CHANGES
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-- Changes from suck-4.3.2 -> Suck-4.3.2.1

configure.in - added test for libperl.so in addition to libperl.a
	for those installations with dynamically linked perl

makefile.in - comment out PERL_DEFS=-DREENTRANT -DGNU_SOURCE, 
	accidently left this in from testing.

suck.c - allocnode() - added exists() subroutine to test for
	a duplicate msgid so we don't dl the same article twice.

       - send_command(), get_one_article() - added different
	error msg for 430 No such article, so don't put out
 	3 lines everytime there's no article.

-- Changes from suck-4.3.1 -> Suck-4.3.2

configure.in - add -with-perl-exe option to specify an
	alternate path to the perl exe.

suck.c, killfile.c - get_a_chunk(), get_chunk_mem()
	changed to handle lines beginning with .
	correctly in stdout mode.

suck.c, rpost.c - main() - error handling if host isn't
	specified on command line.

* - various patches from Debian folks
configure.in - check for configdata.h in inn include directory

both.c - sgetline() - changes to fix SSL bug with the select,
	connect_to_nntphost() - add code to handle
	host:port syntax.   This fix also allows you to
	specify a port number for the local host.

suck.c - to handle SIGINT in addition to SIGTERM,
	build_command() fix in potential buffer overflow

testhost.c - added -Q option, to allow user to specify
	NNTP authentiation via env variables.

March 28, 2003 - Suck-4.3.2 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.3.0 -> Suck-4.3.1

* as of this version, my e-mail address has changed
to bobyetman@sucknews.org

* 	- added stuff to autoconf to handle the Db,
	history, Perl & SSL stuff in the Makefile.

* both.h - added tests for socks.h

* rpost.c - added -Q option, to allow user
	to specify NNTP authentication via
	environment variables
         - do_batch() - add test to not append
	prefix if article name is an Inn token.

* suck.c - added -Q option, to allow user
	to specify NNTP authentication via
	environment variables

	- build_command() - changed sprintfs
	to snprintf() to fix potential overflow
	problems.

	-- get_one_article() - fix bug where
	plist would be null when doing authentication
	and there was only one article to download.

        - main() - fix bug where if reconnect after
	dedupe, and it failed, you would try to send
	the quit command to an invalid file descriptor.

Sep 24, 2002, Suck-4.3.1 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.5 -> Suck-4.3.0

* As of this version, my e-mail address has changed from
from bobyetman@worldnet.att.net to bobyetman@home.com

* 	changes to allow it to use SSL.

* rpost.c - added -i option, to ignore the
	readonly opening response and try
	to post anyway, since inn-2.3, when
	using authinfo, still sends 201 code
	meaning readonly.

	- do_authenticate() - added print
	statements to show start of, and
	successful completion of authentication.

* suck.c - get_one_article_kill() - add test
	for header_only mode when in stdout mode 
	to not download the body.

	- get_one_article(), get_articles() - added
	 -bP option, to post articles during download.

Sep 17, 2001 - Suck-4.3.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.4 -> Suck-4.2.5

* batch.c - post_one_msg() - fixed bug in
	testing for a long input line that
	caused us to reject any line that is
	exactly 13 char long.

* chhistory_db.c - various changes to allow it
	to compile with Inn-2.3 headers.

* rpost.c - do_article() - added test for second
	duplicate article string to handle DNews.

	- filter_batch_article() - added option for
	showing the file name as we upload it.

Dec 02, 2000 - Suck-4.2.5 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.3 -> Suck-4.2.4

*	various changes to allow compile under OS/2
	(look for ifdef EMX).  You'll need to edit the
	Makefile to get it to compile.

*both.c - true_str(), null_str() - moved from suck.c so
	rpost can use.

* killprg.c - Changes to include so will compile using 
	Perl5.6.  If you're using perl5.004 or older,
	you'll need to define OLD_PERL in the Makefile.

* rpost.c - Changes so will compile with perl5.6.0.
  
	do_article() - Added actual error message from
	remote server to Malfunction error message, to
	make it easier to figure out problem. 

* suck.c - do_one_group() - added code for resetcounter 
	option.  If remote end resets its article numbers
	the normal suck response is to ignore the group
	and reset the lastread counter to match the current
	high counter.  This option tells suck to reset
	its lastread counter to the low counter, effectively
	causing suck to get all articles for the group, and
	use the historydb to check for dupes.
	Added low_read option. This option is used in concert
	with the maxread option of the sucknewsrc.  Normally
	when there is a maxread in the sucknewsrc, suck will
	download the newest articles.  This option tells suck
	to download instead the oldest articles.
	
	do_articles() - added code for show_group option. 
	This option will add the name of the current group
	to the BPS display as you download the articles.
        
May 21, 2000 - Suck-4.2.4 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.2 -> Suck-4.2.3

* both.c - signal_block() - Changes to get rid of invalid 
	#ifdef POSIX_SIGNAL causing this routine never to
	get called.

* killfile.c. parse_killfile() - fixed bug in getting perl
        filter filename.  If you didn't specify debug, the
        nl was getting left on the name, causing errors.

* rpost.c - * - Major internal re-write to handle future
	expansion of filters/batch mode.  Changed many
	function's arg passing, so they only pass around
	myargs.  Re-wrote batch mode to make adding new
	filters easier.  Added rnews mode, for reading
	rnews files.  See man page for more details.

* suck.c - main(), sighandler() - changes from signal() to
	sigaction() so I use all POSIX signal handling stuff.

        - do_nodownload() - added, this routine allows you
        to specifiy Message-IDs to never download.  See the
        SUCKNODOWNLOAD section in the man page.

23 Jan 2000 - Suck-4.2.3 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.1 -> Suck-4.2.2

* lmove.c match_group(), move_msgs(), scan_args() - Re-wrote
	for new options -h and -s to create hard or symbolic
	links to files crossposted to multiple groups.  Re-wrote
 	code to handle malformed header with spaces either before
	or after the newsgroup names.

	load_active() - added test for duplicate group line.

* suck.c - do_one_group() - changed command from "xhdr 111-"
	to "xhdr 111-2222" for brain-dead servers that don't
	follow the proposed standard and treat 111- correctly.

* xover.c - do_xover(), do_group_xover() - changed command from
	"xover 111-" to "xover 111-222".

25 July 1999 - Suck-4.2.2 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.2.0 -> Suck-4.2.1

* rpost.c - do_perl() - fixed bug where infile was being lost
	due to FREETMPS, causing failed posting.

* suck.c - restart_yn() - fixed bug where if prior to restart,
	we had sent command for an article, but not received it,
	then on restart, we would skip article.   So I have
	to set sentcmd to false if we haven't downloaded it.

* xover.c - chk_a_group() - rewrote into one loop, to get rid
	of segfaults on NULL field, and to speed things up for
	complicated xover files.

23 May 1999 - Suck-4.2.1 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.1.2 -> Suck-4.2.0

* active.c - get_msgids() - added new option, -i, to set the default
	number of articles to download when using the -A or -AL option
	and a new group is added.  See man page for usage.

        do_one_group() - changed handling of return from 
	do_group_xover() so handle new error code.

	parse_args(), main() - added code to handle -i option.

	get_articles() - fixed bug in handling of pause and
	reconnect after X nr of articles.  Wasn't taken into
	account 0 articles correctly.

* killfile.c - moved xoverview pointer out of master killfile and
	into master struct, so can use independently of killfiles
	(for -Z option).

	parse_killfile() - changed to passed which argument to 
	various setup routines, so can distinguish between XOVER
	and regular killfiles.

