[cdesktopenv-devel] CDE 2.4.0 (stable) has been released

[Jon T. <jo...@ra...>]

Hello,

CDE 2.4.0 is now released.
It's been uploaded to SF, and should start filtering out to the mirrors
soon.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this release.

Note: this will be the last release supporting imake/Imakefiles for 
building.

The autotools-conversion branch will be merged into master shortly after 
this release, even though it is not completely done (dtinfo and doc 
building is still missing).

The relevant HISTORY section follows:

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### 2.4.0 (stable) 6/3/2021

This release adds support (and converts) to UTF-8 encoding for all
message catalogs.  The help and dtinfo stuff (being based on docbook
2) is still using ISO8859-* encodings.

This will also be the last release to use imake/Imakefiles for
building.  Once released, the autotools-conversion branch will be
merged into master shortly thereafter, and future releases will use
autotools.

The main highlights of this release:

- Conversion of message catalogs to UTF-8

- The ksh93 code used to build dtksh has been updated to something
   from this century (hash: 66e1d446), and a lot of work has gone into
   making it work with CDE's dtksh

- Many build related warnings and bugs have been addressed as usual.

- Linux (and some BSD's) support PAM and utempter allowing the removal
   of the SUID root bit for dtsession and dtterm

- Preliminary risc-v support

- Preliminary support for the musl C library

- many fixes related to old K&R code, new compiler versions and
   other related fixes

Here is the git "short" log:

Chase (24):
       dtksh: remove unused files and functions
       dtkcmds.c: avoid c99 collision
       dtksh: remove needless OS defines
       extra.h: remove unused prototypes
       dtksh: Turn dtksh aliases into builtins and discard BLT_SPC flag
       dtksh: remove old ksh from repo
       dtksh: add new ksh93 submodule
       dtksh/examples: clean up scripts
       dtksh: make new ksh submodule build
       ksh: update to commit 092b90
       dtkcmds.c: add extra field to discipline functions
       dtksh: Use ksh93 translate over augmented version
       ksh93: update to commit dd9bc2
       Dtksh: fix callback segfault
       dtksh: update to commit 67880e3
       dtksh: use sh_addbuiltin instead of manually editing builtins.c
       dtkcmds.c: use Empty macro instead of empty string
       dtksh: use bin/package flat make instead of shell
       use a patchfile to augment init.c instead of copying it entirely
       dtksh/findsym.c: fix compiler warnings
       dtksh/Imakefile: make patch obey POSIX
       dtksh: make it build under openindiana
       dtksh: use std malloc instead of ast malloc
       dtksh: update ksh to commit 47468f (fix musl compiler errors)

Edmond Orignac (1):
       misc.c: in cm_mbchar check string!=NULL before dereferencing it

Jon Trulson (54):
       UTF-8 conversion: convert imports/motif/localized
       Remove useless logs/ directory
       UTF-8 conversion: programs/localized/de_DE
       UTF-8 conversion: programs/localized/es_ES
       UTF-8 conversion: programs/localized/fr_FR
       UTF-8 conversion: programs/localized/it_IT
       UTF-8 conversion: programs/localized/sv_SE
       UTF-8 conversion: fixup database Imakefiles, config and gitignore
       utf8 conversion: fix up seperation of locale and doc building
       Fix .gitignore for ISO8859-1 docs
       utf8 conversion: mostly working, help has issues
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion-2
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion-2
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion, after 2.3.0a release
       Merge branch 'master' into utf8-conversion after 2.3.1 release
       dtinfo: link proper localized (utf8) dirs
       site.def: add define guards around DtLocalesToBuild
       gitignore: add infolib/etc UTF-8 locales
       Set version to 2.3.1a (devel) for current master
       linux.cf: always use bison
       FreeBSD 12/libDtHelp: fix link errors with missing libjpeg
       DtSvc: always use vsnprintf
       dtsession, DtSvc: fix CVE-2020-2696/VU#308289
       Add a new contrib/desktopentry-setlang/ mechanism
       Revert "Add a new contrib/desktopentry-setlang/ mechanism"
       desktopentry/README: Clarify that the login manager is 
responsible for setting language
       dtksh: fix 32b/64b issues with XmTextGetString and 
XmTextFieldGetString
       Convert uses of XKeycodeToKeysym (deprecated) to XkbKeycodeToKeysym
       fix broken dev version number: 2.3.1a -> 2.3.2a
       udbParseLib.awk: comment out some uneeded commands that cause 
warnings now
       Merge branch 'master' into master-ksh93-upgrade
       ksh93: re-add the ksh submodule at 47468f
       Change version to 2.3.2b for the new ksh93 submodule merge
       README: update clone instructions
       ksh93: update to 66e1d446 from autotools branch
       .gitignore: Add some MsgCat.c generated files
       Merge /u/l-chang/cdesktopenv1/ branch master into master
       Merge /u/low-power/cde-code/ branch remove-ar-l into master
       videoTypes.dt: remove duplicate LABEL field
       dtprintinfo: try to mitigate some stupid in ParseJob.C for sun
       NetBSD.cf: add a link comment to list package needed for PAM support
       FreeBSD.cf,DragonFly.cf: disable PAM support by default
       Bump devel version to 2.3.2c
       debin/control: add libpam and libutempter
       .gitignore: update for PAM changes
       Apply a patch from Roger Brown for risc-v and other minor fixes
       Removed cde/programs/dtksh/ksh93 submodule at commit 
66e1d446429543be0f9d47d9364e472932dc53f1
       Squashed 'cde/programs/dtksh/ksh93/' content from commit 66e1d4464
       Merge commit '12bbb66931feaac778ef4e47b67375ec9b58e839' as 
'cde/programs/dtksh/ksh93'
       Removed .gitmodules
       README: fix clone instructions to no longer require --recursive

