User-visible changes
====================
2.61.01 08/11/1998 First alpha version. Minimal functionality.
2.61.02 09/11/1998 Environment filtering to avoid near memory shortage,
long filenames are no longer converted to uppercase.
2.61.03 11/11/1998 ANSI comments now supported; some minor bugfixes.
2.61.04 12/11/1998 Help facility works, ARJSFXJR/2 added, -h2p & -h2d
switches added, Host OS changed to OS/2, free space
on HPFS volumes (up to 4GB) is now determined
correctly.
2.61.05 13/11/1998 Removed ARJSFXV size limitation. The efforts are now
aimed on ARJSFXV conversion...
2.61.06 15/11/1998 Fixed a glitch with "arj m ..." creating ARJSFXV
archives. Note that if no files are found, "arj m"
leaves a temporary file. It's the glitch of original
ARJ 2.61, and it's left for compatibility.
ARJSFXV: Minimal functionality achieved (no LFN yet).
2.61.07 16/11/1998 ARJSFX: Minimal functionality achieved.
ARJSFXV: Shareware limitation still intact. Removed.
2.61.08 17/11/1998 ARJSFX: "1 error(s)" due to rudimentary CRC check.
2.61.09 19/11/1998 Now able to truncate files.
2.61.10 21/11/1998 GA version. -h2a switch added.
2.61.11 26/11/1998 ARJ/2 2.61.10 would cause exception 0Dh if ARJ$DISP
is killed from the task list. The "clear screen" ANSI
sequence now works.
2.61.12 06/12/1998 "ARJ M" fixup, code size decreased.
2.61.13 13/12/1998 ARJ/2 now also works under Windows NT.
2.61.14 31/12/1998 Minor fixes.
2.62.01 03/01/1999 First alpha version.
2.62.02 09/01/1999 Retail version. Minor fixes in the message section.
2.62.03 12/01/1999 ARJ/2 v 2.62 crashed under Windows NT when creating
directories. ARJSFX/ARJSFXV might come into loop on
some LFN archives. ARJ/2 might crash if LFN goes
beyond 131 chars.
2.62.04 24/02/1999 Various problems with ANSI comments were fixed. Some
documentation enhancements.
2.62.05 01/05/1999 ARJSFXV v 2.62c has been introduced. The 5-second
delays in SFX modules have been eliminated.
2.62.06 17/06/1999 Integrity test (ARJ I) is now operable.
2.62.07 23/08/1999 ARJ i reported damage in earlier versions of ARJ/2.
Modified file seek logic for newer IFS. The ARJ/2
distribution archive is now ARJ-SECURED.
2.62.08 29/08/1999 Fixed header comment corruption problem. Fixed
problem with free space detection on FAT volumes
larger than 1G. Enabled custom environment variable
setting (-+). Added support for spaces in filenames.
Changed default extension to lowercase ".arj".
Resurrected the -& error handling option. Volume
labels are now saved and restored. Removed Windows
NT checking and host OS stamping to avoid confusion
with native ARJ32 archives. Packaged a full set of
ARJ utilities.
2.62.09 04/09/1999 Fixed problems introduced in 2.62.08: destination
directory parsing and ARJSFX stack corruption
2.62.10 15/09/1999 Timestamps are now restored upon directory creation.
Added support for extended attributes to ARJ and
ARJSFXV. Fixed a problem with directories being
mishandled by ARJSFXV.
2.62.11 22/09/1999 Added check for encryption when creating SFX
archives. Fixed chapter mark creation with EAs
enabled. Fixed to allow commenting of any ARJ
chapters. Added check for files larger than 2048M.
Fixed volume handling of "hollow" archives ("-j#").
Fixed handling of encrypted archives with the "j"
and "y" commands. Disabled volume prompting when a
volume is not an ARJ archive. Changed multi-volume
function to automatically handle volumes over 99.
Implemented internal ARJ-PROTECT storage as in ARJ32
v 3.02.