* killprg.c - killprg_forkit(), killperl_setup() - added test for
	which, so if XOVER killfiles we don't point the killfile
	functions to killprg stuff.

	- killprg_sendoverview(), killprg_sendxover, 
	killperl_sendxover() - created.  These routines handle 
	the sending of the overview.fmt and each overview line
	to a child program or perl subroutine for matching.

* suck.c - main() - added code to handle retreival and freeing up
	of memory used by overview.fmt.  Added call to free up
	xoverp killfile.u

	- do_one_group() - added code to handle new option, -Z,
	to use XOVER vice XHDR to get message-ids, in case the 
	remote server doesn't support the XHDR command.

* xover.c - do_group_xover() - changed the error code returned
	if server can't do xover command, so can recover 
	gracefully from other errors (such as too long msgid)

	get_xover(), find_msgid() - created.  These routines
	use the XOVER command to get the Message-ID and alloc
	it for the -Z option.

	Moved xoverview pointer out of master killfile and into
	master struct, so can use for -Z option.

	- do_one_line() - added code so if we have a program
	or perl subroutine to do the checking, it gets called

11 May 1999 - suck-4.2.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.1.1 -> Suck-4.1.2

* suck.c -- do_supplemental() - added call to do_sup_bynr().

	do_sup_bynr() - created.  Handles lines in suckothermsgs
	that specify a group name and article number for retreival.

14 Apr 1999 - suck-4.1.2 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.1.0 -> Suck-4.1.1

* suck.c - get_one_article() - fixed bug in sending command
	for the second article, was resending first article
	command.

27 Mar 1999 - suck-4.1.1 released

-- Changes from Suck-4.0.0 -> Suck-4.1.0

* killfile.c - get_one_article_kill() - added code to handle
	new option, -g, to get only the headers of articles.
	See man pages for details.

* suck.c - get_one_article() - added code to handle new option
	-g, to get only the headers of articles.

* xover.c - chk_a_group() - fix bug in counting of Xref line,
	causing inaccurate count.

        do_one_line(), get_xoverview() - fixed handling of :full
	flag in overview.fmt.

22 Mar 99 - suck-4.1.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.10.4 -> Suck-4.0.0

* reworked restart code.  Got rid of suck.restart and suck.sorted,
   replaced with suck.db, which contains the records of all messages.
   All of this code is now contained in db.c.  Cleaned up the use of
   the Mandatory field by creating separate delete and sentcmd fields.

* chkhistory.c chkhistory() - fixed bug which caused no articles to be
	checked, I wasn't passing the current article to my_bsearch().

        chkhistory() - changed HISTORY_FILE to a run time option vice
	the constant defined in the Makefile.

* chkhistory_db.c 
	chkhistory(), open_history() - changed HISTORY_FILE to a
	run_time option.

* killfile.c - added code to handle new killfile option NRXREF.
	This works the same as NRGRPS, but on the Xref line
	instead of the Newsgroups line.

  killfile_done() - fixed bug in freeing perl_int.

  check_a_group() - fixed bug in counting nr of groups.

  pass_two() - fix bug if groupline didn't have group name, we could
	core dump when trying to nuke nl.

* ssort.c - changed params that my_bsearch is called with, to make
	chkhistory faster.  Changed second param to string vice struct.

* suck.c - do_cleanup() - fixed a bug with moving suck.newrc to sucknewsrc.
	If we're restarted with -R, no suck.newrc would exist, and
	we'd move sucknewsrc to sucknewsrc.old, and fail on the
	move of suck.newrc to sucknewsrc.  Now if suck.newrc doesn't
	exist, we don't move sucknewsrc either.

	parse_args() - added code to handle history file option (HF).

* xover.c - added code to handle to option NRXREF, like above.
	Also added code to handle new option XOVER_LOG_LONG,
	which causes suck to format xover kills so that they
	look like message headers, instead of printing just
	the Xover line.

13 Mar 99 - Suck-4.0.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.10.3 -> Suck-3.10.4

* active.c - get_message_index_active() - added code to handle -F
	option, reconnect after reading the active file.  This is
	in case of a large active file, and the remote end times
	out while reading it.

* killprg.c - tweaked the #ifdef for the Perl 5.004 stuff

* lmove.c - move_msg(), scan_args() - Added test to see if article
	exists in new location before I move it.  This is to avoid
	overwriting articles if another process adds articles to
	directory without changing the active file.   If an article
	already exists, I abort UNLESS you use the -A option.  See
	man page for more details. 
	
   main() - rewrote tests for msgdir and basedir, to avoid segfaults
	if not defined.

* suck.c - main(), scan_args() - added code to handle -F option.

* xover.c - get_xoverview() - fixed bug in parsing of xoverview, not
	stripping the blanks and nls correctly.  Also fixed bug in
	allocing of memory (had POverview vice Overview).

25 Jan 1999 - Suck-3.10.4 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.10.2 -> Suck-3.10.3

* batch.c - do_post_filter() - created, allows you to edit all articles
	downloaded.

*batch.c - do_lmove_patch()
*killprg.c - killprg_forkit()
*rpost.c - do_filter - added exit(-1) so that if child doesn't execl,
	we don't have both parent and child running.

* chkhistory.c - chkhistory() - changed error_log() call to MyPerror()
	for open of history file, so get more descriptive error msg.

*  suck.c - main(), parse_args() - added arg handling for do_post_filter().

   get_articles(), restart_yn() - re-worked the handling of restarts, to 
	avoid downloading same article twice, or not downloading an article,
	due to the de-duping process when I did a rescan for new articles,
	so I had the same MsgId twice, then deleted the first one already
	downloaded, and then downloaded it again.

* dedupe.c - dedupe_list() - added code so that if one of a set of dupes
	is marked as downloaded, or a dupe, I delete the other one 
	instead, to help avoid the scenario above.	

10 Dec 98  - Suck-3.10.3 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.10.1 -> Suck-3.10.2

* chkhistory.c - chkhistory() - changed to new, hopefully faster routine,
	using ssort() and my_bsearch().

* dedupe.c - dedupe_list() - changed to use  new routine to handle deduping
	based on the ssort() routine.

* ssort.c - created, contains ssort() and my_search().

* suckutils.c - qcmp_msgid() - created for use by my_bsearch().

* xover.c - do_group_xover(), do_one_line() - rewrote to fix bug in 
	not handling multiple group keep/delete files.  

8 Nov 98 - Suck-3.10.2 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.10.0 -> Suck-3.10.1

* chkhistory_db.c - open_history() - fixed typo in GDBM code had == where
	it should have been = .

* killprg.c - added #define ERRSV and PL_na, since Perl 5.004 and earlier
	don't have these.

* rpost.c - main(), scan_args() - modified to handle perl embedded filter.

* rpost.c - parse_perl(), perl_done(), do_perl() - created, handles embedded
	perl subroutine for filtering files uploaded.

* xover.c - get_xoverview() - fix bug in not initializing elements of the
	linked list (next = NULL).

13 Oct 98 - Suck-3.10.1 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.9.4 -> Suck-3.10.0

* both.c  - added tests for <net/socket.h> and <arpa/inet.h> for BEos,
	it needs net/socket.h, everyone else needs the other one.
	
	error_log(), do_debug_vl()  - added code to handle printing of error
        messages to do_debug().

* chkhistory.c - chkhistory() - added code to check for valid lines, since
	INN now has lines that begin with [, used by the DBZ code, and
	we need to ignore them, and use only the lines that start with <.

