Welcome to patch number 11 for NNTP 1.5. If you have not installed the first ten patches, you must do so before proceeding. You can get those patches (and this one) from anoymous ftp on bcm.tmc.edu [128.249.2.1] or by sending a message to the archive-server@bcm.tmc.edu with the following text: send public nntp.patch.1 send public nntp.patch.2 send public nntp.patch.3 send public nntp.patch.4.shar send public nntp.patch.5.shar send public nntp.patch.6.shar send public nntp.patch.7.shar send public nntp.patch.8.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.8.pt2.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt2.shar send public nntp.patch.9.pt3.shar send public nntp.patch.10.pt1.shar send public nntp.patch.10.pt2.shar If you have all ten patches installed, you are ready to install this set of patches. These patches are packaged as four shell archives. Be sure to unpack the shars in the root of your nntp distribution. They are as follows: CHANGES.diff -- This will patch the CHANGES file in the root of the nntp distrbution to reflect changes since the release of 1.5. To install, just type patch < CHANGES.diffs server.pt1.diff -- This patch is the first of two diffs to be applied to the files in the server subdirectory. To install, change directory to the server directory and type patch < server.pt1.diff. server.pt2.diff -- This patch is the first of two diffs to be applied to the files in the server subdirectory. To install, change directory to the server directory and type patch < server.pt2.diff. common.diff -- This patch is for the files in the common subdirectory. To install, change directory to the common directory and type patch < common.diff xfer.diff -- This is a patch for nntpxfer.c in the xfer directory. To install, change directory to the xfer directory and type patch < xfer.diff. xmit.diff -- This is a patch for the files in the xmit directory. To install, change directory to the xmit directory and type patch < xmit.diff. inews.diff -- This patch is for the files in the inews subdirectory. To install, change directory to the inews directory and type patch < inews.diff. SPECIAL NOTE: Two new files (timer.c and timer.h) will be created in the server subdirectory. New versions of README and conf.h.dist will be created in the common subdirectory. A new version of access_file will be created in the support subdirectory. Bug reports and enhancements welcome, Stan Barber nntp@tmc.edu P.S. This patched version of NNTP has been compiled on the following systems: Vax 3600 running Ultrix 3.1 (BNEWS 2.11.19) Solbourne Series 5/601 with OS/MP 4.0D (SunOS 4.0.3c compatible) (Same BNEWS) HP 9000/825 running HP-UX A.B3.00.5B P.P.S. The fully patched version is available via anonymous ftp from lib.tmc.edu [129.106.5.1] and gazette.bcm.tmc.edu [128.249.2.2]. Look in the public directory for nntp.1.5.11.tar. A compressed version is also on line. P.P.P.S. This is the really FINAL release of NNTP 1.5. The next release will be 1.6. There will be no patch kit. NNTP 1.6 will be a full release and will only be distributed in full source. P.P.P.P.S. Much thanks to all our beta testers: molenda@s1.msi.umn.edu,tale@cs.rpi.edu,anselmo-ed@cs.yale.edu, leres@helios.ee.lbl.gov,vixie@decwrl.dec.com,scs@hela.iti.org, wisner@ims.alaska.edu,nash@parc.xerox.com