the executable works ("runs") as expected --+
tests run successfully ("make check") --+ |
ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | |
./configure works --+ | | |
| | | |
Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R *
--------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - -
i386/pc/solaris2.11 gcc 4.8.2 24 17-01-21 goetz Y Y Y Y 4
the executable works ("runs") as expected --+
tests run successfully ("make check") --+ |
ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | |
./configure works --+ | | |
| | | |
Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R *
--------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - -
x86_64/unknown/freebsd11.0 FreeBSD clang 3.8.0 24 17-01-21 goetz Y Y Y Y 3
the executable works ("runs") as expected --+
tests run successfully ("make check") --+ |
ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | |
./configure works --+ | | |
| | | |
Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R *
--------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - -
x86_64/unknown/freebsd10.3 FreeBSD clang 3.4.1 24 17-01-20 goetz Y Y Y Y 3
Hello All!
Here it is, the next stable version of ngIRCd, the free, portable and
lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks:
ngIRCd Release 24!
You can download ngIRCd from the download section on our homepage
<https://ngircd.barton.de> (<https://ngircd.mirror.3rz.org>), the
primary download locations are:
• https://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/
• https://ngircd.mirror.3rz.org/pub/ngircd/
The NEWS file (<https://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS>) lists the following
changes since the last release:
• Log privilege violations and failed OPER request with log level "error"
and send it to the "&SERVER" channel, too.
• Immediately shut down connection when receiving an "ERROR" command,
don't wait for the peer to close the connection. This allows the daemon
to forward the received "ERROR" message in the network, instead of the
very generic "client closed connection" message.
• Explicitly forbid remote servers to modify "x-lines" (G-LINES) when the
"AllowRemoteOper" configuration option isn't set, even when the command
seems to originate from the remote server itself: this prevents GLINE's
to become set during server handshake in this case (what wouldn't be
possible during regular runtime when a remote IRC Op sends the command)
and what can't be undone by IRC Ops later on (because of the missing
"AllowRemoteOper" option) ...
• Update Xcode project for latest Xcode version (8.0), and fix "duplicate
symbols" error messages when building (linking) the binary.
• Add "Documentation" variables to systemd configuration files.
• Make sure that SYSCONFDIR is always set, which can be handy when
using source code linters when ./configure hasn't been run already.
• Add the new "PAMServiceName" configuration option to specify the name
used as PAM service name. This setting allows to run multiple ngIRCd
instances with different PAM configurations for each instance.
Thanks to Christian Aistleitner <christian(a)quelltextlich.at> for the
patch, closes #226.
• Add an ".editorconfig" file to the project.
• Limit the number of message target, and suppress duplicates: This
prevents an user from flooding the server using commands like this:
"PRIVMSG nick1,nick1,nick1,...".
Duplicate targets are suppressed silently (channels and clients).
In addition, the maximum number of targets per PRIVMSG, NOTICE, ...
command are limited to MAX_HNDL_TARGETS (25). If there are more, the
daemon sends the new 407 (ERR_TOOMANYTARGETS_MSG) numeric, containing
the first target that hasn't been handled any more. Closes #187.
• Make contrib/platformtest.sh script more portable, and only show
"runs=Y" when the test suite really has been passed successfully.
Please see the ChangeLog (<https://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog>) for
a complete list of all changes, or even read the Git commit history at
GitHub (<https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd>) -- there you can find our
issue tracker as well.
THANK YOU to all users, bug reporters, contributors, packagers, testers,
and supporters: this release wouldn't have been possible without your
work and support!
Have fun!
Alex
Hello all!
More than a year after our last stable release, quite a few patches and
bug fixes found their way into our source tree. So here it is: the first
release candidate for ngIRCd 24, the lightweight and portable Internet
Relay Chat server for small and private networks.
You can download this release candidate from the download section on our
homepage <https://ngircd.barton.de> (<https://ngircd.mirror.3rz.org>),
the primary download locations are:
• https://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/
• https://ngircd.mirror.3rz.org/pub/ngircd/
Please help test this release candidate, and report any issues you find
to this mailing list or on IRC: <irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd>.
Enhancements to the documentation and the homepage are welcome as well!
