1 09May20=======================================================================
2 1. Show the route by which this PCxx came in progress debugging reports. In
3 some other words: the spot/wwv/wcy/ann message arrived first from this
5 08May20=======================================================================
6 1. Tidy up routing table
7 2. Add new argument to show/version (ALL or list of regexes) that allow you
8 to see the version and build nos of all nodes on the system.
9 07May20=======================================================================
10 1. Revert changes made since 25Apr concerning IP address reconciliation.
11 25Apr20=======================================================================
12 1. Add maximum no of users on node to show/cluster.
13 2. Add ability to show last n lines of debugging ring buffer.
14 3. Remove redundant wpxloc.dat file.
15 24Apr20=======================================================================
16 1. Add 'progress' debugging for showing that stuff is happening in nologchan
17 a.k.a ringbuffer only mode.
18 2. Fix grepdbg so that no regex argument simply lists the file.
19 3. Add CTY-3008 prefixes.
20 22Apr20=======================================================================
21 1. Fix the module search path in update_sysop.pl
22 2. Add latest prefixes CTY-3007
23 3. Fix unset/startup command. This will only work for users' start up scripts
24 things like user_default or startup must be edited or removed by hand.
25 21Apr20=======================================================================
26 1. Finally fix the "actually tranmit" any output (like from 'logout' files)
27 to users before disconnecting. This also means that disconnecting nodes
28 now receive the (totally redundant, but hey) PC39 reason for disconnection.
29 20Apr20=======================================================================
30 1. Speed up sh/log (including chat, rcmd, ann etc) that search the system
31 log files, by removing a completely redundant subsystem and also leveraging
32 the core operating system utility 'tac', if it's available.
33 19Apr20=======================================================================
34 1. The long haul that is the mojo branch has started up again. It's something
35 to do during this lockdown.
36 2. The problems and instabilities around running commands that worked in
37 forked processes, when used other than by normally logged in users (e.g.
38 in the local crontab), have been fixed.
39 3. If a /spider/local_data/logout file is present then its contents will be
40 sent to the user on logout.
41 4. Add the ability to sh/dx origin or ip (address).
42 5. Retire the use of the deprecated Mojo::IOLoop::ForkCall in favour of using
43 the supported equivalent in Mojolicious 7.26 and above. Which means you
44 will need to upgrade Mojo to at least the version. The current version is
45 8.36 and is known to work.
46 10Sep19=======================================================================
47 1. Improve DXSql database filtering to exclude most via <locator> type
49 2. Add CTY-2913 prefixes + wpxloc.raw
50 14Jul18=======================================================================
51 1. Add CTY-2808 prefixes + wpxloc.raw
52 16Jun18=======================================================================
53 1. add more modes to rbn.pl
54 23Jan18=======================================================================
55 1. Add CTY-2802 prefixes
56 27Oct17=======================================================================
57 1. Get correct hostname support and privilege levels on web connects.
58 26Oct17=======================================================================
59 1. Start (serious) work on web interface. Make the necessary changes to allow
60 a local webserver to connect and get its own style of messages.
61 11Aug17=======================================================================
62 1. Add default systemd service file file
63 10Aug17=======================================================================
64 1. check for disconnecting flag in more places
65 31Jul17=======================================================================
66 1. Fixed create_usdb.pl path specifications
67 2. add CTY-2708 prefixes
68 12May17=======================================================================
69 1. Fix sh/425 (mostly)
70 2. Add CTY-2706 prefixes
71 05May17=======================================================================
72 1. Add CTY-2705 prefixes
73 04Apr17=======================================================================
74 1. Add CTY-2704 prefixes
75 17Mar17=======================================================================
76 1. Add latest cty.dat & wpxloc.raw
77 21Feb17=======================================================================
78 1. Fix sh/dx on 14050 so that it does what one expects.
79 2. Add CTY-2702 prefixes
80 15Feb17=======================================================================
81 1. Update UPGRADE.mojo a bit
82 2. Add local::lib so that it can be used for non-root installations.
83 09Jan17=======================================================================
84 1. Fix mojo branch clean install issues (failing to find $main::data et al)
85 02Jan17=======================================================================
86 1. Add CTY-2615 prefixes
87 2. Add rbn.pl - an experimental rbn deduplicating spot filter.
88 26Dec16=======================================================================
89 1. Fix some possible routes to $myalias callsigns becoming nodes.
90 22Nov16=======================================================================
91 1. Add CTY-2614 prefixes
92 21Nov16=======================================================================
93 1. Add CTY-2613 prefixes
94 17Nov16=======================================================================
95 1. Change method (again) of get processor seconds in cmd/mrtg.pl. Split out
96 main process from children and display each separately.
97 16Nov16=======================================================================
98 1. Change method of get processor seconds in cmd/mrtg.pl
99 18Aug16=======================================================================
101 2. put back msg total in & total out for mrtg and background mrtg
102 3. add dxcc == ADIF country code.
103 16Aug16=======================================================================
104 1. Mega change to push all local data in $root/local_data and where there
105 is duplication with system data (still in $root/data) then use whichever
106 is newer. This will move stuff (permanently) like spots and other DXLog
107 files to local_data as well as the userfile, DX QSL file and usdb stuff.
108 25Jul16=======================================================================
109 1. Add some timing stats to cmd spawn_cmd.
110 08Jul16=======================================================================
111 1. Add latest wpxloc.raw
113 28Mar16=======================================================================
114 1. Fix get/keps.pl so that it does the right fetch
115 25Mar16=======================================================================
116 1. Rework DXCron::spawn command to use Mojo::IOLoop::ForkCall
117 04Jan16=======================================================================
118 1. Add CTY-2601 prefix file
119 02Jan16=======================================================================
120 1. fix new URL for sh/425 command
121 30Dec15=======================================================================
122 1. Add CTY-2516 prefix file
123 2. Try to stop and also reset node call user records back to 'S'
124 3. Fix multiple on_disc events in AsyncMsg.pm
125 02Jun15=======================================================================
126 1. Extend regex for quit to allow other commands starting in 'q'.
127 2. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
128 26May15=======================================================================
129 1. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
130 01Mar15=======================================================================
131 1. Add CTY-2503 prefix file
132 13Feb15=======================================================================
133 1. Fix problem with sh/dx <call> if people are logging spots to a SQL database
134 3. Added CTY-2502 prefixes.
135 3. My late father would have been 102 today.
136 27Nov14=======================================================================
137 1. Add CTY-2415 prefix list
138 25Nov14=======================================================================
139 1. Add CTY-2414 prefix list
140 21Nov14=======================================================================
141 1. Add CTY-2413 prefix list
142 21Oct14=======================================================================
143 1. Add CTY-2011 prefixes
144 16Sep14=======================================================================
145 1. Add CTY2410 wpxloc.raw + cty.dat
146 2. remove autoflush from logs
147 16Sep14=======================================================================
148 1. Fix (now) missing error_handler
149 30Aug14=======================================================================
150 1. add CTY-2409 prefixes
151 2. add new wpxloc.raw
152 19Jul14=======================================================================
153 1. Use JSON::XS for ForkCall serialisation in DXCommandmode.pm
154 19Jun14=======================================================================
155 1. Fix EOF detection of incoming nodes.
156 2. Attempt to autogenerate Version.pm with *correct* values (instead of the
157 the git id of the previous commit). Oh, and do it on every commit or pull.
158 17Jun14=======================================================================
159 1. Add CTY2405 prefix changes
160 2. Arrange for all file searching routines based on sh/dx or sh/log to be
161 non-blocking. This should allow incoming and outgoing protocol to
162 continue flowing when such a command is run.
163 3. Added some usable code to show/wx (finally).
164 4. Make stats cmds (sh/v?hfstats, sh/v?hftable) non-blocking.
165 5. Make sh/isolate, sh/registered, sh/lockout non-blocking.
166 6. Fix shutdown command.
167 16Jun14=======================================================================
168 1. Get AsyncMsg working for HTTP type ephemeral connections
169 21Apr14=======================================================================
170 1. Add CTY-2405 prefix list
171 08Mar14=======================================================================
172 1. Add newer version of wpxloc.raw with some missing prefixes added.
173 07Mar14=======================================================================
174 1. Add new version of wpxloc.raw
175 2. Fix a small crash with Spot::dup
176 12Jan14=======================================================================
177 1. Fix minor issue with dx command when used in a script, as found by
179 2. Fix (rather serious) error in import_cmd that did not reset callsigns
180 correctly in $main::me.
181 30Dec13=======================================================================
182 1. Add CTY2312 prefix changes
183 19Nov13=======================================================================
184 1. Add CTY2311 Prefix changes - needed for CQWW 2013
185 09Oct13=======================================================================
186 1. Add CTY2310 prefix changes
187 13Sep13=======================================================================
188 1. Added CTY2309 prefix data, together with its associated wpxloc.raw file.
189 10Sep13=======================================================================
190 1. Add the get/keps command, which allows a sysop to get the latest AMSAT
191 keplarian elements either on demand or periodically in the crontab.
192 10Sep13=======================================================================
193 1. Fix sh/time such that no arguments print details for the caller.
194 09Sep13=======================================================================
195 1. Make all the Net::Telnet based commands (sh/425, sh/contest, sh/db0sdx,
196 sh/wm7d, sh/ik3qar) asynchronous, so that they no longer pause the node
197 while they go off and query the internet for results.
198 06Sep13=======================================================================
199 1. Fixed sh/contest so that it works again. How it ever worked at all is
200 a bit of a mystery. Now possible to type sh/cont dec or sh/cont dec 2013
201 (with month and year in any order). Please comment out any $contest_host
202 or $contest_url variables you may have in /spider/local/Internet.pm (if
203 you have one, that is). It will not work with the previous values.
204 2. Added CTY2308 prefix changes.
205 3. Added (back) internal function support inside commands. This allows
206 commands to create functions inside the <cmd_name>.pl files. There are
207 now also standard function names that can do special things.
208 24Jul13=======================================================================
209 1. Alter default node address in client.c from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1".
210 21Jul13=======================================================================
211 1. Fix Msg.pm to allow IPV6 addresses again (how did it ever work?).
212 2. Add latest CTY2307 prefix changes.
213 3. Other changes including (some) more prefix files, 4mm band data and
215 4. Add ip address in links.pl
216 31May12=======================================================================
217 1. Added CTY2210 prefix changes
218 29May12=======================================================================
219 1. Added CTY2209 prefix changes
220 10Apr12=======================================================================
221 1. Added DXSql/Pg postgres Spot collection interface from Wijnand PD0MZ.
222 2. Add CTY2206 prefix changes
223 13Mar12=======================================================================
224 1. add CTY2204 prefix changes + new wpxloc.raw
225 12Mar12=======================================================================
226 1. Check database operations on MySQL/SQlite3.
227 2. Add ipaddr field to spot table if not present.
228 3. Add ipaddr field from PC61 to database stored spots.
229 09Mar12=======================================================================
230 1. Try to trap unblessed references on receipt of PC34s
231 15Feb12=======================================================================
232 1. Add CTY2202 changes
233 25Jan12=======================================================================
234 1. Add CTY2201 changes
235 21Dec11=======================================================================
236 1. Add CTY2118 changes
237 20Dec11=======================================================================
238 1. fix strange startup repeating lockfile issue where (somehow) there is an
239 empty (but existing) lockfile, from GB7YDX.
240 29Nov11=======================================================================
241 1. fix shutdown() in Msg.pm
242 2. Add CTY2117 changes
243 05Nov11=======================================================================
244 1. Add CTY2116 changes
245 04Nov11=======================================================================
246 1. Add CTY2115 changes
247 20Oct11=======================================================================
248 1. Add CTY2113 Changes
249 02Oct11=======================================================================
250 1. change 40m bandplan after some input from Martin, ik2rmz
251 2. Add CTY2112 changes
252 25Jul11=======================================================================
253 1. add CTY2109 changes + wpxloc.raw for ST0
254 2. add CTY2110 changes
255 24May11=======================================================================
256 1. Add CTY-2108 prefixes
257 04Apr11=======================================================================
258 1. After being poked by Brendan EI6IZ, add outgoing IPV6 connect() handling
259 29Mar11=======================================================================
260 1. Add CTY-2106 prefixes
261 16Mar11=======================================================================
262 1. Add CTY-2105 prefixes
263 10Mar11=======================================================================
264 1. Add CTY-2104 prefixes
265 01Mar11=======================================================================
266 1. Add CTY-2103 prefixes
267 31Oct10=======================================================================
268 1. Increase PC92 A/D "slug" time to 5 minutes.
269 29Oct10=======================================================================
270 1. Allow Jim AD1C to track the changes to the cluster in realtime using the
271 debug system (set/debug cluster).
272 27Oct10=======================================================================
273 1. fix chat problem introduced in the last update
274 25Oct10=======================================================================
275 1. Drop PC12s purporting to originate at nodes that do PC9x (suggestion from
277 2. Increase default dup age for announces from 5 -> 18 hours.
278 3. add CTY 2009 cty.dat data.
279 4. Stop downgrading and sending CHAT messages on PC12 groups as it appears
280 that this is yet another "standard" that isn't universally understood.
281 23Oct10=======================================================================
282 1. add dbexport command to allow the export of ak1a style databases to a
284 2. add dxqsl_import and dxqsl_export commands to allow the import and export
285 of sh/dxsql qsl manager data extracted from spots as they pass through.
286 04Oct10=======================================================================
287 1. add CTY-2007 prefix list
288 04Oct10=======================================================================
289 1. incorporated the major prefix release CTY-2006 from Jim AD1C
290 17Jun10=======================================================================
291 1. Add ip address to dxspots and default to PC61 output to dxspider nodes.
292 2. Allow 4 letter callsign portions again.
293 16Jun10=======================================================================
294 1. Increase default ephemeral dupe time for PC41 and such like lines.
295 2. Include CTY-2004 updates.
296 08Apr10=======================================================================
297 1. Modify console.pl so that it works in a Windows Cmd window. Get a Windows
298 Curses ppd from: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Curses.
299 18Mar10=======================================================================
300 1. Make privilege 0 "stick" if set on nodes
301 13Mar10=======================================================================
302 1. try to fix AGW crashes caused by peerhost looking at the wrong thing.
303 2. Add more ax25 fixes for peerhost
304 03Mar10=======================================================================
305 1. add IP addresses to connecting PC92 A addresses and log them
306 2. add CTY-2002 prefixes
307 27Nov09=======================================================================
308 1. Add 500khz band as suggested by Béla, HA5DI.
309 2. Add CTY-1923 prefixes
310 26Nov09=======================================================================
311 1. add ip address to PC92 A records
312 25Nov09=======================================================================
313 1. Change sh/qrz to use the xml interface. You will have to subscribe to
314 the xml interface - see http://www.qrz.com/XML/index.html for more info.
315 2. Remove (bodged) forced encoding to iso-8859 on incoming text. More
316 subtle handling will be required.
317 3. Add CTY-1922 prefixes
318 14Nov09=======================================================================
319 1. Add CTY-1921 prefixes
320 2. allow -SSID values on set/badnode
321 27Aug09=======================================================================
322 1. Add CTY-1913 prefixes
323 2. Limit Route::config to 10 levels (as default)
324 08Jul09=======================================================================
325 1. Add CTY-1912 prefixes
326 26Jun09=======================================================================
327 1. Add CTY-1911 prefixes
328 14Jun09=======================================================================
329 1. Add CTY-1910 prefixes
330 04Jun09=======================================================================
331 1. removed warnings from debug.c from the C Client.
332 2. Add CTY-1909 prefixes
333 02Jun09=======================================================================
334 1. Add CTY-1908 prefixes
335 29May09=======================================================================
336 1. Add CTY-1907 prefixes
337 19May09=======================================================================
338 1. Add CTY-1905 prefixes
339 15May09=======================================================================
340 1. Add CTY-1904 prefixes
341 2. Accommodate "official" git command syntax in issue.pl
342 29Dec08=======================================================================
343 1. Add show/motd command as requested by Ian G0VGS.
344 2. add CTY-1817 prefixes
345 17Nov08=======================================================================
346 1. Fix sh/425 to work with new server
347 2. add CTY-1814 prefixes
348 21Oct08=======================================================================
349 1. Add CTY-1811 prefixes
350 04Oct08=======================================================================
351 1. set $main::maxconnect_node = 0 as default. It's causing too much aggro..
352 02Oct08=======================================================================
353 1. Add set/maxconnect command to allow the defaults to be overridden for
354 individual users/nodes.
355 2. Make sure that the check really is for incoming connections only...
356 01Oct08=======================================================================
357 1. added CTY-1809 prefix data
358 2. added new config variables to allow an incoming users to have (as default)
359 up to 2 other connections to other nodes and incoming nodes up to 8 other
360 parents. Note that you can switch off this behaviour by setting
361 $main::maxconnect_user or $main::maxconnect_node = 0 (or set them to whatever
363 28Jun08=======================================================================
364 1. Made buddies work again on PC92.
365 26Jun08=======================================================================
366 1. added show/ik3qar command by Leo IZ5FSA. See comments in perl/Internet.pm
367 for setup instructions (note that you will have to copy these lines to
368 local/Internet.pm before it will work).
369 2. Send talks to every node a user is logged onto.
370 24Jun08=======================================================================
371 1. Change the route finding algorithm completely. No more recursion. No more
372 tree searching. It now gives you answers even on a partial cluster map. Oh
373 and the answers are correct, instead on completely random.
374 2. Put back (maybe some of) US State handling.
375 3. Add CTY-1806 prefix data
376 28May08=======================================================================
377 1. remove "recursion limit" message from Route.pm
378 28May08=======================================================================
379 1. Improve the detection of short exact callsigns that are out of prefix area
380 (eg K7A) (thank you FCC).
381 2. Improve long line handling on console.pl
382 3. Add CTY-1805 cty.dat
383 26May08=======================================================================
384 1. Put a hard limit on the depth of searching for routes
385 2. Add CTY-1804 prefix changes
386 13May08=======================================================================
387 1. add disc users|nodes|all so that each of these classes can be disconnected
388 in one command. From a request by Luigi IK5ZUK.
389 12May08=======================================================================
390 1. add 'exact' keyword on sh/dx to allow for an exact match to a callsign.
391 From a request by Robert HB9DZA.
392 10May08=======================================================================
393 1. add some privileges to (un)set/bad* and show/bad* commands. Thanks to
394 Mauro IV3SCP for pointing this out to me.
395 06May08=======================================================================
396 1. Finally made the incompatible change of changing DXUser->get* to
397 DXUser::get*. This will break any third party addons or commands use these
399 2. Change version to 1.55
400 3. Drop the lower limit of 60m to 5100 after Dave G7RAU pointed out usage.
401 (see http://www.bandplans.com/index.php?band=60)
402 22Apr08=======================================================================
403 1. Added two Xmas Is calls.
404 15Apr08=======================================================================
405 1. added CTY-1803 changes
406 25Mar08=======================================================================
407 1. Include some cty.day changes
408 19Mar08=======================================================================
409 1. Include CTY-1802 cty.dat changes from Jim AD1C
410 29Feb08=======================================================================
411 1. Fix crash on rcmd of an invalid command.
412 25Feb08=======================================================================
413 1. Arrange for AGWMsg to retry connection either if the AGW engine isn't
414 loaded on startup or it disappears for some reason and restarts.
