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Changes in HylaFAX v4.0beta008
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<B><FONT SIZE=+3>H</FONT>YLA<FONT SIZE=+1>FAX</FONT> <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B>
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<B>Current Version</B>: v4.0beta008<BR>
<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF="v4.0beta007.html">v4.0beta007</A><BR>
<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://sgi.com/sgi/fax">sgi.com (192.48.153.1), directory sgi/fax</A><BR>
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Note that this is a <STRONG>major new distribution</STRONG> and lots
of things have changed. Consult the <A HREF="hylafax4.0.html">general overview</A>
for a high-level description of the new functionality provided in the
v4.0 software.
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This document describes the changes made to the software between the
<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above).
If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
The following information is located here:
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<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A>
<LI><A HREF="#hfaxd">Changes to hfaxd</A>
<LI><A HREF="#faxmail">Changes to faxmail</A>
<LI><A HREF="#sendpage">Changes to sendpage</A>
<LI><A HREF="#util">Changes in the support library</A>
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<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A>
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<LI>the pathname for the <B>vgetty</B> program can now be configured
with the <TT>PATH_VGETTY</TT> configuration parameter
<LI>the pathname for the directory where the TIFF tools are installed
can now be configured with the <TT>TIFFBIN</TT> configuration parameter
<LI>the test program used to check for memory-mapped file support
now uses a test that reflects actual usage (i.e. it verifies only
that read-only support is present)
<LI>new checks for <TT>dev_t</TT> type and <TT>mknod</TT> system call
<LI>new checks for locating installed Ghostscript on Linux systems
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<A NAME="hfaxd"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES TO HFAXD:</B></A>
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<LI><B>hfaxd</B> now automatically creates <B>/dev/null</B>, <B>/dev/tcp</B>,
and <B>/etc/netconfig</B> files in the chroot'd filesystem on systems
that appear to need them for proper operation
<LI><B>hfaxd</B> now closes only the standard input, output, and
error descriptors when detaching itself from the controlling terminal
<LI>portability problems associated with reusing a varargs parameter
list twice without an intervening <TT>va_end</TT>/<TT>va_start</TT>
have been corrected
<LI>missing includes of <TT><net/errno.h></TT> have been fixed
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<A NAME="faxmail"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES TO FAXMAIL:</B></A>
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<LI>meta-headers were added to control which header lines are
kept from the envelope of processed mail messages
<LI>the sample PostScript handwriting fonts have been removed
<LI>old comments about the <TT>-f</TT> option to sendfax that are
no longer true were removed from the <B>mailfax</B> shell scripts
<LI>the manual page has been updated to reflect current usage
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<A NAME="sendpage"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES TO SENDPAGE:</B></A>
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<LI><B>sendpage</B> is still broken
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<A NAME="util"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SUPPORT LIBRARY:</B></A>
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<LI>all uses to the <B>gethostbyname</B> function are now type-coerced
with a new entry in the <TT>Socket</TT> class
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<A HREF="sam.html">Sam Leffler</A> / <A HREF="mailto:sam@engr.sgi.com">sam@engr.sgi.com</A>
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