1 25Jul16=======================================================================
2 1. Add some timing stats to cmd spawn_cmd.
3 08Jul16=======================================================================
4 1. Add latest wpxloc.raw
6 25Mar16=======================================================================
7 1. Rework DXCron::spawn command to use Mojo::IOLoop::ForkCall
8 04Jan16=======================================================================
9 1. Add CTY-2601 prefix file
10 02Jan16=======================================================================
11 1. fix new URL for sh/425 command
12 30Dec15=======================================================================
13 1. Add CTY-2516 prefix file
14 2. Try to stop and also reset node call user records back to 'S'
15 3. Fix multiple on_disc events in AsyncMsg.pm
16 02Jun15=======================================================================
17 1. Extend regex for quit to allow other commands starting in 'q'.
18 2. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
19 26May15=======================================================================
20 1. Add CTY-2506 prefix file
21 01Mar15=======================================================================
22 1. Add CTY-2503 prefix file
23 13Feb15=======================================================================
24 1. Fix problem with sh/dx <call> if people are logging spots to a SQL database
25 3. Added CTY-2502 prefixes.
26 3. My late father would have been 102 today.
27 27Nov14=======================================================================
28 1. Add CTY-2415 prefix list
29 25Nov14=======================================================================
30 1. Add CTY-2414 prefix list
31 21Nov14=======================================================================
32 1. Add CTY-2413 prefix list
33 21Oct14=======================================================================
34 1. Add CTY-2011 prefixes
35 16Sep14=======================================================================
36 1. Add CTY2410 wpxloc.raw + cty.dat
37 2. remove autoflush from logs
38 16Sep14=======================================================================
39 1. Fix (now) missing error_handler
40 30Aug14=======================================================================
41 1. add CTY-2409 prefixes
43 19Jul14=======================================================================
44 1. Use JSON::XS for ForkCall serialisation in DXCommandmode.pm
45 19Jun14=======================================================================
46 1. Fix EOF detection of incoming nodes.
47 2. Attempt to autogenerate Version.pm with *correct* values (instead of the
48 the git id of the previous commit). Oh, and do it on every commit or pull.
49 17Jun14=======================================================================
50 1. Add CTY2405 prefix changes
51 2. Arrange for all file searching routines based on sh/dx or sh/log to be
52 non-blocking. This should allow incoming and outgoing protocol to
53 continue flowing when such a command is run.
54 3. Added some usable code to show/wx (finally).
55 4. Make stats cmds (sh/v?hfstats, sh/v?hftable) non-blocking.
56 5. Make sh/isolate, sh/registered, sh/lockout non-blocking.
57 6. Fix shutdown command.
58 16Jun14=======================================================================
59 1. Get AsyncMsg working for HTTP type ephemeral connections
60 21Apr14=======================================================================
61 1. Add CTY-2405 prefix list
62 08Mar14=======================================================================
63 1. Add newer version of wpxloc.raw with some missing prefixes added.
64 07Mar14=======================================================================
65 1. Add new version of wpxloc.raw
66 2. Fix a small crash with Spot::dup
67 12Jan14=======================================================================
68 1. Fix minor issue with dx command when used in a script, as found by
70 2. Fix (rather serious) error in import_cmd that did not reset callsigns
71 correctly in $main::me.
72 30Dec13=======================================================================
73 1. Add CTY2312 prefix changes
74 19Nov13=======================================================================
75 1. Add CTY2311 Prefix changes - needed for CQWW 2013
76 09Oct13=======================================================================
77 1. Add CTY2310 prefix changes
78 13Sep13=======================================================================
79 1. Added CTY2309 prefix data, together with its associated wpxloc.raw file.
80 10Sep13=======================================================================
81 1. Add the get/keps command, which allows a sysop to get the latest AMSAT
82 keplarian elements either on demand or periodically in the crontab.
83 10Sep13=======================================================================
84 1. Fix sh/time such that no arguments print details for the caller.
85 09Sep13=======================================================================
86 1. Make all the Net::Telnet based commands (sh/425, sh/contest, sh/db0sdx,
87 sh/wm7d, sh/ik3qar) asynchronous, so that they no longer pause the node
88 while they go off and query the internet for results.
89 06Sep13=======================================================================
90 1. Fixed sh/contest so that it works again. How it ever worked at all is
91 a bit of a mystery. Now possible to type sh/cont dec or sh/cont dec 2013
92 (with month and year in any order). Please comment out any $contest_host
93 or $contest_url variables you may have in /spider/local/Internet.pm (if
94 you have one, that is). It will not work with the previous values.
95 2. Added CTY2308 prefix changes.
96 3. Added (back) internal function support inside commands. This allows
97 commands to create functions inside the <cmd_name>.pl files. There are
98 now also standard function names that can do special things.
99 24Jul13=======================================================================
100 1. Alter default node address in client.c from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1".
101 21Jul13=======================================================================
102 1. Fix Msg.pm to allow IPV6 addresses again (how did it ever work?).
103 2. Add latest CTY2307 prefix changes.
104 3. Other changes including (some) more prefix files, 4mm band data and
106 4. Add ip address in links.pl
107 31May12=======================================================================
108 1. Added CTY2210 prefix changes
109 29May12=======================================================================
110 1. Added CTY2209 prefix changes
111 10Apr12=======================================================================
112 1. Added DXSql/Pg postgres Spot collection interface from Wijnand PD0MZ.
113 2. Add CTY2206 prefix changes
114 13Mar12=======================================================================
115 1. add CTY2204 prefix changes + new wpxloc.raw
116 12Mar12=======================================================================
117 1. Check database operations on MySQL/SQlite3.
118 2. Add ipaddr field to spot table if not present.
119 3. Add ipaddr field from PC61 to database stored spots.
120 09Mar12=======================================================================
121 1. Try to trap unblessed references on receipt of PC34s
122 15Feb12=======================================================================
123 1. Add CTY2202 changes
124 25Jan12=======================================================================
125 1. Add CTY2201 changes
126 21Dec11=======================================================================
127 1. Add CTY2118 changes
128 20Dec11=======================================================================
129 1. fix strange startup repeating lockfile issue where (somehow) there is an
130 empty (but existing) lockfile, from GB7YDX.
131 29Nov11=======================================================================
132 1. fix shutdown() in Msg.pm
133 2. Add CTY2117 changes
134 05Nov11=======================================================================
135 1. Add CTY2116 changes
136 04Nov11=======================================================================
137 1. Add CTY2115 changes
138 20Oct11=======================================================================
139 1. Add CTY2113 Changes
140 02Oct11=======================================================================
141 1. change 40m bandplan after some input from Martin, ik2rmz
142 2. Add CTY2112 changes
143 25Jul11=======================================================================
144 1. add CTY2109 changes + wpxloc.raw for ST0
145 2. add CTY2110 changes
146 24May11=======================================================================
147 1. Add CTY-2108 prefixes
148 04Apr11=======================================================================
149 1. After being poked by Brendan EI6IZ, add outgoing IPV6 connect() handling
150 29Mar11=======================================================================
151 1. Add CTY-2106 prefixes
152 16Mar11=======================================================================
153 1. Add CTY-2105 prefixes
154 10Mar11=======================================================================
155 1. Add CTY-2104 prefixes
156 01Mar11=======================================================================
157 1. Add CTY-2103 prefixes
158 31Oct10=======================================================================
159 1. Increase PC92 A/D "slug" time to 5 minutes.
160 29Oct10=======================================================================
161 1. Allow Jim AD1C to track the changes to the cluster in realtime using the
162 debug system (set/debug cluster).
163 27Oct10=======================================================================
164 1. fix chat problem introduced in the last update
165 25Oct10=======================================================================
166 1. Drop PC12s purporting to originate at nodes that do PC9x (suggestion from
168 2. Increase default dup age for announces from 5 -> 18 hours.
169 3. add CTY 2009 cty.dat data.
170 4. Stop downgrading and sending CHAT messages on PC12 groups as it appears
171 that this is yet another "standard" that isn't universally understood.
172 23Oct10=======================================================================
173 1. add dbexport command to allow the export of ak1a style databases to a
175 2. add dxqsl_import and dxqsl_export commands to allow the import and export
176 of sh/dxsql qsl manager data extracted from spots as they pass through.
177 04Oct10=======================================================================
178 1. add CTY-2007 prefix list
179 04Oct10=======================================================================
180 1. incorporated the major prefix release CTY-2006 from Jim AD1C
181 17Jun10=======================================================================
182 1. Add ip address to dxspots and default to PC61 output to dxspider nodes.
183 2. Allow 4 letter callsign portions again.
184 16Jun10=======================================================================
185 1. Increase default ephemeral dupe time for PC41 and such like lines.
186 2. Include CTY-2004 updates.
187 08Apr10=======================================================================
188 1. Modify console.pl so that it works in a Windows Cmd window. Get a Windows
189 Curses ppd from: http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Curses.
190 18Mar10=======================================================================
191 1. Make privilege 0 "stick" if set on nodes
192 13Mar10=======================================================================
193 1. try to fix AGW crashes caused by peerhost looking at the wrong thing.
194 2. Add more ax25 fixes for peerhost
195 03Mar10=======================================================================
196 1. add IP addresses to connecting PC92 A addresses and log them
197 2. add CTY-2002 prefixes
198 27Nov09=======================================================================
199 1. Add 500khz band as suggested by Béla, HA5DI.
200 2. Add CTY-1923 prefixes
201 26Nov09=======================================================================
202 1. add ip address to PC92 A records
203 25Nov09=======================================================================
204 1. Change sh/qrz to use the xml interface. You will have to subscribe to
205 the xml interface - see http://www.qrz.com/XML/index.html for more info.
206 2. Remove (bodged) forced encoding to iso-8859 on incoming text. More
207 subtle handling will be required.
208 3. Add CTY-1922 prefixes
209 14Nov09=======================================================================
210 1. Add CTY-1921 prefixes
211 2. allow -SSID values on set/badnode
212 27Aug09=======================================================================
213 1. Add CTY-1913 prefixes
214 2. Limit Route::config to 10 levels (as default)
215 08Jul09=======================================================================
216 1. Add CTY-1912 prefixes
217 26Jun09=======================================================================
218 1. Add CTY-1911 prefixes
219 14Jun09=======================================================================
220 1. Add CTY-1910 prefixes
221 04Jun09=======================================================================
222 1. removed warnings from debug.c from the C Client.
223 2. Add CTY-1909 prefixes
224 02Jun09=======================================================================
225 1. Add CTY-1908 prefixes
226 29May09=======================================================================
227 1. Add CTY-1907 prefixes
228 19May09=======================================================================
229 1. Add CTY-1905 prefixes
230 15May09=======================================================================
231 1. Add CTY-1904 prefixes
232 2. Accommodate "official" git command syntax in issue.pl
233 29Dec08=======================================================================
234 1. Add show/motd command as requested by Ian G0VGS.
235 2. add CTY-1817 prefixes
236 17Nov08=======================================================================
237 1. Fix sh/425 to work with new server
238 2. add CTY-1814 prefixes
239 21Oct08=======================================================================
240 1. Add CTY-1811 prefixes
241 04Oct08=======================================================================
242 1. set $main::maxconnect_node = 0 as default. It's causing too much aggro..
243 02Oct08=======================================================================
244 1. Add set/maxconnect command to allow the defaults to be overridden for
245 individual users/nodes.
246 2. Make sure that the check really is for incoming connections only...
247 01Oct08=======================================================================
248 1. added CTY-1809 prefix data
249 2. added new config variables to allow an incoming users to have (as default)
250 up to 2 other connections to other nodes and incoming nodes up to 8 other
251 parents. Note that you can switch off this behaviour by setting
252 $main::maxconnect_user or $main::maxconnect_node = 0 (or set them to whatever
254 28Jun08=======================================================================
255 1. Made buddies work again on PC92.
256 26Jun08=======================================================================
257 1. added show/ik3qar command by Leo IZ5FSA. See comments in perl/Internet.pm
258 for setup instructions (note that you will have to copy these lines to
259 local/Internet.pm before it will work).
260 2. Send talks to every node a user is logged onto.
261 24Jun08=======================================================================
262 1. Change the route finding algorithm completely. No more recursion. No more
263 tree searching. It now gives you answers even on a partial cluster map. Oh
264 and the answers are correct, instead on completely random.
265 2. Put back (maybe some of) US State handling.
266 3. Add CTY-1806 prefix data
267 28May08=======================================================================
268 1. remove "recursion limit" message from Route.pm
269 28May08=======================================================================
270 1. Improve the detection of short exact callsigns that are out of prefix area
271 (eg K7A) (thank you FCC).
272 2. Improve long line handling on console.pl
273 3. Add CTY-1805 cty.dat
274 26May08=======================================================================
275 1. Put a hard limit on the depth of searching for routes
276 2. Add CTY-1804 prefix changes
277 13May08=======================================================================
278 1. add disc users|nodes|all so that each of these classes can be disconnected
279 in one command. From a request by Luigi IK5ZUK.
280 12May08=======================================================================
281 1. add 'exact' keyword on sh/dx to allow for an exact match to a callsign.
282 From a request by Robert HB9DZA.
283 10May08=======================================================================
284 1. add some privileges to (un)set/bad* and show/bad* commands. Thanks to
285 Mauro IV3SCP for pointing this out to me.
286 06May08=======================================================================
287 1. Finally made the incompatible change of changing DXUser->get* to
288 DXUser::get*. This will break any third party addons or commands use these
290 2. Change version to 1.55
291 3. Drop the lower limit of 60m to 5100 after Dave G7RAU pointed out usage.
292 (see http://www.bandplans.com/index.php?band=60)
293 22Apr08=======================================================================
294 1. Added two Xmas Is calls.
295 15Apr08=======================================================================
296 1. added CTY-1803 changes
297 25Mar08=======================================================================
298 1. Include some cty.day changes
299 19Mar08=======================================================================
300 1. Include CTY-1802 cty.dat changes from Jim AD1C
301 29Feb08=======================================================================
302 1. Fix crash on rcmd of an invalid command.
303 25Feb08=======================================================================
304 1. Arrange for AGWMsg to retry connection either if the AGW engine isn't
305 loaded on startup or it disappears for some reason and restarts.
306 19Feb08=======================================================================
307 1. Added CTY-1801 cty.dat data.
308 2. Fix problem with entering non-ascii data and then executing commands that
309 are guessed from the "cleaned up" version of the string. Now if you enter
310 commands with invalid characters, it will error immediately.
311 3. fix a problem detecting IPV4 localhost on IPV6 enabled systems.
312 10Feb08=======================================================================
313 1. sort sh/node output. Also show more information.
314 05Feb08=======================================================================
315 1. Added a Windows only BPQ interface from the man himself: John G8BPQ.
316 See some instructions in /spider/txt/spiderBPQ_en.txt for how to use it.
317 07Jan08=======================================================================
318 1. more changes to cty.dat
319 07Jan08=======================================================================
320 1. added TO5FJ to cty.dat (under orders from Jim AD1C :-)
321 05Jan08=======================================================================
322 1. Made necessary change to get DXSpider to (seem to) work in perl 5.10
323 27Dec07=======================================================================
324 1, added CTY-1711 prefix changes (and new wpxloc.raw) from Jim AD1C.
325 25Nov07=======================================================================
326 1. Fix a crash on receiving an rcmd from an new node.
327 21Nov07=======================================================================
328 1. Added CTY-1710 prefix changes
329 19Nov07=======================================================================
330 1. change MRTG graphs to be based on GMT, not localtime. This allows one to
331 more easily compare debug data with traffic graphs.
332 2. Add a create/user command to just add a plain user.
333 17Nov07=======================================================================
334 1. Add Local::ann() as requested by Felipe PY1NB.
335 16Nov07=======================================================================
336 1. add CTY-1709 prefix changes
337 2. added extra checking for the time stamp on PC9x sentences. These must now
338 be within 15 minutes (configurable) of this node's time to be accepted.
339 3. made show/newc terminal width aware.
340 24Oct07=======================================================================
341 1. Added CTY-1708 prefix changes
342 23Oct07=======================================================================
343 1. Added CTY-1707 prefix changes
344 15Oct07=======================================================================
345 1. prevent PC61 from propagating outside spider boxes.
346 2. simplify the regex for sh/contest to allow it to work on perl < 5.8.x.
347 09Oct07=======================================================================
348 1. Added *VERY* important change to prevent loops on PC9x sentences.
349 06Oct07=======================================================================
350 1. added the possibility of having a motd_ax25 especially for sending to
351 radio connections after a suggestion by Paolo YV1DIG.
352 05Oct07=======================================================================
353 1. Handle PC61 from VE1CC clusters as PC11.
354 01Oct07=======================================================================
355 1. fix .gtkconsole_data creation bug.
356 27Sep07=======================================================================
357 1. Fixed gtkconsole to split out all the windows. See
358 /spider/gtkconsole/README for installation and usage instructions. This
359 program will work on both Windows and Linux provided the extra Gtk2 perl
360 libraries + dependencies are installed. Instructions for getting them are in
362 25Sep07=======================================================================
363 1. Fix mrtg command so that it does not require /var/lock (which anyway gets
364 removed and recreated on boot - and the debianised mrtg does not recognise
365 that) nor /var/lib/mrtg for the confcache (whatever that is).
366 24Sep07=======================================================================
367 1. fix error message on disconnect and, BTW, fix the cause of premature
368 disconnections in the new PC92 code.
369 22Sep07=======================================================================
370 1. fix mrtg script so that it sets LANG='C', in addition, it appears that you
371 will need to create a /var/lock/mrtg and /var/lib/mrtg directory, both with
372 chmod 01777 /var/lock/mrtg /var/lib/mrtg. They may already exist but without
373 the correct permissions.
374 15Sep07=======================================================================
375 1. Add *optional* INET6 connectivity. In order to use this you must load
376 IO::Socket::INET6 and its dependencies from CPAN or get the distro's packaged
377 versions. I used 'sudo aptitude install libio-socket-inet6-perl' for ubuntu
378 (which should work for debian as well), for fedora/rpm based systems
379 'sudo yum install perl-IO-Socket-INET6' or near equiv should work. This has
380 been done quite simplistically, but it seems to work.
381 10Sep07=======================================================================
382 1. Remove warnings for EINPROGRESS etc for Windows perl 5.8.
383 2. Try to see if using just one lastid is viable in all situations. If it is
384 then this will cure the talk problem.
385 20Aug07=======================================================================
386 1. add cty.dat + wpxloc.raw changes for CTY-1706.
387 31Jul07=======================================================================
388 1. extend 60m band slighty and add ssb section.
389 2. add a new cty.dat (CTY-1705) from Jim AD1C.
390 27Jul07=======================================================================
391 1. Added Angel's changes to Messages for Spanish (finally).
392 25Jul07=======================================================================
393 1. don't clear out routing tables on shutdown. This should speed that up.
