rev_hist.txt

arj source code

User-visible changes
====================

   2.61.01   08/11/1998   First alpha version. Minimal functionality.
   2.61.02   09/11/1998   Environment filtering to avoid near memory shortage,
                          long filenames are no longer converted to uppercase.
   2.61.03   11/11/1998   ANSI comments now supported; some minor bugfixes.
   2.61.04   12/11/1998   Help facility works, ARJSFXJR/2 added, -h2p & -h2d
                          switches added, Host OS changed to OS/2, free space
                          on HPFS volumes (up to 4GB) is now determined
                          correctly.
   2.61.05   13/11/1998   Removed ARJSFXV size limitation. The efforts are now
                          aimed on ARJSFXV conversion...
   2.61.06   15/11/1998   Fixed a glitch with "arj m ..." creating ARJSFXV
                          archives. Note that if no files are found, "arj m"
                          leaves a temporary file. It's the glitch of original
                          ARJ 2.61, and it's left for compatibility.
                          ARJSFXV: Minimal functionality achieved (no LFN yet).
   2.61.07   16/11/1998   ARJSFX: Minimal functionality achieved.
                          ARJSFXV: Shareware limitation still intact. Removed.
   2.61.08   17/11/1998   ARJSFX: "1 error(s)" due to rudimentary CRC check.
   2.61.09   19/11/1998   Now able to truncate files.
   2.61.10   21/11/1998   GA version. -h2a switch added.
   2.61.11   26/11/1998   ARJ/2 2.61.10 would cause exception 0Dh if ARJ$DISP
                          is killed from the task list. The "clear screen" ANSI
                          sequence now works.
   2.61.12   06/12/1998   "ARJ M" fixup, code size decreased.
   2.61.13   13/12/1998   ARJ/2 now also works under Windows NT.
   2.61.14   31/12/1998   Minor fixes.

   2.62.01   03/01/1999   First alpha version.
   2.62.02   09/01/1999   Retail version. Minor fixes in the message section.
   2.62.03   12/01/1999   ARJ/2 v 2.62 crashed under Windows NT when creating
                          directories. ARJSFX/ARJSFXV might come into loop on
                          some LFN archives. ARJ/2 might crash if LFN goes
                          beyond 131 chars.
   2.62.04   24/02/1999   Various problems with ANSI comments were fixed. Some
                          documentation enhancements.
   2.62.05   01/05/1999   ARJSFXV v 2.62c has been introduced. The 5-second
                          delays in SFX modules have been eliminated.
   2.62.06   17/06/1999   Integrity test (ARJ I) is now operable.
   2.62.07   23/08/1999   ARJ i reported damage in earlier versions of ARJ/2.
                          Modified file seek logic for newer IFS. The ARJ/2
                          distribution archive is now ARJ-SECURED.
   2.62.08   29/08/1999   Fixed  header comment  corruption problem. Fixed
                          problem with free space detection on FAT volumes
                          larger than 1G. Enabled custom environment variable
                          setting (-+). Added support for spaces in filenames.
                          Changed default extension to lowercase ".arj".
                          Resurrected the -& error handling option. Volume
                          labels are now saved and restored. Removed Windows
                          NT checking and host OS stamping to avoid confusion
                          with native ARJ32 archives. Packaged a full set of
                          ARJ utilities.
   2.62.09   04/09/1999   Fixed problems introduced in 2.62.08: destination
                          directory parsing and ARJSFX stack corruption
   2.62.10   15/09/1999   Timestamps are now restored upon directory creation.
                          Added support for extended attributes to ARJ and
                          ARJSFXV. Fixed a problem with directories being
                          mishandled by ARJSFXV.
   2.62.11   22/09/1999   Added check for encryption when creating SFX
                          archives. Fixed chapter mark creation with EAs
                          enabled. Fixed to allow commenting of any ARJ
                          chapters. Added check for files larger than 2048M.
                          Fixed volume handling of "hollow" archives ("-j#").
                          Fixed handling of encrypted archives with the "j"
                          and "y" commands. Disabled volume prompting when a
                          volume is not an ARJ archive. Changed multi-volume
                          function to automatically handle volumes over 99.
                          Implemented internal ARJ-PROTECT storage as in ARJ32
                          v 3.02.
   2.62.12   26/09/1999   Fixed "CRC error" reported for some multivolume EAs.
                          Fixed EAs being lost in multivolume ARJ-SECURED
                          archives. Verbose list command now skips EA records
                          if they are garbled and no password is given.

