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@@ -0,0 +1,1094 @@ +v4_0_18 + Fix for names of iconv encodings on AIX + Fix mt_size_t on NetBSD + Fixed compilation on Mingw + Fixed doc (especially mformat) + Fix mformat'ing of FAT12 filesystems with huge cluster sizes + Minfo prints image file name in mformat command line if an image + file name was given + Always generate gzip-compressed RPMs, in order to remain + compatible with older distributions + Fixed buffer overflow with drive letter in mclasserase +v4_0_17 + mbadblocks now takes a list of bad blocks (either as sectors + or as clusters) + mbadblocks now is able to do write scanning for bad blocks + mshowfat can show cluster of specific offset + Enable mtools to deal with very small sector sizes... + Fixed encoding of all-lowercase names (no need to mangle + these) + Consider every directory entry after an ENDMARK (0x00) to be deleted + After writing a new entry at end of a directory, be sure to also add + an ENDMARK (0x00) + + Deal with possibility of a NULL pointer being returned by + localtime during timestamp conversion +v4_0_16 + configure.in fixes + fixed formatting of fat_size_calculation.tex document + compatibility with current autoconfig versions + Make it clear that label is limited to 11 characters + Fixed typo in initialization of FAT32 info sector +v4_0_15 + Added missing -i option to mshortname + Splitted .deb package into mtools and floppyd in order to + match Ubuntu +v4_0_14 + New mshortname command + Fix floppyd for disks bigger than 2 Gig + Remove obsolete -z flag + Remove now unsupported AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS + Fixed output formatting of mdir if MTOOLS_DOTTED_DIR is set + Mformat now correctly writes backup boot sector + Fixed signedness of serial number in mlabel + Fixed buffer size problem in mlabel + Make mlabel write backup boot sector if FAT32 + Catch situation where both clear and new label are given to mlabel + Quote filename parameters to scripts + Mformat: Close file descriptor for boot sector + Added lzip support to scripts/uz + Added Tot_sectors option to mformat + Fixed hidden sector handling in mformat + Minfo generates mformat command lines containing new -T option + Mlabel prints error if label too long +v4_0_13 + Merged Debian patches +v4_0_12 + Mingw compatibility fixes +v4_0_11 + Fixed compiler warnings in mlabel.c and elsewhere + Fixed h flag in mattrib.c + Added missing error checking in floppyd and elsewhere + +v4_0_10 + More copyright stuff... + Fixed issues with max filesize (was 2GB instead of 4GB, and + warned only after copying the beginning) +v4_0_9 + More copyright stuff +v4_0_8 + Corrected copyright attributions in the various files +v4_0_7 + Fixed conversion to native on OS/2 + Fix parsing of --help flag +v4_0_6 + Fallback for missing wchar_t iconv codepage on OS/2 + Fixes for LSEEK64 support + Support for --help that returns a 0 exit status +v4_0_5 + Make setpgrp() usage in floppyd conditional + Re-instate PACKED around structure (ARM) + LSEEK64 + +v4_0_4 + BSD support: SCSI, use getuserid/getgroupid in floppyd + Another attempt at putwc fix for OS/2 + Further GNU fixes + Fallback for putwc if there is wchar (OS/2) +v4_0_3 + Fix multipart pathname parsing bug in vfat.c (forgot limited length) + Supplied fallback define for putwc + Copyright notices in all sources +v4_0_2 + Off-by-2 error in unix_name in file_name.c +v4_0_1 + Missing functions on Solaris +v4_0_0 + Offset for -i-specified image files +v4_0_0_pre2 + Use transliteration to represent characters which don't exist in + target set +v4_0_0_pre1 + Mtools-4 with Unicode support + Released 4.0.0_pre1 +v20071226 + Debian build files + Fixed security issue with doctored file names + 64 bit compilation fixes +v20070601 + Fixed misc blunders... +v20070531 + Fixed lots of minor items raised by gcc4 + Merged some of the BSD patches + New version of amuFormat.sh written in sh rather than csh + Support for config parameters after -i file + Released 3.9.11 +v20070411 + Added sizecode printing on minfo + In mformat manpage, use same flag for sector number than printed in + minfo + Limit sizecode to 6, else it will overflow max sector size defined in + msdos.h +v20070308 + Applied mingw patch by Jamey Sharp and Josh Triplett +v20070306 + Fixed doc about /etc/default +v20070305 + Fixed mlabel on read-only disks +v20060626 + Merged Redhat/Fedora patches +v20060531 + #ifdef linux-dependant code in mformat.c +v20060525 + Fix gcc4 warnings + Fix reading of boot sector (block size) +v20060228b + Do no longer open floppy devices with O_EXCL, in order to enable + work-around against broken cache. +v20060228 + If no info dir exists at all, assume dir +v20060227 + Support for DESTDIR +v20051011 + Fix Unix loop +v20050410 + Cygwin compatibility +v20050317 + Solaris 8 compatibility +v20050302 + Released 3.9.10 +v20050228 + Support for multiple drives in floppyd +v20050213b + Updated .spec file +v20050213 + Fixed some long name directory entry freeing bugs +v20040505 + Fixed duplicate FAT writing error. Fixed segfault on short images. + Mformat creates images of correct size. + CYGWIN compatibility (O_BINARY flag). +v20040420 + Cygwin patch for plain_io.c (no locking) +v20040228 + Fix a couple of memory leaks in config file parsing. Fix llong.h + (redefined same symbol twice) + Fix a variable initialization problem in plain_io.c + New mclasserase command to erase memory cards + C99 "compatibility" +v20030718 + Fix rootskip and rate of XDF disks +v20030705 + Fix inverted IS_MFORMAT_ONLY conditon in plain_io.c +v20030609 + Moved putc after variable description (anybody knows about a -W + flag so that gcc warns about these?) +v20030606 + Fixed mattrib -p (missing slash) +v20030605 + Added -m option to mformat to specify a non-standard mediabyte +v20030524 + Added -d options to mformat to specify number of FAT copies. Can + also be set using the MTOOLS_NFATS environmental variable. + Also added similar env variable for root directory length + Signed/unsigned fixes, to satisfy increased pickyness of gcc ;-) + CYGWIN fixes for mcat + floppyd bugfixes +v20030213 + Released 3.9.9 : Identical to pre-3.9.9 except for the version number +v20030213 + Released 3.9.9 Pre-1 + Fixed max numbers of sectors for FAT12 and FAT16 (was off by one...) + Improved fat_len calculation + Fixed plain_io.c bug (Swap byte applied after partition stuff, + instead of before) +v20030118 + Fixed mcat end-of-file bugs (mcat went on writing, and writing, + and writing, even after end of file) +v20030105 + If "standard" CHS specified, but non-standard root dir size do not + use table-lookup based geometry ("old-dos media descriptor") +v20021118 + David's new uz script, that can use commands other than gzip for + compression +v20021116 + Fixed vold support for mpartition +v20021105 + Added PACKED to unicode_char declaration (Arm) + Mpartition can now create the image if -I is specified. +v20021104 + Support for geometry-less Atari disks + Support for byte-swapping disks +v20021102b + Avoid .(l and .)l in generated man pages +v20021102 + -i flag + Fix mformat for 2m + Fix [] wildcard off-by-one error + Avoid overwriting (Unix) file by itself in mcopy + Avoid cloberring any file if implicit target is used (the + one-argument syntax of mcopy) + Added Zip 750 entry to mzip.c + SCO Scsi fix +v20020125 + Fixes for cygwin + Fixes in buffer.c for oddly sized image files + Mformat.c fixes to avoid makeing images which would not be + readable in windows. +v20010908 + Warn for invalid partition numbers +v20010526 + Released pre6-3.9.8 : getting rid of linux-gnu references is + almost as difficult as exorcising the devil... +v20010526 + Released pre5-3.9.8 after fixing a couple of version numbers +v20010526 + Applied Adrian Bunk's patches, minus the Stallmanisms. + De-stallmanized config.gues and config.sub files + pre4-3.9.8 +v20010521 + Fixed DELMARK translation of mcopy's -T option, pre3-3.9.8 +v20010521 + Fixed #ifdef DEBUG statements, pre2-3.9.8 +v20010520 + Released pre-3.9.8 +v20010507 + Updated config.guess/config.sub to support Darwin + Patch for converting contents of files from/to Dos' version of + 8bit Ascii + Fixed bug in to_unix function +v20010330 + Updated freebsd floppy device definitions +v20010325 + Fixes for floppyd to work with current protocol version of floppyd +v20010325 + Fixed parsing of Unix filenames ending with slash +v20010325 + Fixed file closing of floppyd +v20001213 + Fixed a cindex entry in documentation +v20001113 + Rewrote PDF rule to use pdflatex, rather than go through dvi + (pdflatex output looks nicer) +v20001113 + Fixed JAZ Zip file overwrite bug (actually, this bug could occur + on any disk reasonably full...) +v20001018 + Fix mzip manpage to include Linux in the list of supported OS'es +v20001009 + Protect against division by zero when reading BSD disks... +v20000829 + Documentation fixes +v20000820 + Hurd