* Remote clients can now retrieve the list of files shared by the client. For an
unknown reason, DC fails to display the file list while this client
successfully displays it (who cares, only windoz users won't see the file
list).
* To avoid unwanted termination of the client, some signals are now captured
(Ctrl-C). Ctrl-C now works only after a /QUIT has been entered.
* New command added: /ERRLOG. Same function as /LOG except only "ERR ]" messages
are logged. If both /LOG et /ERRLOG are used at the same time,"ERR ]" messages
are written in both files.
* On download, if the client receives a $Error message, it now aborts and
reports the error message. Previously, the client retries which is not very
useful because the $Error message only appears when the wanted file is no more
available.
* If someone tries to download a file which is no more shared, the client now
returns an error message before closing the transfer connection.
* when the client fails to open (err)log file, it now reports the error.
* if no data are shared, the client always returns "no more download slot" to
client who want to get your file list.
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2001/08/24:
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* Version 0.52
* Fix the thread creation problem. Previously, after many tries (upload/
download), due to an error, the client cannot create new threads. This case
mainly appears on heavily loaded hub and/or if you let the client up for a
quite a long time (more than 12 hours).
* Simultaneous download from the same user is no more possible. In such case,
1 transfer runs and all others remain queued (in the CMDKB list).
* In some quite rare cases, a just failed download is requeued more than one
time. To avoid the problem. It is no more possible to queue more than one time
the same download query.
* Active mode search is now available.
* New command added: /MSEARCH. Using it, you can do a multi-hub search.
* New command added: /HUBNAME. Reprint the name of the current hub.
* The client doesn't crash anymore if, when it tries to reconnect to the hub,
the hub doesn't send an invalid connection string.
* After using the /DLOFF command, when replying to a search query, the client
tell all download slots are busy.
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2001/08/18:
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* Version 0.51
* Bug fix in download function. If the connection is closed, the thread now
exits. Previously, the thread eats all CPU inside an infinite loop.
* when a remote client queries a connection from the client, the client no more
hangs until the end of connection establishment.
* transfers no more hang forever after a network error. A timeout of 10 minutes
has been added. Due to the fact that Direct Connect works with 8KByte bloc,
a timeout of less than 8 minutes is not recommended else a timeout may occur
if speed goes beyond 1KB/s.
* if a download is aborted due to a network error, it is automatically restarted
30 seconds later. The download always resumes from the end of file.
* if a download is aborted due to the lack of remote client response (ie. user
has left the hub), the download is automatically retried 1 minute later.
* New message type added: CMDKB. It is a commandline which will be sent
automatically when the given time is reached.
* New command added: /KILLKB. This command allows you to remove a queued command
from the CMDKB list.
* New commands added: /LOG and /NOLOG. Using these commands, you can save
displayed messages into a log file.
* After a hub disconnection, the client will now try to reconnect it every 5
seconds until you force the client to quit (/QUIT) or the connection can be
reestablished. During this time, keyboard commands still are available.
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2001/08/15:
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* Version 0.50
* Initial public release
* The most useful functions are available and work.
Missing functions are:
- file browsing from local and remote host.
- active mode search. Currently, only passive mode search is available.
If you are in active mode, the client switched just a few moment into
passive to perform the search, this doesn't affect any running or incoming
connection.
- more accurate upload status. Currently, only the filename is reported.
- support of operator functions. Currently, only the most useful user
functions are available.
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