415 19Feb08=======================================================================
416 1. Added CTY-1801 cty.dat data.
417 2. Fix problem with entering non-ascii data and then executing commands that
418 are guessed from the "cleaned up" version of the string. Now if you enter
419 commands with invalid characters, it will error immediately.
420 3. fix a problem detecting IPV4 localhost on IPV6 enabled systems.
421 10Feb08=======================================================================
422 1. sort sh/node output. Also show more information.
423 05Feb08=======================================================================
424 1. Added a Windows only BPQ interface from the man himself: John G8BPQ.
425 See some instructions in /spider/txt/spiderBPQ_en.txt for how to use it.
426 07Jan08=======================================================================
427 1. more changes to cty.dat
428 07Jan08=======================================================================
429 1. added TO5FJ to cty.dat (under orders from Jim AD1C :-)
430 05Jan08=======================================================================
431 1. Made necessary change to get DXSpider to (seem to) work in perl 5.10
432 27Dec07=======================================================================
433 1, added CTY-1711 prefix changes (and new wpxloc.raw) from Jim AD1C.
434 25Nov07=======================================================================
435 1. Fix a crash on receiving an rcmd from an new node.
436 21Nov07=======================================================================
437 1. Added CTY-1710 prefix changes
438 19Nov07=======================================================================
439 1. change MRTG graphs to be based on GMT, not localtime. This allows one to
440 more easily compare debug data with traffic graphs.
441 2. Add a create/user command to just add a plain user.
442 17Nov07=======================================================================
443 1. Add Local::ann() as requested by Felipe PY1NB.
444 16Nov07=======================================================================
445 1. add CTY-1709 prefix changes
446 2. added extra checking for the time stamp on PC9x sentences. These must now
447 be within 15 minutes (configurable) of this node's time to be accepted.
448 3. made show/newc terminal width aware.
449 24Oct07=======================================================================
450 1. Added CTY-1708 prefix changes
451 23Oct07=======================================================================
452 1. Added CTY-1707 prefix changes
453 15Oct07=======================================================================
454 1. prevent PC61 from propagating outside spider boxes.
455 2. simplify the regex for sh/contest to allow it to work on perl < 5.8.x.
456 09Oct07=======================================================================
457 1. Added *VERY* important change to prevent loops on PC9x sentences.
458 06Oct07=======================================================================
459 1. added the possibility of having a motd_ax25 especially for sending to
460 radio connections after a suggestion by Paolo YV1DIG.
461 05Oct07=======================================================================
462 1. Handle PC61 from VE1CC clusters as PC11.
463 01Oct07=======================================================================
464 1. fix .gtkconsole_data creation bug.
465 27Sep07=======================================================================
466 1. Fixed gtkconsole to split out all the windows. See
467 /spider/gtkconsole/README for installation and usage instructions. This
468 program will work on both Windows and Linux provided the extra Gtk2 perl
469 libraries + dependencies are installed. Instructions for getting them are in
471 25Sep07=======================================================================
472 1. Fix mrtg command so that it does not require /var/lock (which anyway gets
473 removed and recreated on boot - and the debianised mrtg does not recognise
474 that) nor /var/lib/mrtg for the confcache (whatever that is).
475 24Sep07=======================================================================
476 1. fix error message on disconnect and, BTW, fix the cause of premature
477 disconnections in the new PC92 code.
478 22Sep07=======================================================================
479 1. fix mrtg script so that it sets LANG='C', in addition, it appears that you
480 will need to create a /var/lock/mrtg and /var/lib/mrtg directory, both with
481 chmod 01777 /var/lock/mrtg /var/lib/mrtg. They may already exist but without
482 the correct permissions.
483 15Sep07=======================================================================
484 1. Add *optional* INET6 connectivity. In order to use this you must load
485 IO::Socket::INET6 and its dependencies from CPAN or get the distro's packaged
486 versions. I used 'sudo aptitude install libio-socket-inet6-perl' for ubuntu
487 (which should work for debian as well), for fedora/rpm based systems
488 'sudo yum install perl-IO-Socket-INET6' or near equiv should work. This has
489 been done quite simplistically, but it seems to work.
490 10Sep07=======================================================================
491 1. Remove warnings for EINPROGRESS etc for Windows perl 5.8.
492 2. Try to see if using just one lastid is viable in all situations. If it is
493 then this will cure the talk problem.
494 20Aug07=======================================================================
495 1. add cty.dat + wpxloc.raw changes for CTY-1706.
496 31Jul07=======================================================================
497 1. extend 60m band slighty and add ssb section.
498 2. add a new cty.dat (CTY-1705) from Jim AD1C.
499 27Jul07=======================================================================
500 1. Added Angel's changes to Messages for Spanish (finally).
501 25Jul07=======================================================================
502 1. don't clear out routing tables on shutdown. This should speed that up.
503 24Jul07=======================================================================
504 1. Try to target PC93 (the combined talk/ann/chat sentence) better. Prevent
505 PC12 chat going to non-dxspider and non-ak1a nodes. None of the others seem to
506 handle it correctly (Lee VE7CC: do you?).
507 2. a few other tidyups,
508 see: http://www.dxcluster.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=spider.git
510 18Jul07=======================================================================
511 1. Change the meaning of set/isolate. Set/isolate now works in both directions
512 in that an isolated node will only have its local config remembered and will
513 only be sent this nodes local config. This is exactly equivalent to both
514 ends setting set/isolate. If that is already the case then there should be
515 no noticeable change. Any extra that the far node sends, over and above its
516 local config will now be ignored.
517 17Jul07=======================================================================
518 1. remove dupefile on startup and on ending the node. Add clear/dupefile
519 command to allow people to do it at runtime as well.
520 12Jul07=======================================================================
521 1. Change disconnection code so that nodes that are no longer routable are
523 2. Add help for sh/band and also allow query of individual band or regions.
524 11Jul07=======================================================================
525 1. improve speed of sh/c/n
526 2. remove all $Id$ strings from cmd tree
527 09Jul07=======================================================================
528 1. remove check for PC93 from legacy nodes. This will allow PC10s to be
529 propagated correctly. Probably.
530 08Jul07=======================================================================
531 1. put in a temporary fix to the crashing on incoming PC10 talks, whilst I
532 try to work out how it is happening.
533 06Jul07=======================================================================
534 1. re-arrange id checking so that it is more logical and check that config
535 records, that can be an hour coming, are not thoughtlessly ignored, thus
536 causing nodes to time out.
537 2. Make sure that the 'over midnight' distance calculation actually does what
539 3. Tart up version number reporting in sh/node.
540 4. Pass the correct number of parameters in pc93 -> pc12 conversions which
541 should stop returning PC12s coming out as SYSOP announces.
542 05Jul07=======================================================================
543 1. Try to make sure that the node config broadcasts are actually sent...
544 03Jul07=======================================================================
545 1. fix unwanted dupe notifications if a PC12 comes back in on a loop.
546 02Jul07=======================================================================
547 1. Add a new command to show the contents of the cmd_cache. This allows those
548 people whom develop their own commands to see which version they are using.
549 It is called show/cmd_cache (or sh/cmd for short).
550 2. Add some extra info to the links command. Show whether a link is isolated
551 and also whether it has filters (if applicable) and whether these are
552 personalised ('Y') or the default node_filter ('D').
553 29Jun07=======================================================================
554 1. If a node is set/isolated then make sure that a) pc9x is not advertised
555 and b) pc9x is ignored.
556 2. Add (un)set/wantpc9x command (but please don't use them without talking
557 to me first), here be dragons!!
558 25Jun07=======================================================================
559 1. make sure that a C record is sent for node call every update period.
560 2. make announces work again (probably).
561 3. Fix long standing possibility of a crash with a new user.
562 4. Add continuous chatting (like talk with no message eg 'chat #9000' just on
563 its own with no message).
564 24Jun07=======================================================================
565 1. Fix the routing algorithms to allow route selection in the face of
566 incomplete trees of nodes (trees as produced by sh/newc).
567 2. Fix the obscount issues which mean that many nodes get timed out after 3hrs.
568 3. Extend 4m to 70631 to cover CT.
569 23Jun07=======================================================================
570 1. fix basic deduping algorithm
571 2. rearrange node startup protocol to avoid issuing unnecessary PC92 and also
572 to spread the PC92Cs out for dependent nodes.
573 3. increase the PC92C update time to 1 hour.
574 4. fix sh/route, with a view toward replacing Route::alldxchan.
575 5. downgrade a link advertising pc9x if no PC92C forthcoming from it back to
576 old style protocol and carry on, rather than disconnecting (protocol facist
578 6. Fix isolated pc9x nodes so that they remain in oldstyle protocol.
579 22Jun07=======================================================================
580 1. Fix Alias for sh/mydx (so it isn't the same as sh/myfdx).
581 2. Fix sh/c/n uninitialised variable message
582 3. Fix (and improve) sh/newc gb7 problem
583 4. Fix broken set/sys_qra command
584 21Jun07=======================================================================
585 1. merge back SIMPLEROUTE branch to issue as official 1.54.
586 18Jun07=======================================================================
587 1. add a optional dependency on Encode (included in 5.8.x) to encode strings
588 to latin1 for deduping purposes, hopefully getting rid of some dupes.
589 2. add a default INPUT filter for a node (by_dxcc <node's country>) if no
590 specific or default INPUT node exists.
591 14Jun07=======================================================================
592 1. prepare for git repository and moving of anon cvs repository to
594 13Jun07=======================================================================
596 2. change all the version / build numbering.
597 11Jun07=======================================================================
598 1. Change the frequency normalisation for DX Spot dupe checks so that any
599 decimal part is thrown away (in other words: truncate the freq to integer khz)
600 20May07=======================================================================
602 08Apr07=======================================================================
603 1. add CTY-1703 cty.dat
604 2. alter the way the dupefile deletion is done.
605 18Mar07=======================================================================
606 1. change URL in show/425.
607 04Mar07=======================================================================
608 1. add CTY 1702 prefix data files
609 22Feb07=======================================================================
610 1. add show/myfdx to Aliases.
611 15Feb07=======================================================================
612 1. allow convkeps.pl to parse NORAD keps files.
613 22Jan07=======================================================================
614 1. disable default propagation of PC9x sentences
615 2. simplify PC17 handling
616 16Jan07=======================================================================
617 1. back ported a change to PC16 handling so that a locally connected node's
618 info clears out and generally overrides any residual PC16 info gathered from
620 15Jan07=======================================================================
622 07Jan07=======================================================================
623 1. use IO::Socket blocking where available and switch off or ignore all
625 05Jan07=======================================================================
626 1. increase default ephemeral deduping on PC15 to 6 minutes (from 2).
627 23Nov06=======================================================================
628 1. added wrapping to over length lines in console.pl.
629 03Nov06=======================================================================
630 1. add CTY-1609 changes
631 2. add back Geo::Taf code with submitted mods
632 3. add new version of the sh/425 code using the new database location.
633 09Oct06=======================================================================
634 1. fix problems with bad filters pointed by Thomas DL3SBB.
635 27Jul06=======================================================================
636 1. merge in official issue version of wpxloc.raw (with one change: 4U1V).
637 26Jul06=======================================================================
638 1. incorporated Jim AD1C's spiffy new, unified, wpxloc.raw and version
640 21Jul06=======================================================================
641 1. Added the (now) all new gtkconsole program, with all the changes needed in
642 dxspider to run it (yet another cmd interface (sigh)). You will need gtk2-perl
643 installed (most modern linux distros do this automatically). The big news is
644 that this will work on Windows boxes as well if you install the Gtk libraries
645 as per: http://gtk2-perl.sf.net.
646 03Jun06=======================================================================
647 1. Added changes to wpxloc.raw (prefixes) suggested by Jim AD1C.
648 2. Made a change to prevent xml data being interpreted unless we are
650 3. Change the buddy messages after a suggestion from Angel EA7WA.
651 02Apr06=======================================================================
652 1. incorporated cty-1604 data.
653 29Mar06=======================================================================
654 1. fix sh/muf that I broke in the previous change
655 26Mar06=======================================================================
656 1. Arrange for any online buddies to be displayed when a user logs on.
657 2. Try to reduce the amount of POSIX stuff that is loaded to just that which
659 23Mar06=======================================================================
660 1. Added cty-1603 data.
661 2. On the advice of Jim AD1C I have changed around some things in wpxloc.raw
662 that affect 8J,CT2,KC4,KG4,KG6,ZK1 and ZS2. These should now show the more
663 likely canonical prefix.
664 3. On the advice of Tom WB8ZRL, I have made BW an alias for BV (Taiwan) and
665 made some other changes to affect the selection between the mainland and the
666 island more reliable.
667 10Mar06=======================================================================
669 2. Add new Spanish translations by Angel EA7WA.
670 07Mar06=======================================================================
671 1. Add the node call to remote tell_login and tell_buddie calls.
672 06Mar06=======================================================================
673 1. Fix warning on empty PC19s.
674 2. Add new command set/local_node to allow people to see logins/outs on other
676 3. Add new command set/buddy to allow people to see when their favorite
678 4. Arrange filter reading so that the following order is followed for users:
679 callsign, callsign less ssid, user_default. Nodes are unchanged.
680 14Feb06=======================================================================
681 1. Turn R and SFI around in mrtg.pl.
682 13Feb06=======================================================================
683 1. Updated prefixes with cty-1601 data.
684 2. Fixed qth in show/muf so that it shows the correct qth (if known).
685 3. Try to make the state machine in convkeps.pl deal with more variations
686 of the 2 line keps sets that are available on line. Also give a sensible
687 error message if no keps were actually decoded.
688 4. Update the base keps to the latest set of AMSAT keps 06033.
689 04Feb06=======================================================================
690 1. Explicitly ignore spots with lower case characters in the spotted call
691 01Feb06=======================================================================
692 1. Explicitly ignore spots with blank spotted callsigns
693 26Jan06=======================================================================
694 1. Fix divide by 0 error in DXBearing (how come this has taken so long to
696 22Jan06=======================================================================
697 1. Remove +<prefix> from the fronts of comments to fix LoTW dupes.
698 18Jan06=======================================================================
699 1. Fix spurious announce from previous year appearing in sh/ann.
700 15Jan06=======================================================================
701 1. Fix some obviously long standing problems with create_sysop.pl and also
702 with initialising the User file.
703 2. Fixed the problem with certain things not being shown in sh/log (because of
704 a regex that rejected too many things).
705 3. Speeded up sh/log quite a bit at the same time.
706 4. Add a default limit of the last 36 months for sh/log querys.
707 14Jan06=======================================================================
708 1. undo frequency rounding change, it causes more problems than it solves.
709 11Jan06=======================================================================
710 1. Fixed problem with badspotters doing ann/full as pointed out by Luigi
712 07Jan06=======================================================================
713 1. Fixed problem with the standalone 'showdx' program pointed out by Leo,
715 2. Fixed rounding problem on entering spots as pointed out by Ron N5IN.
716 3. Fixed problem with badspotters sending DX as pointed out by Luigi IK5ZUK.
717 4. Added some extra logging for swearing so that we can see what lines used
718 which swear words. Hopefully this will allow sysops to refine their swearing
720 06Jan06=======================================================================
721 1. Fix problem with rcmd <call> sh/fdx
722 27Dec05=======================================================================
723 1. put some more flesh on the SQL stuff (which may turn out to be a bit of a
724 red herring as it doesn't appear to be significantly faster (for spots) than
726 21Dec05=======================================================================
727 1. Add start of optional SQL working.
728 2. Fix BadWords so that the simple word check splits words on word boundaries.
729 13Dec05=======================================================================
730 1. upissue version no to 1.52
731 07Nov05=======================================================================
732 1. Fix warnings on filtering spots where the filter was looking at US states
733 and there is no US state in the spot.
734 2. Fix the dupes caused by having a prefix in the last characters of the
736 01Nov05=======================================================================
737 1. add log2csv.pl for printing out logfiles
738 25Oct05=======================================================================
739 1. Incorporated the cty.dat from Jim dated today (25Oct05).
740 08Oct05=======================================================================
741 1. Reject PC11s with blank spot callsigns
742 01Sep05=======================================================================
743 1. Change the logic of propagating WWV broadcasts. Now all non-input filtered
744 PC23s will be sent on. Previously only the first successful new WWV was
746 2. fix the problem with by_dxcc and origin_dxcc not working on WWV.
747 29Aug05=======================================================================
748 1. try something else to resolve/prevent more of these spot dupes. It appears
749 that there is software out there chopping off variable amounts from the ends
750 of comment fields. This makes the task of detecting dupes that much harder.
751 10Aug05=======================================================================
752 1. trim dx spot duplicate length after normalisation
753 2. Do the same for announces
754 08Jul05=======================================================================
755 1. new CTY.DAT encorporated
756 27May05=======================================================================
757 1. change copyright in dbg message at startup.
758 25May05=======================================================================
759 1. Added a means to import a script of arbitrary commands to allow external
760 programs to do stuff.
761 23Mar05=======================================================================
762 1. fix (un)set/badspotter so that it only stores non-ssid calls.
763 2. mention action on talk and ann/full in help.
764 22Mar05=======================================================================
765 1. Fix ? so it works again.
766 2. Fix Aliases for sh/c so they are correct
767 3. Fix sh/connect for AGW ports and other niffnaffs.
768 22Mar05=======================================================================
769 1. fixed sh/c/node sh/c/a and sh/newc/n.
770 21Mar05=======================================================================
771 1. log AGW port on connection
772 2. merge in latest (2Mar2005) cty.dat
773 3. fix command searching so it does not pick up false positives for commands
774 with / in them in directories that don't have that.
775 4. Important security change.
776 5. add missing input filter for WWV
777 16Mar05=======================================================================
778 1. make the correct correction to the DL entry in wpxloc.raw (left out the
779 'N' of 'North' in the latitude).
780 2. Severely reduce the dupes caused by some of the badly configured / written
781 spot suckers out there.
782 13Mar05=======================================================================
783 1. There has been a mix up in the Aranea1 branch. I have managed to merge a
784 change that I have been meaning to do for ages. I have now made that change
786 27Feb05=======================================================================
787 1. fix duping on bad spot suckers that copy the prefix that is put at the end
788 of the comment section by AR-C nodes becoming the whole comment.
789 26Feb05=======================================================================
790 1. Added show/grayline command from Steve K9AN. This is also aliased to
792 2. fix spot dupe ambiguity on spotter having an SSID (remove it).
793 25Feb05=======================================================================
794 1. Changed the way spot deduping is done. This is likely to make deduping much
795 stricter. In essence a person cannot spot the same call on the same frequency
796 more than once an hour (configurable) unless he makes a (non-duped) comment
798 2. Added Swains Island
799 3. Added TO4G for Glorioso
800 19Feb05=======================================================================
801 1. changed ssb allocation on 40m to add missing 5Khz.
802 2. Change sh/425 to Leo, IZ5FSA's requirements.
803 08Feb05=======================================================================
804 1. possibly fixed the multiple condition problems on sh/dx
806 05Feb05=======================================================================
807 1. Fix a long standing (ie since the first bulletin was sent) bug with old
808 mail not being deleted until a restart was done.
809 2. As well as a duplicate check on existing bulletins, I have added a check
810 the message is not (already) too old.
811 3. fix problem for perl < 5.6 in Thingy.pm
812 03Feb05=======================================================================
813 1. Added latest Spanish translations courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
814 2. Force all languages to use pr in en in Messages, as the prompt is
816 19Jan05=======================================================================
817 1. More Spanish changes by Angel, EA7WA.