openflags fix in mainloop.c + Added description for t option to mcopy man page + Added -lbsd to list of libraries to be tested for LynxOS + Unset LANG in mkmanpages + Updated config.gues/config.sub + Removed stale documentation for xcopy + Fixed typo in mformat man page +v20000810 + Zip 250 support in mzip +v20000708 + Floppyd robustness +v20000703 + Variable initialization in mdir.c +v20000623 + Do not use offset_t on AIX ==> broken +v20000610 + Large disk fixes, especially for Solaris +v20000601 + Released Mtools-3.9.7 +v20000528 + Mtools-pre2-3.9.7 released: some potential buffer overflows +v20000521 + Mtools-pre-3.9.7 released +v20000520 + Added devices for OpenBSD (the previous NetBSD/OpenBSD where wrong + for OpenBSD) +v20000517 + Fixed a couple of floppyd bugs +v20000514 + Added texclean to make distclean, added new "pdf" target. +v20000510 + Did away with ipaddr_t and replaced it with IPaddr_t which is + guaranteed not to crash anywhere... +v20000509 + Defined geometry for default a: devices on Linux and Solaris with vold +v20000502 + Carefully navigate Solaris' polluted namespace... +v20000501 + Suppressed bogus error message when mcopying to an existing file. +v20000429 + Fixed mformat problem with Fat32 (mformat didn't initialize the + label and fat type fields in the boot sector, and the other mtools + utils didn't check them) +v20000428 + Fixed two more scandisk problems: + - the infosector should end with 0x55aa + - When deleting a file, be sure to DELMARK the VSE's as + well as the main entry +v20000428 + Fixed an evasive Fat32 bug: a parent directory entry pointing to + the root should have an address of 0 instead of the more logical 2 +v20000416 + Corrected mdir error handling + Fixed a bug in mren (problem when renaming short file names) +v20000412 + Corrected a typo in error handling +v20000410 + Fixed size problem with Ctrl-Z. +v20000401 + (No joke): avoid setting volume serial number on "Old Dos" disks +v20000320 + - Re-aligned command line options with Dos + - New -n/-N option for mlabel to change volume serial numbers + - Mattrib -p escapes file names in order to handle file name + containing spaces + - Changed mformat serial number format +v19991121 + Fixed 2 bugs: + - Mtools would never completely use all directory slots, because + it overestimated space consumption by 1 + - Mtools did not initialize the stat struct for pipes, and thus + gave occasionnally bogus "Disk full" error messages +v19991011 + Rearranged tty open call so that it is only opened when actually + needed +v19990807 + Added special case for 0xf7 media descriptor +v19990729 + Make O_NDELAY conditional everywhere +v19990715 + Return correct return value from mt_lseek, even if off_t is a 64 + bit quantity +v19990712 + Treat OpenBSD the same as NetBsd +v19990630 + Released 3.9.6 with the following fixes: + - Typoes in xdf_io.c + - Make Xdf work in nodma mode + - Fix for mformatting MSS disks +v19990628 + 1st attempt to release 3.9.6 with mostly minor fixes: + - platform compatibility + - automatic installation of info files + - mdir's -X flag no longer implies "recursive" +v19990419 + 3.9.5 released with mostly minor fixes: + - Starting cluster numbers of "." directory entry + - Copying of empty Files from Dos to Unix + - Misc platform compatibility issues +v19990315 + Another embarrassing bug found, 3.9.4 released. When will this + nightmare stop? +v19990314 + Mtools 3.9.3 released +v19990314 + Open BSD SCSI fixes & added GLIBC linux/unistd.h for llseek. These + Glibc problems are potentially dangerous, and can lead to data loss. +v19990314 + Mtools 3.9.2 released +v19990310 + Fixed typo in plain_io.c +v19990307 + More rigor about signed vs unsigned issue. FreeBSD Scsi support +v19990223 + Allow for 2GB Jaz drives +v19990218 + Rewrote floppyd in C instead of C++ +v19990208 + More buffer fix +v19990112 + Buffer fix +v19990111 + "Big disk" fixes +v19990104 + OS/2 patch +v19981211 + Make sure that fat_type doesn't overwrite byte 62 with zero => + disk unbootable +v19981204 + Added support for "replay" listing of mattrib. Cleaned up version + number and date handling (date was not always accurate...) +v19981204 + Added geometry autodetection code for Linux harddisks to + mpartition and mformat. Removed misleading references to + "non-removable media" +v19981203 + Added boot sector template option for mpartition. Fixed mtools.1 + man page. Mattrib -s e:/ fix +v19981031 + Man pages bug fixes +v19981029 + Fixed HP SCSI "big write" bug +v19980701 + Fixed debug mode in vfat.c +v19980629 + A few minor floppy related fixes (installation, and replacement + for setenv function, which is absent from some platforms) +v19980523 + Added floppyd (remote access to floppy disks) +v19980522 + Updated mkmanpages script to dynamically get date and mtools + version. Correct "removable media" error message to talk about + /etc/mtools.conf instead of /etc/mtools. Do init_geom to read + geometry if no geometry is set. +v19980514 + Mtools 3.9.1 released +v19980503 + Mformats makes disks which are readable both as partitioned and as + plain +v19980405 + Corrected Tim Hoogasian's e-mail address +v19980404 + OS/2 additions +v19980331 + "Dirty end too big" mformat bug corrected +v19980330 + Corrected typoes for IRIX devices, use macros for attribute types, + fix 0 length file bug. +v19980327 + Loop detection code + Bigger array for SCSI command +v19980323 + GLIBC portability +v19980322 + OS/2 portabilty, GLIBC portability +v19980320 + Fixes related to Solaris new vold support +v19980317 + Fixed a few BSD typoes, and renamed ALLCFLAGS in the Makefile to + CFLAGS for those makes that don't support implicit rules well enough +v19980310 + Mtools 3.9 released +v19980308 + Various Bugfixes (overwrite mode and directory cache) +v19980301 + Added mformat_only flag. +v19980130 + Fixed non-batchmode mcopy bug. Fixed shortname case bug +v19980130 + Minfo and mformat boot program bug fixes +v19980120 + Allow default block sizes per device which are not equal to 512 +v19980108 + Allow and interpret back quotes in file names +v19980101 + Misc bugfixes +v19971231 + Scandir optimizations. Fixed nasty Heisenbug in hash.c. +v19971229 + Fixed integer width problem in fat.c, and minor bugs in hashtable. +v19971222 + More performance optization. Buffer handl + ing redone. New + "asynchronous mode". +v19971216 + Fixed mtype and mcheck. Started cleaning up out-of-memory handling +v19971215 + Jacked up performance, and corrected signal handling bugs. Also + corrected various "Disk full bugs" +v19971212 + Fixed "Bad address" errors which occured when running mdu on empty + files. When copying recursively, do not barf if a directory + already exist at the target. Mcopy operates silently by default. +v19971212 + removed mwrite. Obsoleted long ago by mcopy +v19971211 + fixed mdir -X, added mattrib -X; document both. Fix doc for name + clash handling +v19971210 + fixed polarity of sys_errlist. Renamed some include files which + bore the same name as system include files. Fixed another + memory leak in dir_grow. A/UX termio workaround. +v19971209 + fixed filedescriptor leak. Make mbadblocks stoppable. Doc + fixes. Fixed one memory leak, another one further down the road + remains... Fixed error handling in createDirectory. +v19971208 + bugfixes: mbadblocks, fat, unix quit, null pointers in mcopy... +v19971205 + Renamed it to pre3-3.9 due to mixup when shipping the pre2-3.9 + version. No actual code change apart from patchlevel.h +v19971204 + Pre2-3.9. Added mpartion manpage. Added misc.o dependency to + mkmanifest. Fixed mpartition bug with partitions with more + than 1023 cylinders +v19971129 + Pre-3.9. Redid the mainloop logic, and got rid of lots of cruft + in subdir.c and parse.c. It is now possible to put wildcards in + the directory part of the filename. Design also became simpler, + making it easyer to maintain this part in the future. + Added a -u flag to mzip to temporarily unprotect a disk + Added a test to mzip to prevent manipulation of mounted disks + Added support for partitioned devices in mmount +v19971116 + Added mdu and recursive mdir +v19971112 + Fixed bugs in recursive copy stuff, added recursive mattrib, and + fixed a few buffer overrun bugs +v19971110 + Added recursive copy and attribute conservation flags to mtools +v19971029 + Fix parse.c typo +v19971013 + Include Sys5 directories on SunOs in order to have a correct + timestamp + Detect Lilo disks +v19971006 + Correct vold typo +v19971002 + Use 8 sector clusters for 32-bit FATs: this is what Micro$oft user +v19970823 + Corrected gross bug in fat12_decode +v19970823 + Simplified fat bits handlings +v19970820 + Raw Scsi_io for SGI +v19970813 + Buffer.c and FAT bugfixes +v19970813 + More FAT32 fixes. New mshowfat command. +v19970813 + Fix FAT32 problem (FAT32 does not use the high nibble) +v19970812 + Detect presence of sys_errlist using autoconf instead of + making its usage