* chkhistory_db.c - open_history(), close_history() - added code for using
      GDBM database.

* killfile.c - parse_killfile(), do_debug() - changed to pointer and malloc
	for master killfile, so can re-use routine to load in XOVER killfiles.
	Added filename parameter, so can tell it what file to parse.  Changed
	TRUE_STR() macro to use true_str function from suck.c

	parse_a_file() - added initialization of bodybig and bodysmall.

	parse_killfile(), parse_one_file() - changed so that if a killfile
	evaluates to empty, we throw it away, so we don't spend time
	finding groups for empty killfiles.

	parse_killfile(), free_killfile() - changed to set up for embeded
	perl killfile call.

* killprg.c - killperl_setup(), killperl_done(), chk_msg_kill_perl() -
        created, handles calling embedded perl subroutine for killfiles.

* lpost.c - added include <string.h> to fix compile bug on SunOS.

* rpost.c - do_article() - added code to test for a string to confirm
	a duplicate post error message, since some servers don't use
	a separate error code to dilineate these from other failures.

	scan_args() - added call to error_log() so that error_log and 
	MyPerror messages also go to debug.suck, if debug is true.

* suck.c - main(), get_articles(), parse_args() - added code to change the
        format of the BPS and count output to make it easier for a gui to
        pick these out and display separately.  For use in my java gui, 
	or anything else for that matter.  Added arg -G to toggle this on.

	main() - changed calls to true_str() and null_str() from macros
	to true functions, since they are used so much in debug code, so
	as not not have 300 copies of "true" "false" and "null" in the
	program.  Added -f option, to reconnect after deduping the
	messages, in case of long dedupes, and the remote disconnects
	due to time outs.

	main(), parse_args() allocnode(), do_one_group()  - added code to
	handle the new XOVER arg, to parse the xover killfiles, to allow
	passing of article number, and to do the xover() call.

	parse_args() - added call so if debug is set, error_log and MyPerror
        reports to debug.suck.

* testhost.c - main() - added -o option, to list the overview format, which
	is what the XOVER command returns.  Added -M option, in case you
	need the mode reader command for the -o option to work.

* xover.c - created, holds code to process XOVER killfiles.

5 Oct 98 - Suck-3.10.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.9.3 -> Suck-3.9.4

* active.c - add_to_list() - added code to do regular expression testing,
       if your system supports regex().
	   - read_ignore() - added code to compile regular expressions if
       your system supports regex().

*chkhistory_db.c - added code to handle INN-2.0's new database routines.

* makephrases.c - count_vars() - rewrote so can't go past end of string
       when checking for a variable.  Added <string.h>.

* suck.c - do_one_group() - changed so abort on non 411,500 error codes
	when sending the group command.

23 Jul 98 - Suck-3.9.4 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.9.2 -> Suck-3.9.3

* suck.c - main() - added code to get reply from "quit" command, that
	way if remote end is in process of sending us something, we
	don't close down the buffer prematurely.

23 Apr 98 - Suck-3.9.3 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.9.1 -> Suck-3.9.2

* As of this version, my e-mail address has changed from boby@pixi.com
to bobyetman@worldnet.att.net.

killprg.c - chk_msg_kill_fork() - added code to handle new -LF option,
	to override built-in default for suck.killlog.

killfile.c - get_chunk_mem() - changed so that if send_command() aborts
	due to TimeOut, we return the actual error (RETVAL_ERROR) vice
	UNEXPECTEDANS which would cause us to keep going.

	regex_scan() - fixed bug if you had were using QUOTECHAR and had
	regex() compiled in.  The regex code would strip the QUOTECHAR
	off the string, so we'd always do case insensitive compare.

	parse_a_file(), regex_scan(), regex_check(), regex_block(), do_debug() - 
	modified to handle new non-regex searching mechanism.  Switched to
	Boyer-Moore algorithm vice straight brute force of strstr() or nstrstr().
	Should make searching of body of messages lots quicker.  Added ability
	to designate string in a killfile as a non-regex.  This is done by adding
	a % to the front of a string, before the QUOTE char.  Added NON_REGEX=
	param to killfiles.  Allows you to specify a character instead of % to
	represent non-regex strings.  Revamped the handling of the QUOTE character,
	it's all done now in regex_scan().  Fixed bug in printing if we were
	using extended regex or not.  Added debugging statements.  

	chk_msg_kill() - added code to handle new -LF option, to override built-in
	default for suck.killlog.

suck.c - do_one_group() - added error message print if timed out getting
	MsgIds.

	do_connect(), send_command() - fixed to handle flushing of inbuf
	and resetting which group number we are on, if reconnect option is 
	given.

	restart_yn() - added -O, skip_on_restart.   Useful when suck is
	having trouble with a particular article, and it keeps timing out
	when you restart.  This option tells suck to skip the first article
	on restart.

29 Mar 98 - Suck-3.9.2 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.9.0 -> Suck-3.9.1

both.c - get_long() - created, copy of number() except it gets
	longs instead of ints.
	str_long() - created copy of str_int() except it gets
	longs instead of ints.  

suck.h - changed so MsgNr is long vice int.  This necessitated a
	bunch of changes in other routines, changing int vars
	to long, and a couple of subroutine calls had to be changed.

12 Feb 98 - Suck-3.9.1 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.8.0 -> Suck-3.9.0

Makefile.in - remove -ansi -pedantic, which caused Linux Glibc and
	other systems problems.

active.c - nntp_active(), read_active() - created, read activelist
	from NNTP host or local file, respectively.

	get_message_index_active() - changed to call nntp_active()
	or read_active().

	get_msgids() - add nl to print of original line, so sucknewsrc
	looks okay.

batch.c - do_rnewsbatch() - added code to test for existence of batch
	file and fail if it already exists.  Added code to test for
	write error.  Redo fclose()s so they are in right place.
	
	do_innbatch() - added code to test for write error.

both.c - do_debug_binary() - created, do a dump without filtering
	thru a print.  Needed in case got NULL in string.

	findnl() - created, replaces strstr() call in sgetline()
	so can handle NULLS in messages.

	sgetline() - added call to do_debug_binary() - so can see
	if I get NULL in recv().

killfile.c - get_one_article_kill() - added code to test if failed to
	write header to disk.  Modified to handle new calling sequence
	for chk_msg_kill*().  Added code to get the body of the article,
	if it wasn't already downloaded in check_a_group().  Added code
	to handle UNEXPECTEDANS from get_chunk_mem.

	chk_msg_kill() - modified to handle new calling sequence, so can
	pass master to check_a_group(), 

	get_chunk_mem() - renamed from get_a_chunk_mem().  Added size param
	to track size of buffer. Changed strcpy() to memmove() in case of nulls
	in string.  Added code to get both the header and body of articles into
	separate buffers.  Added NULL to end of buf so that logging is correct.
	Added code to handle retval and to pass back UNEXPECTANS if the article
	is not available on server.

	check_a_group() - added code to test body and bodysize.  Moved some code
	down to regex_block().  recoded to handle multiple body and header checks.

	parse_a_file, do_debug() - added code to handle body and bodysize> and
	bodysize< parameters.  added code to handle multiple header and body checks.
	added code to handle extended regex parameter.

	regex_block() - created.  This code will check an entire block
	(header/body) for the string/regex desired.
	
	debug_one_kill() - created, print OneKill structrure, moved some
	code from print_debug() here to make printouts more uniform and
	code read a bit easier.

	regex_scan() - fixed bug in error message for bad regular expression.
	Added code to free up structure if error in routine.  Added code to
	handle use extended regex parameter.