2.62.12 26/09/1999 Fixed "CRC error" reported for some multivolume EAs.
Fixed EAs being lost in multivolume ARJ-SECURED
archives. Verbose list command now skips EA records
if they are garbled and no password is given.
2.70.01 05/10/1999 Changed error message display. Fixed to work in xterm
of XFree86 for OS/2. Fixed possible loop when -hk
is used with multivolume option. Fixed a problem with
temporary archive not being deleted when no files are
added. Fixed ARJ-PROTECT percentage report. Fixed
"Bad header" error when running "ARJ x -d". Fixed
search pattern query in "ARJ w".
2.70.02 25/10/1999 Fixed date/time stamping in ARJSFXJR. Removed
M_UNREG_SFX from commercial modules. Fixed recursive
repacking in REARJ. Added custom -h# format feature.
Added comment compatibility option.
2.70.03 31/10/1999 Added day number option to -h#.
2.70.04 06/11/1999 Fixed extracted file postprocessing. Added automatic
testing of ungarbled archives. Fixed chapter command
parsing from the configuration file. Added default
configuration file lookup. Fixed garble password
prompting. Corrected to work with EXT2FS.IFS.
2.70.05 31/12/1999 Fixed rare "Can't find ..." errors when parsing list
file. The SFX executables are now compressed with
standard EXEPACK. Introduced new ARJ registration
scheme. Added ARJ.KEY registration file lookup.
Fixed "clear to end of line" ANSI sequence handling.
Fixed "Out of memory" errors appearing after a long
sequence of archive volumes. Fixed abnormal effects
when extracting damaged archives. Fixed timestamp
handling during extraction. Fixed recursive
verification with /G in REARJ. REARJ/2 has been
updated to version 2.42.
2.70.06 02/01/2000 Minor optimizations of the compression procedure.
2.70.07 06/01/2000 Added "-2L" option for .LONGNAME EA conversion on
archiving. The "/J" option was not properly working
in registered REARJ/2.
2.70.08 07/01/2000 Fixed a problem with valid registration keys being
rejected by ARJ/2.
2.70.09 14/02/2000 Changed "-ha" option to skip read-only attributes on
packing. Fixed century display in dates beyond 2000.
Added "-2k" switch to skip century display in list
commands. Fixed parsing of the "-v...K" and "-v...M"
size modifiers.
2.71.01 19/03/2000 Fixed license information display in ARJSFXJR.
Changed REGISTER.EXE to use "-arj" and "-arj32"
options instead of "-all". Changed the meaning of
the "-s"option of ARJSFXV to enable file sharing.
Fixed the count of long filenames across volumes.
Added an alternate multivolume archive naming
feature.
2.71.02 25/03/2000 Fixed file handle deficiency (occured in 2.70.09 and
2.71.01)
2.71.03 29/03/2000 Fixed abnormal behavior of -b and -b2 switches.
2.71.04 28/05/2000 Moved a part of assembly code to C (up to send_block)
2.71.05 27/06/2000 Slightly optimized the compression engine.
2.71.06 03/08/2000 Fixed looping on self-pointing headers.
2.72.01 16/06/2000 Reproduced basic STDOUT concepts
2.72.02 02/07/2000 Switched to C versions of huf_encode_*()
2.72.03 10/08/2000 Commercial versions now never expire. Fixed a minor
cosmetic display issue when using the "-t1" option.
2.72.04 11/08/2000 Implemented the CFA internal filelist format.
2.72.05 15/08/2000 Fixed the filelist overrun glitch (occured in version
2.72.03+ but has its roots back in the earliest
builds!). Fixed abnormal handling of "-*". Fixed
damaged archives resulting from -m4.
2.72.06 18/08/2000 Added option checks when modifying an existing
self-extracting archive. Modified ARJ version
messages for compatibility with Winzip. Fixed
multiple volume diskette updating to work properly
when a work directory is specified. Fixed rare issue
of ARJ building an empty archive as the last of a
series of volumes. Fixed the ARJSFX self-extractor
to detect and display an ARJ-SECURITY envelope.