dependent on BSD. + Fixed make texclean. + Guard against corrupted "next free block" pointer in a FAT32 + InfoBlock +v19970715 + Use root priviliges during scsi_init +v19970714 + Fixed close-on-exec bug. +v19970714 + Fixed #include in HP_UX. Sys/floppy.h is not known on all flavors + of HP_UX +v19970713 + Fixed Makefile so that make -j works without errors. Fixed + upper/lower bug in mmount +v19970708 + Released 3.8 +v19970629 + Add option to mformat to keep boot sector, or to read it from + a file. Added various flags to customize directory listing + appearance and long name behavior +v19970629 + Fix bug in yesterdays fix. Also make sure to resize hash + table if too many deleted entries accumulate. +v19970628 + Fixed yet another hash table bug +v19970619 + Yet another HPUX fix. +v19970619 + Fixed a segfault in mpartition +v19970617 + Removed a few Stallmanisms in config.guess +v19970612 + 3.7 released +v19970611 + Corrected a few errors in new vold code +v19970610 + Removed extra &'s from string addresses. + Added listing of current configuration to mtools -V + Updated version number and date in mkmanpages +v19970604 + New Bebox patch. Removes almost all BEBOX specifities because + they are no longer needed with the new DR9 release. + Small fix for size detection of SCSI disks. +v19970524 + Fixed small typo in new vold code +v19970524 + Added partition consistency checks for accessing device. +v19970523 + New version of Solaris vold code +v19970516 + Solaris floppy geometry. Support for older MO disks (size + returned in non-standard location) + Corrected ftp address for fdutils +v19970504 + Updated README.BEBOX +v19970504 + Brought Makefile.Be and config.h.Be up to date with the recent + changes +v19970504 + Add Ultrix to the list of OS'es which do not define their + prototypes + Small Makefile fix +v19970503 + Various "Next proofintg". + * add VENDOR_, CPU_ and OS_ before machine type tags + detected by autoconf. Next tends to be a frequently + used variable + * use utimes preferably before utime + * try to include _all_ termios functions. + * more precise detection of available termios functions +v19970501 + Added knowledge of Zip Tools Disk password to mzip. +v19970429 + Went back to using ALLCFLAGS in Makefile for those people who + want to override CFLAGS +v19970426 + Added note about Alpha site to doc. +v19970423 + Prefer termios.h on Ultrix +v19970422 + Renamed missing_functions to missFuncs in order to accomodate + operating systems with file name size limits. +v19970420 + Autoextend size for images that are too small. Moved BSD + dependant #ifdef's after the inclusion of sys/param.h, as it + is there where BSD is defined (sigh!) +v19970419 + Insist on the fact that mzip's -f flag only makes sense if + given in addition to -e +v19970419 + Corrected typo in doc. +v19970417 + Removed read and write prototypes, they conflict on an Alpha! +v19970414 + More HP/UX fixes. +v19970414 + 3.6 released +v19970414 + Do not stat any files in /dev/ on BEOS. Remove spurious system + include files from non-sysincludes.h file +v19970413 + Fixed Zip disk eject +v19970412 + Added Sunos4 and SCO support to scsi.c. Use tzset before + gettimeofday, except for BSD. Use Z: for a Zip drive, and J: + for a Jaz drive instead of D: for both. Added machine + specific libraries and CFLAGS for A/UX. +v19970410 + Various A/UX fixes. Changed scanning order for termio and + termios due to problems with the other order on A/UX. +v19970405 + Print error message for wrong password. +v19970405 + Include mzip man page +v19970404 + Document new config flags introduced in 970204. + On systems not supporting euid, do not bail out if both euid + and ruid are 0. +v19970404 + Prevent mmove from moving directories into themselves in order + to keep a tree-like directory structure +v19970403 + Fixes for mtools_no_vfat +v19970402 + Additional config file pointed by MTOOLSRC; possibility to + switch off generation of VFAT long names. +v19970401 + HP/UX setresuid support. "Mcopy a: ." bugfix. +v19970331 + Renamed f_* functions into file_* in order to avoid a clash + with a preprocessor macro named f_data on AIX. +v19970323 + Released 3.5, Solaris compatibility fix w.r.t. memmove +v19970323 + Released 3.4 +v19970319 + Fixed location of configuration file in doc. +v19970318 + Fixed mlabel bug +v19970316 + More BSD & 64 bit changes +v19970308 + Added at_exit implementation for those boxes who have neither + on_exit nor atexit. Added