1 23May99=======================================================================
2 1. tried to change connection to raw mode for cluster connections
3 2. sh/c and sh/u are now sorted in alphabetical order
4 3. Limited the number of queued dx spots when composing messages to 20 (the
5 oldest one is lost for every one added above 20).
6 4. Added generalised shell globbing everywhere I think it is useful, including
8 5. Made dir more friendly and give more info, you can do > < and a number now.
9 22May99=======================================================================
10 1. added check for -1 from Date::Parse and return undef for out of range dates
11 2. added show/files and type commands
12 21May99=======================================================================
13 1. made set/nodx work again.
14 2. made dx stuff queue nicely again when sending messages.
15 18May99=======================================================================
16 1. Added announce dup checking.
17 2. Added system announce filtering.
18 08May99=======================================================================
19 1. Added a bit more checking to the rcmd thing to make more sure that this
20 rcmd isn't coming from an imposter. Not possible to prevent everything
21 ofcourse, just make it a bit harder.
22 2. altered set/lockout and set/privilege so that they can't executed remotely.
23 3. Added some code to reject rubbish (with invalid binary characters) protocol
24 or user lines as input.
25 4. prevented PC command being executed remotely :-)
26 05May99=======================================================================
27 1. change the connection overlap from an abort to a disconnect.
28 02May99=======================================================================
29 1. Added the mechanism for doing user spot filtering for spots in the cluster
30 (no user control just yet - but sysops can do it).
31 2. Fixed problem with nodes sending out the node lists of isolated nodes.
32 30Apr99=======================================================================
33 1. Try to make it even more AK1A friendly by putting the node list out in the
35 2. added code so that local users and commands go to all connected nodes
36 INCLUDING the isolated ones.
37 26Apr99=======================================================================
38 1. added set/user command as a hack, please use this with care, there is
40 2. added export_opernam.pl which is a basic reader of AK1A opernam.dat files
42 25Apr99=======================================================================
43 1. Fixed problem with filtered spots not coming out.
44 2. Added the possibility of filtering on channel callsign
45 20Apr99=======================================================================
46 1. altered order of undefing and closing of user file in an attempt to make
47 corruptions/missing users less likely.
48 2. made messages that are addressed to the node call appear to the alias call
49 3. check dates much more rigourously.
50 4. ignore SIGTERM and SIGINT during shutdown of the cluster
51 15Mar99=======================================================================
52 1. added $actiondata to filter line to allow per action data such as no of hops
53 2. fixed a silly problem in talk for non-existant callsigns
54 3. Added sysop command
55 02Mar99========================================================================
56 1. Changed DXUser so that it uses a homemade import/export hash routine
57 2. DXUser now uses a DB_BTREE file
58 3. Added export_users.pl, import_users.pl and convert_users.pl
59 25Feb99========================================================================
60 1. added NL language stuff.
62 21Feb99========================================================================
63 1. Allowed multiple 'on <freq>' for show/dx
64 2. Made sure the 'on 20m/ssb' thing worked (also 'on hf/cw').
65 3. first cut of the Filtering code, no user commands yet but the file
66 format is defined and manually added filters should work for spots
67 17Feb99========================================================================
68 1. added export_user.pl to export user files (for interest and safety)
69 2. changed DXUser::init to allow O_RDONLY access which may limit the number
70 of coredumps G0RDI seems to get.
71 15Feb99========================================================================
72 1. Added msg forwarding code which uses $main::root/msg/forward.pl.
73 14Feb99========================================================================
74 1. Changed A & K in WWV to be the other way around (I am told by G3IOR that
75 this will mean that we won't have pole to pole aurora nor all the power lines
76 overloading everywhere as well as a result of having values of K > 10).
77 2. allow the '~' character in message bodies.
78 3. Moved $main::data/badmsg.pl to $main::root/msg/badmsg.pl.
79 11Feb99========================================================================
80 1. Fixed a problem with isolated nodes' configurations being sent on sending
81 local configs to new connections.
82 08Feb99========================================================================
83 1. added a $SIG{ALRM} in the client to actually catch the alarm when it goes
84 off which means that the netrom/ax25 call programs terminate properly (and not
85 loop as fast as their little legs can paddle, soaking up CPU time).
86 2. Implemented read receipts as an especial request from G4PDQ.
87 3. Fiddled with DXUser a bit to see whether I can stop it core dumping on new
88 users in PC16s on G0RDI's machine.
89 4. Added E4 (Palestine) to Prefix data.
