0.6.1 (20030901)

0.6.1 (20030901)

- Fixed bug: --noconfig option broken (spotted by paolo at telmap.com)
- Fixed bug: --command option broken (spotted by paolo at telmap.com)
- Fixed bug: exit too quickly on sigterm (spotted by stodden at cs.tum.edu)
- Set prog name to --name argument, if any (for syslog message prefix)

0.6 (20020916)

0.6 (20020916)

- Added HEADER FILES section to libslack(3) manpage
- Added #include <slack/std.h> to example sections of module manpages
- Added conf/freebsd (mmoraes at teleias.com)
- Added tools/prefix utility (add prefix to all libslack identifiers)
- Added manpage for tools/analyse-debug-locker utility
- Separated stdout and stderr in coproc_open() and coproc_close()
- Changed coproc open functions to take action() and data arguments
- Started using libslack's coproc functions to run client
- Added chdir to chroot directory (mmoraes at teleias.com)
- Added --env option (mmoraes at teleias.com)
- Changed restart behaviour to be like init(8)
- Added --acceptable option
- Added --attempts option (mmoraes at teleias.com)
- Added --delay option
- Added --limit option
- Removed --force option (no longer meaningful)
- Added --foreground option (suggested by mh+daemon at zugschlus.de)
- Added --pty option
- Exposed daemon_pidfile()
- Added daemon_is_running()
- Added daemon_stop()
- Added --running option
- Added --stop option
- Added --unsafe option
- Added --safe option
- Fixed bug: config file parsing could produce garbage options
- Replaced demo directory with test directory
- Added support for sending client stdout/stderr directly to a file
- Renamed --syslog to --output (-s to -o)
- Renamed --outlog to --stdout (-o to -O)
- Renamed --errlog to --stderr (-e to -E)
- Renamed --log to --errlog
- Added --dbglog option
- Renamed sighandler_t to signal_handler_t (glibc clash - gdr at gno.org)
- Ported to Solaris 8
- Split Solaris configuration scripts into conf/solaris[68]-[g]cc
- Added support for installing gzipped manpages
- Added --inherit option
- Added make daemon.conf (just an empty default)
- Stopped installing libslack as well by default
- Added daemon.conf(5) manpage (just a symlink to daemon(1))
- Added make [un]install-daemon-conf (not by default)
- Added Debian source package generation
- Stopped generating debian package (until it's a shared library)
- Added make fbsd fbsd-daemon fbsd-slack (freebsd binary packages)
- Added --command option (suggested by mh+daemon at zugschlus.de)
- Added support for absolute path in daemon_pidfile()
- Added --pidfiles, --pidfile options (suggested by mh+daemon at zugschlus.de)
- Added daemon_getpid()
- Added --restart option (suggested by mh+daemon at zugschlus.de)
- Added support for ~/.daemonrc
- Added --noconfig option
- Added check for dubious characters in daemon names
- Added libslack-config --upgrade option
- Added lame ./config script that just calls existing lame conf/* scripts

0.5 (20011109)

0.5 (20011109)