Fixed the "jc" extract count option to work with
volume split files. Fixed a problem using "-js" in
ARJ_SW/ARJ32_SW and on the command line. Changed the
"l"ist command to show " 00" for year 2000 and "100"
for year 2100. Added a "-2k1" switch for
non-ambiguous date formatting. Added "-hy1" and
"-hy2" options to force OEM/ANSI codepage settings.
Fixed garbling to accept "-hg" when garbling an
existing ungarbled archive. Modified help display not
to display milestone indicators. ARJCRYPT has been
updated to version 2.1.
2.72.07 18/08/2000 The same as 2.72.06 but real hot-fix GA. Fixed
ARJSFX hash table and comment formatting bugs.
2.72.08 18/08/2000 Merged with 2.71.05...2.71.06 branch.
2.73.01 19/08/2000 Minor modifications of the message section. Added "-"
symbol option to ARJ configuration file to work like
"+" symbol except with prepending of its associated
switch string. Fixed volume size handling during
update of ARJ-PROTECTED volumes. Corrected total
file count output on list command. Fixed the purging
"k" of chapter volumes. Fixed volume series breakups.
Fixed a problem with the "-vw" option when updating a
volume. Fixed alignment on verbose list command.
Corrected "-i3" and "-i6" total percentage counts
for multiple volumes. Fixed the "-jc" extract count
option to terminate prompting for unneeded volumes.
Fixed looping when using "-va" on large partitions.
2.73.02 19/08/2000 The distribution version of 2.73.01 (contains mostly
DOS-related fixes).
2.75.01 09/09/2000 Restored the C version of encode_f() (this finally
frees us from RTL usage in ASM modules). Official
release.
2.75.02 15/09/2000 Removed references to M_MALICIOUS_ARCV fix from the
documentation. Slightly optimized the ARJ-SECURITY
verification routine. Began rewriting the assembly
routines in 32-bit compatible way.
2.75.03 30/09/2000 Low-level interface routines have been portabilized.
2.75.04 15/10/2000 Portabilized the encoding/decoding routines.
2.75.05 18/10/2000 Introduced the OS/2-32 version. Made the appropriate
changes to various source and documentation files.
2.75.06 18/10/2000 DOS and Borland fixes.
2.75.07 20/10/2000 Fixed processing of volumes beyond 99 in ARJSFXV.
2.75.08 24/10/2000 Automation Release #1. Added the packaging tool.
2.75.09 27/10/2000 Automation Release #2. Clean-up and minor fixes.
2.75.10 28/10/2000 Automation Release #3. Concurrent compiles.
2.75.11 29/10/2000 Automation Release #4. Added IBM LIBC option. Fixed
intermittent traps on startup of ARJSFXV.
2.75.12 03/11/2000 Automation Release #5. Multiplatform READMEs.
2.75.13 17/12/2000 Fixed a problem with the "-vw" whole file volume
option looping. Fixed a "-i3"/"-i6" milestone
percentage problem with the "-vw" option. Fixed the
"Y" command to allow "-hk" and "-g" simultaneously.
Changed "-q" option to NOT continue to query about
extracting subsequent sections of a split file.
2.75.14 31/12/2000 Fixed LOCALE branches in ARJ_DATA.C.
2.75.15 09/01/2001 Added "-2f" option to avoid serialization of
comments.
2.75.16 15/01/2001 Fixed volume size parsing when specified with
"-vxxxK" or "-vxxxM".
2.75.17 05/02/2001 Fixed overwriting of existing EAs in 32-bit OS/2
version.
2.75.18 21/02/2001 Fixed crashes when loading the ARJCRYPT module.
Fixed crashes in 32-bit OS/2 version if an incorrect
date results from -odb. Added creation and packaging
of debug symbols and map files.
2.75.19 07/04/2001 Improved debugging for header errors.