90 30Jan99========================================================================
91 1. Some of the dates we get can cause crashes, tried to make it more robust (oh
93 2. PC16 seem to come in with missing callsigns from somewhere
94 3. added $main::data/baddx.pl which prevents callsigns that are in the list being
95 a) forwarded b) stored and c) (except for the originator, if local) being
97 4. added $main::data/badmsg.pl which deletes any messages whose TO address is
98 in this list (this is largely for european sensibilities).
99 18Jan99========================================================================
100 1. added present(),presentish() and disconnect() to DXCron so that you can see
101 (easily) if a station is on the cluster anywhere and also disconnect them
103 2. added rcmd() to DXCron so you can send an rcmd to someone else from crontab.
104 3. <embarrassment>Fixed create_sysop.pl so that longitude is spelt correctly
105 there as well</embarrassment> made the update work properly. NOTE create_sysop
106 will only do what you expect if all cluster.pl and client.pl programs are
108 4. DXCron wasn't reading in reliably on startup, this is now (hopefully) fixed.
109 the -M semantics are rather strange!
110 5. The -w switch is now standard on cluster.pl
111 6. Added last_connect() which gives the last connect time of a user (or now
113 7. Added present_on(call, node) and presentish_on(ditto) which returns true if
114 the call is connected to the node.
115 8. incoming messages for users will now send a 'new message' message (instead
116 of merely generating the message)[who wrote this rubbish?].
117 9. Hooked $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} so we store these nasty error
119 10. Print the no of users on restricted protocol links if we have had PC50
120 11. Had a go at making the sh/cl stats more accurate.
121 12. PC11 was trying to call Local::spot1 instead of Local::spot, no warning
123 13. Added a simple lockfile to prevent more than one cluster running at a time
124 17Jan99========================================================================
125 1. fixed some permission problems on DXLog.
126 2. There is a circumstance in DXMsg which caused the cluster to stop on an
127 null ref pointer which I can't get to the bottom of but have bandaided out
129 3. Started filter and Database code.
130 4. Upper cased all the TO callsigns for sending to more than one station in
132 07Jan99========================================================================
133 1. Fixed Geomag after emacs reformatted it wrong so sh/wwv works again.
134 2. Added more range checking in WWV spots (they really are a heap of ...)
135 3. Changed create_sysop.pl so that you can update as well as create the user
137 4. Remove spotter's SSID from WWV spots
138 06Jan99========================================================================
139 1. Do some range checking for spots and WWV in the future (got a WWV for Oct
140 2034 whhich caused a bit of confusion!)
141 2. Make WWV spots broadcast them to the users! (as opposed to merely storing
142 them)(thank you G0RDI).
143 3. Allow users to do show/announce (thank you JE1SGH).
144 4. Delay broadcasts to users if they are not in a 'prompt' state (means you can
145 add messages and see what you are doing on a busy system)
146 5. Made set/unset dx,ann,wx,talk,wwv do what is expected
147 6. added set/sys_location and set/set_qra to set the cluster lat/long and qra
148 7. New messages will now be announced on logon (if there are any)
149 03Jan99========================================================================
150 1. Upped the version no !!!!
151 2. made the DXProtocol routines much less sensitive to '~' characters (JE1SGH)
152 3. added '^' -> ':' conversions on ann, talk and dx commands
153 4. You can now send messages containing blank lines.
154 5. Fixed merge command problem reported by G0RDI
155 28Dec98========================================================================
156 1. Crossed fingers, got rid of the instabilities caused by execing programs
157 at vast speed (reduced it significantly anyway).
158 2. Personals will now move if homenode is known.
159 3. Added Local.pm for doing local specials
160 27Dec98========================================================================
161 1. Various detail changes to remove some more warning with -w on
162 2. Added DXCron handling - you can do crontabs now.
163 3. Added show/program command so you can see where it is loading your .pm files
165 4. Added pc26/27 replies to locally connected cluster's merge (pc25) requests
166 5. Added spotters DXCC and original cluster to Spot data files.
167 23Dec98========================================================================
168 1. Reindented various things
169 2. Added missing $main::mycall on the end of outgoing PC11s (!)
170 3. Check that PC16/17 node calls really are nodes (AFAIAC).
171 22Dec98========================================================================
172 1. Added brackets round callsign if not here for prompt
173 2. Added Iain's set/password routine
174 3. Fixed sh/dx problems (the xemacs indent region messed Spot.pm up!)
176 21Dec98============= late! ====================================================
177 1. fixed problem with missing DXDebug in DXProt.
178 2. Fixed DXDebug so that it actually works as advertised with and without
180 3. Added deduping of WWV spots as well (at for date,time,sfi,k and i) dups
181 4. Replaced the 0 in "02-Dec-1998" with ' ' so it reads " 2-Dec-1998", it seems
182 hard to credit it but some 'programs' out there that connect to clusters have
183 problems with the leading '0'!