394 24Jul07=======================================================================
395 1. Try to target PC93 (the combined talk/ann/chat sentence) better. Prevent
396 PC12 chat going to non-dxspider and non-ak1a nodes. None of the others seem to
397 handle it correctly (Lee VE7CC: do you?).
398 2. a few other tidyups,
399 see: http://www.dxcluster.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=spider.git
401 18Jul07=======================================================================
402 1. Change the meaning of set/isolate. Set/isolate now works in both directions
403 in that an isolated node will only have its local config remembered and will
404 only be sent this nodes local config. This is exactly equivalent to both
405 ends setting set/isolate. If that is already the case then there should be
406 no noticeable change. Any extra that the far node sends, over and above its
407 local config will now be ignored.
408 17Jul07=======================================================================
409 1. remove dupefile on startup and on ending the node. Add clear/dupefile
410 command to allow people to do it at runtime as well.
411 12Jul07=======================================================================
412 1. Change disconnection code so that nodes that are no longer routable are
414 2. Add help for sh/band and also allow query of individual band or regions.
415 11Jul07=======================================================================
416 1. improve speed of sh/c/n
417 2. remove all $Id$ strings from cmd tree
418 09Jul07=======================================================================
419 1. remove check for PC93 from legacy nodes. This will allow PC10s to be
420 propagated correctly. Probably.
421 08Jul07=======================================================================
422 1. put in a temporary fix to the crashing on incoming PC10 talks, whilst I
423 try to work out how it is happening.
424 06Jul07=======================================================================
425 1. re-arrange id checking so that it is more logical and check that config
426 records, that can be an hour coming, are not thoughtlessly ignored, thus
427 causing nodes to time out.
428 2. Make sure that the 'over midnight' distance calculation actually does what
430 3. Tart up version number reporting in sh/node.
431 4. Pass the correct number of parameters in pc93 -> pc12 conversions which
432 should stop returning PC12s coming out as SYSOP announces.
433 05Jul07=======================================================================
434 1. Try to make sure that the node config broadcasts are actually sent...
435 03Jul07=======================================================================
436 1. fix unwanted dupe notifications if a PC12 comes back in on a loop.
437 02Jul07=======================================================================
438 1. Add a new command to show the contents of the cmd_cache. This allows those
439 people whom develop their own commands to see which version they are using.
440 It is called show/cmd_cache (or sh/cmd for short).
441 2. Add some extra info to the links command. Show whether a link is isolated
442 and also whether it has filters (if applicable) and whether these are
443 personalised ('Y') or the default node_filter ('D').
444 29Jun07=======================================================================
445 1. If a node is set/isolated then make sure that a) pc9x is not advertised
446 and b) pc9x is ignored.
447 2. Add (un)set/wantpc9x command (but please don't use them without talking
448 to me first), here be dragons!!
449 25Jun07=======================================================================
450 1. make sure that a C record is sent for node call every update period.
451 2. make announces work again (probably).
452 3. Fix long standing possibility of a crash with a new user.
453 4. Add continuous chatting (like talk with no message eg 'chat #9000' just on
454 its own with no message).
455 24Jun07=======================================================================
456 1. Fix the routing algorithms to allow route selection in the face of
457 incomplete trees of nodes (trees as produced by sh/newc).
458 2. Fix the obscount issues which mean that many nodes get timed out after 3hrs.
459 3. Extend 4m to 70631 to cover CT.
460 23Jun07=======================================================================
461 1. fix basic deduping algorithm
462 2. rearrange node startup protocol to avoid issuing unnecessary PC92 and also
463 to spread the PC92Cs out for dependent nodes.
464 3. increase the PC92C update time to 1 hour.
465 4. fix sh/route, with a view toward replacing Route::alldxchan.
466 5. downgrade a link advertising pc9x if no PC92C forthcoming from it back to
467 old style protocol and carry on, rather than disconnecting (protocol facist
469 6. Fix isolated pc9x nodes so that they remain in oldstyle protocol.
470 22Jun07=======================================================================
471 1. Fix Alias for sh/mydx (so it isn't the same as sh/myfdx).
472 2. Fix sh/c/n uninitialised variable message
473 3. Fix (and improve) sh/newc gb7 problem
474 4. Fix broken set/sys_qra command
475 21Jun07=======================================================================
476 1. merge back SIMPLEROUTE branch to issue as official 1.54.
477 18Jun07=======================================================================
478 1. add a optional dependency on Encode (included in 5.8.x) to encode strings
479 to latin1 for deduping purposes, hopefully getting rid of some dupes.
480 2. add a default INPUT filter for a node (by_dxcc <node's country>) if no
481 specific or default INPUT node exists.
482 14Jun07=======================================================================
483 1. prepare for git repository and moving of anon cvs repository to
485 13Jun07=======================================================================
487 2. change all the version / build numbering.
488 11Jun07=======================================================================
489 1. Change the frequency normalisation for DX Spot dupe checks so that any
490 decimal part is thrown away (in other words: truncate the freq to integer khz)
491 20May07=======================================================================
493 08Apr07=======================================================================
494 1. add CTY-1703 cty.dat
495 2. alter the way the dupefile deletion is done.
496 18Mar07=======================================================================
497 1. change URL in show/425.
498 04Mar07=======================================================================
499 1. add CTY 1702 prefix data files
500 22Feb07=======================================================================
501 1. add show/myfdx to Aliases.
502 15Feb07=======================================================================
503 1. allow convkeps.pl to parse NORAD keps files.
504 22Jan07=======================================================================
505 1. disable default propagation of PC9x sentences
506 2. simplify PC17 handling
507 16Jan07=======================================================================
508 1. back ported a change to PC16 handling so that a locally connected node's
509 info clears out and generally overrides any residual PC16 info gathered from
511 15Jan07=======================================================================
513 07Jan07=======================================================================
514 1. use IO::Socket blocking where available and switch off or ignore all
516 05Jan07=======================================================================
517 1. increase default ephemeral deduping on PC15 to 6 minutes (from 2).
518 23Nov06=======================================================================
519 1. added wrapping to over length lines in console.pl.
520 03Nov06=======================================================================
521 1. add CTY-1609 changes
522 2. add back Geo::Taf code with submitted mods
523 3. add new version of the sh/425 code using the new database location.
524 09Oct06=======================================================================
525 1. fix problems with bad filters pointed by Thomas DL3SBB.
526 27Jul06=======================================================================
527 1. merge in official issue version of wpxloc.raw (with one change: 4U1V).
528 26Jul06=======================================================================
529 1. incorporated Jim AD1C's spiffy new, unified, wpxloc.raw and version
531 21Jul06=======================================================================
532 1. Added the (now) all new gtkconsole program, with all the changes needed in
533 dxspider to run it (yet another cmd interface (sigh)). You will need gtk2-perl
534 installed (most modern linux distros do this automatically). The big news is
535 that this will work on Windows boxes as well if you install the Gtk libraries
536 as per: http://gtk2-perl.sf.net.
537 03Jun06=======================================================================
538 1. Added changes to wpxloc.raw (prefixes) suggested by Jim AD1C.
539 2. Made a change to prevent xml data being interpreted unless we are
541 3. Change the buddy messages after a suggestion from Angel EA7WA.
542 02Apr06=======================================================================
543 1. incorporated cty-1604 data.
544 29Mar06=======================================================================
545 1. fix sh/muf that I broke in the previous change
546 26Mar06=======================================================================
547 1. Arrange for any online buddies to be displayed when a user logs on.
548 2. Try to reduce the amount of POSIX stuff that is loaded to just that which
550 23Mar06=======================================================================
551 1. Added cty-1603 data.
552 2. On the advice of Jim AD1C I have changed around some things in wpxloc.raw
553 that affect 8J,CT2,KC4,KG4,KG6,ZK1 and ZS2. These should now show the more
554 likely canonical prefix.
555 3. On the advice of Tom WB8ZRL, I have made BW an alias for BV (Taiwan) and
556 made some other changes to affect the selection between the mainland and the
557 island more reliable.
558 10Mar06=======================================================================
560 2. Add new Spanish translations by Angel EA7WA.
561 07Mar06=======================================================================
562 1. Add the node call to remote tell_login and tell_buddie calls.
563 06Mar06=======================================================================
564 1. Fix warning on empty PC19s.
565 2. Add new command set/local_node to allow people to see logins/outs on other
567 3. Add new command set/buddy to allow people to see when their favorite
569 4. Arrange filter reading so that the following order is followed for users:
570 callsign, callsign less ssid, user_default. Nodes are unchanged.
571 14Feb06=======================================================================
572 1. Turn R and SFI around in mrtg.pl.
573 13Feb06=======================================================================
574 1. Updated prefixes with cty-1601 data.
575 2. Fixed qth in show/muf so that it shows the correct qth (if known).
576 3. Try to make the state machine in convkeps.pl deal with more variations
577 of the 2 line keps sets that are available on line. Also give a sensible
578 error message if no keps were actually decoded.
579 4. Update the base keps to the latest set of AMSAT keps 06033.
580 04Feb06=======================================================================
581 1. Explicitly ignore spots with lower case characters in the spotted call
582 01Feb06=======================================================================
583 1. Explicitly ignore spots with blank spotted callsigns
584 26Jan06=======================================================================
585 1. Fix divide by 0 error in DXBearing (how come this has taken so long to
587 22Jan06=======================================================================
588 1. Remove +<prefix> from the fronts of comments to fix LoTW dupes.
589 18Jan06=======================================================================
590 1. Fix spurious announce from previous year appearing in sh/ann.
591 15Jan06=======================================================================
592 1. Fix some obviously long standing problems with create_sysop.pl and also
593 with initialising the User file.
594 2. Fixed the problem with certain things not being shown in sh/log (because of
595 a regex that rejected too many things).
596 3. Speeded up sh/log quite a bit at the same time.
597 4. Add a default limit of the last 36 months for sh/log querys.
598 14Jan06=======================================================================
599 1. undo frequency rounding change, it causes more problems than it solves.
600 11Jan06=======================================================================
601 1. Fixed problem with badspotters doing ann/full as pointed out by Luigi
603 07Jan06=======================================================================
604 1. Fixed problem with the standalone 'showdx' program pointed out by Leo,
606 2. Fixed rounding problem on entering spots as pointed out by Ron N5IN.
607 3. Fixed problem with badspotters sending DX as pointed out by Luigi IK5ZUK.
608 4. Added some extra logging for swearing so that we can see what lines used
609 which swear words. Hopefully this will allow sysops to refine their swearing
611 06Jan06=======================================================================
612 1. Fix problem with rcmd <call> sh/fdx
613 27Dec05=======================================================================
614 1. put some more flesh on the SQL stuff (which may turn out to be a bit of a
615 red herring as it doesn't appear to be significantly faster (for spots) than
617 21Dec05=======================================================================
618 1. Add start of optional SQL working.
619 2. Fix BadWords so that the simple word check splits words on word boundaries.
620 13Dec05=======================================================================
621 1. upissue version no to 1.52
622 07Nov05=======================================================================
623 1. Fix warnings on filtering spots where the filter was looking at US states
624 and there is no US state in the spot.
625 2. Fix the dupes caused by having a prefix in the last characters of the
627 01Nov05=======================================================================
628 1. add log2csv.pl for printing out logfiles
629 25Oct05=======================================================================
630 1. Incorporated the cty.dat from Jim dated today (25Oct05).
631 08Oct05=======================================================================
632 1. Reject PC11s with blank spot callsigns
633 01Sep05=======================================================================
634 1. Change the logic of propagating WWV broadcasts. Now all non-input filtered
635 PC23s will be sent on. Previously only the first successful new WWV was
637 2. fix the problem with by_dxcc and origin_dxcc not working on WWV.
638 29Aug05=======================================================================
639 1. try something else to resolve/prevent more of these spot dupes. It appears
640 that there is software out there chopping off variable amounts from the ends
641 of comment fields. This makes the task of detecting dupes that much harder.
642 10Aug05=======================================================================
643 1. trim dx spot duplicate length after normalisation
644 2. Do the same for announces
645 08Jul05=======================================================================
646 1. new CTY.DAT encorporated
647 27May05=======================================================================
648 1. change copyright in dbg message at startup.
649 25May05=======================================================================
650 1. Added a means to import a script of arbitrary commands to allow external
651 programs to do stuff.
652 23Mar05=======================================================================
653 1. fix (un)set/badspotter so that it only stores non-ssid calls.
654 2. mention action on talk and ann/full in help.
655 22Mar05=======================================================================
656 1. Fix ? so it works again.
657 2. Fix Aliases for sh/c so they are correct
658 3. Fix sh/connect for AGW ports and other niffnaffs.
659 22Mar05=======================================================================
660 1. fixed sh/c/node sh/c/a and sh/newc/n.
661 21Mar05=======================================================================
662 1. log AGW port on connection
663 2. merge in latest (2Mar2005) cty.dat
664 3. fix command searching so it does not pick up false positives for commands
665 with / in them in directories that don't have that.
666 4. Important security change.
667 5. add missing input filter for WWV
668 16Mar05=======================================================================
669 1. make the correct correction to the DL entry in wpxloc.raw (left out the
670 'N' of 'North' in the latitude).
671 2. Severely reduce the dupes caused by some of the badly configured / written
672 spot suckers out there.
673 13Mar05=======================================================================
674 1. There has been a mix up in the Aranea1 branch. I have managed to merge a
675 change that I have been meaning to do for ages. I have now made that change
677 27Feb05=======================================================================
678 1. fix duping on bad spot suckers that copy the prefix that is put at the end
679 of the comment section by AR-C nodes becoming the whole comment.
680 26Feb05=======================================================================
681 1. Added show/grayline command from Steve K9AN. This is also aliased to
683 2. fix spot dupe ambiguity on spotter having an SSID (remove it).
684 25Feb05=======================================================================
685 1. Changed the way spot deduping is done. This is likely to make deduping much
686 stricter. In essence a person cannot spot the same call on the same frequency
687 more than once an hour (configurable) unless he makes a (non-duped) comment
689 2. Added Swains Island
690 3. Added TO4G for Glorioso
691 19Feb05=======================================================================
692 1. changed ssb allocation on 40m to add missing 5Khz.
693 2. Change sh/425 to Leo, IZ5FSA's requirements.
694 08Feb05=======================================================================
695 1. possibly fixed the multiple condition problems on sh/dx
697 05Feb05=======================================================================
698 1. Fix a long standing (ie since the first bulletin was sent) bug with old
699 mail not being deleted until a restart was done.
700 2. As well as a duplicate check on existing bulletins, I have added a check
701 the message is not (already) too old.
702 3. fix problem for perl < 5.6 in Thingy.pm
703 03Feb05=======================================================================
704 1. Added latest Spanish translations courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
705 2. Force all languages to use pr in en in Messages, as the prompt is
707 19Jan05=======================================================================
708 1. More Spanish changes by Angel, EA7WA.
709 2. add language dependant motd files. You can now have motd_{lang} and
710 motd_nor_{lang} (eg for Spanish: motd_es and motd_nor_es) for normal and
711 non-registered (if you use registration) users respectively. Based on an idea
713 18Jan05=======================================================================
714 1. Added missing Spanish translation courtesy of Angel EA7WA.
715 2. Really incorporate latest cty.dat (11Dec04) as opposed to merely thinking
716 I had (and still add 3X0Y as well).
717 3. fix ? all in non english language
718 4. Alias sh/st and sh/sta back to show/station from show/startup.
719 17Jan05=======================================================================
720 1. Added 3Y0X to Peter Island 3Y in cty.dat.
721 16Jan05=======================================================================
722 1. Added the changes to Canadian Prefixes so that usdbraw.gz from Charlie
723 K1XX's website (http://dxc.k1xx.com/download) dated after 1Jan05 will include
724 Canadian city and province data as well the existing US data.
725 2. Improve the apropos command to take better account of language and do
726 a better job of only showing english stuff for commands where there really is
727 no local language version.
728 15Jan05=======================================================================
729 1. knocked over a few possible ways of people annoying other people thru
731 2. Fixed problem in DXCommandmode with an indirect call that did not work
733 3. Add Spanish translations of new scripting commands in help, from Angel
735 13Jan05=======================================================================
736 1. Fixed prompting in languages other than English.
737 2. Fixed language problem with spoof, but that simply hides a whole can of
738 worms that I shall have to address later.
739 3. Added make clean to src Makefile (!!!)
740 12Jan05=======================================================================
741 1. Add $main::bumpexisting variable which allows a new connection for a user
742 call to disconnect an existing connection with the same call. The default for
743 this variable is 'true' (1). This means that existing behaviour has changed.
744 set/var $main::bumpexisting = 0 to return to original behaviour.
745 2. Remind a user every hour (as default) that they have new messages.
746 set/var $DXCommandmode::msgpolltime = 3*3600 to set it to 3 hours.
747 3. Allow some substitutions in set/prompt (call, date, time and
748 cluster call) and add dxspider just before the > as standard.
749 4. Add $main::allowdxby variable so that sysops can switch off the
750 'DX BY <othercall' command. It is set to 0 (ie disabled) by default. This
751 is for sysops who don't want to bump privilege to allow it. That still works
753 5. Fix the bug in 'dx by <call>' that causes only the first word of the
754 comment to be recorded.
755 6. Fix bug counting backwards over a leap year in Julian.pm which meant that
756 sh/dxstats doesn't start at 'yesterday' anymore.
757 7. Added set/startup and show/startup commands to allow users and sysops
758 to create and display startup scripts. There is also an unset/startup to
760 27Dec04=======================================================================
761 1. add improved VE data from Charlie K1XX. You should update usdb as well.
762 22Dec04=======================================================================
763 1. Changed all the names of US prefixes to be prepended with their State code.
764 thus "Alaska-KL7" becomes "AK-Alaska-KL7".
765 21Dec04=======================================================================
766 1. added AGW port no after an example by IW5DEZ.
767 2. modified links command to suggestions by Charlie K1XX.
768 3. added show/groups command to show recently used chat groups by Tommy
770 4. fixed T8 / V6 ambiguity (at least basically).
771 20Dec04=======================================================================
772 1. updated create_prefix.pl to only use (supplied) wpxloc.raw and cty.dat
773 2. Added IG9, GM/S, 4U1V and some other detail changes to make it compatible
775 3. regenerated prefix_data.pl with updated wpxloc.raw and cty.dat 11Dec04.
776 17Dec04=======================================================================
777 1. add undocumented special command for VE7CC.
778 10Dec04=======================================================================
779 1. Included fixes sent in by David, N9KT for the new DB0SDX site.
780 2. removed redundant "rm *bys" and "rm *cys" from Spot::init().
781 09Dec04=======================================================================
782 1. fix show/mydx properly this time (and test the fix!)