818 2. add language dependant motd files. You can now have motd_{lang} and
819 motd_nor_{lang} (eg for Spanish: motd_es and motd_nor_es) for normal and
820 non-registered (if you use registration) users respectively. Based on an idea
822 18Jan05=======================================================================
823 1. Added missing Spanish translation courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
824 2. Really incorporate latest cty.dat (11Dec04) as opposed to merely thinking
825 I had (and still add 3X0Y as well).
826 3. fix ? all in non english language
827 4. Alias sh/st and sh/sta back to show/station from show/startup.
828 17Jan05=======================================================================
829 1. Added 3Y0X to Peter Island 3Y in cty.dat.
830 16Jan05=======================================================================
831 1. Added the changes to Canadian Prefixes so that usdbraw.gz from Charlie
832 K1XX's website (http://dxc.k1xx.com/download) dated after 1Jan05 will include
833 Canadian city and province data as well the existing US data.
834 2. Improve the apropos command to take better account of language and do
835 a better job of only showing english stuff for commands where there really is
836 no local language version.
837 15Jan05=======================================================================
838 1. knocked over a few possible ways of people annoying other people thru
840 2. Fixed problem in DXCommandmode with an indirect call that did not work
842 3. Add Spanish translations of new scripting commands in help, from Angel
844 13Jan05=======================================================================
845 1. Fixed prompting in languages other than English.
846 2. Fixed language problem with spoof, but that simply hides a whole can of
847 worms that I shall have to address later.
848 3. Added make clean to src Makefile (!!!)
849 12Jan05=======================================================================
850 1. Add $main::bumpexisting variable which allows a new connection for a user
851 call to disconnect an existing connection with the same call. The default for
852 this variable is 'true' (1). This means that existing behaviour has changed.
853 set/var $main::bumpexisting = 0 to return to original behaviour.
854 2. Remind a user every hour (as default) that they have new messages.
855 set/var $DXCommandmode::msgpolltime = 3*3600 to set it to 3 hours.
856 3. Allow some substitutions in set/prompt (call, date, time and
857 cluster call) and add dxspider just before the > as standard.
858 4. Add $main::allowdxby variable so that sysops can switch off the
859 'DX BY <othercall' command. It is set to 0 (ie disabled) by default. This
860 is for sysops who don't want to bump privilege to allow it. That still works
862 5. Fix the bug in 'dx by <call>' that causes only the first word of the
863 comment to be recorded.
864 6. Fix bug counting backwards over a leap year in Julian.pm which meant that
865 sh/dxstats doesn't start at 'yesterday' anymore.
866 7. Added set/startup and show/startup commands to allow users and sysops
867 to create and display startup scripts. There is also an unset/startup to
869 27Dec04=======================================================================
870 1. add improved VE data from Charlie K1XX. You should update usdb as well.
871 22Dec04=======================================================================
872 1. Changed all the names of US prefixes to be prepended with their State code.
873 thus "Alaska-KL7" becomes "AK-Alaska-KL7".
874 21Dec04=======================================================================
875 1. added AGW port no after an example by IW5DEZ.
876 2. modified links command to suggestions by Charlie K1XX.
877 3. added show/groups command to show recently used chat groups by Tommy
879 4. fixed T8 / V6 ambiguity (at least basically).
880 20Dec04=======================================================================
881 1. updated create_prefix.pl to only use (supplied) wpxloc.raw and cty.dat
882 2. Added IG9, GM/S, 4U1V and some other detail changes to make it compatible
884 3. regenerated prefix_data.pl with updated wpxloc.raw and cty.dat 11Dec04.
885 17Dec04=======================================================================
886 1. add undocumented special command for VE7CC.
887 10Dec04=======================================================================
888 1. Included fixes sent in by David, N9KT for the new DB0SDX site.
889 2. removed redundant "rm *bys" and "rm *cys" from Spot::init().
890 09Dec04=======================================================================
891 1. fix show/mydx properly this time (and test the fix!)
892 2. fix the default in show/qrz
893 06Dec04=======================================================================
894 1. fix show/mydx if there is no defined spotfilter
895 07Oct04=======================================================================
896 1. added the ability for people to import chat from external programs.
897 create a directory called /spider/chat_import, make sure it is writable
898 by any applications that might dump stuff in there (chmod 1777
899 /spider/chat_import on *nux). Put a file with a sensible name in there;
900 the first part of the name will be the chat group to whom the message will
901 be sent. So solar.txt.12325 = SOLAR. Announces can also be sent to local, all
902 and sysop (ie files whose name begins with those names). Each line in the
903 file becomes a chat line or an announce. See importwwv.pl for an example.
904 DO NOT USE importwwv.pl, I am already using it and if you do as well, people
905 will get duplicates which will ANNOY THEM!!! It is just an example.
906 23Aug04=======================================================================
907 1. add the start of an alternative routing engine (RouteDB)
908 20Aug04=======================================================================
909 1. Added new protocol specification to techdoc
910 17Aug04=======================================================================
911 1. change 'fo' alias in Aliases
912 31Jul04=======================================================================
913 1. add a load of .cvsignore lines to reduce the updating noise
914 30Jul04=======================================================================
915 1. make sure that // is not converted to / in command lines.
916 28Jul04=======================================================================
917 1. backported 'Investigate' from NP branch so that only pingable nodes
919 2. added missing entries in Internet.pm for sh/contest
920 26Jul04=======================================================================
921 1. added extra variables to Internet.pm to allow the various internet query
922 commands to alter the url that they use.
923 2. Added show/425 command from Leo, IZ5FSA.
924 05Jul04=======================================================================
925 1. fix rspfcheck on pc27
926 23Jun04=======================================================================
927 1. Add zone, by_zone, itu, by_itu, state and by_state searches to sh/dx
928 2. Update manuals for CVS and new commands
929 22Jun04=======================================================================
930 1. Add the show/mydx command which *may* filter your spots using your
932 17Jun04=======================================================================
933 1. alter processing of PC17 to see if they get distributed more than now.
934 14Jun04=======================================================================
935 1. fix previous fix of sh/dx
936 09Jan04=======================================================================
937 1. removed PC90 which was breaking various filtering things.
938 2. added realtime spot formats to sh/dx (at least in basic form), this is
939 activated by using either of the keywords 'real' of 'rt' on the command
940 line. Also added sh/fdx as an alias.
941 01Jan04=======================================================================
942 1. move position of USDB init to get rid of an obscure bug pointed out by
944 2. Remove redundant documentation.
945 31Dec03=======================================================================
946 1. alter remote database handling to 'new standard'.
947 30Dec03=======================================================================
948 1. updated website to make it clear(er) that it all works under Windows (like
949 wot Charlie said...).
950 2. made the changes to the German Messages that Thomas DL3SBB sent me a
952 3. made 'dx by' require at least privilege 1.
953 29Dec03=======================================================================
954 1. updated dxoldtonew.pl so that it takes an AK1A DX.DAT file (argument on
955 command line or a default of /spider/data/DX.DAT and outputs the standard
956 DXSpider format spot files. Please be warned that if any of these files
957 already exist, the data will be appended onto the end of the file. Please
958 make sure you have backups or at least be aware that this may give strange
959 results which may be 'out of order'.
960 24May03=======================================================================
961 1. Added more french translations from Robert (HB9BZA) and we now have some
962 french help as well (also from Robert). A splendid effort. Thank you.
963 16May03=======================================================================
964 1. Correct Windows section of the Addendum file! (g0vgs)
965 06May03=======================================================================
966 1. Add Portuguese language courtesy of David CT1DRB (set/lang pt)
967 2. Add French language courtesy of Robert HB9BZA (set/lang fr)
968 02Apr03=======================================================================
969 1. Fix some minor problems with the manuals (g0vgs)
970 01Apr03=======================================================================
971 1. Update filtering primer, changes by N3RD (g0vgs)
972 28Mar03=======================================================================
973 1. Added an excellent document on filtering to the manuals from Jim, W3BG
974 2. started to remove old documents (g0vgs)
975 27Mar03=======================================================================
976 1. play around with sh/reg, sh/iso, sh/node and sh/lock to make them work
977 slightly better with the new user format.
978 2. update manuals (g0vgs)
979 26Mar03=======================================================================
980 1. add some ak1a compatibility changes to chat
981 2. added help text for chat, join, leave and sh/chat.
982 18Mar03=======================================================================
983 1. minor corrections to manuals (g0vgs)
984 17Mar03=======================================================================
985 1. changed the regex determining what is a callsign to be more comprehensive.
986 I would suggest re-running create_qsl.pl and then restarting.
987 2. Fix chat so that output appears to users again and PC sentence conforms
988 to standard. Add kludge to remove rewritten chats if I see them.
989 3. Only send chat PCs to spider or AK1A boxes
990 12Mar03=======================================================================
991 1. added HC and QRZ.com to possible QSL locations, if you want to pick up
992 historical info (ie start again), run create_qsl.pl after update and restart
993 the node (which you will need to do anyway).
994 2. changed the dbcreate command so that you can say:
995 dbcreate dxqsl cmd show/dxqsl
996 which will allow local and remote users to execute commands as though they
997 are Databases. You can also include these databases in chains. What you do
998 with this, is ofcourse a moot question.
999 3. Update manuals (g0vgs)
1000 11Mar03=======================================================================
1001 1. Changed the name of show/qsl to show/dxqsl.
1002 2. Alter Commands_en.hlp to match new name and issue manual updates (g0vgs)
1003 10Mar03=======================================================================
1004 1. added show/qsl command. This command basically takes the normal output of
1005 sh/dx qsl and stores it in a database. In order to enable this command you
1006 will require the Storable module to be loaded (you will already have done
1007 this with a bit of luck for the new DXUser interface). The suggested
1008 procedure is (after the update) to run /spider/perl/create_qsl.pl (this may
1009 take a long time), then immediately it finishes, restart the node. The node
1010 will then keep the database up to date automatically. If you are not
1011 interested in historical data then you can leave this step out.
1012 2. added show/contest command from Tommy SM3OSM via Rene OZ1LQH.
1013 08Mar03=======================================================================
1014 1. Added chat, join, leave commands to allow general purpose conferencing
1015 on arbitrary subjects. [Translators: added e34,e35,join,leave]. There is
1016 currently no help. There is also sh/chat.
1017 28Feb03=======================================================================
1018 1. Charlie K1XX fixed the sh/iso, sh/reg and sh/node commands
1019 25Feb03=======================================================================
1020 1. backported switch processing for PC sentences
1021 24Feb03=======================================================================
1022 1. add the 'run' command and the 'privilege' command to allow sysops to
1023 create scripts for people.
1024 2. fix show/user so that it doesn't moan about uninitialised variables
1025 23Feb03=======================================================================
1026 1. Added show/wm7d command (a US only callbook server) [by K1XX].
1027 2. Added a prototype show/db0sdx command (w.i.p).
1028 3. Added set/dxcq and set/dxitu zone commands [Translators: I have added
1029 dxcqu, dxcqs, dxitus and dxituu to Messages].
1030 4. Add new Commands to manuals (g0vgs)
1031 5. make sure that none of the above set/dx... commands are defaulted on
1032 22Feb03=======================================================================
1033 1. changed qrz.com address
1034 2. added Charlie's [K1XX] new wpxloc.raw data stuff to get WA1, KC3 type
1035 callsigns to work better.
1036 3. added in set/usstate command which prints any US state information
1037 available on both the spotted (LHS of time) and spotter (RHS of time).
1038 [Translators: I have added usstates and usstateu to Messages].
1039 4. Merged in the new (faster) DXUser.pm.
1041 [NOTE] this version will require Storable to be installed. On the
1042 other hand the code may work without, in a compatible way. This bit hasn't
1043 been very well tested (the 'no Storable' condition that is).
1045 [*** NOTE ***] make sure that you do an 'export_user' BEFORE restarting
1046 you node. (Yes I know this is like a shrinkwrap licence, but I can't
1049 It will take several minutes for the node to restart when it does the
1050 conversion from .v2 to .v3 user file. Please go and have a good strong cup
1051 of tea whilst this is happening.
1053 If it fails then you will need to edit your latest user_asc file on (or about)
1054 line 25 it says: $ref = decode($f[1]); you will need to change that to
1055 $ref = asc_decode($f[1]); and then do: perl user_asc
1057 DO MAKE SURE THAT you include subdirectories in your CVS update
1059 21Feb03=======================================================================
1060 1. moved the export of the users file to Wednesday night (GMT) to avoid
1061 possible crashes and/or delays during a contest weekend.
1062 14Feb03=======================================================================
1063 1. some major changes to the structure of the manual documentation. To bring
1064 the manuals into line, they now have the language tag (like
1065 installation_en.html). Hopefully someone will translate the manuals
1066 eventually :-) I have left the old files in CVS for now to allow
1067 everyone to change any symlinks etc to the new filenames. I will remove the
1068 old files shortly, please update your links! (g0vgs)
1069 2. docs makefile updated and commands2sgml.pl added from M0AZM. This script
1070 inserts the helpfiles automagically from Commands_en.hlp into the relevant
1072 3. Commands_en.hlp adjusted slightly to ensure at least one space before
1073 examples for the purposes of the above script. (g0vgs)
1074 4. Amend index.html to the right document names. (g0vgs)
1075 09Feb03=======================================================================
1076 1. Correct some typos in the manuals and update perl modules etc. Also
1077 amend some help files to show correct syntax, around the 'clear' commands
1078 swapping [input] and <callsign> in each case, translators please take note.
1079 Thanks to Dave N3RD for info. (g0vgs)
1080 2. update the addendum for latest build and include information on additional
1081 modules required. (g0vgs)
1082 20Jan03=======================================================================
1083 1. changed sh/c so that, by default, it only shows the caller's country nodes
1084 sh/c all will show the old style full list. "sh/c sk gb" will show the config
1085 of all the GB and SK nodes.
1086 2. changed sh/stat and sh/route for nodes
1087 19Jan03=======================================================================
1088 1. I have made a fundemental change to the way PC19s are dealt with as a
1089 result of the discussions on the mailing list. From now on, only nodes that
1090 issue PC16s will have PC19s propagated. If they *ever* issue a PC16 then from
1091 then on they are considered as being 'connected' and thus routable. No PC16
1092 and you have no route. This should stop all passive links being routed. For
1093 the few cases where you know that that is a very small node and it rarely has
1094 users, then you can do a set/routepc19 <node> to enable PC19 propagation. In
1095 the even more rare case of you wanting to prevent PC19s being routed thru
1096 your node, you can use unset/routepc19. THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUTE
1097 FILTERING!!!!! [translators: I have added wpc16s, wpc16u, wpc19s, wpc19u]
1099 BTW the first time you connect again you will notice a separate PC19 go out
1100 for each 'new' PC16 that the node sees. This is normal and will go away the
1101 second time the system needs to issue a PC19.
1102 2. Alter the export_user command to remove users that have no useful info
1103 and have not been seen for more than (default) 1 year.
1104 3. fix the problem of users on more than one node not being propagated
1105 4. remove spaces and all non-US ascii characters from PC41 for the dup check.
1106 5. put in check to see if the parent of a newly allowed PC19 is still there
1107 (this needs further investigation).
1108 17Jan03=======================================================================
1109 1. Fix problem with lines being left in the main input queue for a
1110 disconnected/ing node.
1111 14Jan03=======================================================================
1112 1. Tidy up AUTOLOAD functions
1113 2. Make sure that empty PC16s are not sent on startup to a node.
1114 12Jan03=======================================================================
1115 1. add Czech language courtesy of Milan OK1XH
1116 06Jan03=======================================================================
1117 1. add the latest changes to the spider-web java interface from Rene, OZ1LQH.
1118 Please note that there is a change to the spider.cgi file this time so that
1119 the client show 'Connected to Node_Call' instead of the hostname. You will
1120 need to update your cgi file when you update the changes. Please make sure
1121 that you back up your old files first! (g0vgs)
1122 2. yet more changes to the java client from Rene :-) Also added a makefile
1123 and a Changes file for the client in the spider-web directory.
1124 05Jan03=======================================================================
1125 1. fix some irritating messages caused by protocol loops in sh/c
1127 3. move GN from GJ to GI
1128 31Dec02=======================================================================
1129 1. Update files in the java client with fixes and additions from Rene, OZ1LQH
1130 05Dec02=======================================================================
1131 1. Fix SSID issues with AGWMsg.
1132 2. updated show/hftable, vhftable, hfstats, vhfstats and dxstats after K1XX
1133 sent in some sample code indicated new functionality he requires. Translators
1134 please note that the stat* messages have been changed and e33 added. I have
1135 also added quite a bit of extra examples and things to the relevant HELP
1136 texts. It is now possible to search from any date for up to 365 days of data.
1137 You can get the information by prefix or by callsign or for ALL spots.
1138 04Dec02=======================================================================
1139 1. updated sh/log to allow searching for more arbitrary strings such as IP
1141 08Nov02=======================================================================
1142 1. update Keps.pm to reflect which satellites now come round in the weekly
1143 updates. I suggest that you copy this file to /spider/local and do a load/kep
1144 and you should lose all the 'old' satellites (eg MIR).
1145 08Nov02=======================================================================
1146 1. made some small mods to grepdbg and spot2csv.pl
1147 2. fix a possible DOS in dx command
1148 07Nov02=======================================================================
1149 1. allow three digit longitudes
1150 2. make a small change to see if messages now stay in place.
1151 3. make keep actually stick over a reboot and take it fully into account for
1152 deletions (translators: I added m18).
1153 4. try not to delete new messages (even if this is an update that reads 'old'
1154 messages with missing fields).
1155 29Oct02=======================================================================
1156 1. make sh/log et al a bit more efficient.
1157 2. fix dupe message in dx.
1158 3. update cty.dat to the latest, add k8T, K8O to KH8 and TX5BTY to FO/A
1159 4. clear cache on reload of prefixes
1160 25Oct02=======================================================================
1161 1. remove the dupefile automatically if it becomes corrupted
1162 2. instrument the startup slightly more
1163 21Oct02=======================================================================
1165 2. make the default pinginterval and obscount variable (set/var
1166 $DXProt::pingint and $DXProt::obscount)
1167 20Oct02=======================================================================
1168 1. remove dupe check on local sysop announces
1169 2. fix format errors on sh/muf for 5.8.0
1170 3. add new version of the administration manual that includes WinCVS with
1171 thanks to K1XX (g0vgs).
1172 17Oct02=======================================================================
1173 1. added new Spanish files for help and Messages from Angel, EA7WA.
1174 16Oct02=======================================================================
1175 1. decrease the default max length of PC16/19 to around 180 characters to be
1176 slightly friendlier to ARC, which seems to have a difficulty reconstructing
1177 lines from multiple packets. Also make the value settable via set/var.
1178 2. strip off blank spaces from the ends of lines of command output.
1179 15Oct02=======================================================================
1180 1. made some detail changes to the raw USDB data and the routines that
1181 generate and operate on them. There were some bugs involving a few 'missing'
1182 callsigns which been fixed. Also there were some, for our purposes, invalid
1183 callsigns in the database which have been removed (down to about 820,000
1184 entries now). You should really update your database.
