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diff --git a/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a04 b/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a04 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7acaf29 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ANNOUNCEMENTs/AN-2.01.01a04 @@ -0,0 +1,164 @@ +Please have a look at the German open Source Center BerliOS at www.berlios.de +BerliOS will continue to support free hosting of cryptography projects even +when US laws change and don't allow to host cryptography projects in the USA. +Also look at sourcewell.berlios.de, the first Open Source announcement service +that itself is implemented as Open Source project. + +***************** Important news **************************** + +For the 'Slottable Source Plugin Module' SSPM Features read README.SSPM + +***************** Please Test ********************************* + +NEW features of cdrtools-2.01.01a04: + +******* +NOTE: this is _not_ a release that starts a new aplha/beta series of dirtibutions. + The only reason is to add certain new CD/DVD features that are important. + + So _please_ do not send any patches except when you like to fix extreme bugs. + I am currently mainly working on stable incremental restore featurs for star-1.5-final. + Once star-1.5-final is out, cdrtools will start a new developent cycle. +******* + +All: + +- astoull*() new in schily.h + +- utypes.h now has MAX_ and MIN_ value definitions for all basic + system types. + +- Using Makefiles-1.5a02 + +- Support added to compile in 64 bit mode on Solaris Sparc. + Use: smake CCOM=cc64 + +- Support added to compile shared libraries with version + numbers for interface levels and make inofficial "interfaces" + static + +- Prevent gmake to go into an enless loop on Solaris + in case that /usr/ucb/tr is before /usr/bin/tr in PATH + +- Better autoconf error message ion case that the expected + C-compiler could not be found. + +- Mac OS X now installs files as root:wheel + +- Supply linker mapfiles for all libraries. This allows cdrtools + to be compiles using shared libraries only and to properly + hide inofficial interfaces on Solaris (using ls) + Note that this feature is not available with GNU ld + + +Libparanoia (Ported by Jörg Schilling, originated by Monty xiphmont@mit.edu): + +Libedc (Optimized by Jörg Schilling, originated by Heiko Eißfeldt heiko@hexco.de): + +Libscg: + +- Autoconf test for broken Linux sg.h headers added + +- if libscg is compiles on newer Solaris systems, the warning: + + "Warning: Volume management is running, medialess managed drives are invisible.\n" + + is no longer printed. + + Since Solaris 11 Build 21, vold no longer hides empty drives + that are under volume management. This now allows cdrecord to be even + used to close the tray while vold is running. + + The criteria used to decide whether Solaris is "recent enough" is + #ifndef SEEK_HOLE + The definition SEEK_HOLE has been added with Solaris 11 Build 14 + while the fixed vold appears in Solaris 11 Build 21. + +- Support for root-less cdrecord using fine-grained privileges. + Remote SCSI not tests for PRIV_NET_PRIVADDR instead of (geteuid() == 0) + + If you like all users to be able to call cdrecord root-less, you need + Solaris 10 or newer. + + Edit the file /etc/security/exec_attr and add: + + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,proc_lock_memory,proc_priocntl,net_privaddr + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/readcd: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,net_privaddr + All:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdda2wav: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,net_privaddr + + If you like to allow only specific user to use cdrecord, + use something like: + + CD RW:solaris:cmd:::/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: privs=file_dac_read,sys_devices,proc_lock_memory,proc_priocntl,net_privaddr + + instead and make the users members of the profile "CD RW" + by adding a line like: + + joerg::::profiles=CD RW + + into /etc/user_attr + + Note that you either need to call cdrecord via "pfexec cdrecord ....." + or by using a profile aware shell (e.g. /usr/bin/pfksh) + +Rscsi: + +Cdrecord: + +- Correctly evaluate the write speeds for Ultra speed+ CD-RW media. + This prevents wrong warnings that the "drive does not support Ultra speed+" + +- Fixed a typo in the driveropts=help messages + + +Cdda2wav (By Heiko Eißfeldt heiko@hexco.de): + +- Added a workaround for the _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING behavior + on MacosX: defined but not supported# + Thanks to: Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> + +- Bugfix: cdda2wav did previously chose to ignore the result of realloc(3) + This prevents core-dumps. + +Readcd: + +Scgcheck: + +Scgskeleton: + +Mkisofs (By Jörg Schilling and James Pearson j.pearson@ge.ucl.ac.uk): + +- mkisofs now detects if a file grows or shrinks while being + read by mkisofs. + + +TODO: + - read Joliet filenames with multi-session if no TRANS.TBL + or RR is present. I am looking for a volouteer for this task! + + Note that this can never be 100% correct as there is no relation + between the names on the master (UNIX) filesystem, the ISO-9660 + names and the Joliet names. Only the Rock Ridge names are + untranslated with respect to the original files on the + master (UNIX) filesystem. + + - add libecc/edc for CDI and similar. + + +CYGWIN NT-4.0 NOTES: + +To compile on Cygwin32, get Cygwin and install it. +For more information read README.win32 + +The files are located on: + +ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha ... + +NOTE: These tar archives are 100% POSIX compatible. GNU tar may get some + minor trouble. If you like a 100% POSIX compliant tar, get star from + ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/ + +WARNING: Do not use 'winzip' to extract the tar file! + Winzip cannot extract symbolic links correctly. + +Joerg |