[Linux-decnet-user] dnprogs 2.07 released

[Patrick C. <pa...@ty...>]

I am pleased to announce the release of dnprogs 2.07. As stated earlier this is
the last *binary* release that is compatible with Linux 2.2.

  * Fix VMS errors sending block-structured files from fal
  * Added support for Ultrix DATE DAP message (another "new" extension)
  * Cope better with VMS errors when sending files (eg. disk full)
  * Changed some prototypes in netdb.h to match Ultrix
  * Fixed compile of phone because of stupid ncurses symbol
  * dnet_conn() is Ultrix-compatible (with a 2.4 kernel)
  * Substantial enhancements to mail to make it work. But only on 2.4 kernels
  * New function dnet_eof. Again, only for 2.4 kernels
  * Shared libraries linked correctly now (according to lintian)
  * Made it work properly on big-endian machines under 2.4
  * Vastly improved debian package
  * Mucked around with nearly all of the man pages a little
  * Made startnet set the MAC address of any or all interfaces
  * Added -f (force) to startnet to make it DOWN an interface before mucking
    about with it.

The biggest single improvement is in the VMSmail gateway which now works quite
well but, unfortunately, only with 2.4 kernels, but FAL has had some robustness
improvements too and startnet is now so robust it can bring down your network
connections (with the -f switch: be careful out there!)

Get it from http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/download.html

patrick