check to make sure the compiler + handels structures in a sane way. +v19970307 + Backed out again of the traditional-cpp change on + larry.jones@sdrc.com's advice +v19970306 + Added traditional-cpp in order to make mtools compilable on a Sun +v19970304 + Fixed nolock flag +v19970227 + BEOS fixes and support for SCSI devices with a sector size + different from 512. +v19970225 + Fixed some preprocessor macros. Added texclean macro to Makefile +v19970224 + Clarified the documentation about the Bebox. +v19970224 + Released 3.3 +v19970220 + Made Makefile "AIX-proof". Added precmd to config.c +v19970219 + Fixed typo in mdel. +v19970217 + Osf4 support. Released 3.2 +v19970216 + Fixed Makefile typo, and fixed various bugs with renaming or + moving dot or dot dot +v19970215 + Fixed streamcache.c bug +v19970214 + Added add-disk script and format.dat file +v19970214 + Fixed mrd e:xxx/, tested Xdf support +v19970210 + Strange mformat fixes... Dos always seems to assume a cluster + size of at least 8 sectors and 512 root directory entries. Sigh! +v19970209 + FAT32 support, BeOS patches +v19970208 + Added more debugging code to mpartition and minfo. Added + "packed" attribute to the partition structure. + Cleaned up argument handling. +v19970207 + Fixed partition removal bug in mpartition.c +v19970206 + Fixed streamcache allocation bug. Clearer error message when + trying to access a non-existant partition. +v19970205 + Added "packed" attribute to some fields of the vfat_subentry + structure, in order to work around a bug in a gcc version for + SunOS. + Use getpass() for password prompting in mzip.c +v19970203 + Various small bug fixes +v19970202 + Fixed typoes in plain_io.c, mpartition.c and mtools.texi. + Relaxed security in mpartition.c, so non-root users may print + a partition, or perform any local changes to it. + Mpartition now prints info to recreate partition. +v19970201 + Add mpartition command to partition Zip, Jaz and other Scsi + devices. + Chose between on_exit or atexit using autoconf. +v19970130 + Added minfo command to print disk geometry and other parameters. +v19970129 + Replaced atexit by onexit. Atexit barfed on SunOs. + Replaced O_RDWR flag in mzip with O_RDONLY. + Added precmd variable to execute commands before opening a + given drive. +v19970127 + Shortened README, segregated config file pathnames into a + separate file. +v19970125 + General cleanup, more enhancements to privilege handling. +v19970123 + Added debugging output to mzip. + Made expand.c safe and still compatible with suid operation. + Fixed mzip typo. + Made device locking optional. +v19970122 + Added const qualifiers +v19970120 + 3.1 Released +v19970116 + Added kludgy xcopy support +v19970111 + Only skip sys_errlist declaration on NetBSD (some older + platforms might need this) +v19970110 + Upgraded to autoconf 2.12, fixed some Stallmanisms. + Added device entry for LynxOs. +v19970107 + Use gettimeofday before tzset (for BSD). +v19970107 + Use correct location of signal.h. Removed declaration + for sys_errlist. +v19970107 + BEOS patches by Marco Nelissen + Removed some clashing prototypes +v19970103 + Prints privilege debugging message to stderr, and reopens SCSI + file with root privileges. +v19961227 + Fixed typoes in mzip. Added pointer to html doc. +v19961226 + Fixed Linux Scsi ioctl. +v19961225 + Added warnings against cookies, fixed doc to reflect new set-uid + policy. +v19961224 + Fixed typoes in privilege routines, and removed Heisenbergian + parts of the debugging code. +v19961223 + Deleted prototypes for random() and srandom(): they *did* + clash (on a DEC Alpha) +v19961222 + Solaris & SunOS privilege management. Fixed date entries in + ChangeLog file. +v19961221 + Solaris ZIP fix. +v19961219 + Cosmetic mzip fixes. Add pointer to info doc to mtools.1 +v19961219 + ISC addition. Doc fix for set_parameters ioctl. +v19961217 + Mformat doc fix. +v19961216 + Replaced zip_* by scsi_*, as these functions are not + specifically relevant to the ZIP (they apply to the JAZ as + well) + Fixed documentation on -n flag for mcopy +v19961217 + Include termio before termios because of SCO + Applied Jaz patch + Do not declare timezone external variable on Ultrix, where it + has a different type. +v19961215 + Changed floppy into rfloppy for HP/UX. +v19961214 + Added -Q option to mcopy, which aborts copying multiple files + as soon as an error for one file is encounteres + Removed useless -i option for mcopy + Small devices.c