1186 The latest code now (conditionally; ie if you have it loaded it will use it)
1187 support Compress::Zlib on both *nux and Windows. The suggested procedure
1190 1. Download the corrected database from
1191 http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz to somewhere like /tmp.
1193 3. Restart (on linux, just stop the node and *don't* restart on Windows).
1194 4. remove /spider/data/usdb.v1
1196 6. (perl) create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw.gz (or wherever you put it)
1197 6a. If you don't have Compress::Zlib loaded then you will need to gunzip
1198 it manually and do: create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (not Windows :-)
1199 7. on linux, in a console window do: load/usdb, on windows: restart the node.
1201 2. Added set/usdb command to add adding or changing of a callsign in the USDB
1202 3. Stop dupe spots from the same spotter (with or without comment corruption)
1203 14Oct02=======================================================================
1204 1. added show/usdb command as a simple, direct interface to the information
1205 available in the USDB stuff.
1206 13Oct02=======================================================================
1207 1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
1208 nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
1211 1. download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz
1212 2. save it somewhere (/tmp, anywhere).
1213 3. Decompress it using your favorite program (gunzip / winzip) [call it
1214 usdbraw if winzip]{BE WARNED, some browsers may decompress it on the
1215 fly for you, you can tell; if it is 5Mb it is compressed - 16Mb not}.
1216 4. remove any /spider/data/user.v1 files lying around (at least for this
1219 6. perl create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (ie the UNCOMPRESSED file)
1220 7. Wait, I suggest some cups of tea are in order.
1223 You don't need Compress::Zlib anymore, I assumed it was universal.
1225 You will be able do this while the node is running somewhen. There is a
1226 planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 15Mb) patch
1227 files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down
1228 first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
1229 'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been
1230 updated (which may help...).
1232 Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
1234 If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
1235 a waste of time. The run-time version is 30Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
1236 in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
1239 2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
1240 rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
1241 back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).
1242 12Oct02=======================================================================
1243 1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is
1244 the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.
1245 2. improve the sh/vhftable and sh/hftable commands to allow you to enquire
1246 by dxcc country (using the relevant prefixes or dxcc country numbers).
1247 [note to translators, I have changed the help text and Messages tags for
1249 07Oct02=======================================================================
1250 1. fix problem with (invalid) callsigns starting with '0' (zero) eg 0f6ira.
1251 03Oct02=======================================================================
1252 1. only sysop (priv=5+) can now send to distro SYSOP, ordinary users will have
1253 their message routed to the $main::myalias callsign as a private message.
1254 29Sep02=======================================================================
1255 1. Added LRU caching to DXUsers and Prefix.
1256 2. make Timer::handler only search its chain once a second seeing as that
1257 is the minimum granularity available.
1258 3. add some separation between cfg file making, data generation and mrtg
1259 running. See /spider/cmd/mrtg.pl for some instructions...
1260 4. Added data in and out to the MRTG stats, you need to do an indexmaker
1261 to get them onto the index page, I have also added some colour to the
1262 legend to make what is being displayed a bit more obvious.
1264 See http://gb7djk.dxcluster.org/mrtg/stats.html for an example of the
1267 28Sep02=======================================================================
1268 1. Put some transparent caching into Prefix.pm to see if this has a
1270 2. Fix doing a new log open for every log file write.
1271 26Sep02=======================================================================
1272 1. added WWV and WCY to the Mrtg stats. Don't forget to do an indexmaker!
1273 25Sep02=======================================================================
1274 1. added mrtg stuff to the system as a template. In order to use this you
1275 must install mrtg onto your system and copy all the mrtg files (or at least
1276 all the images) to new directory /spider/html/mrtg. The system generates the
1277 config file for you as part of its workings. To get it to update add a line
1278 to your spider crontab like:
1280 00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
1282 You will also need to do an indexmaker once in the html directory. I put the
1283 index page into /spider/html/mrtg/stats.html YMMV. I do:
1285 indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for
1286 GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
1288 But all on one line.
1289 2. I have made a technical change to the way ax25 connects outward on unix
1290 boxes are done. I currently have no way of testing this. I think it still
1292 22Sep02=======================================================================
1293 1. Add changes to the installation manual for Windows users from K1XX
1294 21Sep02=======================================================================
1295 1. make some detail changes for connects out in Msg.pm
1296 17Sep02=======================================================================
1297 1. Added shu command for Charlie's (K1XX) benefit (together with the rest of
1298 our butterfingered sysops) who miss the '/' out of sh/u frequently enough
1299 to curse. 'shu' simply types out a message saying 'type SHUT' to shutdown the
1300 node. Added 'shu' to /spider/perl/Messages. No need to restart, just
1301 load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS.
1302 21Aug02=======================================================================
1303 1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX).
1304 20Aug02=======================================================================
1305 1. fix lines containing just the character '0' in messages (and console.pl)
1307 2. remove all newline characters from AGW data, thus treating it like a
1308 'normal' ax25 connection where the 'newline' convention is just carriage
1310 06Aug02=======================================================================
1311 1. added 5.5Mhz band as '60m'.
1312 29Jul02=======================================================================
1313 1. Changed max R value in wcy to 500 from 300.
1314 2. Got rid of warnings on startup using 5.8.0
1315 28Jul02=======================================================================
1316 1. stick the invalid key deletes in an eval loop in export_user
1317 18Jul02=======================================================================
1318 1. Make additions and changes to manuals. (g0vgs)
1319 16Jul02=======================================================================
1320 1. Add changes to the spider-web java web client. Thanks to Rene, OZ1LQH. It
1321 should now be easier to install and run for all systems. (g0vgs)
1322 11Jul02=======================================================================
1323 1. NP work has now started in ernest ([ed]who he?). You will need to download
1324 Digest::SHA1 and any dependant packages to run this release. HOWEVER tempted
1325 you are, please don't set/newprotocol on any nodes. It won't work.
1326 http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
1327 2. Make the cluster node registered on from startup (from Mark HB9DBM).
1328 3. Make the 'export_users' process *MUCH* more robust. It should now accept
1329 funny characters and not rely on an absolutely 'perfect' user file to work.
1330 Errors are displayed (and logged if done from the cluster) and then ignored.
1331 Invalid callsigns are removed.
1332 09Jul02=======================================================================
1333 1. make the is_qra more accurate (from Mark HB9DBM).
1334 04Jul02=======================================================================
1335 1. added another fix to Prefix.pm so that it resolves Japan callsigns again
1336 also you can 'set/debug prefix' to see what it is trying to do.
1337 03Jul02=======================================================================
1338 1. Added the DEMONSTRATE command which allows a sysop to demonstrate a
1339 command to a user (from a request by Charlie K1XX).
1340 2. added message e31 (xxxx is not a user)
1341 02Jul02=======================================================================
1342 1. Fixed the problem with badspotter or badnode being set to baddx if either
1343 of the data files are missing.
1344 25Jun02=======================================================================
1345 1. as predicted there was an error in the Prefix routine, I have improved it.
1346 24Jun02=======================================================================
1347 1. make set/badspotter non SSID sensitive. Set/badnode is left to be SSID
1349 2. added 3XA(=3X) and K1B(=KH1) also changed the logic of sh/prefix. This
1350 may break things, please test it.
1351 19Jun02=======================================================================
1352 1. make set/badspotter and set/badnode apply to announces and talks as well
1354 12Jun02=======================================================================
1355 1. fixed (un)set/wwv and (un)set/wcy so they don't issue spurious messages.
1356 Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
1357 07Jun02=======================================================================
1358 1. fix messages in DXDb.pm to point to the correct ones. Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
1359 2. add missing wcys and wcyu messages to Messages. Thanks Rene (again)
1360 3. upissue version number to 1.50 (finally)
1361 16Apr02=======================================================================
1362 1. allow the rest of PC19 to continue if it contains a reference to a locally
1363 connected node. Thank you Tommy SM3OSM.
1364 19Mar02=======================================================================
1365 1. fix problems with ephemeral dup checking on PC16,17,19,21
1366 2. perturb the problem with national character sets.
1367 15Mar02=======================================================================
1368 1. add help for 'accept' and 'reject'. (g0vgs)
1369 2. adjustments to the manuals (g0vgs)
1370 3. make changes to reflect the correct output of sh/sun and sh/moon based
1371 on information from Steve, K9AN. (g0vgs)
1372 23Feb02=======================================================================
1373 1. remove old satellites from keps.
1374 2. Add information on setting up the ax25 utils to the installation manual
1376 19Feb02=======================================================================
1377 1. move the PC11 dup check after the input filter
1378 06Feb02=======================================================================
1379 1. changes to manuals to (hopefully) improve documentation and alter my email
1381 02Feb02=======================================================================
1382 1. changed sh/qrz to the latest incarnation of the command at qrz.com.
1383 29Jan02=======================================================================
1384 1. add VP8GEO to South Georgia
1385 27Jan02=======================================================================
1386 1. make save work in cron context
1387 2. try to get the C client to handle closes on its standard input better
1388 3. put some validation in cluster.pl to check that people have set it up
1390 4. fix the long callsign checking
1391 22Jan02=======================================================================
1392 1. limit spot dupe checking to first 12 characters
1393 13Jan02=======================================================================
1394 1. changed the backstop termination alarm routing in the C client so that
1395 it flushes the input and output buffer and then commits suicide.
1396 12Jan02=======================================================================
1397 1. put setsockopts into eval block to allow some of them to fail
1398 11Jan02=======================================================================
1399 1. Make M$ TCP connx blocking again, sigh...
1400 2. backed out ALL the M$ speedup and make nicer changes :-(
1401 3. cope with data coming in during the disconnection process. Don't worry
1402 Earth people, this will take no longer than 15 of your Earth seconds...
1403 10Jan02=======================================================================
1404 1. set SO_LINGER = 0 to try to prevent the system sending data on a closing
1405 socket. This MAY help some of the hanging problems (but I am now beginning
1407 2. do the same on the C client (which means DON'T FORGET to make it).
1408 3. set no nagling on the output from the node.
1409 4. set KEEPALIVE on TCP connections for both the node and C Client (you will
1410 have to make the C client again) and you will need to restart.
1411 5. It appears that it IS possible to set non blocking on M$ you just need to
1413 6. Fix problem with load/cmd_cache core dumping the system
1414 08Jan02=======================================================================
1415 1. altered sh/qrz to point to the new server
1416 2. alter the character set handling a bit to make it better for spanish
1417 06Jan02=======================================================================
1418 1. fix leading space removal from messages input from the keyboard
1419 2. make some mods to allow perl 5.7.2 to run
1420 3. create $DXProt::eph_restime to allow variable slugging of ephemeral dups
1421 4. create $DXProt::eph_info_restime to allow a long dupe time for these
1422 5. create $DXProt::eph_pc34 to allow a short anti dupe slug for rcmd loops
1423 6. Add a new sysop cmd 'save' which will save the output of any command (or
1424 list of commands in "<cmd>") to a file.
1425 7. Add a new command "echo" which echos its argument to the screen (useful
1426 for titling in the save command above.
1427 8. Increase interval between logins causing for/opernam to 60 days (from 30)
1428 + a random factor between 0 and 9.
1429 9. Added Italian translation of Messages from Luca IT9ROT (thank you
1431 10. Added the /<cmd> feature (as in talk) to execute a cmd whilst typing a
1432 message, then enhanced it so that if you do //sh/dx (for instance) it will
1433 put the result into the message (as well as show it to you).
1434 11. Added the // feature to talk as well.
1435 02Jan02=======================================================================
1436 1. updated the copyright dates
1437 2. modernised and extended the Windows instructions a bit.
1438 3. added a TODO file which is the list of things that I need to do. Please
1439 badger me to put YOUR enhancement on this list. It will then get done.
1440 31Dec01=======================================================================
1441 1. Make a couple of changes to the Installation Manual and add a FAQ on msg
1443 2. Fix unset/register so it works (g0vgs)
1444 30Dec01=======================================================================
1445 1. make PC21 coming from the channel's node call then treat it as a PC39 and
1447 2. Send the client a 'Z' command (shutdown) to see if this has any effect on
1449 26Dec01=======================================================================
1450 1. make some detail changes to help texts
1451 2. Added 'all' to the Band's region table to allow 'acc/spot on all/cw'
1452 23Dec01=======================================================================
1453 1. allow sh/dx on 1000/4000 (or 1000-4000).
1454 2. merge sh/dx and sh/dxcc commands (Alias sh/dxcc to sh/dx dxcc). You can
1455 now do things like 'sh/dxcc oq2 by w dxcc'.
1456 20Dec01=======================================================================
1457 1. Fix 'not' in filtering
1458 2. alter default max spots to 100 and the no of WWV to 5
1459 17Dec01=======================================================================
1460 1. added new satellite stuff from Steve K9AN. Fixed upper/lower problem
1462 2. enhanced load/keps to accept a message no. This will create a new keps
1463 file from a msg (hopefully containing 2 Line Nasa keps) and then load - all
1464 in one step. Added load/keps to the help files
1465 3. Updated spanish Messages
1466 4. Improve wcy command from Stephan DK8LV's input
1467 5. Added set/prompt (and unset/prompt) command so that Stephan can fool some
1468 external programs into thinking it is talking to clx.
1469 15Dec01=======================================================================
1470 1. added superfluous spaces back into PC73 for the benefit of clx
1471 14Dec01=======================================================================
1472 1. make Spanish in set/lang & Messages 'es' instead of 'sp'
1473 2. added prototype WCY and WWV commands (for qualified users only)
1474 3. Added Commands_es.hlp contributed by Angel EA7WA
1475 12Dec01=======================================================================
1476 1. added Commands_de.hlp contributed (in record time) by Stephan DK8LV.
1477 2. fixed help command so it uses it!
1478 11Dec01=======================================================================
1479 1. make PC17 generation more unconditional
1480 08Dec01=======================================================================
1481 1. added unset/hops command
1482 02Dec01=======================================================================
1483 1. Fix spurious 'new message for you' messages if things are deleted but
1485 2. stop remote passive nodes (those with version numbers of 0000) from
1486 poluting the nodes table. Maybe this will make things slightly more stable.
1487 3. Take off rspf checks on announces and spots and allow the dupe filters
1489 4. Move the dupe checking AFTER the input filtering for announces and spots.
1490 5. Changed the checking of PC19/21 that it doesn't alter the wrong node
1491 6. Alter the storage of messages so that illegal characters are stored as '.'
1492 in an attempt to stop such messages from hanging.
1493 26Nov01=======================================================================
1494 1. Make changes to the installation manual to show making the client before
1495 actually trying to use it! Thanks to oz1lqh. Also add a line for SuSE
1497 22Nov01=======================================================================
1498 1. finally fix DELETE = ^H = Backspace in console.pl
1499 21Nov01=======================================================================
1500 1. altered the PC16/17 generation slightly to see whether this cures Roland's
1502 19Nov01=======================================================================
1503 1. added Ducie Island to prefixes
1504 17Nov01=======================================================================
1505 1. updated the Java Web Interface from Ian, m0azm to allow passwords. If
1506 a user with no password enters anything, including null, it is happily
1507 accepted and ignored.
1508 2. added the German language to the Messages file from Stephan, dk8lv
1509 14Nov01=======================================================================
1510 1. make the number of characters of the dx comment dependant on the type of
1511 connection. This should mean that 'legacy' user programs can cope.
1512 2. move the handling of unprintable characters out of IntMsg
1513 07Nov01=======================================================================
1514 1. fix is_pctext so that it actually catches corrupt spots and announces.
1515 2. fix console.pl so that you can type in '0' again
1516 3. Fix problem with reply disappearing up its own bottom.
1517 4. Added Steve's latest sh/moon stuff
1518 06Nov01=======================================================================
1519 1. fix read so that sysop reading doesn't increment the read counter for
1520 private mail not addressed to them.
1521 2. fix console.pl to show blank lines more reliably.
1522 3. fix msgs so that 2 R: lines are only stored on initial entry (not just
1524 04Nov01=======================================================================
1525 1. Allow the user to equal the node in RSPF checks (this allows spots and
1526 stuff with the origin and spotter to be the same (although it is STRONGLY
1527 recommended that they are NOT!!! [hint hint]).
1528 2. make the send command rather more sensitive to what is allowed. Basically
1529 it will only allow TO addresses that are bull addresses (if not private) or
1530 vaild callsigns (if private). Bull addresses are the ones in
1531 /spider/msg/forward.pl with a 'T' flag on them. If there is no forward
1532 file it will only allow 'ALL' and 'DX' as valid Bull TO addresses. You may
1533 use commas as callsign separators if you like.
1534 02Nov01=======================================================================
1535 1. fixed some Aliasing problems, but this whole area will have to be addressed
1536 more comprehensively.
1537 2. Changed talk logging so that it hopefully is more consistant and maybe even
1539 3. Altered the mechanism of the personal emailing so that it uses lower level
1540 components and should be therefore available on M$ platforms. You will need
1541 to install a version of libnet (perl -MCPAN -eshell, then install Net::SMTP).
1542 I believe all 5.6.x perls have this built in (ie M$ should have this). If you
1543 are on M$ or you want to use an MTA via SMTP in linux then you need to declare
1544 the dns name of the MTA by: set/var $DXMsg::email_server = 'post.fred.net'
1545 (or whatever the MTA is called). You can also use local programs other than
1546 sendmail by: set/var $DXMsg::email_prog = '/usr/bin/postfix ..' or whatever.
1547 Finally you can alter the 'from' address using: set/var $DXMsg::email_from
1548 = 'FBloggs@msn.com' (\@ if you use " and ") - bewarned that you may be
1549 prevented from using just any old address. You can place these commands in
1550 /spider/scripts/startup for permanent use.
1551 01Nov01=======================================================================
1552 1. added information on registration, login scripts and passwords to the
1553 26Oct01=======================================================================
1554 1. If $main::reqreg = 1 then set/register will allow 'registered' users
1555 full access, if $main::reqreg = 2 then registered users will be 'read-only'
1556 (ie the opposite). If $main::reqreg = 0 then registration and its effects
1558 25Oct01=======================================================================
1559 1. added unset/password command to allow sysops (only) to completely delete
1560 and remove a user's password.
1561 2. make 'read' increment the 'no of times read' for all messages.
1562 3. give a read receipt for everybody that reads a message so marked.
1563 4. enhance set/email so that if you set email address(es) with this command
1564 it will send any messages to your callsign as they come in. unset/email
1565 will disable forwarding.
1566 24Oct01=======================================================================
1567 1. added (un)set/register, show/registered commands which when a 'set/var
1568 $main::reqreg = 1' is done in the startup script will require users to
1569 be 'registered' in order for them to have 'write' access to the node. Non-
1570 registered users will only be allowed to TALK or SEND PRIVATE to the cluster
1572 2. Added password interrogation to the ExtMsg connections. If a user comes
1573 in via telnet and this is being done with the internal listener and a pass-
1574 word has been set for that user - he will be asked for it. You can force
1575 a password interrogation (for ALL users) with a 'set/var $main::passwdreq = 1'
1576 in the node's startup script. It is anticipated that if you are using
1577 registration you will also issue passwords to those registered users.
1578 3. set/password has been changed so that users already with passwords can
1580 4. A non-registered user will get the /spider/data/motd_nor file instead of
1582 5. made the BadWord regexes slightly less aggressive WARNING this may let
1583 some constructions thru, but hopefully will also allow more legitimate
1584 foreign (mainly) things thru as well.
