* New 9front Release "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE"
@ 2017-02-22 2:20 sl
2017-02-27 11:57 ` [9front] " Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
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9front "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE" Released
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![front](http://9front.org/img/forimmediaterelease.front.png)
<http://9front.org/iso/9front-5736.d347c9119bb1.iso.gz.torrent>
<http://9front.org/iso/9front-5736.d347c9119bb1.iso.gz>
PRAISE FOR 9FRONT'S BOLD ACTION
-------------------------------
_9front "Is Coming Out As A Winner On Many Issues..." -- SD Times_
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**Christoph Reiter, German:
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**seesomesense, Hacker News:
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([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
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<http://fqa.9front.org/dash1.forimmediaterelease.pdf>
kernel and drivers
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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
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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
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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 $cpu environment variable for host when not specified
rsagen: prefer 65537 as the default exponent when elen == 0, otherwise
pick randomly
rx: remove ssh code
samterm: avoid flushimage when theres nothing new to flush
ssh: R.I.P.
documentation
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auth(8): document authsrv -N flag
cpu(1), import(4): note deprecation and refer to rcpu(1)
ec(2): document ecencodepub(), ecdecodepub() and ecpubfree() and list
all the curve parameter functions
ec(2), rsa(2): document X509toECpub(), X509ecdsaverify(),
X509ecdsaverifydigest(), X509rsaverifydigest()
galaxy(1): terminate .EX sections with .EE
rsa(2): document rsafill()
srv(4), &c: remove ssh/sshsrv references
other
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cdproto: explicitely create /$objtype/bin subdirectories for all archs
/sys/lib/plumb/basic: fix rule for audio files (thanks deuteron)
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