	pass_one() - added code to handle use extended regex parameter.
	
killprg.c - chk_msg_kill_fork() - modified to handle new calling sequence,
	needed cause chg_msg_kill needed master.

lmove.c - read_active(), rewrite_active() - swap lownr and highnr
	params around to match real format of active.

	load_phrases() - added code to test for correct version nr,
	fixed bug in not skipping ahead to lmove phrases.

	find_groups() - fix bug by changing linein[] to static.

makephrases.c - added code to write out version number to phrase file.

rpost.c - added tests to various sgetlines() in case it aborts due to timeout.

	load_phrases() - added code to test for version number.

	do_batch() - added code to write rest of articles to failed file
	if we abort due to loss of connection.

suck_config.h - Move DEBUG1 from suck_config.h to Makefile debug_both

suck.c - main() - added TRUE_STR() and NULL_STR() macros to 
	clean up the debugging printout a bit.  Fix bug in errormsg
	if localhost isn't defined.  Moved printout of debug stuff
	so it prints even if there's an error in the parsing of
	the args.  Added code to handle chk_msgid option.  Added code
	to handle -AL option, read activelist from file.  Added code
	to handle -B option, check for any lingering messages and
	batch em up before we start the main run.

	do_supplemental() - added -z option don't do dedupe.  This
	is primarily for real slow machines where the dedupe process
	is longer than the time to download the messages.  I don't
	recommend this option.

	allocnode() - added code to handle -x option, chk_msgid.  If
	this option is set suck doesn't check the end of the MsgId 
	to verify that there is the > that is supposed to be there.
	This is for some brain-dead NNTP servers that truncate
	XHDR info at 72 characters.  Fixed bug introduced when added
	code to get message number that cause the supplemental file
	to not be processed.

	get_a_chunk() - change fputs to fwrite(), to handle NULLs.  Added
	code to test retval of fwrite() in case disk is full.

	load_phrases() - added code to test for correct version nr,
	fixed bug in not skipping lmove phrases.

	get_articles() - move test for mandatory down to killfile code,
	due to pipelining in non-killfile code.  

testhost.c - main() - added -q option, suppress connect and announcement
	displays, only show result of command

	load_phrases() - added code to test for correct version number.

5 Feb 98 - suck-3.9.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.7.0 -> Suck-3.8.0

active.c - read_ignore() - move fclose() to prevent attempt to 
	close file that's NULL.

batch.c - batch_lmove() - changed batchfile option to pass the
	configuration file name vice the activefile name.  lmove
	now uses the configuration file to get the activefile name.

killfile.c - parse_a_file() - added code to handle comment character.

lmove.c - main(), rewrite_active(), load_active(), scan_args() -
	added -c option which allows you to specify configuration file
	name.  Rewrote so that active file looks like standard news
	active file, which group name, low, high, and status fields.
	This means I had to move BASE= to another file, the config
	file.  This also loads ACTIVE= to specify the location of
	the active file.
	load_config() - created, loads configuration file.

rpost.c - main(), send_command() - added code to handle the new -u
	option, auto_authenticate.  This option automatically sends
	the authinfo user command upon connect to the remote host.

	do_authenticate() - added, used by -u option.  send_command() and
	do_authenticate() are carbon copies of what is in  suck.c, 
	except for variable name changes.

suck.c - get_one_article() - move output of final '.' so that it
	only happens if the article is successfully downloaded.

	main(), allocnode(), do_free(), do_one_group(), do_supplemental(),
	get_one_article(), get_one_article_kill(), restart_yn(), parse_args() 
	- (wow) Added code to handle -n option.  This option retrieves
	articles by the Number, not by the MessageID.  This means I had to
	track which group each article was in, and send the command to 
	switch groups when needed.  This gets tricky because of the 
	pipelining code, so I can't send ahead if I have to switch groups.
	If your remote NNTP server doesn't send the article number with
	the xhdr command, then this option is disabled in the code.	

	get_group_number() - created, adds group to list and assigns nr
		for later retrieval in -n option.

	build_command() - created, builds head, article, or body command
	with either msgid or msgnr, depending on -n option.

	do_connect, scan_args() - added code to handle the -u, auto_authenticate
	option.  This option will automatically send the authinfo user command
	upon connection.


testhost.c - main() - added code to handle -d option, get group descriptions
	(send command 'list newsgroups').

24 Nov 97 - suck-3.8.0 released

-- Changes from Suck-3.6.0 -> Suck-3.7.0

Makefile.in - add configure section, change install so install_lpost
	does both program and man page, fix bug in in installall

sample\* - various tweaks to use new -A and -bp options

active.c - created, handles the -A option, reading in the local
	active file, and merging it with the existing sucknewsrc
	to get the msgids.

both.c - sgetline() - added global variable TimeOut, to allow set
	of timeout value from all the programs.

batch.c - created, moved all batch subroutines here.  
	- do_localpost(), post_one_msg() - created, post articles
	to local server using IHAVE (-bp option)

killfile.c - chk_msg_kill() - put NL between articles in killfile log
	when in long log mode.
	- get_one_article_kill() - added code for BATCH_LIHAVE
	- added <limits.h> to fix compile bug on glibc systems.

rpost.c - scan_args() - added code to handle -T (timeout) option.

suck.c - get_message_index() - rewritten, much of this code moved to
	do_one_group(), so that it can be called from active.c.
	Correctly handle a maxread of 0 and not download any msgs.
	- do_one_group() - created.
	- get_articles() - redid code that prints BPS to use new
	GET_BPS function from the timercode, so that I can correctly
	format the output and don't get BPSS type stuff.  Added code
	to handle BATCH_LIHAVE file open.
	- get_one_article(), main(), added code for BATCH_LIHAVE
	- do_rnewsbatch(), do_innbatch, do_lmovebatch() - moved to batch.c
	- scan_args() - rewritten to handle long and short args
        - parse_args() - created, contains much of old scan_args().
	Added code to handle -A, -bp, -hl, and -T (Timeout) options. 
	- main() - added some arg checking code.
	- get_one_article(), do_authenticate() - fixed bug in not
	handling authentication due to send-ahead code.

testhost.c - main() - added code to handle -T (timeout) option.

timer.c - TimerFunc() - added GET_BPS option to return the BPS vice
	display it on the screen.

19 Oct 97 - suck-3.7.0 released

-- Changes to Suck-3.5.2
*.c - removed all ifdef TIMER this option is no longer needed,
	now that the -q is present.

both.c - added test for NULL fpo to print_phrases().

killfile.c - changed all routines, got rid of non-regex stuff,
	and rewrote to handle new killfile format and parameters.
	Changed get_one_article_kill() to put tmp message into
	TMPDIR not MSGDIR.  Added -k option to ignore postfix
	for master killfile so can have one set of killfiles for multiple
	feeds.  Changed so the killfile names in the GROUP lines
	are absolute, and don't get prefix added on.
	Changed so killfile log only opened once, and changed log 
	format, added long and short version, and it also prints
	out which string we matched on.  Added wildcard matching
	to the group matching routine (so can match comp.os.linux*).
	Handle space instead of comma for separator on newsgroup line.
	Added code to handle batch infeed option.  Added test for
	regex or non-regex, so can use faster strstr() if not regex.
	Fixed bug so that if killfile don't exist, we just ignore it.

killprg.c - chk_msg_fork_kill() - added logging to killfile log.
	Added various debugging statements, to help determine
	problems with child programs.
	- move #include <unistd.h> before the <dirent.h>, needs to
	be this order for FreeBSD.
	- chk_msg_kill_fork() - added new logging code in.