1585 19Oct01=======================================================================
1586 1. Allow DELETE (0x7f) for backspace in console.pl
1587 2. redo prefix table using latest cty.dat
1588 14Oct01=======================================================================
1589 1. Add the shortform SH/ST like display to sh/user <call> to make it more
1590 AK1A compatible (G0RDI+G4PDQ pace).
1591 12Oct01=======================================================================
1592 1. make del nnn delete messages again (fix system Aliases file)
1593 2. substr the subject so that the dup works for stuff coming back via AK1A
1594 09Oct01=======================================================================
1595 1. change Aliases to allow shutdown as a command again. If you have changed
1596 /spider/cmd/Aliases and you update from CVS you may find it better to remove
1597 this file and then do another 'cvs update'. Otherwise you may get conflicts
1598 and the Aliase file will not load properly. The cvs update will recreate
1599 the (now) missing file.
1600 2. Remove the 'please don't use XXXX on here' messages to prevent people
1601 from exploring the 'bad words space'. Three bad words will still disconnect
1603 3. Sending dx spots/announces with bad words will succeed - but only back to
1604 the sender. These two mods are designed to annoy the perpitrators of the
1605 sort of filth as much as possible whilst not inconveniencing 'normal' users.
1606 4. Add expunge feature to kill. Deleting messages now marks a msg for
1607 deletion two days hence. To have the old behaviour, do a 'kill exp' or use
1608 the standard alias "expunge". This will cause the message to be deleted at
1609 the next queue message cycle.
1610 5. Put in prototype echo handling for direct connections using ExtMsg and
1612 6. fix msgs to g1tlh-2 (as opposed to g1tlh)
1613 04Oct01=======================================================================
1614 1. allow a residence time of (default) 2 days before actually deleting a msg.
1615 2. reduce the number R: lines on a bull from a bbs to 2 (the origin and the
1617 3. ignore deleted messages for queuing purposes
1618 4. store deleted status across restarts!
1619 5. make callsign checking more rigorous
1620 6. dup check PC49 (kill full)
1621 7. improved the regex matching of badwords (more efficient, better coverage)
1622 8. added default badword and badw_regex tables (as .issue files) which will
1623 activate unless there is one there already. It will NOT overwrite an existing
1624 file - so if you change it your changes will remain intact.
1625 03Oct01=======================================================================
1626 1. don't allow @WWW to become a 'TO' field...
1627 2. handle @gb7tlh.#35.eu type addresses as well
1628 02Oct01=======================================================================
1629 1. fixed the 'ever lengthening msg' syndrome and probably made the whole
1630 thing more reliable at the same time.
1631 2. do some restructuring of the msg system and upissue the version no.
1632 3. fix @xxxx syntax for bbs input
1633 01Oct01=======================================================================
1634 1. made login info not the default
1635 2. change the looping protoection for PC16/17/19/21 and also be more rigorous
1636 in who we accept which PC16/17/21's from.
1637 3. fix MAJOR disconnect bug introduced accidentally in the NP work.
1638 4. Try each badword with an S on the end as well and also check for 'f.u c'
1639 type things as well (this only works for a few wellknown english ones).
1640 5. Go back to the old way of caching commands (but without the silly warnings
1641 because I know better what I am doing now). This allows symbolic debugging
1642 of commands again without coredumps. Hurrah!
1643 6. Add badword handling for messages. Users will get rude messages back if
1644 they try to send naughty words in msgs. Incoming messages with badwords will
1645 be dropped on receipt and their contents logged.
1646 7. and if you swear 3 or more times you are unceremoniously logged out.
1647 30Sep01=======================================================================
1648 1. made some small bug fixes in rspf checking and also messages.
1649 23Sep01=======================================================================
1650 1. I have incorporated Steve's (K9AN) lastest sh/sun and sh/moon stuff which
1651 copes much better with some of the end effects that occur in these calc-
1652 ulations. You can now also see up to a year into the past or future. The
1653 results compare favourably with the US Naval Obs (unlike certain other
1654 software's output which "I would not want to use their results to aim my
1655 moon rocket..."). It also fixes some ambiguity about which day the results
1657 21Sep01=======================================================================
1658 1. fix set/lockout so that it is possible to lock out all SSIDs except those
1659 specifically unlocked and so that you don't need to lock the non-SSID call in
1660 order to lock an SSID call. So set/lock g1tlh will lock out all instances of
1661 g1tlh, g1tlh-1, g1tlh-15 etc except (for instance) unset/lock g1tlh-9.
1662 2. show/lock allows partial callsign matching so sh/lock gb7 will only show
1663 GB7* calls that are locked.
1664 3. Had a grand shift around for the start of NP.
1665 19Sep01=======================================================================
1666 1. put in some rudimentory rsfp checking for various things
1667 2. tried to do some fixes on console.pl - YOU WILL REQUIRE Curses 1.06 from
1668 CPAN (perl -MCPAN -eshell, then at cpan> install Curses).
1669 17Sep01=======================================================================
1670 1. Fixed help and apropos commands so that they default to english if
1671 the language is not english and help in the 'not english' language isn't
1673 2. added some help text for sh/newc.
1674 15Sep01=======================================================================
1676 2. found 1st bug, fixed unset/logininfo reseting itself after logout
1677 14Sep01=======================================================================
1678 1. added the start of script files on login/startup. You can now add
1679 commands (for example to set variables) to a file called
1680 /spider/scripts/startup. You can also put in scripts for a callsign which
1681 will be executed when that callsign logs on. A sample script is in the
1682 directory (you did remember to do cvs update -d?). User settable versions
1683 of this will happen when the general mechanism for doing that is available.
1684 2. Added set/unset/anntalk commands. If you unset/anntalk then you will
1685 no longer see many of the of talk like announces. Unfortunately you may
1686 miss the odd useful one as well (but since everything is repeated many times
1687 you probably won't :-)
1688 3. centralise the invalid callsign check so that g1tlh1 and similar calls
1689 will not be allowed to login anymore.
1690 4. Fiddle with the lockout mechanism so that set/login g1tlh also locks out
1691 g1tlh-1 -> g1tlh-15 UNLESS one of these is specifically unlocked.
1692 5. Make sh/log only show stuff that sh/ann, sh/talk, sh/rcmd doesn't.
1693 6. Make the scripts look for user and node_default files if there isn't a
1695 7. add the blank command which prints nn blank lines (default 1), this cmd
1696 can also print lines of characters: see help for examples.
1697 13Sep01=======================================================================
1698 1. did some work on making talk more intelligent and fixed a>b problem.
1699 2. fixed a nasty problem on input when being hit with full buffers of
1700 data (eg at init time with large lists of node/users on fast links).
1701 3. fixed realtime input filter changing.
1702 4. added announce->talk conversion for routable calls when announces of the
1703 form 'to g1tlh hello', 't g1tlh hello' or 'g1tlh hello' appear.
1704 This also suppresses similar announces for users whose callsign is not the
1705 one in the announce.
1706 5. Change the badwords interface to be the same as baddx, badspotter et al.
1707 added set/badword, unset/badword and show/badword. This routine will auto
1708 convert (and delete afterwards) the old badwords file.
1709 6. fix intermittant bullitin mail forwarding?
1710 11Sep01=======================================================================
1711 1. added IP address logging of connections
1712 10Sep01=======================================================================
1713 1. clear/* node_default and user_default now work.
1714 2. in acc or rej/* you can now use (comma separated) prefixes as well as lists
1715 of numbers for things like *_dxcc, *_itu and *_cq (eg: by_dxcc ve,w); just
1716 remember that countries like ve and w have lots of zones and itus!
1717 3. Added all the clear/* commands to help and added some comments about 2.
1718 4. All filters (including *_default ones) are now reinstalled on channels in
1719 realtime, so changing a filter does NOT require a disconnect and reconnect
1721 09Sep01=======================================================================
1722 1. Add show/dxstats command
1723 2. Add show/hfstats command
1724 3. Add show/vhfstats command
1725 4. Add show/hftable command
1726 5. Add show/vhftable command (BE WARNED, the first time you run one of these
1727 commands it will take some considerable time to complete, thereafter it will
1729 08Sep01=======================================================================
1730 1. Update the sgml docs on filtering a bit.
1731 06Sep01=======================================================================
1732 1. prevent nodes appearing as users from incoming PC16s
1733 2. Change ping averaging to be like TCP and become a smoothed RTT.
1734 3. Make all the Prompts in stat/* like output appear in alphebetical order
1735 4. Fix problem with 17m spots not appearing in sh/dx
1736 5. pump up eph dups everytime they re-occur and increase life to 180 secs
1737 04Sep01=======================================================================
1738 1. add delete/user command
1739 03Sep01=======================================================================
1740 1. make spot dups look back 5 mins.
1741 2. strip the top off each character in any text field of a Spot for duping.
1742 3. Try to make the routing tables more accurate for users that login to
1744 4. Make PC50s come out in one heap on all channels every 14 mins, instead of
1745 on the 14th minute in the connection time for each channel. This should
1746 reduce (slightly) the dups that are dumped.
1747 5. Speed up input queue processing (a lot).
1748 6. make set/isolate and acc/route mutually exclusive (and issue appropriate
1749 error messages) and fix set/iso on PC18 input.
1750 7. Improve stat/route_node and stat/route_user for diagnostics.
1751 8. strip top bit of comments in ann/spots.
1752 9. fix the announce filtering problem.
1753 10. Fix the double announcement of node disconnections?
1754 01Sep01=======================================================================
1755 1. Change build number calc (hopefully for the last time)
1756 27Aug01=======================================================================
1757 1. make rej/wwv and rej/wcy work
1758 26Aug01=======================================================================
1759 1. make all newly learned nodes locked out by default.
1760 2. add lock_nodes.pl which locks out all the nodes in the user file whose
1761 privilege is 1 or less and which isn't mentioned as an argument to the
1762 command on the command line.
1763 3. make set/node, set/spider and their friends unlock a node as well as make
1765 4. Make sh/log et al more efficient / less memory hungry (and the display
1766 the correct way round!)
1767 24Aug01=======================================================================
1768 1. Allow badmsg to reject on interface callsign ('I')
1769 20Aug01=======================================================================
1770 1. protect against PC41s with field[3] == field[2]
1771 2. Redo Julian stuff as proper objects
1772 3. Make the various Log display come out forwards instead of backwards
1773 4. Add the dbgclean routine to system cron to clear out all debug files
1774 more then 10 days old.
1775 19Aug01=======================================================================
1777 2. make isolation when there are no filters present work again?
1778 3. dup check PC16/17/19/21 !
1779 17Aug01=======================================================================
1780 1. Sort out PC41 handling to include type 5 records for QRA locators and also
1781 remove all filtering (but retain ephemeral dup checking).
1782 2. Improve format checking in latlong and qra locators.
1783 3. Sort sh/st so that sh/st by itself displays only the local call not the
1784 whole lot (all 17000+ users records in my case). SH/ST ALL does this.
1785 16Aug01=======================================================================
1786 1. send a forward/opernam for a logged in user once a month (when they next
1788 2. rearrange rcmd stuff to be more maintainable and also be certain that
1789 they are translated in both directions correctly for clx and ak1a style.
1790 3. Allow PC41s to be propagated and hope that the ephemeral dup filters
1792 15Aug01=======================================================================
1793 1. fix problem with talks not coming out anymore
1794 13Aug01=======================================================================
1795 1. fixed problem of dxspots not being echoed back to spotter (announces too)
1796 02Aug01=======================================================================
1797 1. correct manual and help references on accept/route and reject/route. Thanks
1798 to ea1dav for pointing out the errors
1799 2. make sure that the actual line is printed in grepdbg & watchdbg esp. with
1800 ALL the '^' and leading space characters as they really are
1801 30Jul01=======================================================================
1802 1. changes to manuals to add links etc. (g0vgs)
1803 23Jul01=======================================================================
1804 1. made ann,dx spots,wwv,wcy,wx more 'object oriented'.
1805 2. allow for 'enhanced clients' and tell them what sort of thing is being
1807 3. Allow debug info to be sent via interface to an enhanced client.
1808 21Jul01=======================================================================
1809 1. started a gtkconsole program. It appears to sort of work. Requires Gtk-
1811 2. start doing some spot statistical stuff.
1812 19Jul01=======================================================================
1813 1. changes to Admin Manual to reflect route filtering. Some alterations to
1814 the help files (g0vgs)
1815 09Jul01=======================================================================
1816 1. fix cron so that it allows stuff to be executed on the hour (ie min=0)
1817 06Jul01=======================================================================
1818 1. fix talk and routing problems to mycall
1819 2. add unset/privilege command to relinquish any sysop privileges you might
1820 have for the current session.
1821 05Jul01=======================================================================
1822 1. disconnect channels whose route node has disappeared
1823 29Jun01=======================================================================
1824 1. fix merge command
1825 28Jun01=======================================================================
1826 1. fix problems with users on more than one node
1827 27Jun01=======================================================================
1828 1. try adding an ARC mail hack
1829 2. slug the not here messages so they can't loopback
1830 25Jun01=======================================================================
1831 1. added automatic 'not here' message
1832 21Jun01=======================================================================
1833 1. fix (some) problems with 'init'
1834 2. fix stat/msg a bit more
1835 3. small change to PC28 generation to make sure that the subject always
1836 contains at least a blank
1837 16Jun01=======================================================================
1840 14Jun01=======================================================================
1841 1. changed debug api to (potentially) use less cpu time
1842 2. changed the spider.cgi in Arnold's borrowed java client to Ian's perl
1844 3. Added input route filtering
1845 4. put back the set/isolate logic into routing which is now overridable with
1846 filters whcih means a default filter is no longer generated. If you want the
1847 OLD behaviour, do rm /spider/filter/route/*.pl*, restart and try again.
1848 5. Add http_proxy to Internet.pm and allow sh/qrz to use an HTTP Proxy
1849 13Jun01=======================================================================
1850 1. fix init cnd rinit cmds
1851 2. add missing clear/route cmd
1852 10Jun01=======================================================================
1853 1. fix set/here and unset/here
1854 2. fix indirect routing to users two hops away
1855 09Jun01=======================================================================
1857 2. add set/debug filter so that you can see why your filters aren't working
1859 3. add ephemera deduping for all those PC41,24,50 etc etc broadcasts
1860 4. Fix a problem with the connect text being sent on outgoing connections
1861 (this confuses db0fhf amongst other things)
1862 5. catch deep recursion bugs before you run out of memory.
1863 6. Make sure that PC16|17|19|21 update as well as add and delete
1864 7. local announces by the sysop will always be displayed
1865 08Jun01=======================================================================
1866 1. first cut with new routing code. Created NEW_ROUTE branch
1867 2. added acc/route and rej/route commands
1868 3. added stat/route_node and stat/route_user commands to look at the routing
1870 07Jun01=======================================================================
1871 1. move userconfig.pl and nodeconfig.pl to stat/
1872 2. fix problem with locally connected users not being removed from the
1874 3. Fix the build calc to take into account subdirectories
1875 06Jun01=======================================================================
1876 1. add stat/route_node and stat/route_user commands
1877 2. add sh/userconfig command (to show backward links to nodes)
1878 3. add sh/nodeconfig command
1879 05Jun01=======================================================================
1880 1. add set/bbs command
1881 2. more work on Routing code.
1882 3. status/msg on its own will print the status of the msg system.
1883 4. add sh/newconfig command
1884 03Jun01=======================================================================
1885 1. Fix the problem with ExtMsg and unresolvable IP addresses, hopefully
1887 15May01=======================================================================
1888 1. set/lockout now prevents any outgoing connection taking place.
1889 2. Started the new routing stuff which will run in parallel for a while.
1890 3. changed the msg timeout arrangements so that it might not get stuck so
1892 4. add $DXMsg::bulltopriv global to make msgs to known callsigns private
1893 14May01=======================================================================
1894 1. fix problem with re-reading in db definitions for remote databases.
1895 2. try to prevent situations where two can (semi) successfully login, probably
1896 under load, and get a 'tried to connect whilst already connected' abort.
1897 3. change the max number of days to search for spots to 100
1898 11May01=======================================================================
1899 1. allow stat/msg on priv 1
1900 07May01=======================================================================
1901 1. set/page 0 switches off paging
1902 03May01=======================================================================
1903 1. It appears that for ages now, not enough PC19 and PC16s are being sent
1904 if you have more than one of them. Sigh..
1905 02May01=======================================================================
1906 1. put an upper limit on the number of concurrent errors allowed in command
1907 mode (20). This should disconnect runaway spot suckers....
1908 28Apr01=======================================================================
1909 1. fix an occasional problem with 'sorry connected to' messages
1910 23Apr01=======================================================================
1911 1. fix very long standing bug in storing and transmitting spots. The decimal
1912 point was left off :-(
1913 22Apr01=======================================================================
1914 1. Sysops can now have full privileges if there is a ExtMsg listener on
1915 localhost (or everything) and they telnet to localhost and login with their
1916 callsign. This means that they don't need a client anymore (for local access)
1917 2. added input spot filtering.
1918 3. Added run_cmd to DXCron which allows you to run any command on the system
1919 from the crontab. (Dunno why I didn't do this before).
1920 18Apr01=======================================================================
1921 1. added Ian M0AZM's Java Client (SpiderConsole)
1922 17Apr01=======================================================================
1923 1. made a slight speedup on write in Msg.pm (about doubled it)
1924 16Apr01=======================================================================
1925 1. make the correct error messages come out on reject/accept when people
1926 leave out keywords like 'on'.
1927 2. Fairly major changes to the documentation tree. Split the admin manual
1928 into 2 sections, Installation and Admin and merge the Windows stuff.
1929 15Apr01=======================================================================
1930 1. made some mods to the sgml documentation for 1.47
1931 2. added show/connect command
1932 11Apr01=======================================================================
1933 1. fixed more of the "xxx disappeared from yyy" messages
1934 2. altered the build no logic so that it always checksums the same files
1935 regardless of whatever else you might have in the directory.
1936 3. made shortcut at shutdown so that you don't get a storm of PC21s on busy
1937 nodes as each connection goes down. Just send a pc39 to each interface and
1939 4. changed action of SIG{INT} and SIG{TERM} so that they now work on MSWin32
1940 10Apr01=======================================================================
1941 1. altered PC21 logic somewhat to eliminate dup PC21s
1942 2. disconnect should remove dangling local users in the routing table.
1943 3. fixed nasty recursive timer bug
1944 4. added some extra info to make connect tracking a bit easier.
1945 5. improved docs on connect scripts a bit (to include agw connects)
1946 09Apr01=======================================================================
1947 1. changed lockfile name to cluster.lck (from .lock) for MSWin's benefit
1948 08Apr01=======================================================================
1949 1. added a quick installation guide to the admin manual and removed references
1950 to client.pl (g0vgs)
1951 01Apr01=======================================================================
1952 1. changed agwrestart semantics. You need to use main::agwrestart() in your
1953 crontabs rather than AGWMsg::init();
1954 2. try to thread winclient.pl for MSWin32.
1955 31Mar01=======================================================================
1956 1. added agwrestart command
1957 2. add Iains Windoze installation manual (g0vgs)
1958 3. various alterations to adminmanual and initial version of the CVS changes
1960 30Mar01=======================================================================
1961 1. fix errors on accept in ExtMsg and in Msg
1962 2. fix the non-blocking problems of connects (and other things in general).
1963 non-blocking only works for unix implementations at the moment.
