version 1.7.0.0

CHANGES

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
+####################### V 1.7.0.0:
+
 new features:
 	new address types SCTP-CONNECT and SCTP-LISTEN implement SCTP stream
 	mode for IPv4 and IPv6; new address options sctp-maxseg and
-	sctp-nodelay (suggested by David A. Madore; thanks to Jonathan Brennan
+	sctp-nodelay (suggested by David A. Madore; thanks to Jonathan Brannan
 	for providing an initial patch)
 
-	new address "interface" for transparent network interface handling
+	new address "INTERFACE" for transparent network interface handling
 	(suggested by Stuart Nicholson)
 
 	added generic socket addresses: SOCKET-CONNECT, SOCKET-LISTEN,
@@ -17,14 +19,14 @@ new features:
 	ioctl-bin for generic ioctl() calls.
 
 	added address options setsockopt-int, setsockopt-bin, and
-	setsockopt-string
+	setsockopt-string for generic setsockopt() calls
 
-	so-type now only affect the socket() and socketpair() calls, not the
-	name resolution. so-type and so-prototype can be applied to all socket
-	based addresses.
+	option so-type now only affects the socket() and socketpair() calls,
+	not the name resolution. so-type and so-prototype can now be applied to
+	all socket based addresses.
 
 	new address option "escape" allows to break a socat instance even when
-	raw terminal mode prevents ^C etc.
+	raw terminal mode prevents ^C etc. (feature suggested by Guido Trotter)
 
 	socat sets environment variables SOCAT_VERSION, SOCAT_PID, SOCAT_PPID
 	for use in executed scripts
@@ -40,22 +42,22 @@ new features:
 
 	socat provides the contents of ancillary messages received on RECVFROM
 	addresses in appropriate environment variables:
-	SOCAT_IP_PKTINFO_DSTADDR, SOCAT_IP_PKTINFO_IF, SOCAT_IP_PKTINFO_LOCADDR
-	(not on BSD); SOCAT_IP_RECVDSTADDR, SOCAT_IP_RECVIF (BSD);
-	SOCAT_SCM_TIMESTAMP, SOCAT_IP_OPTIONS, SOCAT_IP_TOS, SOCAT_IP_TTL,
-	SOCAT_IPV6_HOPLIMIT, SOCAT_IPV6_TCLASS, SOCAT_IPV6_PKTINFO_DSTADDR
+	SOCAT_TIMESTAMP, SOCAT_IP_DSTADDR, SOCAT_IP_IF, SOCAT_IP_LOCADDR,
+	SOCAT_IP_OPTIONS, SOCAT_IP_TOS, SOCAT_IP_TTL, SOCAT_IPV6_DSTADDR,
+	SOCAT_IPV6_HOPLIMIT, SOCAT_IPV6_TCLASS
 
 	the following address options were added to enable ancillary messages:
-	so-timestamp, ip-pktinfo, ip-recvdstaddr, ip-recverr, ip-recvif,
-	ip-recvopts, ip-recvtos, ip-recvttl, ipv6-recvdstopts, ipv6-recverr,
-	ipv6-recvhoplimit, ipv6-recvhopopts, ipv6-recvpathmtu,
+	so-timestamp, ip-pktinfo (not BSD), ip-recvdstaddr (BSD), ip-recverr,
+	ip-recvif (BSD), ip-recvopts, ip-recvtos, ip-recvttl, ipv6-recvdstopts,
+	ipv6-recverr, ipv6-recvhoplimit, ipv6-recvhopopts, ipv6-recvpathmtu,
 	ipv6-recvpktinfo, ipv6-recvrthdr, ipv6-recvtclass
 
 	new address options ipv6-tclass and ipv6-unicast-hops set the related
 	socket options.
 