Lev Kujawski (20):
       Define _DtPLATFORM_MAX_LEN for C libraries (including musl) that 
do not provide the SVID SYS_NMLN definition. Use sizeof() to replace 
another #ifdef.
       Rename functions within ToolTalk that conflict with the musl C 
library headers.
       Hide FILE internals from the musl C library that conflict with 
the Desktop Korn Shell's SFIO.
       On Linux, use the SVR4 (now POSIX) signal and locking interfaces 
instead of the non-standard BSD equivalents.
       On Linux, use SVR4's (now POSIX) mktime() instead of BSD's 
non-standard timelocal().
       Use the C99 standard va_copy if possible for compatibility with 
the musl C library.
       Define time_t within AccessI.h by including <time.h>.
       Fix incompatibilites between the Desktop Korn Shell and the musl 
C library:
       imake: fix warnings on PowerPC builds
       dtdocbook/instant: the musl C library does not define MAXNAMLEN
       dtinfo: the musl C library requires the inclusion of the POSIX 
fcntl header
       dtinfo: Include config.h for the definition of u_int
       dtprintinfo: don't use rresvport() on Linux systems using the 
musl C library
       config/cf/Imake.cf: Define AArch64Architecture on the BSDs.
       dtinfo: rename the CATGETS macro to MCATGETS
       Centralize catgets() calls through MsgCat
       Avoid Global Offset Table (GOT) limits by enabling -fPIC on the BSDs.
       Purge unused Freetype dependency from CDE
       Switch default backdrop from SkyLight to KnitLight
       Specify SPARC and SPARC64 as big endian platforms