   2.70.01   05/10/1999   Changed error message display. Fixed to work in xterm
                          of XFree86 for OS/2. Fixed possible loop when -hk
                          is used with multivolume option. Fixed a problem with
                          temporary archive not being deleted when no files are
                          added. Fixed ARJ-PROTECT percentage report. Fixed
                          "Bad header" error when running "ARJ x -d". Fixed
                          search pattern query in "ARJ w".
   2.70.02   25/10/1999   Fixed date/time stamping in ARJSFXJR. Removed
                          M_UNREG_SFX from commercial modules. Fixed recursive
                          repacking in REARJ. Added custom -h# format feature.
                          Added comment compatibility option.
   2.70.03   31/10/1999   Added day number option to -h#.
   2.70.04   06/11/1999   Fixed extracted file postprocessing. Added automatic
                          testing of ungarbled archives. Fixed chapter command
                          parsing from the configuration file. Added default
                          configuration file lookup. Fixed garble password
                          prompting. Corrected to work with EXT2FS.IFS.
   2.70.05   31/12/1999   Fixed rare "Can't find ..." errors when parsing list
                          file. The SFX executables are now compressed with
                          standard EXEPACK. Introduced new ARJ registration
                          scheme. Added ARJ.KEY registration file lookup.
                          Fixed "clear to end of line" ANSI sequence handling.
                          Fixed "Out of memory" errors appearing after a long
                          sequence of archive volumes. Fixed abnormal effects
                          when extracting damaged archives. Fixed timestamp
                          handling during extraction. Fixed recursive
                          verification with /G in REARJ. REARJ/2 has been
                          updated to version 2.42.
   2.70.06   02/01/2000   Minor optimizations of the compression procedure.
   2.70.07   06/01/2000   Added "-2L" option for .LONGNAME EA conversion on
                          archiving. The "/J" option was not properly working
                          in registered REARJ/2.
   2.70.08   07/01/2000   Fixed a problem with valid registration keys being
                          rejected by ARJ/2.
   2.70.09   14/02/2000   Changed "-ha" option to skip read-only attributes on
                          packing. Fixed century display in dates beyond 2000.
                          Added "-2k" switch to skip century display in list
                          commands. Fixed parsing of the "-v...K" and "-v...M"
                          size modifiers.

   2.71.01   19/03/2000   Fixed license information display in ARJSFXJR.
                          Changed REGISTER.EXE to use "-arj" and "-arj32"
                          options instead of "-all". Changed the meaning of
                          the "-s"option of ARJSFXV to enable file sharing.
                          Fixed the count of long filenames across volumes.
                          Added an alternate multivolume archive naming
                          feature.
   2.71.02   25/03/2000   Fixed file handle deficiency (occured in 2.70.09 and
                          2.71.01)
   2.71.03   29/03/2000   Fixed abnormal behavior of -b and -b2 switches.
   2.71.04   28/05/2000   Moved a part of assembly code to C (up to send_block)
   2.71.05   27/06/2000   Slightly optimized the compression engine.
   2.71.06   03/08/2000   Fixed looping on self-pointing headers.

   2.72.01   16/06/2000   Reproduced basic STDOUT concepts
   2.72.02   02/07/2000   Switched to C versions of huf_encode_*()
   2.72.03   10/08/2000   Commercial versions now never expire. Fixed a minor
                          cosmetic display issue when using the "-t1" option.
   2.72.04   11/08/2000   Implemented the CFA internal filelist format.
   2.72.05   15/08/2000   Fixed the filelist overrun glitch (occured in version
                          2.72.03+ but has its roots back in the earliest
                          builds!). Fixed abnormal handling of "-*". Fixed
                          damaged archives resulting from -m4.
   2.72.06   18/08/2000   Added option checks when modifying an existing
                          self-extracting archive. Modified ARJ version
                          messages for compatibility with Winzip. Fixed
                          multiple volume diskette updating to work properly
                          when a work directory is specified. Fixed rare issue
                          of ARJ building an empty archive as the last of a
                          series of volumes. Fixed the ARJSFX self-extractor
                          to detect and display an ARJ-SECURITY envelope.
                          Fixed the "jc" extract count option to work with
                          volume split files. Fixed a problem using "-js" in
                          ARJ_SW/ARJ32_SW and on the command line. Changed the
                          "l"ist command to show " 00" for year 2000 and "100"
                          for year 2100. Added a "-2k1" switch for non-ambigous
                          date formatting. Added "-hy1" and "-hy2" options to
                          force OEM/ANSI codepage settings. Fixed garbling to
                          accept "-hg" when garbling an existing ungarbled
                          archive. Modified help display not to display
                          milestone indicators. ARJCRYPT has been updated to
                          version 2.1.
   2.72.07   18/08/2000   The same as 2.72.06 but real hot-fix GA. Fixed
                          ARJSFX hash table and comment formatting bugs.
   2.72.08   18/08/2000   Merged with 2.71.05...2.71.06 branch.

   2.73.01   19/08/2000   Minor modifications of the message section. Added "-"
                          symbol option to ARJ configuration file to work like
                          "+" symbol except with prepending of its associated
                          switch string. Fixed volume size handling during
                          update of ARJ-PROTECTED volumes. Corrected total
                          file count output on list command. Fixed the purging
                          "k" of chapter volumes. Fixed volume series breakups.
                          Fixed a problem with the "-vw" option when updating a
                          volume. Fixed alignment on verbose list command.
                          Corrected "-i3" and "-i6" total percentage counts
                          for multiple volumes. Fixed the "-jc" extract count
                          option to terminate prompting for unneeded volumes.
                          Fixed looping when using "-va" on large partitions.
   2.73.02   19/08/2000   The distribution version of 2.73.01 (contains mostly