What's new in PGP 2.6.3i?

Changes from PGP 2.6.2 to 2.6.2i

1. New file diffs.doc added (this file).
2. New file readme.1st replaced readme.doc.
3. New file przon26i.asc by Philip Zimmermann added.
4. New file appeal.asc by Hugh Miller added.
5. Files setup.doc, changes.doc and pgformat.doc updated for version 2.6.2i.
6. Files blurb.txt and config.txt updated for version 2.6.2i.
7. Added note at beginning of files pgpdoc1.txt, pgpdoc2.txt and mitlicen.txt.
8. File keys.asc updated with a number of new public keys.
9. File keyserv.doc brought up to date. Thanks to Jeff Licquia.
10. Language file language.txt thoroughly updated. Norwegian translation added.
11. Help files fr.hlp and es.hlp updated for version 2.6.2i.
12. New help file pgp.hlp by John DeHaven added (old file renamed to en.hlp).
13. New help file no.hlp added.
14. Unix man file pgp.1 updated for version 2.6.2i.
15. Files in contrib/ and md5/ subdirectories updated for version 2.6.2i.
16. Files rsaref.zip, rsaref.asc and rsalicen.txt removed.
17. Makefiles updated to use MPILIB (rsaglue1) instead of RSAREF (rsaglue2).
18. Makefile dependencies for mpilib.h fixed.
19. Makefile option for sun4sunos5acc corrected.
20. Makefile option for Novell UnixWare 2.0 (gcc) added.
21. Makefile option for Mips R3230 running RISC/os 5.01 added.
22. Makefile option for ConvexCS added.
23. Makefile option for SCO-386 (cc) added.
24. Makefile options for SYSV (gcc) added.
25. New makefile makefile.tc for Borland/Turbo C added.
26. New project file pgp.prj for Borland/Turbo C added.
27. Source code file pgp.c updated for version 2.6.2i.
28. Source code file pgp.c modified to fix -o filename bugs.
29. Source code file config.c modified to add "legal kludge" option.
30. Source code file keymgmt.c updated to skip Christmas Day test.
31. Source code file charset.c updated to support NeXTSTEP character set.
32. Source code file zipup.c updated to support FreeBSD. Makefile option added.
33. Source code file armor.c modified to prevent PGP from hanging in MS-DOS.
34. Source code file crypto.c modified to fix signature bug for >2034 bit keys.
35. Source code files updated to support Borland/Turbo C.
36. Source code files updated to support Atari (gcc). Makefile option added.
37. Source code files updated to support Amiga (SAS/C 6.51).
38. New files amiga__main.c, amiga_asm.a and smakefile added.
39. New file strtol.c added for platforms that do not have strtol().
40. New file gettime.c added for platforms that do not have gettimeofday().
41. Header file mpilib.h modified to fix 2047 bit keygen bug.
42. Header file ztailor.h modified for VAXC preprocessor bug.
43. Header files platform.h and crypto.h updated for VMS (VAX/ALPHA).
44. All files in subdirectory vmsbuild/ removed.
45. Files descrip.mms, pgp.opt and vaxcrtl.opt removed.
46. New VMS command procedure pgpinstal.com added.

Changes from PGP 2.6.2i to 2.6.3i

1. The compiler option -DMIT in 2.6.2i has been replaced with -DUSA. If you compile with -DUSA you will get a version called 2.6.3, _not_ 2.6.2. It is identical to 2.6.3i, except that the legal_kludge cannot be disabled.

2. Fixed a large number of bugs:
   • Fixed PGPTEMP.$00 tempfile bug for PGP -k with xxKEY.HLP
   • Fixed -f passphrase lockup bug for MS-DOS
   • Fixed bug when input and output filenames refer to the same file
   • Text files in 8-bit character sets may now be clearsigned
   • PGP will not overwrite existing .asc files without your confirmation
   • If key generation fails due to write-protected keyrings, PGP will now abort with a proper error message
   • Added error messages for 'pgp -w' (wipe only) option
   • Fixed a large number of other minor bugs, too many to mention here

3. Added new functionality:
   • Added -kv labelling to 'pgp -kxa' output
   • Added capability to automatically sign userids upon creation
   • Added "Charset:" header to clearsigned messages
   • Added capability to read a list of recipients from a file rather than having to type them in on the command line (the @ option)
   • Added support for more character sets (cp852, cp860 etc.)
   • Added support for system-wide language.txt file
   • Added a number of new LANG() conversions, enabling translators to translate more messages
   • Added -lh5- archive recognition
   • Added VMS help file pgp_vms.hlp

4. Modified source code and added a number of new files in order to let PGP compile "out of the box" on many new platforms, most notably:
   • DJGPP 2.0 (32-bit MS-DOS)
   • Win32 (Windows NT, Windows 95)
   • Macintosh (requires additional Mac-specific files)
   • IBM mainframe running MVS (using the C/370 compiler)

5. Updated all source code and documentation files for version 2.6.3i.

Special thanks go to Vesselin Bontchev, David Boreham, Andrey Chernov, Yanik Crepeau, Harald Denker, John DeHaven, Guy Geens, Graham Jenkins, Stephan Kockmann, Alexander Kolbasov, Robert Knop, Mark Lewis, Jeff Licquia, mathew, Hugh Miller, Hendrik Mylius, Frank Pruefer, Armando Ramos, Peter Simons, Naoki Sugiyama, Edgar Swank, ViaCrypt, Philip Zimmermann and many more for comments, suggestions, submission of patches and other contributions.

Last updated February 5, 1997 by Stσle Schumacher <stale@hypnotech.com>