Liang Chang (69):
       dtopen: fix the syntax errors of comment.
       dtdocbook: fix a segmentation fault.
       ttsnoop: fix a segfault that occurred when clicking "Version..." 
in the "Snoop" menu.
       dtappbuilder: apply graceful degradation for font loading to 
avoid a segmentation fault.
       dtappbuilder: fix a segmentation fault that occurred when 
clicking "Edit" in the "Revolving Property Editor".
       dtappbuilder: fix a segmentation fault that occurred when 
repeating "Add Item" -> "Delete" -> "Add Item" in the "Revolving 
Property Editor".
       dtappbuilder: fix a segmentation fault that occurred when 
clicking "Edit" in the "Menu Property Editor".
       csa: replace sprintf with asprintf to avoid segfaults.
       dtcm: fix a segfault when "Drag Appt" in the dtcm_editor.
       dtcm: fix a segfault that occurred when opening the "Appointment 
List..." in the "View" menu.
       dtfile: fix a segmentation fault that occurred when drag and drop 
file with the same name.
       dtcm: Avoid to leave an unclosable window when there is no 
appointment in "Appointment List...".
       dtappbuilder: ensure the subtypes of widgets are properly 
initialized.
       dtappbuilder: ensure mouse operations are not interfering by key 
masks (e.g., Caps Lock, Num Lock, etc.) when editing (resize, 
double-click, etc.) widgets.
       dtappbuilder: adjust data types to avoid type casting errors.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for text pane.
       dtappbuilder: adjust data types to avoid type casting errors.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for list.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for button.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for choice.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for combo box.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for control pane.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for custom dialog.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for draw area pane.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for file selection 
dialog.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for group.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for label.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for main window.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for menu.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for menubar.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for scale.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for separator.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for spin box.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for term pane.
       dtappbuilder: fix issues of property settings for text field.
       dtappbuilder: fix the rendering glitch of the list widget which 
contains a label.
       ttsnoop: adjust the text field on ttChooser.
       ttsnoop: adjust data types to ensure the result of pointer 
comparison is correct.
       ttsnoop: check the return value from tt_message_op to avoid a 
segmentation fault.
       dtappbuilder: set limits on the resize rectangle to avoid rollover.
       dtappbuilder: ensure the resize box always inside the main window 
to avoid the rendering glitch.
       dtappbuilder: set the default size (in pixels) for terminal pane.
       dtappbuilder: set the minimum limit for rows and columns to avoid 
rollover.
       dtappbuilder: Fix a crash when resize a text pane. The crash is 
occurred when drag on the scrollbar to resize.
       dtappbuilder: Fix unsigned integer rollover.
       dtterm: Change the default log host to localhost. To check the 
log function, add -DLOG_USAGE to the Imakefile then build the dtterm. 
There are a logger in the util directory, run it to receive log messages.
       dtinfo: Fix a segmentation fault. The return value from 
CanvasRenderer::_dofont is a pointer. It will be passed to the free 
function. Ensure that pointer always points to a dynamically allocated 
memory to avoid segmentation faults.
       Add lib DtPamSvc.
       Add PAM support to dtlogin.
       dtlogin: get rid of some warnings.
       Add PAM support to dtsession.
       DtPamSvc: update Imakefile.
       dtlogin: rename PAM config file.
       dtsession: rename PAM config file.
       Enable PAM support for dtlogin and dtsession.
       dtlogin: use utmpx when PAM is enabled.
       DtPamSvc: use utmpx.
       dtsession: add rules for config dir into Imakefile.
       databases: use "src" files to generate CDE-MIN.udb and CDE-RUN.udb.
       dtlogin: add utmpx support to UtmpIdOpen.
       dtsession: revise localAuthenticate.
       DtPamSvc: Improve user experience.
       dtlogin: revise the Imakefile for config.
       DtTerm: Add pts driver support.
       DtTerm: Add libutempter support for utmp/wtmp updates.
       dtterm: Add libutempter support for utmp/wtmp updates.
       databases: Install dtterm as an unprivileged program when PTS 
driver and libutempter are available.
       FreeBSD.cf: Enable PTS driver and libutempter.
       linux.cf: Enable PTS driver and libutempter.

Marcin Cieślak (1):
       dtdocbook/instant: fix buffer overlow on German umlaut in latin-1

Nina Didenko (2):
       installCDE: don't hardcode path to whoami
       tt_type_comp: use CppCmd definition

Peter Howkins (14):
       all: remove deprecated sys_errlist[] and replace with ANSI C 
strerror()
       dtstyle: Remove duplicate definition of NumOfPalettes that was a) 
wrong b) causing issues on recent compilers
       dtcalc: Resolve gcc 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       dtappbbuilder: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions 
of global variables
       dtcreate: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       dticon: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       libDtSearch: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       dtudcfonted: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       dthelp: Resolve GCC 10 errors about multiple definitions of 
global variables
       dtcreate: remove hacky solution to declaring and defining 
variables in .h files Split them into .c and .h like usual.y
       dtcalc: Remove support for optional K&R prototypes to simplify code
       dtcalc: remove some pointless macroing of function names to 
uppercase versionss
       libcsa: Always use ANSI function prototypes
       dtcm: Always use ANSI function prototypes

WHR (2):
       Break building on subdirectories make(1) failed
       Remove uses of ar(1) option '-l'

Enjoy!



-- 
Jon Trulson

   "This Unit must survive."
                            -- M5