The easiest way to test ngIRCd is to run the ./contrib/platformtest.sh
script:
$ curl -#LO "https://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-24~rc1.tar.gz"
$ tar xzf "ngircd-24~rc1.tar.gz"
$ cd "ngircd-24~rc1"
$ ./contrib/platformtest.sh
This script runs quire some time, which is normal, but please report all
problems! The result should look something like this:
> the executable works ("runs") as expected --+
> tests run successfully ("make check") --+ |
> ngIRCd compiles ("make") --+ | |
> ./configure works --+ | | |
> | | | |
> Platform Compiler ngIRCd Date Tester C M T R *
> --------------------------- ------------ ---------- -------- -------- - - - - -
> x86_64/pc/linux-gnu gcc 4.9.2 24~rc1 17-01-08 alex Y Y Y Y 1
In addition I'm curious to add and update systems to the list of tested
platforms (doc/Platforms.txt); so please send updates for this file when
you are on some "exotic" OS and/or compiler which is lacking or outdated
there (I can test Linux and OS X myself, no need to report this).
Please feel free to use the issue tracker on GitHub and/or create "pull
requests" there, so we can easily keep track of them:
• https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd
• https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues
The ChangeLog lists the following items since release 23:
• Log privilege violations and failed OPER request with log level
"error" and send it to the "&SERVER" channel, too.
• Immediately shut down connection when receiving an "ERROR" command,
don't wait for the peer to close the connection. This allows the
daemon to forward the received "ERROR" message in the network, instead
of the very generic "client closed connection" message.
• Fix sending of entry duration (no negative values!) when synchronizing
"x-lines" (G-LINES).
• List expiration (G-LINES): use same log level as when setting, and log
this event to the &SERVER channel, too.
• Explicitly forbid remote servers to modify "x-lines" (G-LINES) when
the "AllowRemoteOper" configuration option isn't set, even when the
command seems to originate from the remote server itself: this
prevents GLINE's to become set during server handshake in this case
(what wouldn't be possible during regular runtime when a remote IRC Op
sends the command) and what can't be undone by IRC Ops later on
(because of the missing "AllowRemoteOper" option) ...
• Make scripts and init-files in ./contrib executable.
• Fix building ngIRCd with OpenSSL 1.1. Thanks to Christoph Biedl
<ngircd.anoy(a)manchmal.in-ulm.de> for the patch!
• Fix code indentation warnings of gcc 6.2.
• Update config.guess (2016-04-02) and config.sub (2016-03-30) files.
• Fix warnings of the "shellcheck" linter in autogen.sh,
contrib/ngindent and contrib/platformtest.sh.
• Update Xcode project for latest Xcode version (8.0), and fix
"duplicate symbols" error messages when building (linking) the binary.
• Add "Documentation" variables to systemd configuration files.
• Make sure that SYSCONFDIR is always set, which can be handy when using
source code linters when ./configure hasn't been run already.
• Add the new "PAMServiceName" configuration option to specify the name
used as PAM service name. This setting allows to run multiple ngIRCd
instances with different PAM configurations for each instance. Thanks
to Christian Aistleitner <christian(a)quelltextlich.at> for the patch,
closes #226.
• Add an ".editorconfig" file to the project.
• Travis-CI: use "container-based infrastructure".
• Limit the number of message targets, and suppress duplicates: This
prevents an user from flooding the server using commands like this:
"PRIVMSG nick1,nick1,nick1,...".
Duplicate targets are suppressed silently (channels and clients). In
addition, the maximum number of targets per PRIVMSG, NOTICE, ...
command are limited to MAX_HNDL_TARGETS (25). If there are more, the
daemon sends the new 407 (ERR_TOOMANYTARGETS_MSG) numeric, containing
the first target that hasn't been handled any more. Closes #187.
• Test suite: Add new test for server-server logins.
• contrib/ngindent: Fix shebang line.
• Make contrib/platformtest.sh script more portable, and only show
"runs=Y" when the test suite really has been passed successfully.
• Code cleanup in the NJON handler and the function killing clients as
well as the function sending messages to a "mask" (cleaner code, more
fault tolerant, better code comments).
• Update and enhance documentation: README file, doc/Platforms.txt,
doc/Modes.txt, doc/Commands.txt, doc/PAM.txt.
• Fix NJOIN not propagating "half ops" status: ngIRCd tested for the
wrong prefix of "half ops" when processing NJOIN commands and
therefore never classified a remote user as "half op". Thanks to
wowaname for pointing this out on #ngircd!
Thanks a lot to all contributors!
Alex