suck.c - get_announcements() - added code to handle authentication.
	renamed to do_connect(), moved connect code down here, to allow
	for disconnect and reconnect every X msgs (to combat the inn
	LIKE_PULLERS=DONT option)
         send_command() - moved code for authentication to separate
	function.
         do_authenticate() - created to handle all authentication
	requests.
	 scan_args() - re-organized so options in alphabetic order,
	so easier to figure out which letters are used.
	 get_msg_index() - added # of msgs to the print out of the
	which articles are being downloaded.
	main() 
	get_articles() - moved parsing of killfiles to main(), made
	 killp part of master structure.  Added code to handle -C option
	(reconnect every x msgs).  Added code to handle batch innfeed 
	option.

	get_one_article() _ changed to create tmp msg file in
	TMPDIR not MSGDIR, so rnews can feed directly off of MSGDIR.
        do_rnewsbatch(), do_innbatch() - changed so gathers all articles
	with the proper postfix.  This is needed in case a restart gets
	more articles and the numbering changes.  This means if you are
	NOT using a postfix, you'll need to make sure there is nothing
	else in the MSGDIR but the msgs, since we'll match on all files.
	Fixed bug in not printing ".\n" at end of message in stdout 
	mode.  Added code to handle batch innfeed option.

	main() - moved code to set up master.msgs to stdout or stderr
	to before lock_file() call, so that if in stdout mode, we 
	print messages correctly.

suckutils.c - move_file() - change typo in write from fpi to fpo.
	- tmp_path() - removed as was causing a bug in renaming the
	tmp articles back to the real names.

timer.c - added ifdefs for HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY in case the system
	doesn't have it.

7 Sep 97 - suck-3.6.0 released

-- Changes to Suck-3.5.1

both.c - MyPerror() - added code to handle NULL ptr possibility

killfile.c - regex_scan() - fixed bug in error_log report (forgot NULL)

rpost.c - do_article() - added code to handle M$ 446 (615) response for
	duplicate article
 
suck.c - main() - added code to handle -q option.

	do_rnewsbatch(), do_innbatch() - fixed possible overflow condition
	by changing size of tmp variable to MAX_PATH vice 20.

	 get_articles() - added code to handle -q (quiet) option to not
	display BPS and article count.

	 scan_args() - added code for -q option.

	 get_message_index() - added test in case low and high article 
	numbers from GROUP command don't jive (low > high)

	 get_one_article() - changed nesting on the last if() so that
	if Multifile is FALSE we don't try to move files, since there
	aren't any to move.

	 do_supplemental() - removed an unneeded call to TimerFunc().
         Added test for no messages, so don't do deduping and history
	 check.


suck_config.h - added code for Solaris in case PATH_MAX wasn't defined to
	define it to MAXNAMLEN

suck_utils.c - move_file() - added test in case either file is NULL ptr

1 Aug 97 - suck-3.5.2 released

-- Changes to Suck-3.5.0

README - revamped a bit, to make col.announce posting a bit easier.

killfile.c - get_one_article_kill() - change rename() to move_file().

lmove.c - added limits.h to fix problem on SCO machines with no PATH_MAX.

rpost.c - main() -added code to set up default phrase file. 

suck.c - main() - added code to set up default phrase file "/usr/local/lib/suck.phrases"
	This also involved changing the *.doc/Makefiles to copy the phrase file to this
	location.  Added call to setvbuf() to set buffering to line vice block.
	Added code to handle rescan arg, which says to skip rescan on a restart.

       - do_cleanup()  - change rename() to move_file().

       - do_innbatch(),
       - do_rnews(), - added postfix to file name checked for addition to batch file.

       - alloc_node(), - added code to initialize struct item sentcmd, to be used
	for pipelining to determine if we've sent command for this article
	or not.

       - get_one_article() - added code to do pipelining, that is send the command
	to get one article ahead, so that while we are reading one article,
	the next one is being fetched by the server.  Changed rename() to 
	move_file().

       - scan_args() - added code to handle rescan argument -R

       - restart_yn() - fixed bug in error msg when suck.restart exists, but suck.sorted don't,
	changed it so this isn't a fatal error.

suckutils.c - move_file() - created, move a file to another location, either via
	rename() or a manual copy.  We do this so that if the move spans file systems,
	we can handle it gracefully.

      - full_path() - added FP_GET_POSTFIX option to get postfix

testhost.c - main() - added code to set up default phrase file.

17 Jun 97 - suck-3.5.1 releaseed

--Changes to Suck-3.4.1

*.c *.h - Changed DEBUG2 and DEBUG3 (debug suck and rpost) a 
	run time option from compile time option.  Now suck, lmove,
	and rpost support -D for debug.  This necessitated
	changing all ifdefs DEBUG[23] to if(debug==TRUE)....
	and a few subroutines so debug info got passed.

lmove.c
lmove_phrases.c - created.  This is the long-promised utility
	to move articles into the news/group/nr format.  See
	man pages for more details.
	
Makefile.in - changed VERSION from numbers to strings, rewrote
	so most lines < 80 characters for those folks using
	dumb terminals, added code so other language man pages
	can be installed directly from main Makefile.

both.c - sgetline() - changed call to select() from FD_SETSIZE
	to fd+1 so that we only scan our own FD not all 1024.
	A few tweaks to debug statements to clean up a bit.

chkhistory.c - removed CHECK_HISTORY_OLD, no longer needed.

killfile.c - get_one_article_kill() - added call to tmp_path()
	so that current article being downloaded has a .tmp
	extension on it.

suck.c - removed all code that handled -k (MSnews kludge option).

	 main() - changed algorithm a bit so on restart, in
	addition to getting all old articles, check for any
	new articles and download them as well.  Added code to
	handle call to do_lmovebatch.

       - get_one_article() - rewrite to not use send_command().
        This is the start of adding the ability to pipeline 
        commands and receipt of articles.  Added call to tmp_path()
	so that current article being downloaded has a .tmp 
	extension on it.

       - do_supplemental() - fix bug in call to TimerFunc().

       - scan_args() - added code to handle call to do_lmovebatch().

       - do_lmovebatch() - created. does a fork and execl to lmove,
	to put files in news/group/number format.

suckutils.c - do_lockfile() - changed fprintf() to print_phrases()
	    - add #include <sys/param.h> for BSDI systems and tweaked
	      suck_config.h part where it handles PATH_MAX
	    - tmp_path() - created, create a tmp file name with fullpath.
 
20 May 97 - suck-3.5.0 released

--Changes to Suck-3.4.0
both.c - vprint_phrases() - rewrote to handle a couple of bugs,
	1, if len = PHRASES_BLOCK_SIZE then no null termination,
	2, if string arg > PHRASES_BLOCK_SIZE, infinite looped.

suck.c - free_phrases() - fix typos of free_array() call for
	dedupe_phrases which caused a SIGBUS error.
       - get_message_index() - fix bugs in error_log() call for
	 error messages for group command
       - main() - handle suck -V  to correctly display version
	 number without putting a hostname in.

30 Mar 97 - suck-3.4.1 released

--Changes to Suck-3.3.2

*.* - Tweaks to various configs to make more portable.