portability fixes (ultrix and hpux) +v19961211 + Added mzip (eject ZIP disks) (Markus Gyger <mgyger@itr.ch>) + Renamed mtest to mtoolstest to please pine. +v19961210 + Added warning about running mtools with root privs. +v19961209 + Fixed unitialized variable in fat.c and added example for Sun + mtools.conf +v19961209 + Fixed comment in scripts/tgz +v19961207 + Fixed partition handling code (yes, again!) + Added code to handle ZIP disks on Solaris/SunOS (many thanks + to James P. Dugal (jpd@usl.edu)) +v19961203 + Proper permissions for main directory. +v19961202 + Renamed scripts/gz to scripts/tgz +v19961202 + Added raw devices for Solaris, apparently more performant + Test first for tzset in autoconfigure (Solaris) +v19961202 + Segment fault due to change of buffer size fixed + E-mail adress fixed +v19961117 + Lots of portability fixes. +v19961012 + Yet another typo fix for the partition table code. Oh Gawd, + will this never stop? + Fix for proper .mcwd pathname concatenations +v19961009 + Backed out partition table "fix": the original code was right + after all +v19960920 + Corrected a few uninitialised variables +v19960918 + Corrected doc about devices file. +v19960917 + Added pointer to the doc to the README file +v19960913 + Partition table parsing fixed +v19960807 + Fujitsu DS/90 (UXP) support +v19960727 + ISC device + dispatcher cleanup in mtools.h + fat_bits 12/16 toggle fix. + More space for error message variable in mformat + Typo fix in mren.1 +v19960710 + Fix for CPU names with dots in autoconfigure + Some new device descriptions + FreeBSD fixes +v19960624 + Set XDF mode when formatting an XDF disk (makes sense, after all...) +v19960623 + XDF seems to work. Yeah! +v19960620 + More ED fixes. More parameter size fixed for 64bit. +v19960609 + Beginning of ED and 5 1/4 HD XDF support (doesn't work yet for + ED) +v19960528 + Make vold and "raw" floppy drive accesible simultaneously on + Solaris by calling one A: and the other B: + Add missing mbadblock LINK in Makefile.in +v19960527 + Inserted missing newline character +v19960525 + Treat number of heads or sectors as chars. The BIOS wouldn't + allow bigger numbers anyways, thus big numbers are probably + due to errors. +v19960524 + Pattern match fix. + Geometry setting for HP/UX +v19960522 + Changed auto array in codepage to malloc'ed one in order to + work around buggy compilers + OSF ALPHA devices + Pointers to other doc in the INSTALL file +v19960516 + Do no longer be confused by deleted VSE's + Define MAXPATHLEN for SCO + Missing lockf prototype for SCO +v19960514 + Handle DEBUG flag by autoconf + Added Host vendor to compile flags in order to handle Sinix + Better Sinix handling in devices.c + Only print duplicate VSE messages when running with DEBUG + Fix mlabel exit code + Read-only locking + Doc fixes + Xcopy fixes for Sysv +v19960512 + 3.0 released. +v19960508 + pre4-3.0. Lots of bug fixes. Texinfo file +v19960502 + pre-3.0 +v19960501 + use autoconf to get rid once and for all of those pesky OS + dependencies. +v19960429 + use sys/termio instead of sys/termios to please AIX +v19960427 + more spelling fixes. +v19960426 + Speling fixes +v19960424 + Mmount arg parsing bug fix +v19960422 + New partition configuration variable. +v19960419 + Spelling fixes, removed warning in README, IRIX floppy devices +v19960214 + More Alpha streamlining +v19960213 + Alpha patches (64 bit clean-ness) + AIX patches (built in drive names) + Raw tty patches (no need to type return when confirming an action +v19960131 + Solaris patches + Replaced include strings.h by string.h everywhere where applicable + Changed thousands separator in mdir from a dot to a space to + please both Americans and Europeans. + Fixed memory allocation bug if no "constant device" is present. + #defined strtoul to atol for SunOS +v19960121 + Minor cleanup, released 2.5.4 +v19951205 + Added "magic" header to manpages to have man run them through tbl +v19951209 + MTOOLS_LOWER_CASE is back, various small bug fixes over + Tuesday's changes +v19951205 + Bus strike in Grenoble! Well, let's do something useful and + re-arrange the configuration file syntax :-) + The syntax has become much more flexible now, and also + includes items which used to be only accessible via + environmental variables. + Moreover, it is now possible to include character translation + tables in line. +v19951126 + Fixed another Atari disk bug: Atari disks sport a bogus + "number of hidden sectors" +v19951125 + Fixed missing zero-terminator in autorenamed long names + MTOOLS_SKIP_CHECK now implies MTOOLS_FAT_COMPATIBILITY. +v19951124 + Fixed small quoted-printable-induced typo in the Makefile. + <rant> + Folks, please don't use quoted-printable. It sometimes changes + the CONTENT of your messages. Even the MIME RFC's acknowledge this. + Case in point: £400 gets transformed into =A3400, which looks + like 3400 pounds to a person unaware of this MIME "feature". + </rant> +v19951123 + Mformat now puts a 12 bit FAT on ED to better match Messy DOS' + behavior. +v19951115 + Added ability to do mcopy e: to copy all files from the root + directory of e: + New Xdf-less Linux target in the Makefile + Relaxed sanity check to let pass wonky Atari disks whose FAT + begins with 3 zero bytes. + Make the check of the initial fat bytes conditional on + mtools_skip_check + Corrected "testna=" bug + Upped minimal sector size to be 256 (instead of 128). This + helps 2m30 +v19951112 + 2m30 compatibility + Manpage update + 2m checksum bug fix + Ability to mformat 2m disks +v19951107 + Xdf bug fix (dev parameters always set to Xdf, even if it + wasn't really an Xdf disk) + Fixed YAHB (yet another hash table bug :) ) . Hope this one's + the last. + Centralizing most env-var handling. + Update of the mtools manpage. + Xdf is now optional, and only active if MTOOLS_USE_XDF is + set. Saves a few milliseconds of startup time on non Xdf + disks. + Some lawyer-proofing, just in case :) +v19951106 + Fast xdf code (finally!) + Minor performance enhancements here and there. + Names which are all lower case now generate a long name entry + (according to Steve Searle, that's how Win'95 behaves). +v19951029 + Character translation table fixes. Other name fixes. +v19951026 + Put restrictions on long names to better match Win'95. + (suggested by Steve Searle) + Reworked autorename code. Catch SIGHUP signal + Added missing file close to main loop + Changed name of the "ask for action" command line flag to 'm', + and used 'a' for 'Autorename'. +v19951024 + Removed infinite loop bug in hash.c, which occurred when the + hash table was filled with deleted entries. +v19951023 + added Atari ST-style serial numbers (they live in the banner) + fixed a troff bug in mtools.1 + Both changes were suggested by D. Hugh Redelmeier (hugh@mimosa.com) +v19950916 + v2.5.3 released (after lots of fixes) +v19950904 + v2.5.2 released +v19950904 + mdir.c: initialized "files" and "blocks" to avoid complaint by GCC + mattrib.c: initialized "code" to avoid complaint by GCC +v19950904 + Based on comments by Paul Slootman <paul@ahwau.ahold.nl>: + init.c: fs_init(): initialized disk_size to 0. The section + which previously initialized this is ifdef'd out. Why? + Makefile, device.c: Passed ETCDIR (e.g. /etc or /etc/default) + Gee, the Makefile is pretty ugly! It might be good to start + thinking about autoconfigure, or at least some cleanup. + Makefile, mformat.c: use -DSOLARIS2, use srand48()/rand48() + msdos.h, file.c, mdir.c: prefixed YEAR/MONTH/DAY/HOUR/MINUTE/ + SEC with DOS_ to avoid conflicts with <sys/time.h> on SVR4 + devices.c: use %i instead of %d to allow different bases + parse.c: Changed comment for get_name()/get_path(); need to + revisit this after deciding on default case behavior + devices.c: load_devices(): fixed bad fprintf, line 748 + parse.c, mformat.c, misc.c: replaced expressions like + "if (islower(foo)) foo=toupper(foo)" with "foo=toupper(foo)" + +v19950829 + v2.5.1 released + +v19950829 + Based on comments by Martin Kraemer <Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de>: + Bug fixes for compile errors and core dumps under SINIX-D 5.41 + (Siemens SVR4): + plain_io.c + mk_direntry.c + vfat.h + +v19950822 v2.5 released + +v19950820 DCN + Change null-fill for unused remainder of VSE to 0xff fill for + both upper and lower character (just one null for termination) + This seems to better match Win95's behavior; Win95 had been + complaining about bogus characters + file_name.c: unicode_write() + +v19950820 DCN + Commented out enforcement of VSEs being in order. Win95 likes + to put them exactly backwards, so we'd better tolerate getting + them any way they might come! Not sure what is lost by losing + these checks, but it seems to be OK. + + directory.c: dir_read() + +Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, +are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright +notice and this notice are preserved. |