[Fsp-users] [Release Announcement] FSP 2.8.1b23

[Sven H. <sv...@ti...>]

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FSP 2.8.1b23
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I'm sorry for this delayed announcement but SF.net upload Server run out of
disk space on Friday last week and I was on a seminar from Monday-Friday
this week.

Someone requested OpenPGP signatures so I'll provide them starting with this
release. My key id is 0xAAAC7BBC. You can grab my pub key from a keyserver
or my Homepage: http://sven.stormbind.net/SvenHoexter_timegatede.asc
Fingerprint is: 5B3B 2C82 5E34 8080 A8BE  6E0B C4A5 D58E AAAC 7BBC
This is the same key I use to sign this releases announcement.

Most notable changes are the large packet support which speeds up fsp a lot
and a the name change from send_file to serve_file so that you can build
fsp on AIX.


Source release
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SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93841&package_id=99916&release_id=298834
Ibiblio: http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/network/file-transfer/
DSL-Homebox: fsp://hxt.homelinux.org:2221/fsp/fsp-2.8.1b23.tar.bz2

Changes (from the ChangeLog)
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Version 2.8.1b23 - 14 Jan 2005
        use srandomdev for seeding of client seq. number generator
        make dirlister smarter - save one RTT per each directory listings
        Locking uses unsigned int sized key, not unsigned short
        Locking type can be specified by ./configure --with-locking=
        Lock prefix can be specified by ./configure --with-lockprefix=
        All 5 locking subsystems synced against fsplib and fspclient code base
        Do not use CC_STAT when doing directory listing -- performace gain.
          This saves 1 RTT per directory listing.
        clients: do not send CC_BYE to the server on exit if we can keep server
          key for next invocation. Saves 1 RTT.
        !! Major client utils speedup: Directory listings are now 3 RTT
          times faster.
        fmvcmd added to merged client
        new command fbye(1). Sends CC_BYE to the server and possibly removes
         cached session key.
        fbye added to merged client
        PROTOCOL: Add note about client key multiplexing
        we have incorrectly recovered requested size of reply packet sent
          by client
        !! LARGE PACKET SUPPORT !! FSP can be quite Faaaast now.
        fver -l displays maximum packet size supported by client
        fsp_env.7: added info about larger packets
        send_file function renamed to serve_file for avoiding name clash
          on AIX.
        idle resend multiplier descreased from 1.5 to 1.33
        correctly init first sequence number
        sequence numbering changed to allow up to 8 packets flying in the
          network. Old code uses 4. Even CZFREE.net do not drops 8 packets
          in row unless line is down.
        allow better debuging of retry alg.
        Default max packesize supported by server set by 1200 bytes for
          now. Let's make some experiments.
        Calculate real RTT using seq. numbers
        ignore HUP signal in fgetcmd and fputcmd
        ignore HUP signal in fcatcmd if stdout is not a terminal
        fspd.1: minor fixes
        !! retry alg. retuned for lines with higher PLR. It is much better
          than before.
        use srandomdev() for seeding server random generator
        FAQ: added section about key locking, dmachine, FSP stack libraries,
          lamah FSP Win32 suite.
        print packet stats after up/downloads if client tracing is enabled.
        fbye: lower timeout to 10 sec on CC_BYE
        FAQ: Added two section making FSP slower/faster, version bumped
          to 0.2
        do not use exit code -1 in fspscan
        LAMAH fspd: improve some error messages, run on port 80 by default
        Changed all exit() calls to use standard EX_* values. Some utilities
          still do not returns error exit when they should.
        fhostcmd: split host managing functions into fhost.c
        fhost.c: do not output partial results when dns resolving fails
        fhost.c: fallback to other display method (host/ip name) on
          resolving failure
        common lib: When doing addr resolving turn port 0 into 21.
        fhostcmd: ignore servers without port number set
        new command fsetup: C rewrite of old Perl script. This command is
          like fhostcmd but uses standard fspsites file format
        man: new manpage for fspsites.5
        merged client: added support for fbye
        added man page fstat.1 -> fstatcmd.1
        added man page for fmvcmd.1
        removed -Wconversion GCC compile option
        setup.sh give Sven credits for fgetcmd
        added man page for fsetup.1
        fhostcmd, fsetupcmd - report error on non numeric on zero port number
        fspsites.l - allow multiple aliases per site. Non standard, but nice.

md5sum
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6edafcb13161fa1836c1c6f68890834f  fsp-2.8.1b23.tar.bz2
d7dbbc9abd46e135a51d5baa140401d9  fsp-2.8.1b23.tar.gz


Build test
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Debian/testing
Debian/stable
FreeBSD 5.3
AIX 5.1L *[1]


*[1] fspscan fails to build - fix is in CVS 

Have fun,
Sven
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