783 2. fix the default in show/qrz
784 06Dec04=======================================================================
785 1. fix show/mydx if there is no defined spotfilter
786 07Oct04=======================================================================
787 1. added the ability for people to import chat from external programs.
788 create a directory called /spider/chat_import, make sure it is writable
789 by any applications that might dump stuff in there (chmod 1777
790 /spider/chat_import on *nux). Put a file with a sensible name in there;
791 the first part of the name will be the chat group to whom the message will
792 be sent. So solar.txt.12325 = SOLAR. Announces can also be sent to local, all
793 and sysop (ie files whose name begins with those names). Each line in the
794 file becomes a chat line or an announce. See importwwv.pl for an example.
795 DO NOT USE importwwv.pl, I am already using it and if you do as well, people
796 will get duplicates which will ANNOY THEM!!! It is just an example.
797 23Aug04=======================================================================
798 1. add the start of an alternative routing engine (RouteDB)
799 20Aug04=======================================================================
800 1. Added new protocol specification to techdoc
801 17Aug04=======================================================================
802 1. change 'fo' alias in Aliases
803 31Jul04=======================================================================
804 1. add a load of .cvsignore lines to reduce the updating noise
805 30Jul04=======================================================================
806 1. make sure that // is not converted to / in command lines.
807 28Jul04=======================================================================
808 1. backported 'Investigate' from NP branch so that only pingable nodes
810 2. added missing entries in Internet.pm for sh/contest
811 26Jul04=======================================================================
812 1. added extra variables to Internet.pm to allow the various internet query
813 commands to alter the url that they use.
814 2. Added show/425 command from Leo, IZ5FSA.
815 05Jul04=======================================================================
816 1. fix rspfcheck on pc27
817 23Jun04=======================================================================
818 1. Add zone, by_zone, itu, by_itu, state and by_state searches to sh/dx
819 2. Update manuals for CVS and new commands
820 22Jun04=======================================================================
821 1. Add the show/mydx command which *may* filter your spots using your
823 17Jun04=======================================================================
824 1. alter processing of PC17 to see if they get distributed more than now.
825 14Jun04=======================================================================
826 1. fix previous fix of sh/dx
827 09Jan04=======================================================================
828 1. removed PC90 which was breaking various filtering things.
829 2. added realtime spot formats to sh/dx (at least in basic form), this is
830 activated by using either of the keywords 'real' of 'rt' on the command
831 line. Also added sh/fdx as an alias.
832 01Jan04=======================================================================
833 1. move position of USDB init to get rid of an obscure bug pointed out by
835 2. Remove redundant documentation.
836 31Dec03=======================================================================
837 1. alter remote database handling to 'new standard'.
838 30Dec03=======================================================================
839 1. updated website to make it clear(er) that it all works under Windows (like
840 wot Charlie said...).
841 2. made the changes to the German Messages that Thomas DL3SBB sent me a
843 3. made 'dx by' require at least privilege 1.
844 29Dec03=======================================================================
845 1. updated dxoldtonew.pl so that it takes an AK1A DX.DAT file (argument on
846 command line or a default of /spider/data/DX.DAT and outputs the standard
847 DXSpider format spot files. Please be warned that if any of these files
848 already exist, the data will be appended onto the end of the file. Please
849 make sure you have backups or at least be aware that this may give strange
850 results which may be 'out of order'.
851 24May03=======================================================================
852 1. Added more french translations from Robert (HB9BZA) and we now have some
853 french help as well (also from Robert). A splendid effort. Thank you.
854 16May03=======================================================================
855 1. Correct Windows section of the Addendum file! (g0vgs)
856 06May03=======================================================================
857 1. Add Portuguese language courtesy of David CT1DRB (set/lang pt)
858 2. Add French language courtesy of Robert HB9BZA (set/lang fr)
859 02Apr03=======================================================================
860 1. Fix some minor problems with the manuals (g0vgs)
861 01Apr03=======================================================================
862 1. Update filtering primer, changes by N3RD (g0vgs)
863 28Mar03=======================================================================
864 1. Added an excellent document on filtering to the manuals from Jim, W3BG
865 2. started to remove old documents (g0vgs)
866 27Mar03=======================================================================
867 1. play around with sh/reg, sh/iso, sh/node and sh/lock to make them work
868 slightly better with the new user format.
869 2. update manuals (g0vgs)
870 26Mar03=======================================================================
871 1. add some ak1a compatibility changes to chat
872 2. added help text for chat, join, leave and sh/chat.
873 18Mar03=======================================================================
874 1. minor corrections to manuals (g0vgs)
875 17Mar03=======================================================================
876 1. changed the regex determining what is a callsign to be more comprehensive.
877 I would suggest re-running create_qsl.pl and then restarting.
878 2. Fix chat so that output appears to users again and PC sentence conforms
879 to standard. Add kludge to remove rewritten chats if I see them.
880 3. Only send chat PCs to spider or AK1A boxes
881 12Mar03=======================================================================
882 1. added HC and QRZ.com to possible QSL locations, if you want to pick up
883 historical info (ie start again), run create_qsl.pl after update and restart
884 the node (which you will need to do anyway).
885 2. changed the dbcreate command so that you can say:
886 dbcreate dxqsl cmd show/dxqsl
887 which will allow local and remote users to execute commands as though they
888 are Databases. You can also include these databases in chains. What you do
889 with this, is ofcourse a moot question.
890 3. Update manuals (g0vgs)
891 11Mar03=======================================================================
892 1. Changed the name of show/qsl to show/dxqsl.
893 2. Alter Commands_en.hlp to match new name and issue manual updates (g0vgs)
894 10Mar03=======================================================================
895 1. added show/qsl command. This command basically takes the normal output of
896 sh/dx qsl and stores it in a database. In order to enable this command you
897 will require the Storable module to be loaded (you will already have done
898 this with a bit of luck for the new DXUser interface). The suggested
899 procedure is (after the update) to run /spider/perl/create_qsl.pl (this may
900 take a long time), then immediately it finishes, restart the node. The node
901 will then keep the database up to date automatically. If you are not
902 interested in historical data then you can leave this step out.
903 2. added show/contest command from Tommy SM3OSM via Rene OZ1LQH.
904 08Mar03=======================================================================
905 1. Added chat, join, leave commands to allow general purpose conferencing
906 on arbitrary subjects. [Translators: added e34,e35,join,leave]. There is
907 currently no help. There is also sh/chat.
908 28Feb03=======================================================================
909 1. Charlie K1XX fixed the sh/iso, sh/reg and sh/node commands
910 25Feb03=======================================================================
911 1. backported switch processing for PC sentences
912 24Feb03=======================================================================
913 1. add the 'run' command and the 'privilege' command to allow sysops to
914 create scripts for people.
915 2. fix show/user so that it doesn't moan about uninitialised variables
916 23Feb03=======================================================================
917 1. Added show/wm7d command (a US only callbook server) [by K1XX].
918 2. Added a prototype show/db0sdx command (w.i.p).
919 3. Added set/dxcq and set/dxitu zone commands [Translators: I have added
920 dxcqu, dxcqs, dxitus and dxituu to Messages].
921 4. Add new Commands to manuals (g0vgs)
922 5. make sure that none of the above set/dx... commands are defaulted on
923 22Feb03=======================================================================
924 1. changed qrz.com address
925 2. added Charlie's [K1XX] new wpxloc.raw data stuff to get WA1, KC3 type
926 callsigns to work better.
927 3. added in set/usstate command which prints any US state information
928 available on both the spotted (LHS of time) and spotter (RHS of time).
929 [Translators: I have added usstates and usstateu to Messages].
930 4. Merged in the new (faster) DXUser.pm.
932 [NOTE] this version will require Storable to be installed. On the
933 other hand the code may work without, in a compatible way. This bit hasn't
934 been very well tested (the 'no Storable' condition that is).
936 [*** NOTE ***] make sure that you do an 'export_user' BEFORE restarting
937 you node. (Yes I know this is like a shrinkwrap licence, but I can't
940 It will take several minutes for the node to restart when it does the
941 conversion from .v2 to .v3 user file. Please go and have a good strong cup
942 of tea whilst this is happening.
944 If it fails then you will need to edit your latest user_asc file on (or about)
945 line 25 it says: $ref = decode($f[1]); you will need to change that to
946 $ref = asc_decode($f[1]); and then do: perl user_asc
948 DO MAKE SURE THAT you include subdirectories in your CVS update
950 21Feb03=======================================================================
951 1. moved the export of the users file to Wednesday night (GMT) to avoid
952 possible crashes and/or delays during a contest weekend.
953 14Feb03=======================================================================
954 1. some major changes to the structure of the manual documentation. To bring
955 the manuals into line, they now have the language tag (like
956 installation_en.html). Hopefully someone will translate the manuals
957 eventually :-) I have left the old files in CVS for now to allow
958 everyone to change any symlinks etc to the new filenames. I will remove the
959 old files shortly, please update your links! (g0vgs)
960 2. docs makefile updated and commands2sgml.pl added from M0AZM. This script
961 inserts the helpfiles automagically from Commands_en.hlp into the relevant
963 3. Commands_en.hlp adjusted slightly to ensure at least one space before
964 examples for the purposes of the above script. (g0vgs)
965 4. Amend index.html to the right document names. (g0vgs)
966 09Feb03=======================================================================
967 1. Correct some typos in the manuals and update perl modules etc. Also
968 amend some help files to show correct syntax, around the 'clear' commands
969 swapping [input] and <callsign> in each case, translators please take note.
970 Thanks to Dave N3RD for info. (g0vgs)
971 2. update the addendum for latest build and include information on additional
972 modules required. (g0vgs)
973 20Jan03=======================================================================
974 1. changed sh/c so that, by default, it only shows the caller's country nodes
975 sh/c all will show the old style full list. "sh/c sk gb" will show the config
976 of all the GB and SK nodes.
977 2. changed sh/stat and sh/route for nodes
978 19Jan03=======================================================================
979 1. I have made a fundemental change to the way PC19s are dealt with as a
980 result of the discussions on the mailing list. From now on, only nodes that
981 issue PC16s will have PC19s propagated. If they *ever* issue a PC16 then from
982 then on they are considered as being 'connected' and thus routable. No PC16
983 and you have no route. This should stop all passive links being routed. For
984 the few cases where you know that that is a very small node and it rarely has
985 users, then you can do a set/routepc19 <node> to enable PC19 propagation. In
986 the even more rare case of you wanting to prevent PC19s being routed thru
987 your node, you can use unset/routepc19. THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ROUTE
988 FILTERING!!!!! [translators: I have added wpc16s, wpc16u, wpc19s, wpc19u]
990 BTW the first time you connect again you will notice a separate PC19 go out
991 for each 'new' PC16 that the node sees. This is normal and will go away the
992 second time the system needs to issue a PC19.
993 2. Alter the export_user command to remove users that have no useful info
994 and have not been seen for more than (default) 1 year.
995 3. fix the problem of users on more than one node not being propagated
996 4. remove spaces and all non-US ascii characters from PC41 for the dup check.
997 5. put in check to see if the parent of a newly allowed PC19 is still there
998 (this needs further investigation).
999 17Jan03=======================================================================
1000 1. Fix problem with lines being left in the main input queue for a
1001 disconnected/ing node.
1002 14Jan03=======================================================================
1003 1. Tidy up AUTOLOAD functions
1004 2. Make sure that empty PC16s are not sent on startup to a node.
1005 12Jan03=======================================================================
1006 1. add Czech language courtesy of Milan OK1XH
1007 06Jan03=======================================================================
1008 1. add the latest changes to the spider-web java interface from Rene, OZ1LQH.
1009 Please note that there is a change to the spider.cgi file this time so that
1010 the client show 'Connected to Node_Call' instead of the hostname. You will
1011 need to update your cgi file when you update the changes. Please make sure
1012 that you back up your old files first! (g0vgs)
1013 2. yet more changes to the java client from Rene :-) Also added a makefile
1014 and a Changes file for the client in the spider-web directory.
1015 05Jan03=======================================================================
1016 1. fix some irritating messages caused by protocol loops in sh/c
1018 3. move GN from GJ to GI
1019 31Dec02=======================================================================
1020 1. Update files in the java client with fixes and additions from Rene, OZ1LQH
1021 05Dec02=======================================================================
1022 1. Fix SSID issues with AGWMsg.
1023 2. updated show/hftable, vhftable, hfstats, vhfstats and dxstats after K1XX
1024 sent in some sample code indicated new functionality he requires. Translators
1025 please note that the stat* messages have been changed and e33 added. I have
1026 also added quite a bit of extra examples and things to the relevant HELP
1027 texts. It is now possible to search from any date for up to 365 days of data.
1028 You can get the information by prefix or by callsign or for ALL spots.
1029 04Dec02=======================================================================
1030 1. updated sh/log to allow searching for more arbitrary strings such as IP
1032 08Nov02=======================================================================
1033 1. update Keps.pm to reflect which satellites now come round in the weekly
1034 updates. I suggest that you copy this file to /spider/local and do a load/kep
1035 and you should lose all the 'old' satellites (eg MIR).
1036 08Nov02=======================================================================
1037 1. made some small mods to grepdbg and spot2csv.pl
1038 2. fix a possible DOS in dx command
1039 07Nov02=======================================================================
1040 1. allow three digit longitudes
1041 2. make a small change to see if messages now stay in place.
1042 3. make keep actually stick over a reboot and take it fully into account for
1043 deletions (translators: I added m18).
1044 4. try not to delete new messages (even if this is an update that reads 'old'
1045 messages with missing fields).
1046 29Oct02=======================================================================
1047 1. make sh/log et al a bit more efficient.
1048 2. fix dupe message in dx.
1049 3. update cty.dat to the latest, add k8T, K8O to KH8 and TX5BTY to FO/A
1050 4. clear cache on reload of prefixes
1051 25Oct02=======================================================================
1052 1. remove the dupefile automatically if it becomes corrupted
1053 2. instrument the startup slightly more
1054 21Oct02=======================================================================
1056 2. make the default pinginterval and obscount variable (set/var
1057 $DXProt::pingint and $DXProt::obscount)
1058 20Oct02=======================================================================
1059 1. remove dupe check on local sysop announces
1060 2. fix format errors on sh/muf for 5.8.0
1061 3. add new version of the administration manual that includes WinCVS with
1062 thanks to K1XX (g0vgs).
1063 17Oct02=======================================================================
1064 1. added new Spanish files for help and Messages from Angel, EA7WA.
1065 16Oct02=======================================================================
1066 1. decrease the default max length of PC16/19 to around 180 characters to be
1067 slightly friendlier to ARC, which seems to have a difficulty reconstructing
1068 lines from multiple packets. Also make the value settable via set/var.
1069 2. strip off blank spaces from the ends of lines of command output.
1070 15Oct02=======================================================================
1071 1. made some detail changes to the raw USDB data and the routines that
1072 generate and operate on them. There were some bugs involving a few 'missing'
1073 callsigns which been fixed. Also there were some, for our purposes, invalid
1074 callsigns in the database which have been removed (down to about 820,000
1075 entries now). You should really update your database.
1077 The latest code now (conditionally; ie if you have it loaded it will use it)
1078 support Compress::Zlib on both *nux and Windows. The suggested procedure
1081 1. Download the corrected database from
1082 http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz to somewhere like /tmp.
1084 3. Restart (on linux, just stop the node and *don't* restart on Windows).
1085 4. remove /spider/data/usdb.v1
1087 6. (perl) create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw.gz (or wherever you put it)
1088 6a. If you don't have Compress::Zlib loaded then you will need to gunzip
1089 it manually and do: create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (not Windows :-)
1090 7. on linux, in a console window do: load/usdb, on windows: restart the node.
1092 2. Added set/usdb command to add adding or changing of a callsign in the USDB
1093 3. Stop dupe spots from the same spotter (with or without comment corruption)
1094 14Oct02=======================================================================
1095 1. added show/usdb command as a simple, direct interface to the information
1096 available in the USDB stuff.
1097 13Oct02=======================================================================
1098 1. A large change has occurred. There is now some (optional) US state recog-
1099 nition. This is in its early stages but appears to work for me. You will need
1102 1. download the database at http://www.dxcluster.org/download/usdbraw.gz
1103 2. save it somewhere (/tmp, anywhere).
1104 3. Decompress it using your favorite program (gunzip / winzip) [call it
1105 usdbraw if winzip]{BE WARNED, some browsers may decompress it on the
1106 fly for you, you can tell; if it is 5Mb it is compressed - 16Mb not}.
1107 4. remove any /spider/data/user.v1 files lying around (at least for this
1110 6. perl create_usdb.pl /tmp/usdbraw (ie the UNCOMPRESSED file)
1111 7. Wait, I suggest some cups of tea are in order.
1114 You don't need Compress::Zlib anymore, I assumed it was universal.
1116 You will be able do this while the node is running somewhen. There is a
1117 planned method of keeping the US DB up to date with smaller (ie < 15Mb) patch
1118 files once a week but you will have to wait a bit for the code to bed down
1119 first. You can filter on routes, spots and announces using 'call_state' or
1120 'by_state' and a comma separated list of state codes. The HELP has been
1121 updated (which may help...).
1123 Once you have run the create_usdb.pl you will need to restart.
1125 If you don't need this, then don't run create_usdb.pl it will simply be
1126 a waste of time. The run-time version is 30Mb and has 840,000 odd entries
1127 in it. This does not replace or supplant sh/qrz (sorry Charlie [who put me
1130 2. There are a number of other niff-naff changes which I hope will improve
1131 rather than hinder your user experience (including check forward as well as
1132 back for those speedy clocked dupes mentioned below).
1133 12Oct02=======================================================================
1134 1. attempt to improve the "check back for 5 minutes to see if this spot is
1135 the same as a previous one but for the time spotted" dupe check.
1136 2. improve the sh/vhftable and sh/hftable commands to allow you to enquire
1137 by dxcc country (using the relevant prefixes or dxcc country numbers).
1138 [note to translators, I have changed the help text and Messages tags for
1140 07Oct02=======================================================================
1141 1. fix problem with (invalid) callsigns starting with '0' (zero) eg 0f6ira.
1142 03Oct02=======================================================================
1143 1. only sysop (priv=5+) can now send to distro SYSOP, ordinary users will have
1144 their message routed to the $main::myalias callsign as a private message.
1145 29Sep02=======================================================================
1146 1. Added LRU caching to DXUsers and Prefix.
1147 2. make Timer::handler only search its chain once a second seeing as that
1148 is the minimum granularity available.
1149 3. add some separation between cfg file making, data generation and mrtg
1150 running. See /spider/cmd/mrtg.pl for some instructions...
1151 4. Added data in and out to the MRTG stats, you need to do an indexmaker
1152 to get them onto the index page, I have also added some colour to the
1153 legend to make what is being displayed a bit more obvious.