[Merged with MetaWare branch up to arj-2_75_18_3]:
Fixed displaying files with ARJ p -ja. Fixed
possible errors on termination of ARJSFX/ARJSFXV.
2.75.20 11/05/2001 Fixed handling of /A option (with no archive types
specified) by REARJ.
2.75.21 04/06/2001 Fixed volume size calculation.
2.76.01 25/01/2001 Raised the filelist limit in commercial versions.
Changed the storage order of subdirectories to retain
timestamps on extraction.
2.76.02 28/01/2001 Fixed matching for "[xxx]" wildcards when -h* is
given.
2.76.03 19/06/2001 Merged with later 2.75 builds, yielding a separate
post-2.76.02 sparse tree.
2.76.04 21/06/2001 Added a free memory check for DOS version. Fixed the
"r" command to remove paths properly in dual-name
archives. Fixed an error processing directories with
very long filenames. Fixed ARJSFXV to NOT beep when
using options to inhibit volume prompting. Fixed
ARJSFXV to work with an archive that contains the
encryption module. Fixed phantom EA records.
2.76.05 24/06/2001 Changed order of password prompt in the large
self-extractors.
2.76.06 15/08/2001 Fixed launch of DOS archivers from REARJ. ARJSFX now
automatically enables the VIO ANSI support for
comments. Fixed error messages appearing when -hk
is used with -va. Added a way to specify priority
deltas. Made some performance enhancements to the -m4
extractor.
2.76.07 25/08/2001 Added handling of the new (revision 11) timestamp
format.
2.77.01 01/09/2001 ARJDISP is now being called instead of ARJ$DISP as
the display front-end. ARJ.CFG syntax was enhanced to
allow comments ('#' as the first character on a
line). Preliminary support for UNIX-like platforms.
REARJ has been enhanced with a "T" modifier. Fixed
the parsing of -t1g. Specifying -t0 on extraction
will retain the 8th bit.
2.77.02 06/09/2001 Fixed file mode conversion to the DOS format. Fixed
ARJCRYPT incompatibility. Fixed deletion of special
files. Fixed "-2a" to work correctly with the
".*" files.
2.77.03 07/09/2001 Fixed DOS->UNIX timestamp conversions.
2.77.04 09/09/2001 Fixed -hk protection block size calculation. Fixed
the updating of archives with extended headers.
2.77.05 15/09/2001 Fixed the display of archive dates in DOS and OS/2
versions of ARJ. Fixed some EXT_HDR regressions in
16-bit mode.
2.77.06 23/10/2001 Fixed handling of "-2f". Removed the dependence of
/usr/bin path in UNIX platforms. Changed the names
of configuration files in home directory to be
prepended with '.'.
2.78.01 27/03/2002 Merged with German NLS branch. Fixed the "-i5"
indicator to show correct percentage at the
beginning of each file.
2.78.02 09/04/2002 Official Open Source release.
2.78.03 03/05/2002 Fixed modification timestamping in main
archive header.
2.78.04 15/05/2002 Fixed handling of "+" and "-" in ARJ.CFG (regression
from 2.73.01)
2.78.05 06/07/2002 Fixed timestamp handling. Fixed crash at startup
with "ARJ Q" and no other arguments. Added "-d1" and
"-d2" options.
2.78.06 14/12/2002 Fixed "Out of memory" type errors on UNIX-like
platforms.
2.78.07 25/01/2003 Fixed ARJCRYPT key generation (regression from
2.77.02). Added preliminary support for Win32
platform.
2.78.08 07/02/2003 Install into /usr/local by default on UNIX-like
platforms. Determine the number of lines on screen
for -jp where possible (DOS, OS/2 VIO and Win32).
Experimental color output in a JAR style:
1. "-*2" gets obsoleted. "-*1" designates a "silent"
mode (all error msgs suppressed), "-*" stands for
the "normal" mode (error msgs still displayed).
2. ARJ has "-2t" switch to set the colors. "-2t" alone
will disable the color support; "- -2t" in ARJ.CFG
is recommended to turn it off for all commands.