*.c - got rid of all lingering \r\n in log and status messages.
      Added #define <sys/types.h> before sys/stat.h in various .c
      files, for more portability (Ultrix needs this).

 phrases.h
*phrases.c - created.  This is the code that loads in the language
	phrases, so you can rewrite the screen messages into
	another language, or just rewrite them.  This necessitated
	changing every print to a screen to call print_phrases().

both.c  - read_array(), do_a_phrases(), free_array(),
	convert_nl() - added.
	These are used by the load_phrases() routines to
	read in one array and alloc the memory for each phrases.
	- print_phrases() vprint_phrases(), str_int() - added.
	These routines print the phrases out with vars included.
	- signal_block() - added code to block PAUSESIGNAL.
	- error_log() - modified to call vprint_phrases() so that
	phrases print correctly.

killfile.c - parse_killfile(), chk_msg_kill() - changed killfile
	logging from a command time to run time argument, added
	logyn to Master killfile structure.
	regex_scan() - fixed bug in handling quote character
	check_a_group() -  changed \r to \n in checking nr of groups
	check_a_group(), parse_a_file() - added code to handle
	pathhost, subject, from, and nntp separators in group killfile.

rpost.c - main(), scan_args() - added stuff to process language 
	file.
	- free_phrases() - added, frees up memory from language file
	load.
	- load_phrases() - added, loads in the language file.

suck.c - main(), scan_args() - added code to pass killog_yn to
	killfile routines.  Added coded to process language file.
	Added coded to set up PAUSESIGNAL.

	- get_message_index() - fixed bugs in writing suck.newrc,
	one where if invalid line, and one where maxread was
	never getting written back out.  Also fixed bug in notting
	writing out line if error from server.  Fixed bug in 
	writing file where the cmd was written instead of line from
	file.  Fixed bug where could write to a NULL fp at end of
	routine.

	- get_articles() - rewrote way I calculate width of nritems
	for screen display, got rid of the log10() call, making
	the math lib (-lm) unnecessary.
	
	- load_phrases() - added, loads in the language file.
	- free_phrases() - added, frees up memory from language file
	load.

	- restart_yn() - fix bug in print of error message which
	  caused it not to show the path of the suck.restart file,
	  but rather show suck.sorted twice.

	- sighandler() - added code to handle PAUSESIGNAL

	- pause_signal() - created, swap pause_* with sig_* if we
	  are called by signal handler.  This allows the user to
	  slow down suck while we are running.
 
testhost.c - main() - added coded to process language file.

	- load_phrases() - added, loads in the language file.
	- free_phrases() - added, frees up memory from language file
	load.

timer.c - TimerFunc() - changed to write to file vice string, so can
	call print_phrases()

16 Mar 97 - suck-3.4.0 released

--Changes to Suck-3.3.1

killfile.c - regex_scan() - fixed bug which caused it to scan
	the first pattern on line multiple times, instead of
	scanning each pattern (added startline = tptr at end).

rpost.c - main() - added version nr printout to DEBUG3 stuff.

suck.c  - main() - added version nr printout to DEBUG2 stuff.

	- restart_yn() - added code to print error message if
		suck.restart exists, but suck.sorted doesn.t	

16 Nov 96 - Suck-3.3.2 released

--Changes to Suck-3.3.0

rpost.c - log_fail() - fix bug in sprintf(), remove /.

suck.c - get_message_index() - added code so that using
	a neg nr in sucknewsrc will allow you to download
	the last X nr of messages, handy for starting a 
	new group.

       - main() - check for NULLs on debug printout and
	handle gracefully

       - scan_args(), get_message_index() - added code
	to handle msnews.microsoft.com using 224 vice
	221 for the return value on the XHDR command,
	hence the -k (kludge) option.

testhost.c - main(), do_a_command() - added code to handle
	NNTP authorization.

sample/get.news* - added simple lock mechanism so two instances
	of script can't run at same time.

5 Nov 96 - suck-3.3.1 released

--Changes to Suck-3.2.2

suck.c - main() - changed call to do_cleanup so that
	it would be called even if no articles, since
	this is not an error.
       - get_articles(), scan_args() - added code to
	handle the -W wait/pause argument to pause x nr
	of seconds between y nr of messages.
       - do_cleanup() - don't generate error if the sorted
	file doesn't exist.

suck_config.h - added ifdef REGEX_H for killfile regex use.

killfile.h
killfile.c  - check_line()
	    - parse_a_file()
	    - free_node()
	    - check_a_group() - added code to do the regex checks
	 	on subject, from, path and nntphost.
	    - regex_scan()
	    - regex_check() - created for regex stuff.

rpost.c - do_batch() - added code to log failed uploads
	- log_fail() - created, create a file of failed uploads
	- do_article() - fixed a bug where if the last line
	of an article didn't end with a cr nl, then the . to
	signal eom wasn't recognized by remote server.

7 Oct 96 - Suck-3.3.0 released

--Changes to Suck-3.2.1

both.c - changed connect_to_nntphost, so can pass a portnr
	down, instead of always using the default 119.

suck.c
rpost.c
testhost.c - main(), scan_args() - changed to handle the
	new option -N, for selecting nnrp port number.

killfile.c - free_killfile() - removed lines that were
	explicitly freeing master.path, that is already
	handled in free_node().

21 Sep 96 - Suck-3.2.1 released

--Changes to Suck-3.2.0

both.c - build_args() - created, parses a file for args,
	and builds an argv type array from it.
       - free_args() - created, frees memory allocated
	in build_args()

chkhistory.c - cmp_msgid() - moved to suckutils.c, since
	it is also used in chkhistory_db.c.

dedupe.c - created, dedupes the linked list of msg-ids.

killfile.c - parse_a_file(), check_a_group() - added
	code to check for NNTP_Posting_Host in headers.

killprg.c - chk_msg_kill_fork() - fix bug in check of
	retval from read of result from child process
	  - killprg_closeit() - add nl to the sprintf
	so kill command is formatted correctly.

rpost.c - made all retvals use ENUM values
	main() - removed ifdef RPOST_NNRP stuff added
	  -M option processing (mode reader).  Rewrote
	argument handling stuff so can add arg file
	processing
	do_article(), do_batch() - fix so if problem with
	  article, it doesn't abort, just goes on to the
	  next article.
	do_batch() - changed to use new Pargs struct to 
	pass all the options down to it.
	scan_args() - created, moved argument handling
	to here.

suck.h - Removed #ifdef NNRP made this a run-time option
       - added more fields to Master (for arg stuff)

suck.c - main() - added -M option (mode reader) option.
	Moved all options to scan_args() so can do the
	read args from file stuff.  This meant adding some
	fields to master, so could pass back and forth,
	and re-writing the arg handling stuff.
       - scan_args() - created, handle args here.
       - get_announcements() - removed ifdef NNRP stuff
	 	added stuff to check do_modereader
       - do_cleanup() - change FP_DATADIR to FP_TMPDIR on
		N_NEWRC and N_SORTED so it looks in the
		right location.
       - build_list() - deleted, see below.
       - get_message_index(), allocnode(), do_supplemental()
		rewritten, now all they do is build a list
		of message-ids, then the linked list is passed
		to dedupe_list().  This gets rid of the old
		way of deduping as building the list, and
		hopefully will speed up large message downloads.
       - get_message_index() - Added code to handle maxread
		parameter in sucknewsrc.  Added check for count
       		on group line, so if no messages available we
		don't even try.

suckutils.c - do_lockfile() - change so PMaster is passed so 
	can print to status log.  Change print of removing
	stale lock file from errlog to status log, since this
	is not technically an error.