1155 See http://gb7djk.dxcluster.org/mrtg/stats.html for an example of the
1158 28Sep02=======================================================================
1159 1. Put some transparent caching into Prefix.pm to see if this has a
1161 2. Fix doing a new log open for every log file write.
1162 26Sep02=======================================================================
1163 1. added WWV and WCY to the Mrtg stats. Don't forget to do an indexmaker!
1164 25Sep02=======================================================================
1165 1. added mrtg stuff to the system as a template. In order to use this you
1166 must install mrtg onto your system and copy all the mrtg files (or at least
1167 all the images) to new directory /spider/html/mrtg. The system generates the
1168 config file for you as part of its workings. To get it to update add a line
1169 to your spider crontab like:
1171 00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * run_cmd('mrtg all')
1173 You will also need to do an indexmaker once in the html directory. I put the
1174 index page into /spider/html/mrtg/stats.html YMMV. I do:
1176 indexmaker --output stats.html --columns=1 --title "MRTG statistics for
1177 GB7DJK" ../../mrtg/mrtg.cfg
1179 But all on one line.
1180 2. I have made a technical change to the way ax25 connects outward on unix
1181 boxes are done. I currently have no way of testing this. I think it still
1183 22Sep02=======================================================================
1184 1. Add changes to the installation manual for Windows users from K1XX
1185 21Sep02=======================================================================
1186 1. make some detail changes for connects out in Msg.pm
1187 17Sep02=======================================================================
1188 1. Added shu command for Charlie's (K1XX) benefit (together with the rest of
1189 our butterfingered sysops) who miss the '/' out of sh/u frequently enough
1190 to curse. 'shu' simply types out a message saying 'type SHUT' to shutdown the
1191 node. Added 'shu' to /spider/perl/Messages. No need to restart, just
1192 load/mess and load/alias after doing a CVS.
1193 21Aug02=======================================================================
1194 1. added 'warc' and 'contesthf' to the regions in bands.pl (K1XX).
1195 20Aug02=======================================================================
1196 1. fix lines containing just the character '0' in messages (and console.pl)
1198 2. remove all newline characters from AGW data, thus treating it like a
1199 'normal' ax25 connection where the 'newline' convention is just carriage
1201 06Aug02=======================================================================
1202 1. added 5.5Mhz band as '60m'.
1203 29Jul02=======================================================================
1204 1. Changed max R value in wcy to 500 from 300.
1205 2. Got rid of warnings on startup using 5.8.0
1206 28Jul02=======================================================================
1207 1. stick the invalid key deletes in an eval loop in export_user
1208 18Jul02=======================================================================
1209 1. Make additions and changes to manuals. (g0vgs)
1210 16Jul02=======================================================================
1211 1. Add changes to the spider-web java web client. Thanks to Rene, OZ1LQH. It
1212 should now be easier to install and run for all systems. (g0vgs)
1213 11Jul02=======================================================================
1214 1. NP work has now started in ernest ([ed]who he?). You will need to download
1215 Digest::SHA1 and any dependant packages to run this release. HOWEVER tempted
1216 you are, please don't set/newprotocol on any nodes. It won't work.
1217 http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
1218 2. Make the cluster node registered on from startup (from Mark HB9DBM).
1219 3. Make the 'export_users' process *MUCH* more robust. It should now accept
1220 funny characters and not rely on an absolutely 'perfect' user file to work.
1221 Errors are displayed (and logged if done from the cluster) and then ignored.
1222 Invalid callsigns are removed.
1223 09Jul02=======================================================================
1224 1. make the is_qra more accurate (from Mark HB9DBM).
1225 04Jul02=======================================================================
1226 1. added another fix to Prefix.pm so that it resolves Japan callsigns again
1227 also you can 'set/debug prefix' to see what it is trying to do.
1228 03Jul02=======================================================================
1229 1. Added the DEMONSTRATE command which allows a sysop to demonstrate a
1230 command to a user (from a request by Charlie K1XX).
1231 2. added message e31 (xxxx is not a user)
1232 02Jul02=======================================================================
1233 1. Fixed the problem with badspotter or badnode being set to baddx if either
1234 of the data files are missing.
1235 25Jun02=======================================================================
1236 1. as predicted there was an error in the Prefix routine, I have improved it.
1237 24Jun02=======================================================================
1238 1. make set/badspotter non SSID sensitive. Set/badnode is left to be SSID
1240 2. added 3XA(=3X) and K1B(=KH1) also changed the logic of sh/prefix. This
1241 may break things, please test it.
1242 19Jun02=======================================================================
1243 1. make set/badspotter and set/badnode apply to announces and talks as well
1245 12Jun02=======================================================================
1246 1. fixed (un)set/wwv and (un)set/wcy so they don't issue spurious messages.
1247 Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
1248 07Jun02=======================================================================
1249 1. fix messages in DXDb.pm to point to the correct ones. Thanks Rene (oz1lqh)
1250 2. add missing wcys and wcyu messages to Messages. Thanks Rene (again)
1251 3. upissue version number to 1.50 (finally)
1252 16Apr02=======================================================================
1253 1. allow the rest of PC19 to continue if it contains a reference to a locally
1254 connected node. Thank you Tommy SM3OSM.
1255 19Mar02=======================================================================
1256 1. fix problems with ephemeral dup checking on PC16,17,19,21
1257 2. perturb the problem with national character sets.
1258 15Mar02=======================================================================
1259 1. add help for 'accept' and 'reject'. (g0vgs)
1260 2. adjustments to the manuals (g0vgs)
1261 3. make changes to reflect the correct output of sh/sun and sh/moon based
1262 on information from Steve, K9AN. (g0vgs)
1263 23Feb02=======================================================================
1264 1. remove old satellites from keps.
1265 2. Add information on setting up the ax25 utils to the installation manual
1267 19Feb02=======================================================================
1268 1. move the PC11 dup check after the input filter
1269 06Feb02=======================================================================
1270 1. changes to manuals to (hopefully) improve documentation and alter my email
1272 02Feb02=======================================================================
1273 1. changed sh/qrz to the latest incarnation of the command at qrz.com.
1274 29Jan02=======================================================================
1275 1. add VP8GEO to South Georgia
1276 27Jan02=======================================================================
1277 1. make save work in cron context
1278 2. try to get the C client to handle closes on its standard input better
1279 3. put some validation in cluster.pl to check that people have set it up
1281 4. fix the long callsign checking
1282 22Jan02=======================================================================
1283 1. limit spot dupe checking to first 12 characters
1284 13Jan02=======================================================================
1285 1. changed the backstop termination alarm routing in the C client so that
1286 it flushes the input and output buffer and then commits suicide.
1287 12Jan02=======================================================================
1288 1. put setsockopts into eval block to allow some of them to fail
1289 11Jan02=======================================================================
1290 1. Make M$ TCP connx blocking again, sigh...
1291 2. backed out ALL the M$ speedup and make nicer changes :-(
1292 3. cope with data coming in during the disconnection process. Don't worry
1293 Earth people, this will take no longer than 15 of your Earth seconds...
1294 10Jan02=======================================================================
1295 1. set SO_LINGER = 0 to try to prevent the system sending data on a closing
1296 socket. This MAY help some of the hanging problems (but I am now beginning
1298 2. do the same on the C client (which means DON'T FORGET to make it).
1299 3. set no nagling on the output from the node.
1300 4. set KEEPALIVE on TCP connections for both the node and C Client (you will
1301 have to make the C client again) and you will need to restart.
1302 5. It appears that it IS possible to set non blocking on M$ you just need to
1304 6. Fix problem with load/cmd_cache core dumping the system
1305 08Jan02=======================================================================
1306 1. altered sh/qrz to point to the new server
1307 2. alter the character set handling a bit to make it better for spanish
1308 06Jan02=======================================================================
1309 1. fix leading space removal from messages input from the keyboard
1310 2. make some mods to allow perl 5.7.2 to run
1311 3. create $DXProt::eph_restime to allow variable slugging of ephemeral dups
1312 4. create $DXProt::eph_info_restime to allow a long dupe time for these
1313 5. create $DXProt::eph_pc34 to allow a short anti dupe slug for rcmd loops
1314 6. Add a new sysop cmd 'save' which will save the output of any command (or
1315 list of commands in "<cmd>") to a file.
1316 7. Add a new command "echo" which echos its argument to the screen (useful
1317 for titling in the save command above.
1318 8. Increase interval between logins causing for/opernam to 60 days (from 30)
1319 + a random factor between 0 and 9.
1320 9. Added Italian translation of Messages from Luca IT9ROT (thank you
1322 10. Added the /<cmd> feature (as in talk) to execute a cmd whilst typing a
1323 message, then enhanced it so that if you do //sh/dx (for instance) it will
1324 put the result into the message (as well as show it to you).
1325 11. Added the // feature to talk as well.
1326 02Jan02=======================================================================
1327 1. updated the copyright dates
1328 2. modernised and extended the Windows instructions a bit.
1329 3. added a TODO file which is the list of things that I need to do. Please
1330 badger me to put YOUR enhancement on this list. It will then get done.
1331 31Dec01=======================================================================
1332 1. Make a couple of changes to the Installation Manual and add a FAQ on msg
1334 2. Fix unset/register so it works (g0vgs)
1335 30Dec01=======================================================================
1336 1. make PC21 coming from the channel's node call then treat it as a PC39 and
1338 2. Send the client a 'Z' command (shutdown) to see if this has any effect on
1340 26Dec01=======================================================================
1341 1. make some detail changes to help texts
1342 2. Added 'all' to the Band's region table to allow 'acc/spot on all/cw'
1343 23Dec01=======================================================================
1344 1. allow sh/dx on 1000/4000 (or 1000-4000).
1345 2. merge sh/dx and sh/dxcc commands (Alias sh/dxcc to sh/dx dxcc). You can
1346 now do things like 'sh/dxcc oq2 by w dxcc'.
1347 20Dec01=======================================================================
1348 1. Fix 'not' in filtering
1349 2. alter default max spots to 100 and the no of WWV to 5
1350 17Dec01=======================================================================
1351 1. added new satellite stuff from Steve K9AN. Fixed upper/lower problem
1353 2. enhanced load/keps to accept a message no. This will create a new keps
1354 file from a msg (hopefully containing 2 Line Nasa keps) and then load - all
1355 in one step. Added load/keps to the help files
1356 3. Updated spanish Messages
1357 4. Improve wcy command from Stephan DK8LV's input
1358 5. Added set/prompt (and unset/prompt) command so that Stephan can fool some
1359 external programs into thinking it is talking to clx.
1360 15Dec01=======================================================================
1361 1. added superfluous spaces back into PC73 for the benefit of clx
1362 14Dec01=======================================================================
1363 1. make Spanish in set/lang & Messages 'es' instead of 'sp'
1364 2. added prototype WCY and WWV commands (for qualified users only)
1365 3. Added Commands_es.hlp contributed by Angel EA7WA
1366 12Dec01=======================================================================
1367 1. added Commands_de.hlp contributed (in record time) by Stephan DK8LV.
1368 2. fixed help command so it uses it!
1369 11Dec01=======================================================================
1370 1. make PC17 generation more unconditional
1371 08Dec01=======================================================================
1372 1. added unset/hops command
1373 02Dec01=======================================================================
1374 1. Fix spurious 'new message for you' messages if things are deleted but
1376 2. stop remote passive nodes (those with version numbers of 0000) from
1377 poluting the nodes table. Maybe this will make things slightly more stable.
1378 3. Take off rspf checks on announces and spots and allow the dupe filters
1380 4. Move the dupe checking AFTER the input filtering for announces and spots.
1381 5. Changed the checking of PC19/21 that it doesn't alter the wrong node
1382 6. Alter the storage of messages so that illegal characters are stored as '.'
1383 in an attempt to stop such messages from hanging.
1384 26Nov01=======================================================================
1385 1. Make changes to the installation manual to show making the client before
1386 actually trying to use it! Thanks to oz1lqh. Also add a line for SuSE
1388 22Nov01=======================================================================
1389 1. finally fix DELETE = ^H = Backspace in console.pl
1390 21Nov01=======================================================================
1391 1. altered the PC16/17 generation slightly to see whether this cures Roland's
1393 19Nov01=======================================================================
1394 1. added Ducie Island to prefixes
1395 17Nov01=======================================================================
1396 1. updated the Java Web Interface from Ian, m0azm to allow passwords. If
1397 a user with no password enters anything, including null, it is happily
1398 accepted and ignored.
1399 2. added the German language to the Messages file from Stephan, dk8lv
1400 14Nov01=======================================================================
1401 1. make the number of characters of the dx comment dependant on the type of
1402 connection. This should mean that 'legacy' user programs can cope.
1403 2. move the handling of unprintable characters out of IntMsg
1404 07Nov01=======================================================================
1405 1. fix is_pctext so that it actually catches corrupt spots and announces.
1406 2. fix console.pl so that you can type in '0' again
1407 3. Fix problem with reply disappearing up its own bottom.
1408 4. Added Steve's latest sh/moon stuff
1409 06Nov01=======================================================================
1410 1. fix read so that sysop reading doesn't increment the read counter for
1411 private mail not addressed to them.
1412 2. fix console.pl to show blank lines more reliably.
1413 3. fix msgs so that 2 R: lines are only stored on initial entry (not just
1415 04Nov01=======================================================================
1416 1. Allow the user to equal the node in RSPF checks (this allows spots and
1417 stuff with the origin and spotter to be the same (although it is STRONGLY
1418 recommended that they are NOT!!! [hint hint]).
1419 2. make the send command rather more sensitive to what is allowed. Basically
1420 it will only allow TO addresses that are bull addresses (if not private) or
1421 vaild callsigns (if private). Bull addresses are the ones in
1422 /spider/msg/forward.pl with a 'T' flag on them. If there is no forward
1423 file it will only allow 'ALL' and 'DX' as valid Bull TO addresses. You may
1424 use commas as callsign separators if you like.
1425 02Nov01=======================================================================
1426 1. fixed some Aliasing problems, but this whole area will have to be addressed
1427 more comprehensively.
1428 2. Changed talk logging so that it hopefully is more consistant and maybe even
1430 3. Altered the mechanism of the personal emailing so that it uses lower level
1431 components and should be therefore available on M$ platforms. You will need
1432 to install a version of libnet (perl -MCPAN -eshell, then install Net::SMTP).
1433 I believe all 5.6.x perls have this built in (ie M$ should have this). If you
1434 are on M$ or you want to use an MTA via SMTP in linux then you need to declare
1435 the dns name of the MTA by: set/var $DXMsg::email_server = 'post.fred.net'
1436 (or whatever the MTA is called). You can also use local programs other than
1437 sendmail by: set/var $DXMsg::email_prog = '/usr/bin/postfix ..' or whatever.
1438 Finally you can alter the 'from' address using: set/var $DXMsg::email_from
1439 = 'FBloggs@msn.com' (\@ if you use " and ") - bewarned that you may be
1440 prevented from using just any old address. You can place these commands in
1441 /spider/scripts/startup for permanent use.
1442 01Nov01=======================================================================
1443 1. added information on registration, login scripts and passwords to the
1444 26Oct01=======================================================================
1445 1. If $main::reqreg = 1 then set/register will allow 'registered' users
1446 full access, if $main::reqreg = 2 then registered users will be 'read-only'
1447 (ie the opposite). If $main::reqreg = 0 then registration and its effects
1449 25Oct01=======================================================================
1450 1. added unset/password command to allow sysops (only) to completely delete
1451 and remove a user's password.
1452 2. make 'read' increment the 'no of times read' for all messages.
1453 3. give a read receipt for everybody that reads a message so marked.
1454 4. enhance set/email so that if you set email address(es) with this command
1455 it will send any messages to your callsign as they come in. unset/email
1456 will disable forwarding.
1457 24Oct01=======================================================================
1458 1. added (un)set/register, show/registered commands which when a 'set/var
1459 $main::reqreg = 1' is done in the startup script will require users to
1460 be 'registered' in order for them to have 'write' access to the node. Non-
1461 registered users will only be allowed to TALK or SEND PRIVATE to the cluster
1463 2. Added password interrogation to the ExtMsg connections. If a user comes
1464 in via telnet and this is being done with the internal listener and a pass-
1465 word has been set for that user - he will be asked for it. You can force
1466 a password interrogation (for ALL users) with a 'set/var $main::passwdreq = 1'
1467 in the node's startup script. It is anticipated that if you are using
1468 registration you will also issue passwords to those registered users.
1469 3. set/password has been changed so that users already with passwords can
1471 4. A non-registered user will get the /spider/data/motd_nor file instead of
1473 5. made the BadWord regexes slightly less aggressive WARNING this may let
1474 some constructions thru, but hopefully will also allow more legitimate
1475 foreign (mainly) things thru as well.
1476 19Oct01=======================================================================
1477 1. Allow DELETE (0x7f) for backspace in console.pl
1478 2. redo prefix table using latest cty.dat
1479 14Oct01=======================================================================
1480 1. Add the shortform SH/ST like display to sh/user <call> to make it more
1481 AK1A compatible (G0RDI+G4PDQ pace).
1482 12Oct01=======================================================================
1483 1. make del nnn delete messages again (fix system Aliases file)
1484 2. substr the subject so that the dup works for stuff coming back via AK1A
1485 09Oct01=======================================================================
1486 1. change Aliases to allow shutdown as a command again. If you have changed
1487 /spider/cmd/Aliases and you update from CVS you may find it better to remove
1488 this file and then do another 'cvs update'. Otherwise you may get conflicts
1489 and the Aliase file will not load properly. The cvs update will recreate
1490 the (now) missing file.
1491 2. Remove the 'please don't use XXXX on here' messages to prevent people
1492 from exploring the 'bad words space'. Three bad words will still disconnect
1494 3. Sending dx spots/announces with bad words will succeed - but only back to
1495 the sender. These two mods are designed to annoy the perpitrators of the
1496 sort of filth as much as possible whilst not inconveniencing 'normal' users.
1497 4. Add expunge feature to kill. Deleting messages now marks a msg for
1498 deletion two days hence. To have the old behaviour, do a 'kill exp' or use
1499 the standard alias "expunge". This will cause the message to be deleted at
1500 the next queue message cycle.
1501 5. Put in prototype echo handling for direct connections using ExtMsg and
1503 6. fix msgs to g1tlh-2 (as opposed to g1tlh)
1504 04Oct01=======================================================================
1505 1. allow a residence time of (default) 2 days before actually deleting a msg.
1506 2. reduce the number R: lines on a bull from a bbs to 2 (the origin and the
1508 3. ignore deleted messages for queuing purposes
1509 4. store deleted status across restarts!
1510 5. make callsign checking more rigorous
1511 6. dup check PC49 (kill full)
1512 7. improved the regex matching of badwords (more efficient, better coverage)
1513 8. added default badword and badw_regex tables (as .issue files) which will
1514 activate unless there is one there already. It will NOT overwrite an existing
1515 file - so if you change it your changes will remain intact.