1964 3. add rinit command (sends a PC20)
1965 4. improve debuging so that stuff is always escaped and a new 'raw' debug
1966 mode that shows everything sent and received in glorious hex and characters
1967 29Mar01=======================================================================
1968 1. add better tracking of AGW circuits (possibly)
1969 2. add set and unset/agwmonitor (ing) [for all the notice it seems to take]
1970 28Mar01=======================================================================
1971 1. AGW engine stuff now accepts incoming calls and at least attempts to do
1972 outgoing ones. YMMV.
1973 2. fixed 'always' telnet on a client line in a connect script
1974 27Mar01=======================================================================
1975 1. add first cut at an AGW Engine. Copy /spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm to
1976 /spider/local and edit it appropriately. You shouldn't need a login and passwd
1977 if you are using the default setup. It may allow incoming connects (and then
1978 again it may not - I don't have a reliable infrostructure to test with at the
1979 moment). The AGW Engine is a M$ thingy, but that don't preclude you connecting
1980 to it from a unix box.
1981 22Mar01=======================================================================
1982 1. edit the helpfile for set/debug and add help for show/debug
1983 2. Allow ^Z again on messages
1984 3. Added back onboard support for ax25 OUTBOUND connections. You will need
1985 exactly the same facilities as before (ie netrom_call, ax25_call suid root
1986 etc) but it is called direct from the cluster.pl - client.pl is DEAD!
1987 19Mar01=======================================================================
1988 1. Add 'not allowed' messages into sh/filter with callsign and reduce priv
1989 2. decode %xx characters in winclient.pl
1991 18Mar01=======================================================================
1992 1. minor changes to user and admin manuals. Added revsion numbers
1993 17Mar01=======================================================================
1994 1. put block check back in, try a work around for EWOULDBLOCK/EINPROGRESS
1996 16Mar01=======================================================================
1997 1. integrate build number into main cluster and change the PC18 to show
1998 version and build in the text portion
1999 14Mar01=======================================================================
2000 1. first cut at outgoing ax25 /external program connects
2001 2. slight change of interface to connect
2002 3. added a build number to sh/version
2003 13Mar01=======================================================================
2004 1. implemented first cut at non blocking connect
2005 2. removed memory leakage in connects
2006 3. add link IP address if available on who
2007 4. made the \r\n work correctly on External connections
2008 5. removed client.pl
2009 6. fixed memory leakages in DXMsg
2010 7. fixed pc39/21 handling
2011 8. fixed routing table issues and general disconnection tidy up
2012 10Mar01=======================================================================
2013 1. minor changes to the admin manual to reflect differences in distibutions
2014 thanks to pa3ezl (g0vgs)
2015 2. add (finally) the first draft of the usermanual (g0vgs)
2016 05Mar01=======================================================================
2017 1. do some major surgery on the connect logic to shorten the possibility of
2018 duplicate connects happening
2019 2. fix stupid error on sh/qrz queries that don't work
2020 04Mar01=======================================================================
2021 1. allow fallback to english for help
2022 03Mar01=======================================================================
2023 1. allow incoming and outgoing IP connects direct to cluster.pl
2024 2. fixed (long standing)a hole in PC17 handling
2025 3. added winclient.pl (actually just a very basic client) from Iain G0RDI
2026 4. Added Spanish as a language (thanks ea1dav) (g0vgs)
2027 5. ignore BUST(ED) spots
2028 28Feb01=======================================================================
2029 1. allow sh/c gb7 (ie show the config of all gb7 nodes)(for example)
2030 2. get rid of spurious DXHash 'uninitialised' messages if no corresponding
2032 3. changed policy of $censorpc in DXProt.pm so that badwords are looked for
2033 in all text announces etc.
2034 4. Unpad (remove excess spaces from) spotted callsigns in PC11.
2035 5. test for opertaing system in various places and do different if M$
2036 27Feb01=======================================================================
2037 1. allow partial node callsigns on sh/c (eg sh/c gb7)
2038 2. Changed Msg.pm to allow a more generalised interface with more than one
2040 3. Added IntMsg.pm to implement the internal connection management that is
2041 currently scattered about the cluster code.
2042 25Feb01=======================================================================
2043 1. Fixed watchdbg so that simple arguments work again
2044 22Feb01=======================================================================
2045 1. Added platform name to sh/version
2046 2. changed client.pl so that it send \r\n instead of \n on telnet connects
2047 3. added lineend '\r\n' command to connect scripts so you can override
2049 03Feb01=======================================================================
2050 1. Changes and additions to the manual and added a help file for sh/log (g0vgs)
2051 13Jan01=======================================================================
2052 1. Documentation alterations to match new commands etc (g0vgs)
2053 08Jan01=======================================================================
2054 1. Changed the way that badnodes, baddx etc work. There is a new general way
2055 implemented (dunno why I didn't do this before - hey ho...) as a consequence
2056 there are set/unset/show baddx (for bad dx callsigns) badnode (for dx from
2057 bad nodes) badspotter (for bad spotters of dx eg VE2STN). Expect more of
2058 this sort of thing...
2059 2. Added one to the copyright dates...
2060 06Jan01=======================================================================
2061 1. Fix set/obscount so it actually works.
2062 2. Allow different number formats for set/pingint eg: 5m for 5 minutes and
2063 120s for 120 seconds (and 1h for 1 hour).
2064 03Jan01=======================================================================
2065 1. Added a txt directory for txt versions of manuals (g0vgs)
2066 2. Various documentation changes
2067 02Jan01=======================================================================
2068 1. added a help file for forward/latlong and updated the admin manual to
2070 2. Add spot2csv.pl to convert spot files into tab delimited .csv format.
2071 3. Add show/route to see which interface a station is connected on.
2072 31Dec00=======================================================================
2073 1. add lat/long info to show/prefix
2074 30Dec00=======================================================================
2075 1. added latest version of the admin manual from Ian G0VGS.
2076 23Dec00=======================================================================
2077 1. don't route anything back down the channel it came from.
2078 2. and, in the process, fix some silly errors in routing converted rcmd PCs
2079 3. changed all occurrances of 'freq' in filter help to 'on' and corrected
2080 some errors (eg freq/ssb).
2081 4. added latest admin manual.
2082 18Dec00=======================================================================
2083 1. fix double printing of DB results
2084 2. add new style filtering for WWV and WCY to complete the set
2085 3. got the field nos right (hopefully) on Announces for filters
2086 05Dec00=======================================================================
2087 1. fix frequency hinting routine so it correctly handles things like 'on 23cm'
2088 where digits are the 'wrong' way round.
2089 2. made default max days to search for spots 3 months.
2090 3. added hex decodes for those pesky 'national' characters that aren't really
2091 in grepdbg and watchdbg.
2092 4. decide that we are using Latin-1 and therefore characters 0x80-0x9f are
2094 5. fix the announces so that they are all UPPER CASE for poor old DXTelnet.
2095 03Dec00=======================================================================
2096 1. change grepdbg and watchdbg so that you can see a number of lines before
2097 the condx that you are looking for so:-
2100 will show both the LOOP line and the preceeding 2 lines.
2101 2. add PCPROT to all error condx lines in DXProt.pm so that you can watch
2102 for them more easily.
2103 30Nov00=======================================================================
2104 1. remove %nn strings from dups of announces and spots
2105 2. remove check for ssids on PC41s
2106 29Nov00=======================================================================
2107 1. make some small changes to DXmsg to try to track delete problems?
2108 2. fix ann/full so it doesn't dup
2109 27Nov00=======================================================================
2110 1. alter sh/wcy output slightly
2111 26Nov00=======================================================================
2112 1. made it possible for sysop calls to be used on other nodes and still have
2113 anti loop checking on PC16/17.
2114 25Nov00=======================================================================
2115 1. -l <nnn> now works on C client
2116 2. -e toggles echo cancelling (normally on) on C client
2117 20Nov00=======================================================================
2118 1. added even more checking to PC16,17 and 39
2119 19Nov00=======================================================================
2120 1. improve reaping code a bit more.
2121 2. put some extra checking in the PC16,17,19,21 code.
2122 3. fix problem with the aliased user disappearing and loads of 'unitialised'
2123 messages coming out.
2124 16Nov00=======================================================================
2125 1. Alter the process reaping code in cluster.pl to use waitpid
2126 12Nov00=======================================================================
2127 1. Fix lack 't' action in Filter.pm
2128 08Nov00=======================================================================
2129 1. fix cosmetic errors in for/oper for 'users'.
2130 07Nov00=======================================================================
2131 1. removed sh/call because the owner isn't happy about us using it.
2132 2. change sh/qrz to the new interface. MUCH QUICKER! you will need a user id
2133 and password from qrz.com to use it and you will have to copy the
2134 /spider/perl/Internet.pm to /spider/local and alter it accordingly. Do
2135 remember to set $allow=1 as well! The new interface comes courtesy of Fred
2136 LLoyd, the proprietor of http://www.qrz.com
2137 06Nov00=======================================================================
2138 1. Added sh/qrz to the list of callbook services
2139 05Nov00=======================================================================
2140 1. 75% speed up on sh/dx !, lower memory usage as well!
2141 2. Fixed problem with clear/spot 0 (how did this one last so long!!!)
2142 3. add 'on' in accept/reject spots as synonym for 'freq'
2143 4. add the same speed up to general log printing
2145 04Nov00=======================================================================
2146 1. fix sh/filter so ity now works for any callsign (and not just connected
2148 2. Have only one is_callsign and not an iscallsign as well.
2149 3. Add set/hops and show/hops commands.
2150 4. Add unset/badnode command and put some help in for these commands
2151 03Nov00=======================================================================
2152 1. allow - in filter strings
2153 2. store only the filter expression NOTE BENE: you will need to clear all
2154 your existing filters and re-enter them!!!!!!
2155 3. Added announce filtering
2156 4. Fixed problem with announce filtering on output to the node
2157 02Nov00=======================================================================
2158 1. updated filtering logic. You will need to RECREATE your filters (clear/spot
2159 all, then start again) for testing.
2160 2. allow PC73 for DXNet
2161 3. added some help text for filtering and filtering spots in particular.
2162 01Nov00=======================================================================
2163 1. put PC11 field 2 check back to m for pc text.
2164 2. improve 'simple' callsign checking
2165 3. Added the first cut of the new user/sysop filtering code. This cut works
2166 for spots and the syntax is:-
2168 accept/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>] things ..
2169 reject/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>] things ..
2172 freq 0/30000 | hf | hf/cw | 6m,4m,2m
2183 channel GB7DJK,GB7BAA
2185 You can simply string these together on one line one after the other and
2186 there is an implied 'and', you can also string together with 'or' 'not' (or
2187 '!') and '(' and ')' - in otherwords an arbitrary expression.
2189 You can see what you have done with:
2191 show/filter [<call>]
2193 You can clear your work with:
2195 clear/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>|all]
2197 Have fun and someone please write the documentation.
2198 4. Added show/msg_status.pl sysop command (shows some info on what is busy in
2200 31Oct00=======================================================================
2201 1. add 0x8e to the list of characters we clobber (make xterm go into graphics
2203 30Oct00=======================================================================
2204 1. put in new Filter::it code and tested it. Now all we have to do is write
2205 the user access routines (oh and the help files!).
2206 29Oct00=======================================================================
2207 1. put in echo cancelling measures into the clients. This doesn't mean you
2208 shouldn't take steps to prevent echoing on node links, but it may help where
2209 (whatever you do) it still bloody echos! This is experimental.
2210 2. store dxchan and mynode as callsigns (and not references) in the routing
2211 tables and do some checking in accessors to see if we can capture some errors.
2212 3. tart up the stat/chan etc display to give more useful debugging info
2213 28Oct00=======================================================================
2214 1. updated show/sun and show/moon from stuff sent by Steve Franke K9AN
2215 2. added show/call which queries jeifer.pineknot.com for any call in the
2216 world (as opposed to UALR which only does US calls). Inspired by a bit of
2217 perl sent to me by Steve Franke (again!) and also Angel EA7WA who gave me the
2218 pineknot ip address.
2219 3. fixed clients so that they accept -0 as a valid SSID and then strip it off
2220 as though they had come in without (why has this taken so long to appear? How
2221 long have we been running this code ??????).
2222 27Oct00=======================================================================
2223 1. alter the code in clean_old of DXMsg system to see if we get some different
2224 behaviour with random crashing
2225 26Oct00=======================================================================
2226 1. if there is a 'connected' file in /spider/data then the client will send
2227 it out to the user after connection.
2228 25Oct00=======================================================================
2229 1. fix catchup and uncatchup commands so that they accept ranges
2230 24Oct00=======================================================================
2231 1. added cty.dat from http://www.k1ea.com/cty/index.htm to the prefix_data.pl
2232 data file and modified create_prefix.pl accordingly.
2233 2. the 'no text line' messages should now propagate correctly
2234 3. added the dxcc, itu and cq zone numbers for announcer and origining node
2235 on announce filters - see the /spider/filter/ann/*.issue files for more info.
2236 4. you can now specify a 'user_default.pl', 'node_default.pl' and
2237 'in_node_default.pl' in each of the filter directories
2238 23Oct00=======================================================================
2239 1. Added K5K as Kingman Reef
2240 1. Added K7K as Kure
2241 17Oct00=======================================================================
2242 1. force frames to go down the local interface when doing a route. This is
2243 particularly important for pings!
2244 16Oct00=======================================================================
2245 1. add a ':' after 'G7BRN de G1TLH' in a talk message.
2246 2. added /J to the list of things to ignore (as in G1TLH/J) in prefix
2247 processing (ie /J mean Jota not /JA [Japan]).
2248 3. change all INCOMING 00-08 0A-1F and 9B characters that make it past the
2249 intermediate client->server protocol to '.'.
2250 04Sep00=======================================================================
2251 1. made PC10,11,12 badword checking dependant on a flag variable ($censorpc)
2253 02Sep00=======================================================================
2254 1. fix a long standing talk bug to do with routing to specific nodes (t xxx >
2256 2. Add badwords checking in various places. You put a list of words into
2257 /spider/data/badwords one or several per line. Lines starting with # are
2258 ignored. PC10, PC11, PC12 with words contained in this file will not be
2259 sent on. Also ann, talk and dx commands have badword checking added. Words
2260 are NOT case sensitive, but you will need to put all the endings in (eg
2261 ...k, ...ker, ...king).
2262 3. Added new version of admin manual from G0VGS.
2263 01Sep00=======================================================================
2264 1. allow blank on field 4 of PC10 (even though it's "illegal").
2265 28Aug00=======================================================================
2266 1. changes DXChannel::get_all_ak1a to get_all_nodes.
2267 2. ignore PC21s coming in on the interface with that callsign (ie nodes
2268 trying to disconnect themselves).
2269 3. output correct PC29 on blank lines and escape ^ characters differently
2270 (and transparently for spider nodes).
2271 26Aug00=======================================================================
2272 1. make blank origins on messages the node call.
2273 2. added new version of FAQ from Ian G0VGS
2274 3. added a dummy PC75 command (WCY merge?)
2275 4. Don't allow mail routing for clx nodes
2277 25Aug00=======================================================================
2278 1. moan about and then delete empty message files
2279 24Aug00=======================================================================
2280 1. Removed WWV command so that users can't interfere (read mess up) the
2281 automatic feeds which come from various places on the net.
2282 23Aug00=======================================================================
2283 1. Added persistant dupe file so that all dupes are stored here (including
2284 announces) - announces are now kept for 5 days (as default).
2285 2. limit the characters stored in a dupe for spots and announces
2286 20Aug00=======================================================================
2287 1. Added system Alias for set/nodxgrid => unset/dxgrid
2288 2. Add full individual checking for all PC protocol fields in all messages
2289 and removed any language dependant stuff (hopefully).
2290 3. console.pl is now a bit more international (client.c/pl already are)
2291 19Aug00=======================================================================
2292 1. Added an efficiency thing for AUTOLOADed accessors from OO Perl by Conway.
2293 2. Fiddled with the rtty and digital bandplan frequencies.
2294 18Aug00=======================================================================
2295 1. added a couple of changes for perl 5.6.0
2296 2. removed del_dup from DXUser for earlier versions of DB '1.85' (ie real ones
2297 not 2.x versions in 1.85 compatibility mode).
2298 3. Started the OOing of the PC protocol stuff.
2299 15Aug00=======================================================================
2300 1. added 1.25 of the admin manual html
2301 14Aug00=======================================================================
2302 1. Added regex support to sh/dup_*.pl commands
2303 2. fixed rcmd in crontab so that will work again
2304 13Aug00=======================================================================
2305 1. removed extra /60 in AnnTalk to make deduping of announces work a bit
2306 better for longer...
2307 05Aug00=======================================================================
2308 1. Fixed hex character problem put in somewhen in the C Client
2309 03Aug00=======================================================================
2310 1. caught some more signals (are any of these causing the random stopping
2312 2. the Console now requires 1.05 of the Curses module ^R REFRESHES THE SCREEN
2313 (as does ^L) AT LAST!!!!!
2314 02Aug00=======================================================================
2315 1. put back hex check exception for PC29
2316 01Aug00=======================================================================
2317 1. made the export and import ascii system work finally. The user_asc file
2318 generated (automatically and 0000Z Sunday morning) is autoloading. Just
2319 execute it and it will automatically reload your user database.
2320 2. remove import_users.pl no longer necessary
2321 31Jul00=======================================================================
2322 1. try to fix paging problem.
2323 2. added help for spoof and set/forward
2324 3. fixed bogus callsign check for field 2 of a PC12
2325 4. Add DB_File to DXCommandmode to make it available for commands
2326 30Jul00=======================================================================
2327 1. Added talk mode so that I don't have to keep typing T <call> all the time.
2328 2. fiddled around with storing of Debug messages a bit more.
2329 3. bomb proofed the type command.
2330 4. started the objectifying for talk, dx and announcements.
2331 5. fix talkmode so that it only does 'via' PC10s when it really needs to.
2332 6. SEND now displays a message if you try to do it in not prompt mode.
2333 7. stopped a few more things being done by rcmd (eg send, talk, ann, dx)
2334 8. tidied up the talking a bit more.
2335 9. Increase default hop counts all round.
2336 10. Adjust hex encoding so that 8 bit characters should now go thru
2337 11. check more of the essential protocol fields for 8 bit characters.
2338 29Jul00=======================================================================
2339 1. added forward/latlong which will forward ALL the users that have a latitude
2340 and longitude set on them to one or more locally connected nodes - with a hop
2342 2. speeded up the show/node command by using the DB_File interface and
2343 sequentially reading the data directly and only 'get'ting the ones that are
2345 3. did the same for show/isolate and show/lockout.
2346 28Jul00=======================================================================
2347 1. fixed watchdbg midnight rollover loop and removed the date part of the
2348 date/time translation to leave just the time.
2349 27Jul00=======================================================================
2350 1. made sure that 'en' is the default language on new users.
2351 2. issue error message if shutdown is attempted by a low privileged user.
2352 3. Make sure a privilege is defined for all users (even if it is 0).
2353 4. Try to fix some more dups (and the time on them).
2354 5. make the time stored on dups generated locally on spots an integer no of
2356 6. send unsolicited PC[38]5s to the sysop if online.