13 Sep 96 - Suck-3.2.0 released

--Changes to Suck-3.1.0

Makefile.in
config.h.in
configure.in - various changes so work on more systems

*.h - changed #define WORD to #define WORD 1
    - various changes so they work with configure

both.c killprg.c suck.c suckutils.c
	- added tests for limits.h
	- changed pid stuff to assume long vice int pids.  This
	  involved changing a couple of switches to if/else, and
	  re-doing printf/scanfs with casts to long.
	- get_message_index() - added loop at end to write
	  out rest of suck.newrc if the process was aborted
 	  (due to loss of pipe or other reasons).

both.h  - added test for pre-defined TRUE and FALSE
        - added test for PATH_MAX

rpost.c - added -U - P options for NNTP authorization

12 Jul 96 - suck-3.1.0 released.
 
--Changes to Suck-3.0.0

ALL - added const to lots of function calls, and other places.  Lots of
    - touch ups to make code compile without warning messages.
**  - changed default to use memmove() vice bcopy() and set up config.h
      so you would uncomment to use bcopy vice memmove (reverse of old method)
**  - changed _POSIX_PATH_MAX to PATH_MAX

*.h - all modified so not to get included multiple times, and to stand
      alone (#ifndef, #define, #endif stuff)

*.c - added #include <config.h> at top for autoconf stuff

config.h - moved to suck_config.h so don't conflict with autoconf stuff.
	 - changed CHECK_HISTORY_EXP to CHECK_HISTORY_OLD to make
	 - new version the default.

both.c - sgetline() - changed to use memmove vice bcopy
		    - rewrote a bit to not use ENODATA and ETIMEDOUT
       - signal_block() - added handling for SIGPIPE for killprg 

suck.c - send_command() - created to handle requests for authorization
	 when commands are sent. Replaces send_a_command().
       - main() - added -U, -P option processing, and rewrote to use
	 send_command().
       - get_announcements() 
	 get_message_index() 
	 get_one_article() - rewritten to use send_command()
       - send_a_command() - removed, replaced by send_command()
       - main() - added do_cleanup stuff
       - do_cleanup() - created, cleans up after myself
       - get_articles() - removed ifp variable and close() not needed.

killfile.c - get_one_article_kill() - rewritten to use send_command()
	   - parse_killfile()
	   - get_one_article_kill() - modified to handle call to 
	   either chk_msg_kill() or chk_msg_kill_fork()
	   - chk_msg_kill() - fixed bug in counting of commas on group line.
	   - changed functions for change from nrgrps to maxgrps or totgrps,
	   see below.
killfile.h - added defines for killprg.c stuff
	   - changed confusing defs of nrgrps in two different structs,
	     now one is maxgrps, one is totgrps.

killprg.c - created, this handles forking and calling of separate program
	  - to check messages for killing or keeping

rpost.c - do_article() - changed to use memmove vice bcopy
		       - fixed bug in duping beginning of lines dots.
	               - added long line support.
	- main()
	  dobatch() - add -d option.  This option will delete the batch
	              file on successful upload of all messages.

chkhistory.c - changed to make the new check_history() routine, made the
	     - old routine optional
	 - chkhistory() (new version) - removed extra fclose(fhist)

Makefile - Moved to Makefile.in, rewritten to work with autoconf
	 - added more warnings to defines and to tighten up code, added
	   -ansi and -pedantic, this necessitated bunch of little changes
	   in all files.
	 - added SOCKS support

Never released to public, beta testers only.

--Changes to Suck-2.6.3

killfile.c - pass_two() - fixed bug in malloc grpname (add +1 to
		strlen()).
	   - malloc_line() - added +1 to malloc

Makefile - fixed problem with older gcc's and linking (move $(LIBS)
		to end of compile lines). 

8 May 1996 - suck 2.6.3 released

--Changes to Suck-2.6.2

All files - changed wording so that everything refers to articles
	    vice messages, hopefully to avoid confusion.

Makefile - added support for Profiling so can find time wasters.
	   Added support for non standard locations of includes
	   and libs for INN DB stuff.  Added support for the
	   separate compiling of chkhistory or chkhistory_db.

chkhistory.c - Moved history database stuff to separate file, for
	       easier maintenance.

	     - chkhistory() - there is now an experimental version 
	       of the flat file history checker.  If you define
	       CHECK_HISTORY_EXP in config.h, you'll get the new version.
	       If not, you'll get the old.

chkhistory_db.c - created.
		- check_history() - fixed bad ifdefs, all should have
		had USE_ in front of them.
	        - chkhistory() - added missing master->nritems--

killfile.h 
killfile.c - add NRGRPS param to allow you to prevent SPAM articles

suck.h	   
suck.c     - added -K option to bypass killfiles, and added -H option
	     to bypass history file check.
	   - build_list() - added prelim 1st test to the dedupe portion
	     so that we don't always call strcmp() in hopes to speed things
	     up.

31 Mar 96 - suck-2.6.2 released

--Changes to Suck-2.6.1

killfile.c - corrected len params for hilines and lolines in Params structure.

	- cleaned up the docs and man pages in suck.1 had HIGHLINES which
	  should have read HILINES

	- added JDOC/* Japanese docs (Thanks Motoharu )

Makefile - fixed type in DBLIB

suck.c   - Makefile
         - main() - fixed version print to handle patch versions (2.6.1)

10 Mar 1996 - suck-2.6.1 released

--Changes to Suck-2.6

	- moved man pages and sample files to their own directories
	  so that the base dir only contains source code

ALL prgs - changed all stderr stuff to go through newly created error_log()
	 - function.  This is all part of the process to make these programs
	 - have no messages go to screen, for use in crons, background etc.
	 - Also added -e, -E, -s, and -S options to suck, rpost, and testhost.
	 - This necessitated a change in the command line processing of testhost.
	 - Now testhost requires hostname first.   

both.c   - number() - re wrote to handle leading spaces gracefully
	 - error_log() - created

chkhistory.c - Added the stuff to handle DBM, NDBM, DBZ history database schemes.
	     - I hope this stuff works as I have no way to test it.  I can't even
	     - compile the NDBM and DBZ stuff, as I don't even have the libs/include
	     - files stuff.
	     - cmp_msgid() - created, used to compare two articles ids IAW rfc 822.

config.h - added minor comments re the history stuff and the Makefile.  Added stuff 
	 - for group kill file processing.

killfile.c - parse_killfile(), free_killfile(), chk_msg_kill() - modified
	   - pass_two(), free_node(), check_a_group(), parse_a_file(), strnstr() - created
	   - Major re-write to handle group kill and delete files.
	   - also added quote param, to allow you to specify case-sensitive or 
           - case insensitive matches.
	   - Changed LINES param to HILINES and LOWLINES to match nr of lines above or
	   - below the nr of lines in a article.
	   - main() - commented out perror on no killfile, since this really isn't an error.

rpost.c  - get_article()
	 - get_batch() 
	 - main() - added command line options, see above.
		  - added fptr stuff and passed to subroutines to handle status messages.
		  - added #define RNEWS_NNRP to handle INN servers that need
		  - mode reader to post.

suck.c   - redid includes, moved various functions to suckutils.c
	 - main() - added -V option to print version number, also added
	 - command line options, see above, and added opening of status
	 - log for silent mode.  This changes the handling of the -s option.
	 - get_articles() - removed reduntant killfile tests since that code
			  - is now in killfile.c
	 - main()
	 - rnews_batch() - added -r option, and the ability to build multiple batch
			 - files, with the max size specified on the command line.
	 - get_message_index() - added check for group not found, if got re-write
			       - line to newrc
			       - added sanity check for a low high article nr,
			       - in case remote hosts resets its article nrs.
	 - main(), do_innbatch(), do_rnewsbatch() - added stuff for multiple feeds
		(postfix)
				
suckutils.c  - created, moved various functions not directly related
	       to the getting of the articles from suck.c to here
	     - full_path() - added postfix option so can have multiple feeds.

suckutils.h  - created

testhost.c   - added RETVAL enum used thru out program 
	     - main() - rewrote command line processing, see above.
	              - added fptr stuff for status messages
		      - added newgroups option.  
	     - do_a_command () - added fptr stuff for status messags
	                       - added option for args to command to be sent
	     - check_date_format() - created, used to ensure date/time for
	     			   - newgroups is in the right format.