1516 03Oct01=======================================================================
1517 1. don't allow @WWW to become a 'TO' field...
1518 2. handle @gb7tlh.#35.eu type addresses as well
1519 02Oct01=======================================================================
1520 1. fixed the 'ever lengthening msg' syndrome and probably made the whole
1521 thing more reliable at the same time.
1522 2. do some restructuring of the msg system and upissue the version no.
1523 3. fix @xxxx syntax for bbs input
1524 01Oct01=======================================================================
1525 1. made login info not the default
1526 2. change the looping protoection for PC16/17/19/21 and also be more rigorous
1527 in who we accept which PC16/17/21's from.
1528 3. fix MAJOR disconnect bug introduced accidentally in the NP work.
1529 4. Try each badword with an S on the end as well and also check for 'f.u c'
1530 type things as well (this only works for a few wellknown english ones).
1531 5. Go back to the old way of caching commands (but without the silly warnings
1532 because I know better what I am doing now). This allows symbolic debugging
1533 of commands again without coredumps. Hurrah!
1534 6. Add badword handling for messages. Users will get rude messages back if
1535 they try to send naughty words in msgs. Incoming messages with badwords will
1536 be dropped on receipt and their contents logged.
1537 7. and if you swear 3 or more times you are unceremoniously logged out.
1538 30Sep01=======================================================================
1539 1. made some small bug fixes in rspf checking and also messages.
1540 23Sep01=======================================================================
1541 1. I have incorporated Steve's (K9AN) lastest sh/sun and sh/moon stuff which
1542 copes much better with some of the end effects that occur in these calc-
1543 ulations. You can now also see up to a year into the past or future. The
1544 results compare favourably with the US Naval Obs (unlike certain other
1545 software's output which "I would not want to use their results to aim my
1546 moon rocket..."). It also fixes some ambiguity about which day the results
1548 21Sep01=======================================================================
1549 1. fix set/lockout so that it is possible to lock out all SSIDs except those
1550 specifically unlocked and so that you don't need to lock the non-SSID call in
1551 order to lock an SSID call. So set/lock g1tlh will lock out all instances of
1552 g1tlh, g1tlh-1, g1tlh-15 etc except (for instance) unset/lock g1tlh-9.
1553 2. show/lock allows partial callsign matching so sh/lock gb7 will only show
1554 GB7* calls that are locked.
1555 3. Had a grand shift around for the start of NP.
1556 19Sep01=======================================================================
1557 1. put in some rudimentory rsfp checking for various things
1558 2. tried to do some fixes on console.pl - YOU WILL REQUIRE Curses 1.06 from
1559 CPAN (perl -MCPAN -eshell, then at cpan> install Curses).
1560 17Sep01=======================================================================
1561 1. Fixed help and apropos commands so that they default to english if
1562 the language is not english and help in the 'not english' language isn't
1564 2. added some help text for sh/newc.
1565 15Sep01=======================================================================
1567 2. found 1st bug, fixed unset/logininfo reseting itself after logout
1568 14Sep01=======================================================================
1569 1. added the start of script files on login/startup. You can now add
1570 commands (for example to set variables) to a file called
1571 /spider/scripts/startup. You can also put in scripts for a callsign which
1572 will be executed when that callsign logs on. A sample script is in the
1573 directory (you did remember to do cvs update -d?). User settable versions
1574 of this will happen when the general mechanism for doing that is available.
1575 2. Added set/unset/anntalk commands. If you unset/anntalk then you will
1576 no longer see many of the of talk like announces. Unfortunately you may
1577 miss the odd useful one as well (but since everything is repeated many times
1578 you probably won't :-)
1579 3. centralise the invalid callsign check so that g1tlh1 and similar calls
1580 will not be allowed to login anymore.
1581 4. Fiddle with the lockout mechanism so that set/login g1tlh also locks out
1582 g1tlh-1 -> g1tlh-15 UNLESS one of these is specifically unlocked.
1583 5. Make sh/log only show stuff that sh/ann, sh/talk, sh/rcmd doesn't.
1584 6. Make the scripts look for user and node_default files if there isn't a
1586 7. add the blank command which prints nn blank lines (default 1), this cmd
1587 can also print lines of characters: see help for examples.
1588 13Sep01=======================================================================
1589 1. did some work on making talk more intelligent and fixed a>b problem.
1590 2. fixed a nasty problem on input when being hit with full buffers of
1591 data (eg at init time with large lists of node/users on fast links).
1592 3. fixed realtime input filter changing.
1593 4. added announce->talk conversion for routable calls when announces of the
1594 form 'to g1tlh hello', 't g1tlh hello' or 'g1tlh hello' appear.
1595 This also suppresses similar announces for users whose callsign is not the
1596 one in the announce.
1597 5. Change the badwords interface to be the same as baddx, badspotter et al.
1598 added set/badword, unset/badword and show/badword. This routine will auto
1599 convert (and delete afterwards) the old badwords file.
1600 6. fix intermittant bullitin mail forwarding?
1601 11Sep01=======================================================================
1602 1. added IP address logging of connections
1603 10Sep01=======================================================================
1604 1. clear/* node_default and user_default now work.
1605 2. in acc or rej/* you can now use (comma separated) prefixes as well as lists
1606 of numbers for things like *_dxcc, *_itu and *_cq (eg: by_dxcc ve,w); just
1607 remember that countries like ve and w have lots of zones and itus!
1608 3. Added all the clear/* commands to help and added some comments about 2.
1609 4. All filters (including *_default ones) are now reinstalled on channels in
1610 realtime, so changing a filter does NOT require a disconnect and reconnect
1612 09Sep01=======================================================================
1613 1. Add show/dxstats command
1614 2. Add show/hfstats command
1615 3. Add show/vhfstats command
1616 4. Add show/hftable command
1617 5. Add show/vhftable command (BE WARNED, the first time you run one of these
1618 commands it will take some considerable time to complete, thereafter it will
1620 08Sep01=======================================================================
1621 1. Update the sgml docs on filtering a bit.
1622 06Sep01=======================================================================
1623 1. prevent nodes appearing as users from incoming PC16s
1624 2. Change ping averaging to be like TCP and become a smoothed RTT.
1625 3. Make all the Prompts in stat/* like output appear in alphebetical order
1626 4. Fix problem with 17m spots not appearing in sh/dx
1627 5. pump up eph dups everytime they re-occur and increase life to 180 secs
1628 04Sep01=======================================================================
1629 1. add delete/user command
1630 03Sep01=======================================================================
1631 1. make spot dups look back 5 mins.
1632 2. strip the top off each character in any text field of a Spot for duping.
1633 3. Try to make the routing tables more accurate for users that login to
1635 4. Make PC50s come out in one heap on all channels every 14 mins, instead of
1636 on the 14th minute in the connection time for each channel. This should
1637 reduce (slightly) the dups that are dumped.
1638 5. Speed up input queue processing (a lot).
1639 6. make set/isolate and acc/route mutually exclusive (and issue appropriate
1640 error messages) and fix set/iso on PC18 input.
1641 7. Improve stat/route_node and stat/route_user for diagnostics.
1642 8. strip top bit of comments in ann/spots.
1643 9. fix the announce filtering problem.
1644 10. Fix the double announcement of node disconnections?
1645 01Sep01=======================================================================
1646 1. Change build number calc (hopefully for the last time)
1647 27Aug01=======================================================================
1648 1. make rej/wwv and rej/wcy work
1649 26Aug01=======================================================================
1650 1. make all newly learned nodes locked out by default.
1651 2. add lock_nodes.pl which locks out all the nodes in the user file whose
1652 privilege is 1 or less and which isn't mentioned as an argument to the
1653 command on the command line.
1654 3. make set/node, set/spider and their friends unlock a node as well as make
1656 4. Make sh/log et al more efficient / less memory hungry (and the display
1657 the correct way round!)
1658 24Aug01=======================================================================
1659 1. Allow badmsg to reject on interface callsign ('I')
1660 20Aug01=======================================================================
1661 1. protect against PC41s with field[3] == field[2]
1662 2. Redo Julian stuff as proper objects
1663 3. Make the various Log display come out forwards instead of backwards
1664 4. Add the dbgclean routine to system cron to clear out all debug files
1665 more then 10 days old.
1666 19Aug01=======================================================================
1668 2. make isolation when there are no filters present work again?
1669 3. dup check PC16/17/19/21 !
1670 17Aug01=======================================================================
1671 1. Sort out PC41 handling to include type 5 records for QRA locators and also
1672 remove all filtering (but retain ephemeral dup checking).
1673 2. Improve format checking in latlong and qra locators.
1674 3. Sort sh/st so that sh/st by itself displays only the local call not the
1675 whole lot (all 17000+ users records in my case). SH/ST ALL does this.
1676 16Aug01=======================================================================
1677 1. send a forward/opernam for a logged in user once a month (when they next
1679 2. rearrange rcmd stuff to be more maintainable and also be certain that
1680 they are translated in both directions correctly for clx and ak1a style.
1681 3. Allow PC41s to be propagated and hope that the ephemeral dup filters
1683 15Aug01=======================================================================
1684 1. fix problem with talks not coming out anymore
1685 13Aug01=======================================================================
1686 1. fixed problem of dxspots not being echoed back to spotter (announces too)
1687 02Aug01=======================================================================
1688 1. correct manual and help references on accept/route and reject/route. Thanks
1689 to ea1dav for pointing out the errors
1690 2. make sure that the actual line is printed in grepdbg & watchdbg esp. with
1691 ALL the '^' and leading space characters as they really are
1692 30Jul01=======================================================================
1693 1. changes to manuals to add links etc. (g0vgs)
1694 23Jul01=======================================================================
1695 1. made ann,dx spots,wwv,wcy,wx more 'object oriented'.
1696 2. allow for 'enhanced clients' and tell them what sort of thing is being
1698 3. Allow debug info to be sent via interface to an enhanced client.
1699 21Jul01=======================================================================
1700 1. started a gtkconsole program. It appears to sort of work. Requires Gtk-
1702 2. start doing some spot statistical stuff.
1703 19Jul01=======================================================================
1704 1. changes to Admin Manual to reflect route filtering. Some alterations to
1705 the help files (g0vgs)
1706 09Jul01=======================================================================
1707 1. fix cron so that it allows stuff to be executed on the hour (ie min=0)
1708 06Jul01=======================================================================
1709 1. fix talk and routing problems to mycall
1710 2. add unset/privilege command to relinquish any sysop privileges you might
1711 have for the current session.
1712 05Jul01=======================================================================
1713 1. disconnect channels whose route node has disappeared
1714 29Jun01=======================================================================
1715 1. fix merge command
1716 28Jun01=======================================================================
1717 1. fix problems with users on more than one node
1718 27Jun01=======================================================================
1719 1. try adding an ARC mail hack
1720 2. slug the not here messages so they can't loopback
1721 25Jun01=======================================================================
1722 1. added automatic 'not here' message
1723 21Jun01=======================================================================
1724 1. fix (some) problems with 'init'
1725 2. fix stat/msg a bit more
1726 3. small change to PC28 generation to make sure that the subject always
1727 contains at least a blank
1728 16Jun01=======================================================================
1731 14Jun01=======================================================================
1732 1. changed debug api to (potentially) use less cpu time
1733 2. changed the spider.cgi in Arnold's borrowed java client to Ian's perl
1735 3. Added input route filtering
1736 4. put back the set/isolate logic into routing which is now overridable with
1737 filters whcih means a default filter is no longer generated. If you want the
1738 OLD behaviour, do rm /spider/filter/route/*.pl*, restart and try again.
1739 5. Add http_proxy to Internet.pm and allow sh/qrz to use an HTTP Proxy
1740 13Jun01=======================================================================
1741 1. fix init cnd rinit cmds
1742 2. add missing clear/route cmd
1743 10Jun01=======================================================================
1744 1. fix set/here and unset/here
1745 2. fix indirect routing to users two hops away
1746 09Jun01=======================================================================
1748 2. add set/debug filter so that you can see why your filters aren't working
1750 3. add ephemera deduping for all those PC41,24,50 etc etc broadcasts
1751 4. Fix a problem with the connect text being sent on outgoing connections
1752 (this confuses db0fhf amongst other things)
1753 5. catch deep recursion bugs before you run out of memory.
1754 6. Make sure that PC16|17|19|21 update as well as add and delete
1755 7. local announces by the sysop will always be displayed
1756 08Jun01=======================================================================
1757 1. first cut with new routing code. Created NEW_ROUTE branch
1758 2. added acc/route and rej/route commands
1759 3. added stat/route_node and stat/route_user commands to look at the routing
1761 07Jun01=======================================================================
1762 1. move userconfig.pl and nodeconfig.pl to stat/
1763 2. fix problem with locally connected users not being removed from the
1765 3. Fix the build calc to take into account subdirectories
1766 06Jun01=======================================================================
1767 1. add stat/route_node and stat/route_user commands
1768 2. add sh/userconfig command (to show backward links to nodes)
1769 3. add sh/nodeconfig command
1770 05Jun01=======================================================================
1771 1. add set/bbs command
1772 2. more work on Routing code.
1773 3. status/msg on its own will print the status of the msg system.
1774 4. add sh/newconfig command
1775 03Jun01=======================================================================
1776 1. Fix the problem with ExtMsg and unresolvable IP addresses, hopefully
1778 15May01=======================================================================
1779 1. set/lockout now prevents any outgoing connection taking place.
1780 2. Started the new routing stuff which will run in parallel for a while.
1781 3. changed the msg timeout arrangements so that it might not get stuck so
1783 4. add $DXMsg::bulltopriv global to make msgs to known callsigns private
1784 14May01=======================================================================
1785 1. fix problem with re-reading in db definitions for remote databases.
1786 2. try to prevent situations where two can (semi) successfully login, probably
1787 under load, and get a 'tried to connect whilst already connected' abort.
1788 3. change the max number of days to search for spots to 100
1789 11May01=======================================================================
1790 1. allow stat/msg on priv 1
1791 07May01=======================================================================
1792 1. set/page 0 switches off paging
1793 03May01=======================================================================
1794 1. It appears that for ages now, not enough PC19 and PC16s are being sent
1795 if you have more than one of them. Sigh..
1796 02May01=======================================================================
1797 1. put an upper limit on the number of concurrent errors allowed in command
1798 mode (20). This should disconnect runaway spot suckers....
1799 28Apr01=======================================================================
1800 1. fix an occasional problem with 'sorry connected to' messages
1801 23Apr01=======================================================================
1802 1. fix very long standing bug in storing and transmitting spots. The decimal
1803 point was left off :-(
1804 22Apr01=======================================================================
1805 1. Sysops can now have full privileges if there is a ExtMsg listener on
1806 localhost (or everything) and they telnet to localhost and login with their
1807 callsign. This means that they don't need a client anymore (for local access)
1808 2. added input spot filtering.
1809 3. Added run_cmd to DXCron which allows you to run any command on the system
1810 from the crontab. (Dunno why I didn't do this before).
1811 18Apr01=======================================================================
1812 1. added Ian M0AZM's Java Client (SpiderConsole)
1813 17Apr01=======================================================================
1814 1. made a slight speedup on write in Msg.pm (about doubled it)
1815 16Apr01=======================================================================
1816 1. make the correct error messages come out on reject/accept when people
1817 leave out keywords like 'on'.
1818 2. Fairly major changes to the documentation tree. Split the admin manual
1819 into 2 sections, Installation and Admin and merge the Windows stuff.
1820 15Apr01=======================================================================
1821 1. made some mods to the sgml documentation for 1.47
1822 2. added show/connect command
1823 11Apr01=======================================================================
1824 1. fixed more of the "xxx disappeared from yyy" messages
1825 2. altered the build no logic so that it always checksums the same files
1826 regardless of whatever else you might have in the directory.
1827 3. made shortcut at shutdown so that you don't get a storm of PC21s on busy
1828 nodes as each connection goes down. Just send a pc39 to each interface and
1830 4. changed action of SIG{INT} and SIG{TERM} so that they now work on MSWin32
1831 10Apr01=======================================================================
1832 1. altered PC21 logic somewhat to eliminate dup PC21s
1833 2. disconnect should remove dangling local users in the routing table.
1834 3. fixed nasty recursive timer bug
1835 4. added some extra info to make connect tracking a bit easier.
1836 5. improved docs on connect scripts a bit (to include agw connects)
1837 09Apr01=======================================================================
1838 1. changed lockfile name to cluster.lck (from .lock) for MSWin's benefit
1839 08Apr01=======================================================================
1840 1. added a quick installation guide to the admin manual and removed references
1841 to client.pl (g0vgs)
1842 01Apr01=======================================================================
1843 1. changed agwrestart semantics. You need to use main::agwrestart() in your
1844 crontabs rather than AGWMsg::init();
1845 2. try to thread winclient.pl for MSWin32.
1846 31Mar01=======================================================================
1847 1. added agwrestart command
1848 2. add Iains Windoze installation manual (g0vgs)
1849 3. various alterations to adminmanual and initial version of the CVS changes
1851 30Mar01=======================================================================
1852 1. fix errors on accept in ExtMsg and in Msg
1853 2. fix the non-blocking problems of connects (and other things in general).
1854 non-blocking only works for unix implementations at the moment.
1855 3. add rinit command (sends a PC20)
1856 4. improve debuging so that stuff is always escaped and a new 'raw' debug
1857 mode that shows everything sent and received in glorious hex and characters
1858 29Mar01=======================================================================
1859 1. add better tracking of AGW circuits (possibly)
1860 2. add set and unset/agwmonitor (ing) [for all the notice it seems to take]
1861 28Mar01=======================================================================
1862 1. AGW engine stuff now accepts incoming calls and at least attempts to do
1863 outgoing ones. YMMV.
1864 2. fixed 'always' telnet on a client line in a connect script
1865 27Mar01=======================================================================
1866 1. add first cut at an AGW Engine. Copy /spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm to
1867 /spider/local and edit it appropriately. You shouldn't need a login and passwd
1868 if you are using the default setup. It may allow incoming connects (and then
1869 again it may not - I don't have a reliable infrostructure to test with at the
1870 moment). The AGW Engine is a M$ thingy, but that don't preclude you connecting
1871 to it from a unix box.
1872 22Mar01=======================================================================
1873 1. edit the helpfile for set/debug and add help for show/debug
1874 2. Allow ^Z again on messages
1875 3. Added back onboard support for ax25 OUTBOUND connections. You will need
1876 exactly the same facilities as before (ie netrom_call, ax25_call suid root
1877 etc) but it is called direct from the cluster.pl - client.pl is DEAD!