 	STREAMS (UNIX System V STREAMS) can be configured with the new address
-	options i-pop-all and i-push
+	options i-pop-all and i-push (thanks to Michal Rysavy for providing a
+	patch)
 
 corrections:
 	some raw IP and UNIX datagram modes failed on BSD systems
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ corrections:
 	packet. test: UDP4RECVFROM_FORK
 
 	corrected a few mistakes that caused compiler warnings on 64bit hosts
+	(thanks to Jonathan Brannan e.a. for providing a patch)
 
 	EXEC and SYSTEM with stderr injected socat messages into the data
 	stream. test: EXECSTDERRLOG
@@ -94,15 +97,23 @@ corrections:
 	replaced the select() calls by poll() to cleanly fix the problems with
 	many file descriptors already open
 
+	socat option -lf did not log to file but to stderr
+
 	socat did not compile on Solaris when configured without termios
 	feature (thanks to Pavan Gadi for reporting this bug)
 
 porting:
-	socat should now build under MacOS X 10.4 (thanks to Camillo Lugaresi
-	for providing the patch)
+	socat compiles and runs on AIX with gcc (thanks to Andi Mather for his
+	help)
 
-	socat compiles and runs on AIX (thanks to Andi Mather for testing and
-	patching)
+	socat compiles and runs on Cygwin (thanks to Jan Just Keijser for his
+	help)
+
+	socat compiles and runs on HP-UX with gcc (thanks to Michal Rysavy for
+	his help)
+
+	socat compiles and runs on MacOS X (thanks to Camillo Lugaresi for his
+	help)
 
 further changes:
 	filan -s prefixes output with FD number if more than one FD

README

@@ -48,25 +48,24 @@ platforms
 socat 1.7.0 was compiled and more or less successfully tested under the
 following operating systems:
 
-SuSE Linux 10.1 on x86
-AIX 5.3 on PPC with gcc
-Solaris 9 on Sparc with gcc
+Debian lenny/sid on x86, kernel 2.6.24
 FreeBSD 6.1 on x86
-HP-UX B 11.11 on PA-RISC with gcc
+NetBSD4.0  on x86
+OpenBSD 4.3 on x86
+OpenSolaris 10 on x86 with gcc
+Mac OS X 10.5.5 on iMac G5, with libreadline
+HP-UX 11.23
+AIX 5.3 on 64bit Power4 with gcc
+Cygwin 1.5.25 on i686
 
 tests on Tru64 can no longer be performed because HP testdrive has taken down
 these hosts.
 
-tests on Mac OS X can no longer be performed because the Sourceforge
-compilefarm was discontinued.
-
-tests on NetBSD and OpenBSD can no longer be performed for the above reasons.
-
 Some versions of socat have been reported to successfully compile under older
 Linux versions back to RedHat 2.1 (kernel 1.2.13, gcc 2.7.0), under AIX 4.1 and
 4.3, SunOS 5.7-5.8, FreeBSD 4.2 - 4.9, MacOS X 10.1, Cygwin, Solaris 8 on x86, 
-OSR 5.0.6, NetBSD 1.6.1 and 2.0.2, OpenBSD 3.4 and 3.8, Tru64 5.1B, and Mac OS
-X 10.1-10.2.
+OSR 5.0.6, NetBSD 1.6.1 and 2.0.2, OpenBSD 3.4 and 3.8, Tru64 5.1B, Mac OS X
+10.1-10.2, and HP-UX 11
 
 It might well compile and run under other UNIX like operating systems.
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ install
 
 Get the tarball and extract it:
 	gtar xzf socat.tar.gz
-	cd socat-1.6.0.1
+	cd socat-1.7.0.0
 	./configure
 	make
 	su
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ msghdr but disables struct cmsghdr. Please contact socat development if you
 know a solution.
 
 Shutting down the write channel of a UNIX domain socket does not seem to
-trigger an EOF on the other socket. This makes problems with the exec and
+trigger an EOF on the peer socket. This makes problems with the exec and
 system addresses.
 
 This OS provides the type "long long", but not the strtoll() function to read

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.7.0-rc0"
+"1.7.0.0"

socat.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-%define majorver 1.6
-%define minorver 0.1
+%define majorver 1.7
+%define minorver 0.0
 
 Summary: socat - multipurpose relay
 Name: socat