- Fixed Makefile bug: decoupled libslack optlevel from module test optlevel
- Fixed API bug: str_length_unlocked() was static
- Fixed API bug: prop_locker() prototype wasn't in prop.h
- Added prop_clear() to prop module
- Added octal/hex and error handling to command line integer option handling
- Fixed bug: check() just called dump() without testing the condition first
- Added variants of six standard C string functions with more useful APIs
- Added thread module tests (and locker timing tests)
- Changed locker function return values (now same as pthread return values)
- Improved speed of lockers (now overhead = 1 test + 1 deref + 1 offset)
- Changed item/length/size, bin/hex/oct functions to return -1 on error
- Changed error returns to consistently set errno (str, list, map)
- Added set_errnull() to err module
- Added relative index/range semantics to list functions (same as with str)
- Changed fifo_open() to take writefd return arg to prevent fd leaks
- Simplified mem_resize() assuming ISO C compliant realloc()
- Added internal ISO C compliant realloc() for systems that don't have it
- Fixed bug: optval/optlen for getsockopt(SO_ERROR) not initialised
- Fixed inode leak: fifo_open() didn't unlink fifo created on error
- Removed thread_init(), thread_setcancel() and barriers from thread module
- Renamed thread module to locker (decoupled thread safety)
- Stopped daemon_revoke_privileges() from clearing supplementary group list
- Added initgroups(3) when handling --user=user (with no specific ".group")
- Added --chroot, --chdir and --umask options
- Changed default umask to 022 for safety
- Added support for "debug sections" to debug messaging
- Added daemon_become_user() to daemon module
- Added "_unlocked" versions of functions in str, list and map modules
- Renamed "_locked" functions to "_with_locker" to avoid confusion
- Fixed bug: removed highly dubious synchronisation from internal iterators
- Added read locked iterators
- Added alert functions to prog, err and msg modules
- Systematically corrected function prototype typos in manpages
- Added net_options() to net module (sets multiple socket options)
- Added soundex() to str module
- Removed caching and mutex locks in daemon_started_by_init/inetd()
- Added ignoring SIGHUP before losing session leadership in daemon_init()
- Improved IPv6 support in net module (i.e. can now bind to IPv6 wildcard)
- Added support for UNIX domain sockets to net module
- Increased socket listen queue length from 5 to 1024
- Fixed bug: net service port selection only used numeric port arg
- Added handling of name lookup returning multiple addresses for net clients
- Added default host to net client functions (i.e. null host == loopback)
- Changed net_create_server() and net_create_client() to take sockopt list
- Added support for net clients binding to a specific local port
- Added net_gethostbyname() and net_getservbyname() to net module
- Made net server and client functions threadsafe
- Added socket option notes to net module manpage (from W. Richard Stevens)
- Added protocol design notes to net module manpage (from Radia Perlman)
- Added sendfd() and recvfd() to net module (send/recv open file descriptor)
- Replaced ioctl() with fcntl() in nonblock functions
- Added --outlog and --errlog options
- Fixed/simplified sigchld handling (was overcomplicated and flaky)
- Added support for net client/server service argument being numeric
- Added link module (singly/doubly linked lists and "growable" freelists)
- Added agent module (poll/select plus hierarchical timing wheel scheduler)
- Added net_interfaces() to net module (retrieve list of network interfaces)
- Added support for IPv4 and IPv6 multicasting to net module
- Added Reliability over UDP functions to net module (net_rudp_transact())
- Added Type of Service (TOS) functions to net module
- Changed net_pack/net_unpack functions to take a timeout arg
- Added nap() function to fio module (subsecond sleep)
- Added threadsafe snprintf() function for systems that don't have it
- Added asprintf() to str module for systems that don't have it
- Added config.h to simplify compile commands (prelude to autoconf)
- Removed thread_attr_{init,set}() (not useful enough or portable enough)
- Ported to OpenBSD 2.9
- Added pseudo module (pseudo terminals by Tatu Ylonen from openssh)
- Added coproc module (coprocesses with or without a pseudo terminal)
- Changed syslog functions to take a priority parameter
- Added --force option to daemon (respawn even when client crashes)
- Added make obsd obsd-daemon obsd-slack (openbsd binary packages)
- Added libslack-config --uninstall
- Proofread all of the doco (just once)
- Added setting appropriate TOS values in mail()
- Fixed validation of relative index/range values in str/list modules
- Added relative index semantics to list_item()
- Added read locked versions of map_apply() and list_apply()
- Added make dist-html-daemon and dist-html-slack (manpages as html.tar.gz)

0.4 (20010215)

0.4 (20010215)