1878 19Mar01=======================================================================
1879 1. Add 'not allowed' messages into sh/filter with callsign and reduce priv
1880 2. decode %xx characters in winclient.pl
1882 18Mar01=======================================================================
1883 1. minor changes to user and admin manuals. Added revsion numbers
1884 17Mar01=======================================================================
1885 1. put block check back in, try a work around for EWOULDBLOCK/EINPROGRESS
1887 16Mar01=======================================================================
1888 1. integrate build number into main cluster and change the PC18 to show
1889 version and build in the text portion
1890 14Mar01=======================================================================
1891 1. first cut at outgoing ax25 /external program connects
1892 2. slight change of interface to connect
1893 3. added a build number to sh/version
1894 13Mar01=======================================================================
1895 1. implemented first cut at non blocking connect
1896 2. removed memory leakage in connects
1897 3. add link IP address if available on who
1898 4. made the \r\n work correctly on External connections
1899 5. removed client.pl
1900 6. fixed memory leakages in DXMsg
1901 7. fixed pc39/21 handling
1902 8. fixed routing table issues and general disconnection tidy up
1903 10Mar01=======================================================================
1904 1. minor changes to the admin manual to reflect differences in distibutions
1905 thanks to pa3ezl (g0vgs)
1906 2. add (finally) the first draft of the usermanual (g0vgs)
1907 05Mar01=======================================================================
1908 1. do some major surgery on the connect logic to shorten the possibility of
1909 duplicate connects happening
1910 2. fix stupid error on sh/qrz queries that don't work
1911 04Mar01=======================================================================
1912 1. allow fallback to english for help
1913 03Mar01=======================================================================
1914 1. allow incoming and outgoing IP connects direct to cluster.pl
1915 2. fixed (long standing)a hole in PC17 handling
1916 3. added winclient.pl (actually just a very basic client) from Iain G0RDI
1917 4. Added Spanish as a language (thanks ea1dav) (g0vgs)
1918 5. ignore BUST(ED) spots
1919 28Feb01=======================================================================
1920 1. allow sh/c gb7 (ie show the config of all gb7 nodes)(for example)
1921 2. get rid of spurious DXHash 'uninitialised' messages if no corresponding
1923 3. changed policy of $censorpc in DXProt.pm so that badwords are looked for
1924 in all text announces etc.
1925 4. Unpad (remove excess spaces from) spotted callsigns in PC11.
1926 5. test for opertaing system in various places and do different if M$
1927 27Feb01=======================================================================
1928 1. allow partial node callsigns on sh/c (eg sh/c gb7)
1929 2. Changed Msg.pm to allow a more generalised interface with more than one
1931 3. Added IntMsg.pm to implement the internal connection management that is
1932 currently scattered about the cluster code.
1933 25Feb01=======================================================================
1934 1. Fixed watchdbg so that simple arguments work again
1935 22Feb01=======================================================================
1936 1. Added platform name to sh/version
1937 2. changed client.pl so that it send \r\n instead of \n on telnet connects
1938 3. added lineend '\r\n' command to connect scripts so you can override
1940 03Feb01=======================================================================
1941 1. Changes and additions to the manual and added a help file for sh/log (g0vgs)
1942 13Jan01=======================================================================
1943 1. Documentation alterations to match new commands etc (g0vgs)
1944 08Jan01=======================================================================
1945 1. Changed the way that badnodes, baddx etc work. There is a new general way
1946 implemented (dunno why I didn't do this before - hey ho...) as a consequence
1947 there are set/unset/show baddx (for bad dx callsigns) badnode (for dx from
1948 bad nodes) badspotter (for bad spotters of dx eg VE2STN). Expect more of
1949 this sort of thing...
1950 2. Added one to the copyright dates...
1951 06Jan01=======================================================================
1952 1. Fix set/obscount so it actually works.
1953 2. Allow different number formats for set/pingint eg: 5m for 5 minutes and
1954 120s for 120 seconds (and 1h for 1 hour).
1955 03Jan01=======================================================================
1956 1. Added a txt directory for txt versions of manuals (g0vgs)
1957 2. Various documentation changes
1958 02Jan01=======================================================================
1959 1. added a help file for forward/latlong and updated the admin manual to
1961 2. Add spot2csv.pl to convert spot files into tab delimited .csv format.
1962 3. Add show/route to see which interface a station is connected on.
1963 31Dec00=======================================================================
1964 1. add lat/long info to show/prefix
1965 30Dec00=======================================================================
1966 1. added latest version of the admin manual from Ian G0VGS.
1967 23Dec00=======================================================================
1968 1. don't route anything back down the channel it came from.
1969 2. and, in the process, fix some silly errors in routing converted rcmd PCs
1970 3. changed all occurrances of 'freq' in filter help to 'on' and corrected
1971 some errors (eg freq/ssb).
1972 4. added latest admin manual.
1973 18Dec00=======================================================================
1974 1. fix double printing of DB results
1975 2. add new style filtering for WWV and WCY to complete the set
1976 3. got the field nos right (hopefully) on Announces for filters
1977 05Dec00=======================================================================
1978 1. fix frequency hinting routine so it correctly handles things like 'on 23cm'
1979 where digits are the 'wrong' way round.
1980 2. made default max days to search for spots 3 months.
1981 3. added hex decodes for those pesky 'national' characters that aren't really
1982 in grepdbg and watchdbg.
1983 4. decide that we are using Latin-1 and therefore characters 0x80-0x9f are
1985 5. fix the announces so that they are all UPPER CASE for poor old DXTelnet.
1986 03Dec00=======================================================================
1987 1. change grepdbg and watchdbg so that you can see a number of lines before
1988 the condx that you are looking for so:-
1991 will show both the LOOP line and the preceeding 2 lines.
1992 2. add PCPROT to all error condx lines in DXProt.pm so that you can watch
1993 for them more easily.
1994 30Nov00=======================================================================
1995 1. remove %nn strings from dups of announces and spots
1996 2. remove check for ssids on PC41s
1997 29Nov00=======================================================================
1998 1. make some small changes to DXmsg to try to track delete problems?
1999 2. fix ann/full so it doesn't dup
2000 27Nov00=======================================================================
2001 1. alter sh/wcy output slightly
2002 26Nov00=======================================================================
2003 1. made it possible for sysop calls to be used on other nodes and still have
2004 anti loop checking on PC16/17.
2005 25Nov00=======================================================================
2006 1. -l <nnn> now works on C client
2007 2. -e toggles echo cancelling (normally on) on C client
2008 20Nov00=======================================================================
2009 1. added even more checking to PC16,17 and 39
2010 19Nov00=======================================================================
2011 1. improve reaping code a bit more.
2012 2. put some extra checking in the PC16,17,19,21 code.
2013 3. fix problem with the aliased user disappearing and loads of 'unitialised'
2014 messages coming out.
2015 16Nov00=======================================================================
2016 1. Alter the process reaping code in cluster.pl to use waitpid
2017 12Nov00=======================================================================
2018 1. Fix lack 't' action in Filter.pm
2019 08Nov00=======================================================================
2020 1. fix cosmetic errors in for/oper for 'users'.
2021 07Nov00=======================================================================
2022 1. removed sh/call because the owner isn't happy about us using it.
2023 2. change sh/qrz to the new interface. MUCH QUICKER! you will need a user id
2024 and password from qrz.com to use it and you will have to copy the
2025 /spider/perl/Internet.pm to /spider/local and alter it accordingly. Do
2026 remember to set $allow=1 as well! The new interface comes courtesy of Fred
2027 LLoyd, the proprietor of http://www.qrz.com
2028 06Nov00=======================================================================
2029 1. Added sh/qrz to the list of callbook services
2030 05Nov00=======================================================================
2031 1. 75% speed up on sh/dx !, lower memory usage as well!
2032 2. Fixed problem with clear/spot 0 (how did this one last so long!!!)
2033 3. add 'on' in accept/reject spots as synonym for 'freq'
2034 4. add the same speed up to general log printing
2036 04Nov00=======================================================================
2037 1. fix sh/filter so ity now works for any callsign (and not just connected
2039 2. Have only one is_callsign and not an iscallsign as well.
2040 3. Add set/hops and show/hops commands.
2041 4. Add unset/badnode command and put some help in for these commands
2042 03Nov00=======================================================================
2043 1. allow - in filter strings
2044 2. store only the filter expression NOTE BENE: you will need to clear all
2045 your existing filters and re-enter them!!!!!!
2046 3. Added announce filtering
2047 4. Fixed problem with announce filtering on output to the node
2048 02Nov00=======================================================================
2049 1. updated filtering logic. You will need to RECREATE your filters (clear/spot
2050 all, then start again) for testing.
2051 2. allow PC73 for DXNet
2052 3. added some help text for filtering and filtering spots in particular.
2053 01Nov00=======================================================================
2054 1. put PC11 field 2 check back to m for pc text.
2055 2. improve 'simple' callsign checking
2056 3. Added the first cut of the new user/sysop filtering code. This cut works
2057 for spots and the syntax is:-
2059 accept/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>] things ..
2060 reject/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>] things ..
2063 freq 0/30000 | hf | hf/cw | 6m,4m,2m
2074 channel GB7DJK,GB7BAA
2076 You can simply string these together on one line one after the other and
2077 there is an implied 'and', you can also string together with 'or' 'not' (or
2078 '!') and '(' and ')' - in otherwords an arbitrary expression.
2080 You can see what you have done with:
2082 show/filter [<call>]
2084 You can clear your work with:
2086 clear/spots [<call>] [input] [<filterno>|all]
2088 Have fun and someone please write the documentation.
2089 4. Added show/msg_status.pl sysop command (shows some info on what is busy in
2091 31Oct00=======================================================================
2092 1. add 0x8e to the list of characters we clobber (make xterm go into graphics
2094 30Oct00=======================================================================
2095 1. put in new Filter::it code and tested it. Now all we have to do is write
2096 the user access routines (oh and the help files!).
2097 29Oct00=======================================================================
2098 1. put in echo cancelling measures into the clients. This doesn't mean you
2099 shouldn't take steps to prevent echoing on node links, but it may help where
2100 (whatever you do) it still bloody echos! This is experimental.
2101 2. store dxchan and mynode as callsigns (and not references) in the routing
2102 tables and do some checking in accessors to see if we can capture some errors.
2103 3. tart up the stat/chan etc display to give more useful debugging info
2104 28Oct00=======================================================================
2105 1. updated show/sun and show/moon from stuff sent by Steve Franke K9AN
2106 2. added show/call which queries jeifer.pineknot.com for any call in the
2107 world (as opposed to UALR which only does US calls). Inspired by a bit of
2108 perl sent to me by Steve Franke (again!) and also Angel EA7WA who gave me the
2109 pineknot ip address.
2110 3. fixed clients so that they accept -0 as a valid SSID and then strip it off
2111 as though they had come in without (why has this taken so long to appear? How
2112 long have we been running this code ??????).
2113 27Oct00=======================================================================
2114 1. alter the code in clean_old of DXMsg system to see if we get some different
2115 behaviour with random crashing
2116 26Oct00=======================================================================
2117 1. if there is a 'connected' file in /spider/data then the client will send
2118 it out to the user after connection.
2119 25Oct00=======================================================================
2120 1. fix catchup and uncatchup commands so that they accept ranges
2121 24Oct00=======================================================================
2122 1. added cty.dat from http://www.k1ea.com/cty/index.htm to the prefix_data.pl
2123 data file and modified create_prefix.pl accordingly.
2124 2. the 'no text line' messages should now propagate correctly
2125 3. added the dxcc, itu and cq zone numbers for announcer and origining node
2126 on announce filters - see the /spider/filter/ann/*.issue files for more info.
2127 4. you can now specify a 'user_default.pl', 'node_default.pl' and
2128 'in_node_default.pl' in each of the filter directories
2129 23Oct00=======================================================================
2130 1. Added K5K as Kingman Reef
2131 1. Added K7K as Kure
2132 17Oct00=======================================================================
2133 1. force frames to go down the local interface when doing a route. This is
2134 particularly important for pings!
2135 16Oct00=======================================================================
2136 1. add a ':' after 'G7BRN de G1TLH' in a talk message.
2137 2. added /J to the list of things to ignore (as in G1TLH/J) in prefix
2138 processing (ie /J mean Jota not /JA [Japan]).
2139 3. change all INCOMING 00-08 0A-1F and 9B characters that make it past the
2140 intermediate client->server protocol to '.'.
2141 04Sep00=======================================================================
2142 1. made PC10,11,12 badword checking dependant on a flag variable ($censorpc)
2144 02Sep00=======================================================================
2145 1. fix a long standing talk bug to do with routing to specific nodes (t xxx >
2147 2. Add badwords checking in various places. You put a list of words into
2148 /spider/data/badwords one or several per line. Lines starting with # are
2149 ignored. PC10, PC11, PC12 with words contained in this file will not be
2150 sent on. Also ann, talk and dx commands have badword checking added. Words
2151 are NOT case sensitive, but you will need to put all the endings in (eg
2152 ...k, ...ker, ...king).
2153 3. Added new version of admin manual from G0VGS.
2154 01Sep00=======================================================================
2155 1. allow blank on field 4 of PC10 (even though it's "illegal").
2156 28Aug00=======================================================================
2157 1. changes DXChannel::get_all_ak1a to get_all_nodes.
2158 2. ignore PC21s coming in on the interface with that callsign (ie nodes
2159 trying to disconnect themselves).
2160 3. output correct PC29 on blank lines and escape ^ characters differently
2161 (and transparently for spider nodes).
2162 26Aug00=======================================================================
2163 1. make blank origins on messages the node call.
2164 2. added new version of FAQ from Ian G0VGS
2165 3. added a dummy PC75 command (WCY merge?)
2166 4. Don't allow mail routing for clx nodes
2168 25Aug00=======================================================================
2169 1. moan about and then delete empty message files
2170 24Aug00=======================================================================
2171 1. Removed WWV command so that users can't interfere (read mess up) the
2172 automatic feeds which come from various places on the net.
2173 23Aug00=======================================================================
2174 1. Added persistant dupe file so that all dupes are stored here (including
2175 announces) - announces are now kept for 5 days (as default).
2176 2. limit the characters stored in a dupe for spots and announces
2177 20Aug00=======================================================================
2178 1. Added system Alias for set/nodxgrid => unset/dxgrid
2179 2. Add full individual checking for all PC protocol fields in all messages
2180 and removed any language dependant stuff (hopefully).
2181 3. console.pl is now a bit more international (client.c/pl already are)
2182 19Aug00=======================================================================
2183 1. Added an efficiency thing for AUTOLOADed accessors from OO Perl by Conway.
2184 2. Fiddled with the rtty and digital bandplan frequencies.
2185 18Aug00=======================================================================
2186 1. added a couple of changes for perl 5.6.0
2187 2. removed del_dup from DXUser for earlier versions of DB '1.85' (ie real ones
2188 not 2.x versions in 1.85 compatibility mode).
2189 3. Started the OOing of the PC protocol stuff.
2190 15Aug00=======================================================================
2191 1. added 1.25 of the admin manual html
2192 14Aug00=======================================================================
2193 1. Added regex support to sh/dup_*.pl commands
2194 2. fixed rcmd in crontab so that will work again
2195 13Aug00=======================================================================
2196 1. removed extra /60 in AnnTalk to make deduping of announces work a bit
2197 better for longer...
2198 05Aug00=======================================================================
2199 1. Fixed hex character problem put in somewhen in the C Client
2200 03Aug00=======================================================================
2201 1. caught some more signals (are any of these causing the random stopping
2203 2. the Console now requires 1.05 of the Curses module ^R REFRESHES THE SCREEN
2204 (as does ^L) AT LAST!!!!!
2205 02Aug00=======================================================================
2206 1. put back hex check exception for PC29
2207 01Aug00=======================================================================
2208 1. made the export and import ascii system work finally. The user_asc file
2209 generated (automatically and 0000Z Sunday morning) is autoloading. Just
2210 execute it and it will automatically reload your user database.
2211 2. remove import_users.pl no longer necessary
2212 31Jul00=======================================================================
2213 1. try to fix paging problem.
2214 2. added help for spoof and set/forward
2215 3. fixed bogus callsign check for field 2 of a PC12
2216 4. Add DB_File to DXCommandmode to make it available for commands
2217 30Jul00=======================================================================
2218 1. Added talk mode so that I don't have to keep typing T <call> all the time.
2219 2. fiddled around with storing of Debug messages a bit more.
2220 3. bomb proofed the type command.
2221 4. started the objectifying for talk, dx and announcements.
2222 5. fix talkmode so that it only does 'via' PC10s when it really needs to.
2223 6. SEND now displays a message if you try to do it in not prompt mode.
2224 7. stopped a few more things being done by rcmd (eg send, talk, ann, dx)
2225 8. tidied up the talking a bit more.
2226 9. Increase default hop counts all round.
2227 10. Adjust hex encoding so that 8 bit characters should now go thru
2228 11. check more of the essential protocol fields for 8 bit characters.
2229 29Jul00=======================================================================
2230 1. added forward/latlong which will forward ALL the users that have a latitude
2231 and longitude set on them to one or more locally connected nodes - with a hop
2233 2. speeded up the show/node command by using the DB_File interface and
2234 sequentially reading the data directly and only 'get'ting the ones that are
2236 3. did the same for show/isolate and show/lockout.
2237 28Jul00=======================================================================
2238 1. fixed watchdbg midnight rollover loop and removed the date part of the
2239 date/time translation to leave just the time.
2240 27Jul00=======================================================================
2241 1. made sure that 'en' is the default language on new users.
2242 2. issue error message if shutdown is attempted by a low privileged user.
2243 3. Make sure a privilege is defined for all users (even if it is 0).
2244 4. Try to fix some more dups (and the time on them).
2245 5. make the time stored on dups generated locally on spots an integer no of
2247 6. send unsolicited PC[38]5s to the sysop if online.
2248 7. merged current html from www.dxcluster.org with Ian's stuff
2249 8. Added sgml files into the source tree
2250 9. changed default paclen in client.c to 236
2251 26Jul00=======================================================================
2252 1. added wantgrid (to control display of grid square info on DX Broadcasts)
2253 2. added lastoper for controlling periodic demands for user info from other
2255 3. added spiderFAQ stuff from Ian G0VGS and latest update of the admin manual
2256 4. changed updating and deleting from user file in an attempt to keep down
2257 duplicates and possibly corruptions.
2258 5. added a DXUser::export routine to allow the cluster to automatically
2259 export the user data in ascii from cron.
2260 6. added a line in the ISSUED crontab to do the export once a week
2261 7. delete annok and dxok if set to 1 in user records.
2262 8. added export_users command to allow arbitary exporting of user files
2263 9. added set and unset/dxgrid command to allow control over the grid squares
2265 10. Removed export_user.pl (no longer needed)
2266 11. made import_users.pl accept a non related input filename and always
2267 update the current user file.
2268 12. added an 'auto rcmd <node> for/oper <call>' for people I can see on the
2269 cluster that issue spots and for whom I have no qra info (no more than once
2270 a month). This isn't the default - set $send_opernam in
2271 /spider/local/DXProtVars.pm (copied from /spider/perl). Good for gateways.