3. REARJ has a "COLORS " configuration parameter.
REARJ updated to 2.43 - allow arbitrary positioning of
parameters within the configuration file.
Fixed looping on symlinked directories without "-a1".
Added the "-2b" parameter to specify reference devices.
German locale: "ge" -> "de". Fixed to display error
messages properly under Win32.
2.78.09 31/03/2003 Prevent "ghost" progress indicator from appearing on
the screen. Added hardlink to symlink conversion.
Removed counter granularity (actually, it's 26624 now
in the most cases instead of 40960). Added the "-2r"
parameter to revert to the "standard" unarchiving order.
2.78.10 03/04/2003 Workaround for stack/near memory shortage in 16-bit
versions.
2.78.11 06/04/2003 Fixed several options being disabled in REARJ.
Fixed stack overrun during directory recursion in
32-bit OS/2 (except EMX).
2.78.12 12/04/2003 Fixed a possible incompatibility with mainstream ARJ
when using the "-hg" or "-hg!" encryption.
2.78.13 11/05/2003 Revised build and packaging on GNU systems after a
patch from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>:
* The build system honours DESTDIR, so our packaging
is easier.
* Updated configure.in.
* The arjcrypt module is moved to its own dir under
$libdir ($pkglibdir).
* The join program now return proper exit codes. It
was causing the autobuilders to fail on some
architectures.
* Man pages provided.
* The rearj.cfg.example now supplies the correct
bzip2 options.
Changed the OS/2 version to use the same canonical
wildcard matching logic as the Win32 one.
Fixed "-jp" being inoperable (regression from
2.78.08). Fixed the unintentional fallback to
ARJCRYPT V1 when ARJCRYPT V2 ought to be used.
Displays the safety factor in ARJ-PROTECT notice.
Fixed the "arj o" command (regression from 2.62.08).
2.78.14 14/05/2003 Fixed REARJ terminating with an error when the
configuration file is padded with blank lines.
2.78.15 30/06/2003 Fixed the "-i" overall progress indicators to not
count the skipped files. Fixed "double skip" with
"-2b" when the first file to be skipped was
surrounded by symlinks. Fixed to ignore symlink
access attributes. Workaround for EA size query
during extraction on OS/2-32. Fixed various problems
with updating extended headers (regression from
2.77.01).
2.78.16 15/07/2003 Added "-2o2" to save a symbolic representation of
both UID and GID when archiving.
2.78.17 14/09/2003 Skip changing the archive attributes under UNIX.
Optimized the progress counter performance by
avoiding unnecessary output.
2.78.18 16/10/2003 Re-fix the attributes patch for 2.78.17 to make
the SFX attributes correspond to the current
umask.
2.78.19 21/02/2004 Do not ask for pause when "arj -?" is redirected.
"-t1g" replaces the non-trivial "-t1gf". Bell is
handled correctly with the new console output.
Corrected lookup for arjcrypt.so on UNIX-like
platforms (regression from 2.78.13). Archiving
with "-2l" on platforms without EA support would
produce malformed filenames. Added the "-_" option
to store/restore filenames in lowercase.
2.78.20 18/04/2004 Prevent the -jz comments from being automatically
appended with newline. "-jb" failed to pick the
requested chapters (regression from 2.62.08).
2.78.21 18/06/2004 Registration wizard reported error on many
platforms (regression from 2.78.15). Fixed OEM/ANSI
discrepancies that showed up in Win32 version when
obtaining filenames from argv[]. Copying temporary
files with "-jt" enabled might result in a
"CRC error". Added "-2i". Introduced new modifiers
(G/T/P/E) and hexadecimal prefix format to numeric
parameters. Fixed the inability to sustain binary
mode for "arj p" under OS/2-32.
2.78.22 23/06/2005 Redesigned the year 2038 workarond to fix wrong
date/time in ARJ headers under OS/2 and Win32
(regression from 2.77.05). Fixed TAB character
handling in display routines.
Compiler/portability-related fixes.