- Fixed memory usage bugs
- Added daemon demo directory (previously, the incomplete "test" directory)
- Changed net server/client functions to use service name else port number
- Fixed security bug: daemon_file_is_safe() wasn't following symlinks (doh!)
- Changed -d and -v options to take optional arguments (both default to 1)
- Renamed daemon_file_is_safe() to daemon_path_is_safe()
- Added daemon_absolute_path() to daemon module
- Added memory pool functions to mem module
- Fixed bug: optional option arguments were handled in dodgy C
- Made supplied snprintf() POSIX compliant (was using getpagesize())
- Removed conf module (Added daemon_parse_config() to daemon module)
- Removed net_chat(), rfc822_localtime(), rfc822_gmtime() (not useful enough)
- Added secure memory/pool functions to mem module
- Fixed Makefile bug: $(CCFLAGS) for daemon and libslack weren't separate
- Added fgetline() to fifo module (reads a line with any line ending)
- Added str_fgetline() to str module (like fgetline but handles any length)
- Renamed fifo module to fio
- Fixed Makefile bug: wasn't uninstalling everything properly
- Changed net_send() to take a timeout argument like next_expect() does
- Added strlcpy(), strlcat(), strcasecmp() and strncasecmp() to str module
- Changed debug levels used by daemon(1) from 8 and 9 to 1 and 2
- Renamed conf/solaris to solaris-gcc and added solaris-cc for sun workshop
- Fixed bug: -n and -u options together failed to unlink pidfiles
- Fixed security bug: wasn't clearing supplementary groups with -u option
- Added support for root and user pidfiles in separate directories
- Added make rpm rpm-daemon rpm-slack (with Edward Avis ed at membled.com)
- Added installation of manpages for each function (link to module manpage)
- Added libslack(3) overview manpage
- Added list_break(), map_break()
- Renamed assert() to check() for obvious reasons
- Renamed re funcs in str module: s/regex/regexpr/g
- Added thread module and made everything MT-Safe or MT-Disciplined
- Added relative index/range semantics to string functions
- Added make deb deb-daemon deb-slack (debian binary packages)
- Added make pkg pkg-daemon pkg-slack (solaris binary packages)
- Added setsockopt(SO_REUSEADDR) for net servers
- Changed net server/client API to allow optional setsockopt(RCVBUF/SNDBUF)
- Added REFERENCES section to README file
- Stopped net_expect/net_send from interfering with SIGALRM/alarm/setitimer
- Added read_timeout(), write_timeout() and rw_timeout() to fio module
- Changed net_read() and net_write() to take a timeout argument
- Added '?' field size specifier to unpack() (for packet length fields)
- Added libslack-config administration utility
- Renamed sockaddr typedef to sockaddr_t
- Changed net_client to take a timeout parameter
- Fixed fd leak in error handling code in net server/client functions
- Fixed bug: str_regsub() didn't handle empty string matches at all
- Changed str_regexpr_split() to take cflags and eflags arguments
- Changed all *_destroy macros to functions that take address of pointer
- Changed mem_resize macro so client must explicitly provide address of mem
- Changed all *_destroy_t typedefs to *_release_t
- Added make [un]install-{daemon|slack}-html (not part of make [un]install)
- Temporarily removed snprintf module (not MT-Safe, not essential)
- Merged lognames module into msg module
- Merged opt module into prog module
- Renamed _* functions in err module to *f (not ANSI compliant)
- Removed MANIFEST

0.3 (20000902)

0.3 (20000902)

- Started using GNU getopt_long() instead of getopt_long_only()
- Started ignoring /etc/daemon.conf if group or world writable
- Added -DSVR4 in conf/solaris (doh!)
- Added conditional compilation of debug functions
- Added assert macro that calls dump()
- Completed the daemon(1) manpage (common options weren't documented)
- Fixed bug: SIG_IGN, SIG_DFL and nasty signals weren't treated specially
- Made lists grow/shrink exponentially rather than linearly
- Made maps grow as needed and use arbitrary hash functions and key types
- Added multi-dimensional array allocator to the mem module
- Added net module: clients/servers, expect/send, pack/unpack, mail
- Added internal iterators and some more functions to list and map
- Added examples sections to some libprog manpages
- Added --user option
- Added str module: decent strings + tr, regex, regsub, fmt, trim, lc, uc ...
- Added vsscanf(3) implementation for systems that don't have it (e.g. solaris)
- Renamed libprog to libslack (thanks, fred!)
- Added socks.h
- Added daemon_revoke_privileges(), daemon_file_is_safe() to daemon module
- Moved revocation of setuid/setgid privileges to start for greater safety
- Fixed bug: wasn't unlinking pidfile when client died of natural causes
- Fixed bug: wasn't processing config file correctly
- Included daemon(1) tests in distribution (not automatic, though)

0.2 (19991223)

0.2 (19991223)

- Decoupled core file prevention from daemon_init()
  into its own function, daemon_prevent_core()
- Decoupled signal handling from daemon_init()
- Cached daemon_started_by_init() and daemon_started_by_inetd() results
- Fixed bug when formatting --help message
- Added some modules to libprog: conf, list, hsort, map, prop
- Added timestamps to msg_out_file()
- Included source to GNU getopt_long_only() (if necessary)
- Added hdr.h to allow non-ANSI compilers to parse libprog's headers
- Moved libprog to a subdirectory using a "Whole Project" Makefile
- Converted "Whole Project" Makefile into "Scalable" Makefiles
- Added verbosity functions to libprog(prog)
- Added -core option to allow core file generation
- Added -respawn option to allow client respawn if death not too sudden
- Added -syslog option to redirect client stdout and stderr to syslog
- Added -log option to specify where daemon stdout and stderr are sent
- Fixed bug when constructing data for GNU getopt_long_only()
- Fixed bugs in the options table for libprog(prog)
- Changed help message format: separated option chunks by a blank line
- Fixed bug when obtaining names associated with syslog constants
- Added -Config option and /etc/daemon.conf handling
- Added pathetic conf/linux and conf/solaris scripts
- Revert to real uid/gid if not same as effective uid/gid for safety
- Added manpages

0.1 (19991020)

0.1 (19991020)

- Initial version