2272 13. Despace spot texts properly again for deduping purposes.
2273 14. Corrected Pc84/85 handling a bit.
2274 15. Sync the user database every 15 secs to see whether we can reduce the
2275 corruptions and duplicates.
2276 25Jul00=======================================================================
2277 1. ignore \n in ax25 mode for C client.
2278 2. remove extra space at the end of a DX spot announce when no grid square
2280 3. added new admin manual from Ian G0VGS
2281 20Jul00=======================================================================
2282 1. Finally managed to update my source with the sourceforge one
2283 2. added user->qra cleaning in various places
2284 3. added four digit locator strings to broadcast DX spots (for users).
2285 4. PC11 with blank callsigns should now be ignored.
2286 5. put back the unpadding to the PC11 dup checking to catch spots with added
2287 blanks at the end of lines.
2288 25Jun00=======================================================================
2289 1. added 0 to the regex that checks for valid data on the cluster.pl->client
2290 channel - this will allow G0VGS and G0RDI to connect....
2291 2. removed technically unnecessary /= 60 from the dup routines to see if
2292 Arnold's Sparcs don't then crash.
2293 19Jun00=======================================================================
2294 1. move ann_dup, spot_dup etc to dup_ann, dup_spots etc
2295 2. made mode 3 the default line ending convention for all out going connects
2296 via telnet in client.pl
2297 18Jun00=======================================================================
2298 1. fixed line ending ambiguities (I think) for telnet connections. Well
2299 actually only really band aided it. It works but isn't how I want it.
2300 Client.pl has got to go....
2301 2. Added 1.21 of Ian G0VGS's admin manual
2302 17Jun00=======================================================================
2303 1. I believe I have fixed all the login/logout 'broken pipe' errors
2304 2. Added G0RDI's 'links' command.
2305 3. added update_sysop.pl which cleans out all previous versions of the sysops
2306 information from the user database and recreates it with that in DXVars.pm
2307 4. Added node type to links and who
2308 5. Hardened up the cluster->client link in the cluster software so that
2309 rubbish on port 27754 doesn't (usually) crash the cluster.
2310 14Jun00=======================================================================
2311 1. fixed sh/node crash
2312 2. fixed RTT in who.pl
2313 13Jun00=======================================================================
2314 1. fixed looping bug in C client on ending.
2315 12Jun00=======================================================================
2316 1. Added RCMD for clx
2317 2. Added WCY processing
2318 3. Added new node types (clx, spider, dxnet, arcluster)
2319 4. Store echo settings
2320 5. Store pagelth settings
2321 6. sort out source of DXVars for callbot.pl
2324 11Jun00=======================================================================
2325 1. removed extraneous DXDebug from DXUtil
2326 2. added help for set/echo
2327 3. Centralised all spot, wwv and ann dup handling into respective packages.
2328 4. Created new AnnTalk package (for above and OOing announce and talk
2330 5. Fixed problem with outputting lines with | in them to console.pl.
2331 10Jun00=======================================================================
2332 1. got rid of some more nasty bugs in sh/qra.
2333 2. fixed 9A3xx to always be Croatia (and not Haiti!).
2334 09Jun00=======================================================================
2335 1. change some print commands in DXMsg to dbg('err'...
2336 2. overloaded confess, croak et al into DXDebug and removed Carp from
2337 everywhere and checked that the necessary debugging really does go into
2338 the debug files now.
2339 3. changed print statements in cluster.pl to dbg('err',... so they go into
2340 the debug files as well.
2341 4. Altered the logic around duplicate spots, reduced the length of comment
2342 checked to 20 characters (this should solve some problems including those
2343 people sucking ar-cluster spots with prefixes in the extreme rh end).
2344 08Jun00=======================================================================
2345 1. fixed problem with binary characters from cluster->client
2346 2. added set/echo and unset/echo commands
2347 3. echo login characters on login: prompt for C client
2348 4. Send \r\n on telnet connections for C Client
2349 5. Make echoing the default option (for M$ telnet clients :-()
2350 11May00=======================================================================
2351 1. fixed looping in Msg.pm (at last)
2352 10May00=======================================================================
2353 1. wrote a cross between 'tail -f' and grepdbg so that you can watch the
2354 debug files for particular strings and only have them print out.
2355 05May00=======================================================================
2356 1. rewrote parts of Msg.pm and client.c so that the messages no longer use
2357 a length word at the front of each one. They are simply strings of characters
2358 separated by a \n. No binary characters are allowed (they are encoded as %nn)
2359 a la HTTP. This hopefully cures Arnold's problem and also make it more
2360 secure anyway. It also paves the way for the ax25/ip multicast client.
2361 30Apr00=======================================================================
2362 1. put some extra checks and balances in to message send routine in Msg.pm to
2363 see if I can prevent the error seen by Arnold (which I think is only likely to
2364 appear in heavily loaded sites).
2365 25Apr00=======================================================================
2366 1. Changed reply so that you can reply to more than one address privately
2367 31Mar00=======================================================================
2368 1. fixed nnn-mmm in kill (erase/delete) msgs so that mmm is also deleted and
2369 not just nnn -> mmm-1.
2370 2. Added an autosplit to message importing so that messages are split
2371 automagically into bits if the filename used in the import directory starts
2372 with "split". This will add a [1/5] type string on the the end of the subject.
2373 3. dedupe more aggressively on the text of Spots so that only the 1st 27 chars
2374 of text are considered (as opposed to the whole lot).
2375 30Mar00=======================================================================
2376 1. altered client.pl connect code so that it doesn't falsely recognise
2377 /spider/src/client as a 'client' instruction.
2378 28Mar00=======================================================================
2379 1. Added buffering to client
2380 2. Fixed LOGIN so that you can login with an arbitrary callsign
2381 27Mar00=======================================================================
2382 1. updated wpxloc.raw and rsgb.cty for 4W and TX0.
2383 2. display 'start time' rather than 'last start time in' in who.
2384 3. Allow local users to see their own sh/talk or sh/log stuff.
2385 4. A more robust version of the C client.
2386 5. Added a message exporting command 'export'.
2387 6. allow swopping on all messages, including imported and manually sent ones
2388 7. S A < B @ C $BID now works from the command line and thus bbses ought to
2389 be able to send messages into the cluster. Bids are (currently) ignored.
2390 26Mar00=======================================================================
2391 1. first cut of C client
2392 18Mar00=======================================================================
2393 1. fixed convkeps.pl so that it accepts more formats for floating point.
2394 08Mar00=======================================================================
2395 1. tidied up Sun.pm and sh/sat
2396 2. fixed sh/qra so that the correct lat/long is displayed if only one locator
2398 10Jan00=======================================================================
2399 1. added Steve Franke's new Sun.pm and show/satellite command
2400 08Jan00=======================================================================
2401 1. really removed the restriction on 0 length messages.
2402 2. added a periodic msg file import system a la FBB. Stick one or more files
2403 into /spider/msg/import with a suitable SEND line, subject and the text and
2404 it will import it. The importer will accept some BBS syntax (eg < GB7TLH) to
2405 allow you to customise the 'from' callsign.
2406 03Jan00=======================================================================
2407 1. changed the copyright statement in sh/version!
2408 2. added sh/date with special "be compatible with ak1a" syntax for the output
2409 of sh/date with no arguments, otherwise the same as sh/time. A special favour
2411 3. and another one, added show/node especially for G4PDQ.
2412 01Jan00=======================================================================
2413 1. Fixed Julian routines to get rid of the millenium bug! (do as I say, not
2415 2. updated gdx.pl so that external programs can do a sh/dx just as a normal
2416 user can. On reflection this could be used as a model for all sorts of
2417 "external" interface routines.
2418 3. renamed gdx.pl as showdx.
2419 11Dec99=======================================================================
2420 1. added missing pc48 so that it calls the DXDb::process routine
2421 10Dec99=======================================================================
2422 1. allow msgs to marked as read or unread
2423 02Dec99=======================================================================
2424 1. DX command doesn't recognise '6M' as '6m' in SH/DX ON 6M.
2425 2. set/node now sets the homenode as the callsign.
2426 3. changed the label for the 18Mhz band from '18m' to '17m' in the bands
2428 01Dec99=======================================================================
2429 1. started the callbot which lives at n2tly.dxcluster.net 9000.
2430 2. added www.qrz.com
2431 3. added www.buck.com
2432 4. added k4ute at no4j.com
2433 28Nov99=======================================================================
2434 1. fixed all the stupid errors introduced in 1.36 confusing DXUser->get with
2435 DXCluster->get_exact.
2436 24Nov99=======================================================================
2437 1. extended badmsg.pl stuff so that it works like the forward file and allows
2438 one to reject on to, from, origin and subject fields.
2439 2. added a swop.pl again in a forward.pl like format that allows simple swop
2440 for a field or test on a field and set another.
2441 3. Fixed the problem that read private mail follows you around as well as
2442 unread private mail does.
2443 4. Change the logic of connections so that the node will accept callsigns with
2444 SSIDs to -8 as different entities from each other. SSIDs > 8 are subtracted
2445 from 15 and are assumed to be coming in via netrom diddled connections. This
2446 affects lots of the commands as well. I may not have got them all.
2447 5. Hangup clients on HUP signals. I originally ignored them, for reasons that
2448 are now lost in the mists of time. HUP signals now cause clients to die
2449 (cleanly) and disconnect everything correctly.
2450 6. Added show/time command
2451 21Nov99=======================================================================
2452 1. lose extraneous rubbish after the callsign as sent by BBSes.
2453 2. Change end label on sh/moon to RGain dB rather than Loss dB.
2454 3. Remove spurious call to DXCluster->get_exact in pc50.
2455 4. Allow rcmd to locally connected nodes that are not (for some reason) in the
2457 5. Try and send a PC39 in more cases to a cluster that I want to disconnect
2458 from in the hope that it notices and disconnects its end.
2459 20Nov99=======================================================================
2460 1. Added set/unset logininfo which will tell anybody that has this set when
2461 someone has either logged in or out of this node.
2462 2. Added set/pinginterval command which alters the length of time between
2463 pings sent to nodes, the value is minutes < 120 and seconds above that, 0
2464 means disable pinging (not recommended).
2465 3. If someone does a sysop whilst connected via ax25, don't show privilege
2466 level or passwd in stat/user.
2467 4. Fixed the problem with the dx command where if the callsign ended in a ?
2468 then the call and the freq would be replicated in the remarks.
2469 5. Set/unset ann, dx, talk, beep, wx, wwv all are now permanent (ie stored in
2471 19Nov99=======================================================================
2472 1. Added new version of sh/sun and also sh/moon from Steve K9AN
2473 2. Added rtt to who.
2474 3. added Aliase for show/tnc_sta to who.
2475 4. added Alias for show/uptime to sh/cl
2476 18Nov99=======================================================================
2477 1. Added ping obs counter together with Time::HiRes timers. This will dis-
2478 connect nodes that fail to respond to 3 ping requests (on the 4th attempt).
2479 The default time is a ping every 3 mins, therefore a link will be struck out
2480 after 12 minutes of nil response.
2481 2. Maintain a table of outstanding connects to other nodes and prevent over-
2482 laps (special favour to G0RDI).
2483 17Nov99=======================================================================
2484 1. Started using Data::Dumper for things again
2485 2. 'Fixed' DXUser file corruption?
2486 3. Allow multiline (ie lines with \n in them) output in $DXChannel::send
2487 4. Added Andrew K9CW's updated wpxloc.raw, regenerated prefix_data.pl
2488 5. Put in callsign matching and stuff into sh/sun.
2489 14Nov99=======================================================================
2490 1. added BBS.pm to start BBS input of mail
2491 2. fixed eval in DXUser to log errors rather than banging out
2492 12Nov99=======================================================================
2493 1. added sh/sun command kindly supplied by Steve K9AN.
2494 2. allow ^Z on its own on a line to terminate a message
2495 08Nov99=======================================================================
2496 1. added spoofing (mk1 version) for sysops, useful for those little jobs like
2497 reseting a user's qra locator and such like "spoof g7brn set/qra jo02lq".
2498 2. fixed set/location so it stores the qra locator in the qra locator slot,
2499 NOT the lat/long (who wrote this stuff...?).
2500 07Nov99=======================================================================
2501 1. reduced the amount of stuff compared against for dup announces.
2502 2. Check the regex for DK0WCY announces produces results before storing it as
2504 3. Added some logging for set/priv (un)set/lockout.
2505 4. Added test long path calc to sh/muf
2506 5. Only wonder down the msg queue every minute
2507 6. Put in the initial DB code (at last), you can create and remove local and
2508 standard remote dbs, you can import AK1A style .FUL ascii databases, you can
2509 enquire on a local or remote database.
2510 7. A return ping to a node will clear down all outstanding pings to
2511 that node (which might cause some confusion if more then one ping is
2512 outstanding for a node, but then - shit happens).
2513 04Nov99=======================================================================
2514 1. Removed ~ from the end of the PC18.
2515 2. Removed a hangover from duff character checking in cluster.pl
2516 3. Stop PC frames that are to be routed, being routed back to themselves.
2517 03Nov99=======================================================================
2518 1. Simplified command caching so it uses anonymous subroutines, you should
2519 also get error messages back on the console now when developing.
2520 2. Allow locally connected AK1A clusters that for some obscure reason don't
2521 issue PC19s to still appear as connected and allow them to acquire users.
2522 31Oct99=======================================================================
2523 1. updated Minimuf.pm and show/muf.pl to the fixed versions sent to me by
2525 2. Made set/badnodes work, added show/badnodes. This is an interim fix until
2526 input spot filtering works.
2527 24Oct99=======================================================================
2528 1. fixed announces so that nodes only get one of them (not two).
2529 2. Altered the select timeouts to prevent apparent excessive CPU usage on
2530 multiprocessor machines (or at least that is what seems to be the trouble
2532 22Oct99=======================================================================
2533 1. allow filter CALLSIGNS to be in upper or lower case.
2534 2. create the concept of input and output filters, input filters are of the
2535 form "in_$call.pl" eg: "in_g1tlh.pl" (or "in_G1TLH.pl"), output filters are
2536 "g1tlh.pl" (or "G1TLH.pl").
2537 3. all users can now filter on spots, ann and wwv (assuming the sysop has set
2538 the filters up - still no user creatable filters. Nodes can filter on both
2539 input for announces and output for all of these. I would recommend setting
2540 up a few filters that are likely to be wanted and then symlinking callsigns
2541 to them as you get requests.
2542 4. added callsign and length of history/position of screen stats to console.
2543 If you want to change the colour of the callsign you will need to copy the
2544 Console.pm to your /spider/local directory and change the $mycallcolor equate.
2545 21Oct99=======================================================================
2546 1. fixed reply so that reply b or reply nop generate a bulletin with the
2548 2. implemented sh/muf command.
2549 3. reduced privilege of catchup and uncatchup to 5. This so that, suitably
2550 privileged, nodes that occasionally link can rcmd a "catchup <nodecall> all"
2551 to the node they are connecting to and thus prevent a large tranche of,
2552 potentially duplicate, mail. This isn't an issue for DXSpider, but may be
2553 an issue for any AK1A clusters you are connected to.
2554 20Oct99=======================================================================
2555 1. Translated all the subroutines of minimuf into perl as Minimuf.pm
2556 2. Limited the length of an ANN that is saved for de-duping to $pc12_dup_lth
2558 3. help command should now return stuff that you expect.
2559 4. reduced necessary privilege to use 'MSG' command to 6.
2560 5. Correct the count of spots and wwv for a merge.
2561 6. Allow decodes of DK0WCY-3 WWV data beacon announces
2562 7. rewrote send so that an SB doesn't send a buckshee bull to NOPRIVATE!
2563 8. Changed default colouration on console so that all spots >= 50Mhz are red
2564 9. Fixed init command so that PC21s are sent down non-initted channels
2565 10. Allow forwarding of unknown private mail. This means that you can set up
2566 forwarding of 'foreign' mail across to and by gateways using the same
2567 mechanism as bulletins (/spider/msg/forward.pl).
2568 11. Allow line wrapping on the console (G0RDI, G0VGS et al).
2569 18Oct99=======================================================================
2570 1. changed help command so that it works correctly with multiple title lines.
2571 2. added to address to the list of things a message checks to see whether it
2572 is a duplicate (how on earth did it take _this_ long to find this one?).
2573 3. Changes S CC so that the callsign it says it has sent to is the real one
2574 (request from G8TIC)
2575 21Sep99=======================================================================
2576 1. allow zero messages to be stored (request from G4PDQ)
2577 2. make DX more flexible and change spotter syntax to be consistant with
2578 sh/dx (request from K9AN)
2579 30Aug99=======================================================================
2580 1. remove -@ as well as \d from SSIDs for spots
2581 2. remove WEB and/or NET from the front or rear of callsigns in Prefix.pm
2582 29Aug99=======================================================================
2583 1. Added msg command to allow the changing of To, From, Subject and so on the
2584 messages. This seems particularly important just now as a whole raft of G3's
2585 seem to be putting out non private bulls to callsigns.
2586 2. While I am at set messages to TO fields that appear to be users to private
2587 if they have been sent as bulls.
2588 3. Add DISTROs, if a callsign field appears in /spider/msg/distro in upper
2589 use that as a list of callsigns to send further. Note this is potentially
2590 recursive as callsigns in a distro can be distros.
2591 25Aug99=======================================================================
2592 1. check the date of a WWV much more carefully.
2593 24Aug99=======================================================================
2594 1. Prevented spots with lowercase callsigns being forwarded. This opens a
2595 much bigger can of worms which I shall have to address later.
2596 17Aug99=======================================================================
2597 1. all protocol except PC29 containing %XX characters will be dumped.
2598 2. Changed console.pl so that if you start typing it moves the top window
2600 19Jul99=======================================================================
2601 1. Added iota and qra clauses to sh/dx as well, these take optional arguments
2602 and will look for the appropriate strings.
2603 17Jul99=======================================================================
2604 1. Started database integration.
2605 2. added qsl clause to sh/dx that searches for qsl or via in the dx info
2606 16Jul99=======================================================================
2607 1. drop frames with 'illegal' characters in them (but pass frames with
2608 embedded %XX characters).
2609 15Jul99=======================================================================
2610 1. Changed grepdbg to accept a regexp. More useful (to me anyway).
2611 2. Altered init command so that it doesn't send PC21s down the initted
2613 10Jul99=======================================================================
2614 1. added an explicit disconnect from my side for already connected calls. This
2615 appears to have fixed a problem where if two consoles connect at the same time
2616 with the same (sysop?) callsign the cluster would stop.
2617 2. added some debugging in the Message handler to allow more state to be seen.
