From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from th.inri.net ([216.126.196.42]) by ur; Tue Feb 21 21:20:23 EST 2017 Received: (qmail 3830 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2017 02:20:20 -0000 Received: from mirv.inri.net (HELO fs.inri) (167.88.120.88) by th.inri.net with SMTP; 22 Feb 2017 02:20:20 -0000 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:20:13 -0500 From: sl@stanleylieber.com To: 9front@9front.org Subject: New 9front Release "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: content-addressed proven factory 9front "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" Released ======================================= ![front](http://9front.org/img/forimmediaterelease.front.png) PRAISE FOR 9FRONT'S BOLD ACTION ------------------------------- _9front "Is Coming Out As A Winner On Many Issues..." -- SD Times_ **rkrishnan, Cisco Systems: "I am extremely sorry to see plan9 die a silent death."** ([rkrishnan.org](https://rkrishnan.org/posts/2013-10-25-plan9-on-qemu.html), 10/25/13) **Rod Person, VPN Cryptographer: "Does 9front have an email app and how usable is mothra, I'm guessing not ebay or youtube?"** ([daemonforums.org](http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=57300), 6/25/15) **Christoph Reiter, German: "Wer verwendet 9Front eigentlich? Die Antwort lautet: fast niemand."** ([golem.de](https://www.golem.de/news/9front-der-unterschaetzte-beinahe-unix-nachfolger-1603-119458-4.html), 8/3/16) **seesomesense, Hacker News: "I am extremely sorry to see plan9 die a silent death."** ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12617421), 11/16) **pranomostro, Redditor: "The future of plan9 is pretty bleak imho."** ([reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com/r/plan9/comments/5l3k8x/what_in_your_opinion_should_be_a_future_of_plan_9/dbswzmp/), 1/17) dash 1 manual ------------- kernel and drivers ------------------ kernel: add "close" ctl message for tcp connection to gracefully hang up a connection without a tcp reset (used by go) kernel: make the mntcache robust against fileserver like fossil that do not change the qid.vers on wstat pc/pc64: get rid of timerset(0) case, was used with "i8253set off" ctl sgi: change definition of tas() to take void* like the rest sgi: cleanup timer code sgi: get rid of timerset(0) case ether82563: support for i219 (tested on t460p, thanks aiju) etheriwl: add support for Centrino Advanced-N 6030, 6235 (thanks khm, openbsd) vgaigfx: enable softscreen by default wifi: timestamps in debug print, flush queue on deassoc, shorter roam timeout, timeout in blocked state, fix essid seprint race libraries --------- libmp: avoid temporary buffer allocation in mprand() libmp: fix mpmod() aliasing bug when n == r and x < 0 (thanks aiju, mischief) libregexp: simplify regular expression vm implementation libregexp: improve the transition to next available thread, instruction, and generation libregexp: fix assert check for compile1 instruction count libsec: replace des based X9.17 genrandom() with chacha random number generator libsec: implement extended 192-bit nonce xchacha variant and hchacha function libsec: avoid temp variables in chacha/salsa ENCRYPT() macro libsec: have rsagen() always produce postive !dk to avoid confusion libsec: need PKCS#9 "Extension Request" attribute (rsareq()) libsec: check if modulus is too small for message in pkcs1padbuf() libsec: fix mkbigint(), asn.1 uses two's compement signed representation libsec: handle signed asn.1 bigint to mpint conversion for x509 libsec: revert asn1mpint(), rewrite rsa signature validation, cleanups libsec: make X509toECpub() return CN name like X509toRSApub() libsec: zero name buffer in X509toECpub() compilers and debuggers ----------------------- 6c, 8c: fix "DI botch" evacuating DI/SI/CX registers to ".save" variables 6c: reverse register allocation order to avoid having to spill AX,DX and CX programs -------- aan: check negative message size in header aan: use unsigned message counters, reject repeated acks, cleanup debug prints aan: remove fcallfmt audio/flacdec: continue after decode error (thanks deuteron) auth/factotum: fix memory leak in findkey() auth/factotum: support sha256 algorithm in rsa pkcs#1 signing auth/keyfs, auth/secstore, auth/secuser: use ulong for time aux/data2s: compress output aux/wpa: dont send initial "start" message, faster polling interval waiting for connection cfs: fix cfsctl interaction with mount cache (mount -C flag) cwfs: fix cwcmd startdump cwfs: handle worm exhaustion more gracefully fplot: parse negative numbers in argument to -r option (thanks qu7uux) fplot: fix zoom egetrect check (thanks qu7uux) games/galaxy: add n-body simulator games/galaxy: fix crash on write to closed display games/gb: fix typo in the routine to load timer data (thanks qwx) games/gb: timer array should be unsigned (thanks qwx) games/gb: fix bug that prevented timer data from being accessed (thanks qwx) games/jukefs: fix realloc sizes (thanks mischief) games/mix: Add Knuth MIX emulator/assembler games/mix: fix STZ bug, print CMPA instruction games/mix: implement Knuth's specification for comments inst/bootsetup: fix unformated esp check (thanks yellow_apple) ip/gping: fix corruption due to Machine.last pointer not being maintained in pingclean(), cleanup unused stuff ip/ipconfig: don't write /net/ndb when getting config from ndb (-N) ip/ipconfig: have to refresh /net/cs, /net/dns after ndbconfig even tho /net/ndb didnt got written keyfs: print error message when reading /adm/keys fails playlistfs: fix playc chan type (thanks mischief) rcpu: use $cpu environment variable for host when not specified rsagen: prefer 65537 as the default exponent when elen == 0, otherwise pick randomly rx: remove ssh code samterm: avoid flushimage when theres nothing new to flush ssh: R.I.P. documentation ------------- auth(8): document authsrv -N flag cpu(1), import(4): note deprecation and refer to rcpu(1) ec(2): document ecencodepub(), ecdecodepub() and ecpubfree() and list all the curve parameter functions ec(2), rsa(2): document X509toECpub(), X509ecdsaverify(), X509ecdsaverifydigest(), X509rsaverifydigest() galaxy(1): terminate .EX sections with .EE rsa(2): document rsafill() srv(4), &c: remove ssh/sshsrv references other ----- cdproto: explicitely create /$objtype/bin subdirectories for all archs /sys/lib/plumb/basic: fix rule for audio files (thanks deuteron) ![back](http://9front.org/img/forimmediaterelease.back.png)