184 5. In the same vain, included a strictly AK1A compatible sh/heading, apparently
185 this is necessary for the same reason as 4.
186 6. Started contrib tree stored the old show/heading in contrib/g0rdi/show.
187 7. Because I now correctly dedupe spots and wwv (there's a hostage to fortune..)
188 I have added a merge command.
189 21Dec98========================================================================
190 1. Added "issue" to the client program for 'login' connections
191 2. Added more docs for client program.
192 3. Fixed problem introduced in 1.12 where a connect locally with a callsign of
193 someone connected remotely would stop the cluster.
194 4. issue release 1.13
195 20Dec98========================================================================
196 1. Removed all the warnings I get with perl -w (at least for just starting the
197 cluster and running a few commands).
198 2. Added per node hop control.
199 3. Added some docs on how to use it and isolation
200 4. Made talk command more intelligent in that if the user isn't seen and the
201 user's last node is visible it tries the talk anyway.
202 19Dec98========================================================================
203 1. Fixed problems with sh/rcmd (talk/ann/log) with a callsign as argument and
204 also made what G0RDI wanted work as well!
205 2. Added isolate flag to allow isolation of different networks at a gateway.
206 3. Changed make Makefile.PL to perl Makefile.PL in instructions
207 4. Copied latest instructions to html directory
208 5. Had another attempt at making clients disconnect without hanging everytime.
209 6. Changed msg queuing semantics so that the system routes on exact callsign.
210 7. Changed the protocol version so that it increments with the DXSpider version.
211 14Dec98========================================================================
212 1. Made the telnet thing work a bit better. It still will not work reliably to
213 a real telnetd on port 23.
214 2. Allowed network logins on client by specifying login instead of call.
215 3. made msg handling more robust (PC30 with unknown streams cause PC42), queueing
216 is only done on channels that are in state 'normal'.
217 4. Added pc command which takes a callsign and some text and sends it without
218 mods to the callsign, useful for sending manual PC protocol to unstick things.
219 Also for sending anonymous messages to online users.
220 5. Stopped duplicate messages being stored (it receives them and then bins them)
221 6. Implemented PC49 delete/full from outside (kill full on the inside)
222 7. Implemented the client command in connect scripts so that you can have
223 different scripts for the same callsign.
224 8. Added sh/wwv command
225 13Dec98========================================================================
226 1. Fixed VS6 lat/long in prefix_data and wpxloc.raw
227 2. Sorted out last in times for remote users
228 3. editted and substitued G0RDI's version of the install instructions over
230 4. fixed telnet connections
231 5. added connect instructions to html tree.
232 6. Added some more help
234 12Dec98========================================================================
235 1. Incorporated sh/st, (un)set/lockout, forward/opername from Iain G0RDI
236 2. Added group handling with (un)set/group, show/group. This allows arbitrary
237 groups to be formed (for ann/<group> for example) and is also used to 'filter'
238 spots, announces, wwvs etc into groups of cluster nodes (useful for creating
239 disjoint cluster networks)
240 3. **** CHANGE mylongtitude to mylongitude in DXVars.pm ****
241 4. Altered QRA locator routines so they work correctly!
242 5. Fixed all commands that had the wrong mylat(itude) and mylong(itude) names
244 07Dec98========================================================================
245 1. Added set/name, set/qra, set/location, set/qth, set/homenode, set/bbs,
247 2. changed the Msg socket close to a shutdown (hopefully more reliable), this
248 should stop clients hanging on exit.
249 3. Added Alias support for help
250 4. Added lltos and stoll routines to DXBearing
251 5. Added auto prompting for name, qth, location and homenode if any of these
253 06Dec98========================================================================
254 1. Fixed DXBearing::is_qra so that it correctly detects full QRA locators
255 2. Added sh/qra for doing locator distances and bearings
256 3. Added some stuff to Notes.txt on hints for command writers
257 4. Changed help system to use just one file per language
258 5. Started adding more help
259 6. Fixed 24Mhz band limits
260 7. Added apropos command and lots of new help text
261 05Dec98========================================================================
262 1. Added sh/heading and QRA locator calculation stuff
263 04Dec98========================================================================
264 1. Started Changes file
265 2. Added load/cmd_cache.pl to clear cmd cache shortcuts (use this if cluster.pl
266 get confused about where it is getting its commands from eg if you have
267 removed a file from local_cmd 'cos you want to go back to standard one)
268 3. Fixed bull handling at least to the extent that it stores them and
269 doesn't mess up the normal directory handling.
270 4. Fixed the unset/debug command so that it actually does the job!
271 5. Removed the middle line 'written in perl for unix' from show/version.pl