2357 7. merged current html from www.dxcluster.org with Ian's stuff
2358 8. Added sgml files into the source tree
2359 9. changed default paclen in client.c to 236
2360 26Jul00=======================================================================
2361 1. added wantgrid (to control display of grid square info on DX Broadcasts)
2362 2. added lastoper for controlling periodic demands for user info from other
2364 3. added spiderFAQ stuff from Ian G0VGS and latest update of the admin manual
2365 4. changed updating and deleting from user file in an attempt to keep down
2366 duplicates and possibly corruptions.
2367 5. added a DXUser::export routine to allow the cluster to automatically
2368 export the user data in ascii from cron.
2369 6. added a line in the ISSUED crontab to do the export once a week
2370 7. delete annok and dxok if set to 1 in user records.
2371 8. added export_users command to allow arbitary exporting of user files
2372 9. added set and unset/dxgrid command to allow control over the grid squares
2374 10. Removed export_user.pl (no longer needed)
2375 11. made import_users.pl accept a non related input filename and always
2376 update the current user file.
2377 12. added an 'auto rcmd <node> for/oper <call>' for people I can see on the
2378 cluster that issue spots and for whom I have no qra info (no more than once
2379 a month). This isn't the default - set $send_opernam in
2380 /spider/local/DXProtVars.pm (copied from /spider/perl). Good for gateways.
2381 13. Despace spot texts properly again for deduping purposes.
2382 14. Corrected Pc84/85 handling a bit.
2383 15. Sync the user database every 15 secs to see whether we can reduce the
2384 corruptions and duplicates.
2385 25Jul00=======================================================================
2386 1. ignore \n in ax25 mode for C client.
2387 2. remove extra space at the end of a DX spot announce when no grid square
2389 3. added new admin manual from Ian G0VGS
2390 20Jul00=======================================================================
2391 1. Finally managed to update my source with the sourceforge one
2392 2. added user->qra cleaning in various places
2393 3. added four digit locator strings to broadcast DX spots (for users).
2394 4. PC11 with blank callsigns should now be ignored.
2395 5. put back the unpadding to the PC11 dup checking to catch spots with added
2396 blanks at the end of lines.
2397 25Jun00=======================================================================
2398 1. added 0 to the regex that checks for valid data on the cluster.pl->client
2399 channel - this will allow G0VGS and G0RDI to connect....
2400 2. removed technically unnecessary /= 60 from the dup routines to see if
2401 Arnold's Sparcs don't then crash.
2402 19Jun00=======================================================================
2403 1. move ann_dup, spot_dup etc to dup_ann, dup_spots etc
2404 2. made mode 3 the default line ending convention for all out going connects
2405 via telnet in client.pl
2406 18Jun00=======================================================================
2407 1. fixed line ending ambiguities (I think) for telnet connections. Well
2408 actually only really band aided it. It works but isn't how I want it.
2409 Client.pl has got to go....
2410 2. Added 1.21 of Ian G0VGS's admin manual
2411 17Jun00=======================================================================
2412 1. I believe I have fixed all the login/logout 'broken pipe' errors
2413 2. Added G0RDI's 'links' command.
2414 3. added update_sysop.pl which cleans out all previous versions of the sysops
2415 information from the user database and recreates it with that in DXVars.pm
2416 4. Added node type to links and who
2417 5. Hardened up the cluster->client link in the cluster software so that
2418 rubbish on port 27754 doesn't (usually) crash the cluster.
2419 14Jun00=======================================================================
2420 1. fixed sh/node crash
2421 2. fixed RTT in who.pl
2422 13Jun00=======================================================================
2423 1. fixed looping bug in C client on ending.
2424 12Jun00=======================================================================
2425 1. Added RCMD for clx
2426 2. Added WCY processing
2427 3. Added new node types (clx, spider, dxnet, arcluster)
2428 4. Store echo settings
2429 5. Store pagelth settings
2430 6. sort out source of DXVars for callbot.pl
2433 11Jun00=======================================================================
2434 1. removed extraneous DXDebug from DXUtil
2435 2. added help for set/echo
2436 3. Centralised all spot, wwv and ann dup handling into respective packages.
2437 4. Created new AnnTalk package (for above and OOing announce and talk
2439 5. Fixed problem with outputting lines with | in them to console.pl.
2440 10Jun00=======================================================================
2441 1. got rid of some more nasty bugs in sh/qra.
2442 2. fixed 9A3xx to always be Croatia (and not Haiti!).
2443 09Jun00=======================================================================
2444 1. change some print commands in DXMsg to dbg('err'...
2445 2. overloaded confess, croak et al into DXDebug and removed Carp from
2446 everywhere and checked that the necessary debugging really does go into
2447 the debug files now.
2448 3. changed print statements in cluster.pl to dbg('err',... so they go into
2449 the debug files as well.
2450 4. Altered the logic around duplicate spots, reduced the length of comment
2451 checked to 20 characters (this should solve some problems including those
2452 people sucking ar-cluster spots with prefixes in the extreme rh end).
2453 08Jun00=======================================================================
2454 1. fixed problem with binary characters from cluster->client
2455 2. added set/echo and unset/echo commands
2456 3. echo login characters on login: prompt for C client
2457 4. Send \r\n on telnet connections for C Client
2458 5. Make echoing the default option (for M$ telnet clients :-()
2459 11May00=======================================================================
2460 1. fixed looping in Msg.pm (at last)
2461 10May00=======================================================================
2462 1. wrote a cross between 'tail -f' and grepdbg so that you can watch the
2463 debug files for particular strings and only have them print out.
2464 05May00=======================================================================
2465 1. rewrote parts of Msg.pm and client.c so that the messages no longer use
2466 a length word at the front of each one. They are simply strings of characters
2467 separated by a \n. No binary characters are allowed (they are encoded as %nn)
2468 a la HTTP. This hopefully cures Arnold's problem and also make it more
2469 secure anyway. It also paves the way for the ax25/ip multicast client.
2470 30Apr00=======================================================================
2471 1. put some extra checks and balances in to message send routine in Msg.pm to
2472 see if I can prevent the error seen by Arnold (which I think is only likely to
2473 appear in heavily loaded sites).
2474 25Apr00=======================================================================
2475 1. Changed reply so that you can reply to more than one address privately
2476 31Mar00=======================================================================
2477 1. fixed nnn-mmm in kill (erase/delete) msgs so that mmm is also deleted and
2478 not just nnn -> mmm-1.
2479 2. Added an autosplit to message importing so that messages are split
2480 automagically into bits if the filename used in the import directory starts
2481 with "split". This will add a [1/5] type string on the the end of the subject.
2482 3. dedupe more aggressively on the text of Spots so that only the 1st 27 chars
2483 of text are considered (as opposed to the whole lot).
2484 30Mar00=======================================================================
2485 1. altered client.pl connect code so that it doesn't falsely recognise
2486 /spider/src/client as a 'client' instruction.
2487 28Mar00=======================================================================
2488 1. Added buffering to client
2489 2. Fixed LOGIN so that you can login with an arbitrary callsign
2490 27Mar00=======================================================================
2491 1. updated wpxloc.raw and rsgb.cty for 4W and TX0.
2492 2. display 'start time' rather than 'last start time in' in who.
2493 3. Allow local users to see their own sh/talk or sh/log stuff.
2494 4. A more robust version of the C client.
2495 5. Added a message exporting command 'export'.
2496 6. allow swopping on all messages, including imported and manually sent ones
2497 7. S A < B @ C $BID now works from the command line and thus bbses ought to
2498 be able to send messages into the cluster. Bids are (currently) ignored.
2499 26Mar00=======================================================================
2500 1. first cut of C client
2501 18Mar00=======================================================================
2502 1. fixed convkeps.pl so that it accepts more formats for floating point.
2503 08Mar00=======================================================================
2504 1. tidied up Sun.pm and sh/sat
2505 2. fixed sh/qra so that the correct lat/long is displayed if only one locator
2507 10Jan00=======================================================================
2508 1. added Steve Franke's new Sun.pm and show/satellite command
2509 08Jan00=======================================================================
2510 1. really removed the restriction on 0 length messages.
2511 2. added a periodic msg file import system a la FBB. Stick one or more files
2512 into /spider/msg/import with a suitable SEND line, subject and the text and
2513 it will import it. The importer will accept some BBS syntax (eg < GB7TLH) to
2514 allow you to customise the 'from' callsign.
2515 03Jan00=======================================================================
2516 1. changed the copyright statement in sh/version!
2517 2. added sh/date with special "be compatible with ak1a" syntax for the output
2518 of sh/date with no arguments, otherwise the same as sh/time. A special favour
2520 3. and another one, added show/node especially for G4PDQ.
2521 01Jan00=======================================================================
2522 1. Fixed Julian routines to get rid of the millenium bug! (do as I say, not
2524 2. updated gdx.pl so that external programs can do a sh/dx just as a normal
2525 user can. On reflection this could be used as a model for all sorts of
2526 "external" interface routines.
2527 3. renamed gdx.pl as showdx.
2528 11Dec99=======================================================================
2529 1. added missing pc48 so that it calls the DXDb::process routine
2530 10Dec99=======================================================================
2531 1. allow msgs to marked as read or unread
2532 02Dec99=======================================================================
2533 1. DX command doesn't recognise '6M' as '6m' in SH/DX ON 6M.
2534 2. set/node now sets the homenode as the callsign.
2535 3. changed the label for the 18Mhz band from '18m' to '17m' in the bands
2537 01Dec99=======================================================================
2538 1. started the callbot which lives at n2tly.dxcluster.net 9000.
2539 2. added www.qrz.com
2540 3. added www.buck.com
2541 4. added k4ute at no4j.com
2542 28Nov99=======================================================================
2543 1. fixed all the stupid errors introduced in 1.36 confusing DXUser->get with
2544 DXCluster->get_exact.
2545 24Nov99=======================================================================
2546 1. extended badmsg.pl stuff so that it works like the forward file and allows
2547 one to reject on to, from, origin and subject fields.
2548 2. added a swop.pl again in a forward.pl like format that allows simple swop
2549 for a field or test on a field and set another.
2550 3. Fixed the problem that read private mail follows you around as well as
2551 unread private mail does.
2552 4. Change the logic of connections so that the node will accept callsigns with
2553 SSIDs to -8 as different entities from each other. SSIDs > 8 are subtracted
2554 from 15 and are assumed to be coming in via netrom diddled connections. This
2555 affects lots of the commands as well. I may not have got them all.
2556 5. Hangup clients on HUP signals. I originally ignored them, for reasons that
2557 are now lost in the mists of time. HUP signals now cause clients to die
2558 (cleanly) and disconnect everything correctly.
2559 6. Added show/time command
2560 21Nov99=======================================================================
2561 1. lose extraneous rubbish after the callsign as sent by BBSes.
2562 2. Change end label on sh/moon to RGain dB rather than Loss dB.
2563 3. Remove spurious call to DXCluster->get_exact in pc50.
2564 4. Allow rcmd to locally connected nodes that are not (for some reason) in the
2566 5. Try and send a PC39 in more cases to a cluster that I want to disconnect
2567 from in the hope that it notices and disconnects its end.
2568 20Nov99=======================================================================
2569 1. Added set/unset logininfo which will tell anybody that has this set when
2570 someone has either logged in or out of this node.
2571 2. Added set/pinginterval command which alters the length of time between
2572 pings sent to nodes, the value is minutes < 120 and seconds above that, 0
2573 means disable pinging (not recommended).
2574 3. If someone does a sysop whilst connected via ax25, don't show privilege
2575 level or passwd in stat/user.
2576 4. Fixed the problem with the dx command where if the callsign ended in a ?
2577 then the call and the freq would be replicated in the remarks.
2578 5. Set/unset ann, dx, talk, beep, wx, wwv all are now permanent (ie stored in
2580 19Nov99=======================================================================
2581 1. Added new version of sh/sun and also sh/moon from Steve K9AN
2582 2. Added rtt to who.
2583 3. added Aliase for show/tnc_sta to who.
2584 4. added Alias for show/uptime to sh/cl
2585 18Nov99=======================================================================
2586 1. Added ping obs counter together with Time::HiRes timers. This will dis-
2587 connect nodes that fail to respond to 3 ping requests (on the 4th attempt).
2588 The default time is a ping every 3 mins, therefore a link will be struck out
2589 after 12 minutes of nil response.
2590 2. Maintain a table of outstanding connects to other nodes and prevent over-
2591 laps (special favour to G0RDI).
2592 17Nov99=======================================================================
2593 1. Started using Data::Dumper for things again
2594 2. 'Fixed' DXUser file corruption?
2595 3. Allow multiline (ie lines with \n in them) output in $DXChannel::send
2596 4. Added Andrew K9CW's updated wpxloc.raw, regenerated prefix_data.pl
2597 5. Put in callsign matching and stuff into sh/sun.
2598 14Nov99=======================================================================
2599 1. added BBS.pm to start BBS input of mail
2600 2. fixed eval in DXUser to log errors rather than banging out
2601 12Nov99=======================================================================
2602 1. added sh/sun command kindly supplied by Steve K9AN.
2603 2. allow ^Z on its own on a line to terminate a message
2604 08Nov99=======================================================================
2605 1. added spoofing (mk1 version) for sysops, useful for those little jobs like
2606 reseting a user's qra locator and such like "spoof g7brn set/qra jo02lq".
2607 2. fixed set/location so it stores the qra locator in the qra locator slot,
2608 NOT the lat/long (who wrote this stuff...?).
2609 07Nov99=======================================================================
2610 1. reduced the amount of stuff compared against for dup announces.
2611 2. Check the regex for DK0WCY announces produces results before storing it as
2613 3. Added some logging for set/priv (un)set/lockout.
2614 4. Added test long path calc to sh/muf
2615 5. Only wonder down the msg queue every minute
2616 6. Put in the initial DB code (at last), you can create and remove local and
2617 standard remote dbs, you can import AK1A style .FUL ascii databases, you can
2618 enquire on a local or remote database.
2619 7. A return ping to a node will clear down all outstanding pings to
2620 that node (which might cause some confusion if more then one ping is
2621 outstanding for a node, but then - shit happens).
2622 04Nov99=======================================================================
2623 1. Removed ~ from the end of the PC18.
2624 2. Removed a hangover from duff character checking in cluster.pl
2625 3. Stop PC frames that are to be routed, being routed back to themselves.
2626 03Nov99=======================================================================
2627 1. Simplified command caching so it uses anonymous subroutines, you should
2628 also get error messages back on the console now when developing.
2629 2. Allow locally connected AK1A clusters that for some obscure reason don't
2630 issue PC19s to still appear as connected and allow them to acquire users.
2631 31Oct99=======================================================================
2632 1. updated Minimuf.pm and show/muf.pl to the fixed versions sent to me by
2634 2. Made set/badnodes work, added show/badnodes. This is an interim fix until
2635 input spot filtering works.
2636 24Oct99=======================================================================
2637 1. fixed announces so that nodes only get one of them (not two).
2638 2. Altered the select timeouts to prevent apparent excessive CPU usage on
2639 multiprocessor machines (or at least that is what seems to be the trouble
2641 22Oct99=======================================================================
2642 1. allow filter CALLSIGNS to be in upper or lower case.
2643 2. create the concept of input and output filters, input filters are of the
2644 form "in_$call.pl" eg: "in_g1tlh.pl" (or "in_G1TLH.pl"), output filters are
2645 "g1tlh.pl" (or "G1TLH.pl").
2646 3. all users can now filter on spots, ann and wwv (assuming the sysop has set
2647 the filters up - still no user creatable filters. Nodes can filter on both
2648 input for announces and output for all of these. I would recommend setting
2649 up a few filters that are likely to be wanted and then symlinking callsigns
2650 to them as you get requests.
2651 4. added callsign and length of history/position of screen stats to console.
2652 If you want to change the colour of the callsign you will need to copy the
2653 Console.pm to your /spider/local directory and change the $mycallcolor equate.
2654 21Oct99=======================================================================
2655 1. fixed reply so that reply b or reply nop generate a bulletin with the
2657 2. implemented sh/muf command.
2658 3. reduced privilege of catchup and uncatchup to 5. This so that, suitably
2659 privileged, nodes that occasionally link can rcmd a "catchup <nodecall> all"
2660 to the node they are connecting to and thus prevent a large tranche of,
2661 potentially duplicate, mail. This isn't an issue for DXSpider, but may be
2662 an issue for any AK1A clusters you are connected to.
2663 20Oct99=======================================================================
2664 1. Translated all the subroutines of minimuf into perl as Minimuf.pm
2665 2. Limited the length of an ANN that is saved for de-duping to $pc12_dup_lth
2667 3. help command should now return stuff that you expect.
2668 4. reduced necessary privilege to use 'MSG' command to 6.
2669 5. Correct the count of spots and wwv for a merge.
2670 6. Allow decodes of DK0WCY-3 WWV data beacon announces
2671 7. rewrote send so that an SB doesn't send a buckshee bull to NOPRIVATE!
2672 8. Changed default colouration on console so that all spots >= 50Mhz are red
2673 9. Fixed init command so that PC21s are sent down non-initted channels
2674 10. Allow forwarding of unknown private mail. This means that you can set up
2675 forwarding of 'foreign' mail across to and by gateways using the same
2676 mechanism as bulletins (/spider/msg/forward.pl).
2677 11. Allow line wrapping on the console (G0RDI, G0VGS et al).
2678 18Oct99=======================================================================
2679 1. changed help command so that it works correctly with multiple title lines.
2680 2. added to address to the list of things a message checks to see whether it
2681 is a duplicate (how on earth did it take _this_ long to find this one?).
2682 3. Changes S CC so that the callsign it says it has sent to is the real one
2683 (request from G8TIC)
2684 21Sep99=======================================================================
2685 1. allow zero messages to be stored (request from G4PDQ)
2686 2. make DX more flexible and change spotter syntax to be consistant with
2687 sh/dx (request from K9AN)
2688 30Aug99=======================================================================
2689 1. remove -@ as well as \d from SSIDs for spots
2690 2. remove WEB and/or NET from the front or rear of callsigns in Prefix.pm
2691 29Aug99=======================================================================
2692 1. Added msg command to allow the changing of To, From, Subject and so on the
2693 messages. This seems particularly important just now as a whole raft of G3's
2694 seem to be putting out non private bulls to callsigns.
2695 2. While I am at set messages to TO fields that appear to be users to private
2696 if they have been sent as bulls.
2697 3. Add DISTROs, if a callsign field appears in /spider/msg/distro in upper
2698 use that as a list of callsigns to send further. Note this is potentially
2699 recursive as callsigns in a distro can be distros.
2700 25Aug99=======================================================================
2701 1. check the date of a WWV much more carefully.
2702 24Aug99=======================================================================
2703 1. Prevented spots with lowercase callsigns being forwarded. This opens a
2704 much bigger can of worms which I shall have to address later.
2705 17Aug99=======================================================================
2706 1. all protocol except PC29 containing %XX characters will be dumped.
2707 2. Changed console.pl so that if you start typing it moves the top window
2709 19Jul99=======================================================================
2710 1. Added iota and qra clauses to sh/dx as well, these take optional arguments
2711 and will look for the appropriate strings.
2712 17Jul99=======================================================================
2713 1. Started database integration.
2714 2. added qsl clause to sh/dx that searches for qsl or via in the dx info
2715 16Jul99=======================================================================
2716 1. drop frames with 'illegal' characters in them (but pass frames with
2717 embedded %XX characters).