2618 3. Message handler now seems to work better for longer and doesn't spew out
2619 PC42 aborts with quite such gay abandon.
2620 05Jul99=======================================================================
2621 1. added stat/msg and stat/cluster commands to allow me to poke about inside
2622 the msg and cluster node tables.
2623 04Jul99=======================================================================
2624 1. removed silly 'new message has arrived' to connected nodes
2625 2. added a ! command to the console.pl program; works like the bash shell.
2626 01Jul99=======================================================================
2627 1. Altered priv to 5 for connect.pl to match disconnect for nodes
2628 29Jun99=======================================================================
2629 1. fixed merge command that I broke.
2630 2. added some randomness in waittimes for aborted outgoing messages
2631 3. Message Queuing now only occurs every 5 minutes (configurable if anyone
2632 wants to write the command for doing it) and on receipt of a PC16. This is
2633 a further attempt at sorting the crossing of messages!
2634 4. a PC33 will cause another attempt at queuing. If you are on a roll, keep
2636 28Jun99=======================================================================
2637 1. console.pl now works with history and editting.
2638 2. added scrolling to stuff sent by the cluster.
2639 3. added colours to things.
2640 27Jun99=======================================================================
2641 1. added WWV filtering
2642 2. added timeouts to for forwarding Messages, also added a waiting time for
2643 failed (stalled) outgoing messages.
2644 3. Incoming messages will now have priority over outgoing messages to the
2646 4. Added 'catchup' command which will 'catchup' messages to date for a node.
2647 This means that when you start forwarding to a node, it doesn't get all the
2648 messages queued up that are probably old.
2649 5. added 'uncatchup' which does the opposite of the above.
2650 6. fixed kill full and PC49 handling so that it actually works.
2651 7. Fixed local aliases so they add to the front of the standard ones. This
2652 means you only need to add your specials or override the system ones you need
2654 21Jun99=======================================================================
2655 1. changed regex for cluster->client msgs so that strings like |---| are no
2657 20Jun99=======================================================================
2658 1. prevented a merge to myself (causes a loop)
2659 18Jun99=======================================================================
2660 1. fixed a problem with DXLogPrint repeating log entries.
2661 2. altered the permissions on disconnnect so that priv 5 users can disconnect
2662 clusters, but still require priv 8 to disconnect users.
2663 3. made sure that an incoming PC18 clears out all the cluster info for
2664 that channel before re-initialising.
2665 4. add init command.
2666 5. disconnect users before nodess on shutdown
2667 15Jun99=======================================================================
2668 1. added grepdbg program (so you can search your debug files and get times
2669 and dates of incidents).
2670 2. Moved DXVars.pm to DXVars.pm.issue to force new users to cp it to their
2672 3. added $allowzero to DXProt to allow thru PC19s with zero protocol versions.
2673 14Jun99=======================================================================
2674 1. changed IO::File in help and apropos to IO::File
2675 2. added a check for isa('DXNode') for PC50s
2676 08Jun99=======================================================================
2677 1. Started work on the curses based operator console.
2678 03Jun99=======================================================================
2679 1. cluster seems to have a memory leak, put DESTROY functions in where
2681 2. try to make sure that PC21 commands are not issued inappropriately and
2682 also reformat PC19 for onward broadcast so that nodes coming in on loops are
2683 dropped from those broadcasts.
2684 3. make sure PC16,17,19,21 doen't affect locally connected nodes.
2685 4. Changed all instances of FileHandle to IO::File.
2686 01Jun99=======================================================================
2687 1. removed a output of an unwanted pc21 for isolated nodes
2688 31May99=======================================================================
2689 1. Added checking for PC16,17,19 and 21 to make sure that they come in from
2690 the channels that they are supposed to.
2691 2. Pass the RCMDing node's priv level to the command (rather than the
2692 connecting node's privilege level).
2693 3. Pass thru merge requests for other nodes.
2694 4. Removed a warning from client.pl
2695 5. routed external DB commands and drop them (for now) locally
2696 6. routed external mail commands (ie those addressed elsewhere)
2697 7. routed external PC26/27 lines
2698 25May99=======================================================================
2699 1. try to make the lastin value correct even for local users
2700 2. got rid of the stupid bug that failed to print out the offline message
2701 but put a "*main::STDOUTmain" for every line of that message instead.
2702 3. Ported to 5.00503 (well actually just installed it and it just runs).
2703 4. Added who command
2704 23May99=======================================================================
2705 1. Got rid of some of the useless error messages on global destruction when
2707 2. Stuck -w back on client.pl
2708 23May99=======================================================================
2709 1. tried to change connection to raw mode for cluster connections
2710 2. sh/c and sh/u are now sorted in alphabetical order
2711 3. Limited the number of queued dx spots when composing messages to 20 (the
2712 oldest one is lost for every one added above 20).
2713 4. Added generalised shell globbing everywhere I think it is useful, including
2714 sh/dx, dir, sh/files etc
2715 5. Made dir more compatible with ak1a and added 'to' and 'from' call searching
2716 it should now do everything that ak1a does except counts.
2717 6. added similar functionality to kill command so that you can kill ranges, to
2718 and from callsigns etc.
2719 22May99=======================================================================
2720 1. added check for -1 from Date::Parse and return undef for out of range dates
2721 2. added show/files and type commands
2722 21May99=======================================================================
2723 1. made set/nodx work again.
2724 2. made dx stuff queue nicely again when sending messages.
2725 18May99=======================================================================
2726 1. Added announce dup checking.
2727 2. Added system announce filtering.
2728 08May99=======================================================================
2729 1. Added a bit more checking to the rcmd thing to make more sure that this
2730 rcmd isn't coming from an imposter. Not possible to prevent everything
2731 ofcourse, just make it a bit harder.
2732 2. altered set/lockout and set/privilege so that they can't executed remotely.
2733 3. Added some code to reject rubbish (with invalid binary characters) protocol
2734 or user lines as input.
2735 4. prevented PC command being executed remotely :-)
2736 05May99=======================================================================
2737 1. change the connection overlap from an abort to a disconnect.
2738 02May99=======================================================================
2739 1. Added the mechanism for doing user spot filtering for spots in the cluster
2740 (no user control just yet - but sysops can do it).
2741 2. Fixed problem with nodes sending out the node lists of isolated nodes.
2742 30Apr99=======================================================================
2743 1. Try to make it even more AK1A friendly by putting the node list out in the
2745 2. added code so that local users and commands go to all connected nodes
2746 INCLUDING the isolated ones.
2747 26Apr99=======================================================================
2748 1. added set/user command as a hack, please use this with care, there is
2749 very little checking.
2750 2. added export_opernam.pl which is a basic reader of AK1A opernam.dat files
2752 25Apr99=======================================================================
2753 1. Fixed problem with filtered spots not coming out.
2754 2. Added the possibility of filtering on channel callsign
2755 20Apr99=======================================================================
2756 1. altered order of undefing and closing of user file in an attempt to make
2757 corruptions/missing users less likely.
2758 2. made messages that are addressed to the node call appear to the alias call
2759 3. check dates much more rigourously.
2760 4. ignore SIGTERM and SIGINT during shutdown of the cluster
2761 15Mar99=======================================================================
2762 1. added $actiondata to filter line to allow per action data such as no of hops
2763 2. fixed a silly problem in talk for non-existant callsigns
2764 3. Added sysop command
2765 02Mar99========================================================================
2766 1. Changed DXUser so that it uses a homemade import/export hash routine
2767 2. DXUser now uses a DB_BTREE file
2768 3. Added export_users.pl, import_users.pl and convert_users.pl
2769 25Feb99========================================================================
2770 1. added NL language stuff.
2771 2. added set/language
2772 21Feb99========================================================================
2773 1. Allowed multiple 'on <freq>' for show/dx
2774 2. Made sure the 'on 20m/ssb' thing worked (also 'on hf/cw').
2775 3. first cut of the Filtering code, no user commands yet but the file
2776 format is defined and manually added filters should work for spots
2777 17Feb99========================================================================
2778 1. added export_user.pl to export user files (for interest and safety)
2779 2. changed DXUser::init to allow O_RDONLY access which may limit the number
2780 of coredumps G0RDI seems to get.
2781 15Feb99========================================================================
2782 1. Added msg forwarding code which uses $main::root/msg/forward.pl.
2783 14Feb99========================================================================
2784 1. Changed A & K in WWV to be the other way around (I am told by G3IOR that
2785 this will mean that we won't have pole to pole aurora nor all the power lines
2786 overloading everywhere as well as a result of having values of K > 10).
2787 2. allow the '~' character in message bodies.
2788 3. Moved $main::data/badmsg.pl to $main::root/msg/badmsg.pl.
2789 11Feb99========================================================================
2790 1. Fixed a problem with isolated nodes' configurations being sent on sending
2791 local configs to new connections.
2792 08Feb99========================================================================
2793 1. added a $SIG{ALRM} in the client to actually catch the alarm when it goes
2794 off which means that the netrom/ax25 call programs terminate properly (and not
2795 loop as fast as their little legs can paddle, soaking up CPU time).
2796 2. Implemented read receipts as an especial request from G4PDQ.
2797 3. Fiddled with DXUser a bit to see whether I can stop it core dumping on new
2798 users in PC16s on G0RDI's machine.
2799 4. Added E4 (Palestine) to Prefix data.
2800 30Jan99========================================================================
2801 1. Some of the dates we get can cause crashes, tried to make it more robust (oh
2803 2. PC16 seem to come in with missing callsigns from somewhere
2804 3. added $main::data/baddx.pl which prevents callsigns that are in the list being
2805 a) forwarded b) stored and c) (except for the originator, if local) being
2807 4. added $main::data/badmsg.pl which deletes any messages whose TO address is
2808 in this list (this is largely for european sensibilities).
2809 18Jan99========================================================================
2810 1. added present(),presentish() and disconnect() to DXCron so that you can see
2811 (easily) if a station is on the cluster anywhere and also disconnect them
2813 2. added rcmd() to DXCron so you can send an rcmd to someone else from crontab.
2814 3. <embarrassment>Fixed create_sysop.pl so that longitude is spelt correctly
2815 there as well</embarrassment> made the update work properly. NOTE create_sysop
2816 will only do what you expect if all cluster.pl and client.pl programs are
2818 4. DXCron wasn't reading in reliably on startup, this is now (hopefully) fixed.
2819 the -M semantics are rather strange!
2820 5. The -w switch is now standard on cluster.pl
2821 6. Added last_connect() which gives the last connect time of a user (or now
2823 7. Added present_on(call, node) and presentish_on(ditto) which returns true if
2824 the call is connected to the node.
2825 8. incoming messages for users will now send a 'new message' message (instead
2826 of merely generating the message)[who wrote this rubbish?].
2827 9. Hooked $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} so we store these nasty error
2829 10. Print the no of users on restricted protocol links if we have had PC50
2830 11. Had a go at making the sh/cl stats more accurate.
2831 12. PC11 was trying to call Local::spot1 instead of Local::spot, no warning
2833 13. Added a simple lockfile to prevent more than one cluster running at a time
2834 17Jan99========================================================================
2835 1. fixed some permission problems on DXLog.
2836 2. There is a circumstance in DXMsg which caused the cluster to stop on an
2837 null ref pointer which I can't get to the bottom of but have bandaided out
2839 3. Started filter and Database code.
2840 4. Upper cased all the TO callsigns for sending to more than one station in
2842 07Jan99========================================================================
2843 1. Fixed Geomag after emacs reformatted it wrong so sh/wwv works again.
2844 2. Added more range checking in WWV spots (they really are a heap of ...)
2845 3. Changed create_sysop.pl so that you can update as well as create the user
2847 4. Remove spotter's SSID from WWV spots
2848 06Jan99========================================================================
2849 1. Do some range checking for spots and WWV in the future (got a WWV for Oct
2850 2034 whhich caused a bit of confusion!)
2851 2. Make WWV spots broadcast them to the users! (as opposed to merely storing
2852 them)(thank you G0RDI).
2853 3. Allow users to do show/announce (thank you JE1SGH).
2854 4. Delay broadcasts to users if they are not in a 'prompt' state (means you can
2855 add messages and see what you are doing on a busy system)
2856 5. Made set/unset dx,ann,wx,talk,wwv do what is expected
2857 6. added set/sys_location and set/set_qra to set the cluster lat/long and qra
2858 7. New messages will now be announced on logon (if there are any)
2859 03Jan99========================================================================
2860 1. Upped the version no !!!!
2861 2. made the DXProtocol routines much less sensitive to '~' characters (JE1SGH)
2862 3. added '^' -> ':' conversions on ann, talk and dx commands
2863 4. You can now send messages containing blank lines.
2864 5. Fixed merge command problem reported by G0RDI
2865 28Dec98========================================================================
2866 1. Crossed fingers, got rid of the instabilities caused by execing programs
2867 at vast speed (reduced it significantly anyway).
2868 2. Personals will now move if homenode is known.
2869 3. Added Local.pm for doing local specials
2870 27Dec98========================================================================
2871 1. Various detail changes to remove some more warning with -w on
2872 2. Added DXCron handling - you can do crontabs now.
2873 3. Added show/program command so you can see where it is loading your .pm files
2875 4. Added pc26/27 replies to locally connected cluster's merge (pc25) requests
2876 5. Added spotters DXCC and original cluster to Spot data files.
2877 23Dec98========================================================================
2878 1. Reindented various things
2879 2. Added missing $main::mycall on the end of outgoing PC11s (!)
2880 3. Check that PC16/17 node calls really are nodes (AFAIAC).
2881 22Dec98========================================================================
2882 1. Added brackets round callsign if not here for prompt
2883 2. Added Iain's set/password routine
2884 3. Fixed sh/dx problems (the xemacs indent region messed Spot.pm up!)
2886 21Dec98============= late! ====================================================
2887 1. fixed problem with missing DXDebug in DXProt.
2888 2. Fixed DXDebug so that it actually works as advertised with and without
2890 3. Added deduping of WWV spots as well (at for date,time,sfi,k and i) dups
2891 4. Replaced the 0 in "02-Dec-1998" with ' ' so it reads " 2-Dec-1998", it seems
2892 hard to credit it but some 'programs' out there that connect to clusters have
2893 problems with the leading '0'!
2894 5. In the same vain, included a strictly AK1A compatible sh/heading, apparently
2895 this is necessary for the same reason as 4.
2896 6. Started contrib tree stored the old show/heading in contrib/g0rdi/show.
2897 7. Because I now correctly dedupe spots and wwv (there's a hostage to fortune..)
2898 I have added a merge command.
2899 21Dec98========================================================================
2900 1. Added "issue" to the client program for 'login' connections
2901 2. Added more docs for client program.
2902 3. Fixed problem introduced in 1.12 where a connect locally with a callsign of
2903 someone connected remotely would stop the cluster.
2904 4. issue release 1.13
2905 20Dec98========================================================================
2906 1. Removed all the warnings I get with perl -w (at least for just starting the
2907 cluster and running a few commands).
2908 2. Added per node hop control.
2909 3. Added some docs on how to use it and isolation
2910 4. Made talk command more intelligent in that if the user isn't seen and the
2911 user's last node is visible it tries the talk anyway.
2912 19Dec98========================================================================
2913 1. Fixed problems with sh/rcmd (talk/ann/log) with a callsign as argument and
2914 also made what G0RDI wanted work as well!
2915 2. Added isolate flag to allow isolation of different networks at a gateway.
2916 3. Changed make Makefile.PL to perl Makefile.PL in instructions
2917 4. Copied latest instructions to html directory
2918 5. Had another attempt at making clients disconnect without hanging everytime.
2919 6. Changed msg queuing semantics so that the system routes on exact callsign.
2920 7. Changed the protocol version so that it increments with the DXSpider version.
2921 14Dec98========================================================================
2922 1. Made the telnet thing work a bit better. It still will not work reliably to
2923 a real telnetd on port 23.
2924 2. Allowed network logins on client by specifying login instead of call.
2925 3. made msg handling more robust (PC30 with unknown streams cause PC42), queueing
2926 is only done on channels that are in state 'normal'.
2927 4. Added pc command which takes a callsign and some text and sends it without
2928 mods to the callsign, useful for sending manual PC protocol to unstick things.
2929 Also for sending anonymous messages to online users.
2930 5. Stopped duplicate messages being stored (it receives them and then bins them)
2931 6. Implemented PC49 delete/full from outside (kill full on the inside)
2932 7. Implemented the client command in connect scripts so that you can have
2933 different scripts for the same callsign.
2934 8. Added sh/wwv command
2935 13Dec98========================================================================
2936 1. Fixed VS6 lat/long in prefix_data and wpxloc.raw
2937 2. Sorted out last in times for remote users
2938 3. editted and substitued G0RDI's version of the install instructions over
2940 4. fixed telnet connections
2941 5. added connect instructions to html tree.
2942 6. Added some more help
2944 12Dec98========================================================================
2945 1. Incorporated sh/st, (un)set/lockout, forward/opername from Iain G0RDI
2946 2. Added group handling with (un)set/group, show/group. This allows arbitrary
2947 groups to be formed (for ann/<group> for example) and is also used to 'filter'
2948 spots, announces, wwvs etc into groups of cluster nodes (useful for creating
2949 disjoint cluster networks)
2950 3. **** CHANGE mylongtitude to mylongitude in DXVars.pm ****
2951 4. Altered QRA locator routines so they work correctly!
2952 5. Fixed all commands that had the wrong mylat(itude) and mylong(itude) names
2954 07Dec98========================================================================
2955 1. Added set/name, set/qra, set/location, set/qth, set/homenode, set/bbs,
2957 2. changed the Msg socket close to a shutdown (hopefully more reliable), this
2958 should stop clients hanging on exit.
2959 3. Added Alias support for help
2960 4. Added lltos and stoll routines to DXBearing
2961 5. Added auto prompting for name, qth, location and homenode if any of these
2963 06Dec98========================================================================
2964 1. Fixed DXBearing::is_qra so that it correctly detects full QRA locators
2965 2. Added sh/qra for doing locator distances and bearings
2966 3. Added some stuff to Notes.txt on hints for command writers
2967 4. Changed help system to use just one file per language
2968 5. Started adding more help
2969 6. Fixed 24Mhz band limits
2970 7. Added apropos command and lots of new help text
2971 05Dec98========================================================================
2972 1. Added sh/heading and QRA locator calculation stuff
2973 04Dec98========================================================================
2974 1. Started Changes file
2975 2. Added load/cmd_cache.pl to clear cmd cache shortcuts (use this if cluster.pl
2976 get confused about where it is getting its commands from eg if you have
2977 removed a file from local_cmd 'cos you want to go back to standard one)
2978 3. Fixed bull handling at least to the extent that it stores them and
2979 doesn't mess up the normal directory handling.
2980 4. Fixed the unset/debug command so that it actually does the job!
2981 5. Removed the middle line 'written in perl for unix' from show/version.pl