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Article: 12980 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc
From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: C-Kermit 8.0 Beta.04 for Linux
Date: 20 Nov 2001 17:57:55 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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C-Kermit 8.0 is almost ready for release. The final Beta, Beta.04,
was announced on the Kermit newsgroup (comp.protocols.kermit.misc)
yesterday:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80b04.html <-- Beta announcement
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80b.html <-- C-Kermit 8.0 page
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html <-- C-Kermit main page
If you haven't been following C-Kermit 8.0 (or C-Kermit at all), note
that the new release incorporates:
. Kerberos, SSL/SLS, and SRP security.
. An SSH interface.
. Advanced, scriptable Telnet, FTP, and HTTP clients.
. Lots more; see the web links for details.
In the latest Beta, I finally found a way (crude but effective) to get
"make linux" to work for all Linuxes (as far as I know) -- libc or glibc,
so we no longer need separate makefile targets for (e.g.) Red Hat 7.1 and
Debian 2.1.
A lot of work was done in Beta.04 on the serial-port code. A race
condition with mgetty was discovered in Kermit's lockfile creation, and
fixed and dialout connections were tested extensively on several different
Linuxes. Several other corrections were made in this area:
. Missing error message in failing SET LINE command fixed.
. Discovered that Linux tcsendbreak() ignores its argument
(so Kermit can't send a "Long BREAK"; fixed in the documentation).
. Fixed spurious "OK to exit?" message after carrier dropped on a
modem connection.
And as noted in the main announcement, the new Beta works well with
RFC-2217 Telnet Com-Port capable modem servers, such as the Cisco 2509.
This allows the dialout program to "directly" access the remote port and
modem, giving it access to speeds, modem signals, etc. There is also a
Linux-based server for this protocol (allowing Linux Com ports and modems
to be shared on a network), Denis Sbragion's sredir. Previously there
were no publicly available clients for sredir; now you can use C-Kermit.
In the process of testing Kermit with sredir(), we discovered and fixed a
few problems in sredir itself; you can find the updated version here:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/sredird/
So far, Beta.04 has been built successfully (with "make linux") on the
following hardware/OS combinations:
Hardware Distribution Filename
Apple Power Mac G3 Linux PPC 2000 Q4 cku200b04.linux-ppc-2000q4
DEC/Compaq Alpha Red Hat Linux 6.2 cku200b04.linux-alpha-rh62
Intel PC Debian 2.1 cku200b04.linuxnp-i386-db2.1
Intel PC Red Hat 5.2 cku200b04.linux-i386-rh5.2
Intel PC Red Hat 6.1 cku200b04.linux-i386-rh6.1
Intel PC Red Hat 6.2 cku200b04.linux-i386-rh6.2
Intel PC Red Hat 7.0 cku200b04.linux-i386-rh7.0
Intel PC Red Hat 7.1 cku200b04.linux-i386-rh7.1
Intel PC SuSE 6.4 cku200b04.linux-i386-su6.4
Intel PC SuSE 7.0 cku200b04.linux-i386-su7.0
Intel PC Slackware 4.0 cku200b04.linuxnp-i386-sw4.0
Intel PC Slackware 7.1 cku200b04.linux-i386-sw7.1
Intel PC Slackware 8.0 cku200b04.linux-i386-sw8.0
Sun Sparc Rec Hat 6.2 cku200b04.linux-sparc-rh6.2
If you can build other combinations, please upload the binaries to:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/incoming/
using the same naming conventions.
I hope the final release will come within a few weeks. Meanwhile, report
any problems with Beta.04 to:
kermit-support@columbia.edu
Frank da Cruz
The Kermit Project
Columbia University
New York City
Email: fdc@columbia.edu
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/