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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