2718 15Jul99=======================================================================
2719 1. Changed grepdbg to accept a regexp. More useful (to me anyway).
2720 2. Altered init command so that it doesn't send PC21s down the initted
2722 10Jul99=======================================================================
2723 1. added an explicit disconnect from my side for already connected calls. This
2724 appears to have fixed a problem where if two consoles connect at the same time
2725 with the same (sysop?) callsign the cluster would stop.
2726 2. added some debugging in the Message handler to allow more state to be seen.
2727 3. Message handler now seems to work better for longer and doesn't spew out
2728 PC42 aborts with quite such gay abandon.
2729 05Jul99=======================================================================
2730 1. added stat/msg and stat/cluster commands to allow me to poke about inside
2731 the msg and cluster node tables.
2732 04Jul99=======================================================================
2733 1. removed silly 'new message has arrived' to connected nodes
2734 2. added a ! command to the console.pl program; works like the bash shell.
2735 01Jul99=======================================================================
2736 1. Altered priv to 5 for connect.pl to match disconnect for nodes
2737 29Jun99=======================================================================
2738 1. fixed merge command that I broke.
2739 2. added some randomness in waittimes for aborted outgoing messages
2740 3. Message Queuing now only occurs every 5 minutes (configurable if anyone
2741 wants to write the command for doing it) and on receipt of a PC16. This is
2742 a further attempt at sorting the crossing of messages!
2743 4. a PC33 will cause another attempt at queuing. If you are on a roll, keep
2745 28Jun99=======================================================================
2746 1. console.pl now works with history and editting.
2747 2. added scrolling to stuff sent by the cluster.
2748 3. added colours to things.
2749 27Jun99=======================================================================
2750 1. added WWV filtering
2751 2. added timeouts to for forwarding Messages, also added a waiting time for
2752 failed (stalled) outgoing messages.
2753 3. Incoming messages will now have priority over outgoing messages to the
2755 4. Added 'catchup' command which will 'catchup' messages to date for a node.
2756 This means that when you start forwarding to a node, it doesn't get all the
2757 messages queued up that are probably old.
2758 5. added 'uncatchup' which does the opposite of the above.
2759 6. fixed kill full and PC49 handling so that it actually works.
2760 7. Fixed local aliases so they add to the front of the standard ones. This
2761 means you only need to add your specials or override the system ones you need
2763 21Jun99=======================================================================
2764 1. changed regex for cluster->client msgs so that strings like |---| are no
2766 20Jun99=======================================================================
2767 1. prevented a merge to myself (causes a loop)
2768 18Jun99=======================================================================
2769 1. fixed a problem with DXLogPrint repeating log entries.
2770 2. altered the permissions on disconnnect so that priv 5 users can disconnect
2771 clusters, but still require priv 8 to disconnect users.
2772 3. made sure that an incoming PC18 clears out all the cluster info for
2773 that channel before re-initialising.
2774 4. add init command.
2775 5. disconnect users before nodess on shutdown
2776 15Jun99=======================================================================
2777 1. added grepdbg program (so you can search your debug files and get times
2778 and dates of incidents).
2779 2. Moved DXVars.pm to DXVars.pm.issue to force new users to cp it to their
2781 3. added $allowzero to DXProt to allow thru PC19s with zero protocol versions.
2782 14Jun99=======================================================================
2783 1. changed IO::File in help and apropos to IO::File
2784 2. added a check for isa('DXNode') for PC50s
2785 08Jun99=======================================================================
2786 1. Started work on the curses based operator console.
2787 03Jun99=======================================================================
2788 1. cluster seems to have a memory leak, put DESTROY functions in where
2790 2. try to make sure that PC21 commands are not issued inappropriately and
2791 also reformat PC19 for onward broadcast so that nodes coming in on loops are
2792 dropped from those broadcasts.
2793 3. make sure PC16,17,19,21 doen't affect locally connected nodes.
2794 4. Changed all instances of FileHandle to IO::File.
2795 01Jun99=======================================================================
2796 1. removed a output of an unwanted pc21 for isolated nodes
2797 31May99=======================================================================
2798 1. Added checking for PC16,17,19 and 21 to make sure that they come in from
2799 the channels that they are supposed to.
2800 2. Pass the RCMDing node's priv level to the command (rather than the
2801 connecting node's privilege level).
2802 3. Pass thru merge requests for other nodes.
2803 4. Removed a warning from client.pl
2804 5. routed external DB commands and drop them (for now) locally
2805 6. routed external mail commands (ie those addressed elsewhere)
2806 7. routed external PC26/27 lines
2807 25May99=======================================================================
2808 1. try to make the lastin value correct even for local users
2809 2. got rid of the stupid bug that failed to print out the offline message
2810 but put a "*main::STDOUTmain" for every line of that message instead.
2811 3. Ported to 5.00503 (well actually just installed it and it just runs).
2812 4. Added who command
2813 23May99=======================================================================
2814 1. Got rid of some of the useless error messages on global destruction when
2816 2. Stuck -w back on client.pl
2817 23May99=======================================================================
2818 1. tried to change connection to raw mode for cluster connections
2819 2. sh/c and sh/u are now sorted in alphabetical order
2820 3. Limited the number of queued dx spots when composing messages to 20 (the
2821 oldest one is lost for every one added above 20).
2822 4. Added generalised shell globbing everywhere I think it is useful, including
2823 sh/dx, dir, sh/files etc
2824 5. Made dir more compatible with ak1a and added 'to' and 'from' call searching
2825 it should now do everything that ak1a does except counts.
2826 6. added similar functionality to kill command so that you can kill ranges, to
2827 and from callsigns etc.
2828 22May99=======================================================================
2829 1. added check for -1 from Date::Parse and return undef for out of range dates
2830 2. added show/files and type commands
2831 21May99=======================================================================
2832 1. made set/nodx work again.
2833 2. made dx stuff queue nicely again when sending messages.
2834 18May99=======================================================================
2835 1. Added announce dup checking.
2836 2. Added system announce filtering.
2837 08May99=======================================================================
2838 1. Added a bit more checking to the rcmd thing to make more sure that this
2839 rcmd isn't coming from an imposter. Not possible to prevent everything
2840 ofcourse, just make it a bit harder.
2841 2. altered set/lockout and set/privilege so that they can't executed remotely.
2842 3. Added some code to reject rubbish (with invalid binary characters) protocol
2843 or user lines as input.
2844 4. prevented PC command being executed remotely :-)
2845 05May99=======================================================================
2846 1. change the connection overlap from an abort to a disconnect.
2847 02May99=======================================================================
2848 1. Added the mechanism for doing user spot filtering for spots in the cluster
2849 (no user control just yet - but sysops can do it).
2850 2. Fixed problem with nodes sending out the node lists of isolated nodes.
2851 30Apr99=======================================================================
2852 1. Try to make it even more AK1A friendly by putting the node list out in the
2854 2. added code so that local users and commands go to all connected nodes
2855 INCLUDING the isolated ones.
2856 26Apr99=======================================================================
2857 1. added set/user command as a hack, please use this with care, there is
2858 very little checking.
2859 2. added export_opernam.pl which is a basic reader of AK1A opernam.dat files
2861 25Apr99=======================================================================
2862 1. Fixed problem with filtered spots not coming out.
2863 2. Added the possibility of filtering on channel callsign
2864 20Apr99=======================================================================
2865 1. altered order of undefing and closing of user file in an attempt to make
2866 corruptions/missing users less likely.
2867 2. made messages that are addressed to the node call appear to the alias call
2868 3. check dates much more rigourously.
2869 4. ignore SIGTERM and SIGINT during shutdown of the cluster
2870 15Mar99=======================================================================
2871 1. added $actiondata to filter line to allow per action data such as no of hops
2872 2. fixed a silly problem in talk for non-existant callsigns
2873 3. Added sysop command
2874 02Mar99========================================================================
2875 1. Changed DXUser so that it uses a homemade import/export hash routine
2876 2. DXUser now uses a DB_BTREE file
2877 3. Added export_users.pl, import_users.pl and convert_users.pl
2878 25Feb99========================================================================
2879 1. added NL language stuff.
2880 2. added set/language
2881 21Feb99========================================================================
2882 1. Allowed multiple 'on <freq>' for show/dx
2883 2. Made sure the 'on 20m/ssb' thing worked (also 'on hf/cw').
2884 3. first cut of the Filtering code, no user commands yet but the file
2885 format is defined and manually added filters should work for spots
2886 17Feb99========================================================================
2887 1. added export_user.pl to export user files (for interest and safety)
2888 2. changed DXUser::init to allow O_RDONLY access which may limit the number
2889 of coredumps G0RDI seems to get.
2890 15Feb99========================================================================
2891 1. Added msg forwarding code which uses $main::root/msg/forward.pl.
2892 14Feb99========================================================================
2893 1. Changed A & K in WWV to be the other way around (I am told by G3IOR that
2894 this will mean that we won't have pole to pole aurora nor all the power lines
2895 overloading everywhere as well as a result of having values of K > 10).
2896 2. allow the '~' character in message bodies.
2897 3. Moved $main::data/badmsg.pl to $main::root/msg/badmsg.pl.
2898 11Feb99========================================================================
2899 1. Fixed a problem with isolated nodes' configurations being sent on sending
2900 local configs to new connections.
2901 08Feb99========================================================================
2902 1. added a $SIG{ALRM} in the client to actually catch the alarm when it goes
2903 off which means that the netrom/ax25 call programs terminate properly (and not
2904 loop as fast as their little legs can paddle, soaking up CPU time).
2905 2. Implemented read receipts as an especial request from G4PDQ.
2906 3. Fiddled with DXUser a bit to see whether I can stop it core dumping on new
2907 users in PC16s on G0RDI's machine.
2908 4. Added E4 (Palestine) to Prefix data.
2909 30Jan99========================================================================
2910 1. Some of the dates we get can cause crashes, tried to make it more robust (oh
2912 2. PC16 seem to come in with missing callsigns from somewhere
2913 3. added $main::data/baddx.pl which prevents callsigns that are in the list being
2914 a) forwarded b) stored and c) (except for the originator, if local) being
2916 4. added $main::data/badmsg.pl which deletes any messages whose TO address is
2917 in this list (this is largely for european sensibilities).
2918 18Jan99========================================================================
2919 1. added present(),presentish() and disconnect() to DXCron so that you can see
2920 (easily) if a station is on the cluster anywhere and also disconnect them
2922 2. added rcmd() to DXCron so you can send an rcmd to someone else from crontab.
2923 3. <embarrassment>Fixed create_sysop.pl so that longitude is spelt correctly
2924 there as well</embarrassment> made the update work properly. NOTE create_sysop
2925 will only do what you expect if all cluster.pl and client.pl programs are
2927 4. DXCron wasn't reading in reliably on startup, this is now (hopefully) fixed.
2928 the -M semantics are rather strange!
2929 5. The -w switch is now standard on cluster.pl
2930 6. Added last_connect() which gives the last connect time of a user (or now
2932 7. Added present_on(call, node) and presentish_on(ditto) which returns true if
2933 the call is connected to the node.
2934 8. incoming messages for users will now send a 'new message' message (instead
2935 of merely generating the message)[who wrote this rubbish?].
2936 9. Hooked $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} so we store these nasty error
2938 10. Print the no of users on restricted protocol links if we have had PC50
2939 11. Had a go at making the sh/cl stats more accurate.
2940 12. PC11 was trying to call Local::spot1 instead of Local::spot, no warning
2942 13. Added a simple lockfile to prevent more than one cluster running at a time
2943 17Jan99========================================================================
2944 1. fixed some permission problems on DXLog.
2945 2. There is a circumstance in DXMsg which caused the cluster to stop on an
2946 null ref pointer which I can't get to the bottom of but have bandaided out
2948 3. Started filter and Database code.
2949 4. Upper cased all the TO callsigns for sending to more than one station in
2951 07Jan99========================================================================
2952 1. Fixed Geomag after emacs reformatted it wrong so sh/wwv works again.
2953 2. Added more range checking in WWV spots (they really are a heap of ...)
2954 3. Changed create_sysop.pl so that you can update as well as create the user
2956 4. Remove spotter's SSID from WWV spots
2957 06Jan99========================================================================
2958 1. Do some range checking for spots and WWV in the future (got a WWV for Oct
2959 2034 whhich caused a bit of confusion!)
2960 2. Make WWV spots broadcast them to the users! (as opposed to merely storing
2961 them)(thank you G0RDI).
2962 3. Allow users to do show/announce (thank you JE1SGH).
2963 4. Delay broadcasts to users if they are not in a 'prompt' state (means you can
2964 add messages and see what you are doing on a busy system)
2965 5. Made set/unset dx,ann,wx,talk,wwv do what is expected
2966 6. added set/sys_location and set/set_qra to set the cluster lat/long and qra
2967 7. New messages will now be announced on logon (if there are any)
2968 03Jan99========================================================================
2969 1. Upped the version no !!!!
2970 2. made the DXProtocol routines much less sensitive to '~' characters (JE1SGH)
2971 3. added '^' -> ':' conversions on ann, talk and dx commands
2972 4. You can now send messages containing blank lines.
2973 5. Fixed merge command problem reported by G0RDI
2974 28Dec98========================================================================
2975 1. Crossed fingers, got rid of the instabilities caused by execing programs
2976 at vast speed (reduced it significantly anyway).
2977 2. Personals will now move if homenode is known.
2978 3. Added Local.pm for doing local specials
2979 27Dec98========================================================================
2980 1. Various detail changes to remove some more warning with -w on
2981 2. Added DXCron handling - you can do crontabs now.
2982 3. Added show/program command so you can see where it is loading your .pm files
2984 4. Added pc26/27 replies to locally connected cluster's merge (pc25) requests
2985 5. Added spotters DXCC and original cluster to Spot data files.
2986 23Dec98========================================================================
2987 1. Reindented various things
2988 2. Added missing $main::mycall on the end of outgoing PC11s (!)
2989 3. Check that PC16/17 node calls really are nodes (AFAIAC).
2990 22Dec98========================================================================
2991 1. Added brackets round callsign if not here for prompt
2992 2. Added Iain's set/password routine
2993 3. Fixed sh/dx problems (the xemacs indent region messed Spot.pm up!)
2995 21Dec98============= late! ====================================================
2996 1. fixed problem with missing DXDebug in DXProt.
2997 2. Fixed DXDebug so that it actually works as advertised with and without
2999 3. Added deduping of WWV spots as well (at for date,time,sfi,k and i) dups
3000 4. Replaced the 0 in "02-Dec-1998" with ' ' so it reads " 2-Dec-1998", it seems
3001 hard to credit it but some 'programs' out there that connect to clusters have
3002 problems with the leading '0'!
3003 5. In the same vain, included a strictly AK1A compatible sh/heading, apparently
3004 this is necessary for the same reason as 4.
3005 6. Started contrib tree stored the old show/heading in contrib/g0rdi/show.
3006 7. Because I now correctly dedupe spots and wwv (there's a hostage to fortune..)
3007 I have added a merge command.
3008 21Dec98========================================================================
3009 1. Added "issue" to the client program for 'login' connections
3010 2. Added more docs for client program.
3011 3. Fixed problem introduced in 1.12 where a connect locally with a callsign of
3012 someone connected remotely would stop the cluster.
3013 4. issue release 1.13
3014 20Dec98========================================================================
3015 1. Removed all the warnings I get with perl -w (at least for just starting the
3016 cluster and running a few commands).
3017 2. Added per node hop control.
3018 3. Added some docs on how to use it and isolation
3019 4. Made talk command more intelligent in that if the user isn't seen and the
3020 user's last node is visible it tries the talk anyway.
3021 19Dec98========================================================================
3022 1. Fixed problems with sh/rcmd (talk/ann/log) with a callsign as argument and
3023 also made what G0RDI wanted work as well!
3024 2. Added isolate flag to allow isolation of different networks at a gateway.
3025 3. Changed make Makefile.PL to perl Makefile.PL in instructions
3026 4. Copied latest instructions to html directory
3027 5. Had another attempt at making clients disconnect without hanging everytime.
3028 6. Changed msg queuing semantics so that the system routes on exact callsign.
3029 7. Changed the protocol version so that it increments with the DXSpider version.
3030 14Dec98========================================================================
3031 1. Made the telnet thing work a bit better. It still will not work reliably to
3032 a real telnetd on port 23.
3033 2. Allowed network logins on client by specifying login instead of call.
3034 3. made msg handling more robust (PC30 with unknown streams cause PC42), queueing
3035 is only done on channels that are in state 'normal'.
3036 4. Added pc command which takes a callsign and some text and sends it without
3037 mods to the callsign, useful for sending manual PC protocol to unstick things.
3038 Also for sending anonymous messages to online users.
3039 5. Stopped duplicate messages being stored (it receives them and then bins them)
3040 6. Implemented PC49 delete/full from outside (kill full on the inside)
3041 7. Implemented the client command in connect scripts so that you can have
3042 different scripts for the same callsign.
3043 8. Added sh/wwv command
3044 13Dec98========================================================================
3045 1. Fixed VS6 lat/long in prefix_data and wpxloc.raw
3046 2. Sorted out last in times for remote users
3047 3. editted and substitued G0RDI's version of the install instructions over
3049 4. fixed telnet connections
3050 5. added connect instructions to html tree.
3051 6. Added some more help
3053 12Dec98========================================================================
3054 1. Incorporated sh/st, (un)set/lockout, forward/opername from Iain G0RDI
3055 2. Added group handling with (un)set/group, show/group. This allows arbitrary
3056 groups to be formed (for ann/<group> for example) and is also used to 'filter'
3057 spots, announces, wwvs etc into groups of cluster nodes (useful for creating
3058 disjoint cluster networks)
3059 3. **** CHANGE mylongtitude to mylongitude in DXVars.pm ****
3060 4. Altered QRA locator routines so they work correctly!
3061 5. Fixed all commands that had the wrong mylat(itude) and mylong(itude) names
3063 07Dec98========================================================================
3064 1. Added set/name, set/qra, set/location, set/qth, set/homenode, set/bbs,
3066 2. changed the Msg socket close to a shutdown (hopefully more reliable), this
3067 should stop clients hanging on exit.
3068 3. Added Alias support for help
3069 4. Added lltos and stoll routines to DXBearing
3070 5. Added auto prompting for name, qth, location and homenode if any of these
3072 06Dec98========================================================================
3073 1. Fixed DXBearing::is_qra so that it correctly detects full QRA locators
3074 2. Added sh/qra for doing locator distances and bearings
3075 3. Added some stuff to Notes.txt on hints for command writers
3076 4. Changed help system to use just one file per language
3077 5. Started adding more help
3078 6. Fixed 24Mhz band limits
3079 7. Added apropos command and lots of new help text
3080 05Dec98========================================================================
3081 1. Added sh/heading and QRA locator calculation stuff
3082 04Dec98========================================================================
3083 1. Started Changes file
3084 2. Added load/cmd_cache.pl to clear cmd cache shortcuts (use this if cluster.pl
3085 get confused about where it is getting its commands from eg if you have
3086 removed a file from local_cmd 'cos you want to go back to standard one)
3087 3. Fixed bull handling at least to the extent that it stores them and
3088 doesn't mess up the normal directory handling.
3089 4. Fixed the unset/debug command so that it actually does the job!
3090 5. Removed the middle line 'written in perl for unix' from show/version.pl