Makefile - tweaks to handle new directory structure and to handle 
	   passing version number to compile.  Added code to handle
	   DB lib linking and passing args to compile.  Added user
	   defines for owner, group, and mode for the executables
	   and the man pages.

19 Feb 1996 - suck-2.6 released

--Changes to Suck-2.5.1

get.news.innxmit - added ${SITE} variable, fixed bug on ctlinnd call

chkhistory.c -  chkhistory() -  moved search list stuff inside the else{} routine so
 			     - it doesn't get done on a bogus line.

suck.c       - main()	     - fixed a couple of printfs still going to stdout vice
			     - where master.msgs points.

	     - get_articles() - added test for master being NULL to free_killfile() call

both.c       - sgetline() - added eob==start test in case buffer empty,
			    no data for the strstr() test with a dirty buffer
			  - THIS IS THE BUG THAT CAUSED MOST OF THE "No article found"
			    error messages

killfile.c   - free_killfile() - added test for master being NULL

29 Dec 95    - suck-2.5.1 released

--Changes to Suck-2.5
suck.c
killfile.c  - ALL ROUTINES - Added Master structure, changed basic operation mode. 
		Previously, we read suck.sorted to get each article.  This was causing
		a lot of disk activity.  Changed to keep the article list in memory.
		This included changing the handling of the restart, since we have to
		read the list into memory on a restart.  Also fixed handling of 
		stdout/stderr for status & error messages if in multifile mode or not.

suck.c	   - do_innbatch()
	   - do_rnewsbatch() - changed to use readdir() to build article files
			     - rather than just assuming all articles were downloading
			     - and going one up.  This way if one article didn't download
			     - the rest can still be batched up.
	   - full_path() - fixed a bug in the resolving of relative paths.
	   - get_articles() - add check for end of string when parsing for article id.
	                    - modified get_message loop to end on signal
	   - send_a_command() - rewrote if to switch to handle UNEXPECTEDANS better
	   - get_a_chunk() - rewrote a bit to speed it up (hopefully)
			   - modified to handle double dots IAW RFC 977 2.4.1
	   - sighandler()   - created
	   - main() - added call to signal() and to signal_block()
		    - added -a options, always_batch; if we download at least one
	 	    - article batch em up, even if we end on an error
		    - added lockfile stuff
	   - do_lockfile()  - created, Hope this is portable 	
	   - get_message_index() - any nr < 0 will cause us to just update sucknewsrc
			 	 - with the new high article nr (to start a newgroup)
	   			 - any line beginning with a # will be skipped
	   - get_messages() - added call to free_killfile()
	   - do_supplemental() - redid status messages a bit, added call to chkhistory()
	
killfile.h - added free_killfile() definition, added to KillStruct 

killfile.c - get_a_chunk_mem()  - modified to handle double dots IAW RFC 977 2.4.1
	   - parse_killfile()
	   - malloc_line() - created
	   - check_line() - created
	   - chk_msg_kill()  - added stuff to search Path, Subject, and From line
			     - and kill em if match
	   - free_killfile() - created

Makefile   - added mkdir -p to install option, cleaned up a bit

both.h	   - added enum for signal_block routine
	
both.c     - sgetline() - #ifdef TIMEOUT around timeval struct in variable declaration area
	                - added calls to signal_block()
	   - signal_block() - created, this is so the recv don't get interrupted by my abort signal	
	   - connect_to_nntphost() - added msgs parameter.  This way suck can 
	                           - point msgs to stderr if not in multifile mode
	
config.h   - added #define RNEWS for lpost
           - added #define bcopy() for portability sakes
	   - added #define MYSIGNAL stuff
	   - added #define CHECK_HISTORY stuff
	
lpost.c	   - moved #define RNEWS to config.h to conform with other prgs

get.news   - eliminated
get.news.innxmit -  created, for use by INND
                 - changed to use flush vice reload for ctlinnd
get.news.rnews - created, for use by CNEWS
testhost.c - added #include "config.h"

timer.c    - changed message printout to include mins and seconds
	   - added TIMER_TIMEONLY option to just disply time, not bytes

timer.h    - added to enum
	
chkhistory.h -
chkhistory.c - created, allows to check /usr/lib/news/history for any articles this
	     - system already has, and not download them

suck.1
rpost.1
lpost.1
testhost.1   - created

README
README.NEWS  - merged, since much of the docs are now in the man pages.

1 Dec 95 - suck-2.5 released

--Changes to Suck-2.4.1

config.h  - got rid of ##ifdef KILLFILE around #define N_KILLLOG to avoid
		make errors if KILLFILE is not defined

rpost.c	  - do_batch() - changed do_article() to retval=do_article()
		so errors in upload got passed back.

suck.c    - main() 
	    get_articles() - added -s option, to force display of the status
	   	message for each message to stderr vice stdout.  That way
		if someone is not using batch mode, they can still see those
		messages.
	  - get_articles() - fixed bug where restart file was always deleted.
Oct 8, 1995 - released

--Changes to 2.4
Makefile  - various tweaks
	  - moved DEBUG stuff to config.h

get.news  - added comments about where to change for rnews
          - changed the way I test to see if I am online to using a ping
	  - vice just checking to see if PPP is up and running

suck.c	  - get_announcement() - added #ifndef NNRP if NNTP server is called.
		NNTP servers don't need 'mode reader' command, so don't
		send it.
	  - full_path() - modified to allow for command line setting of directory paths;
		changed variables passed to it.
	  - main() - modified arg checking routine to allow for command line setting of
		directory paths
	  - get_messages() - changed checkdir() to use full_path()
	  - get_articles() - added #ifdef TIMER stuff
	  - get_articles() - changed memcpy() to bcopy() for portability's sake
	  - full_path()    - changed PATH_MAX to POSIX_PATH_MAX for portability's sake
	  - do_innbatch()
	  - do_rnewsbatch()
	  - get_articles() - added logcount, changed printf to make article file names
			     00XX-1666, where leading zeros are applied
	  - changed B_FALSE, B_INNXMIT, B_RNEWS to BATCH_ to avoid error on Sun compiler
	  - changed informational msgs to print to stdout vice stderr
	  - get_one_article() - created
	  - get_a_chunk()  - created
	  - send_a_message() - created
	  - get_articles() - moved all the stuff for one article to get_one_article()
			   - send_a_message() and get_a_chunk() and added killfile 
			   - processing stuff and ifdef KILLFILE stuff
	  - get_message_index() 
	    main()	   - moved handling of restart from get_articles() to main()

	  - do_dedupe()    - modified
	  - build_list()   - created
	  - get_articles() - added supplemental list processing, so user can specify
			   - additional article numbers to download, in addition
			   - to those from sucknewsrc.  This is so a user can specify
			   - articles that will NOT be checked against killfile stuff
			   - Now suck.sorted has two fields per line, msgnr and a
			   - one char field that states whether or not I must download
			   - this article. If I must, I will bypass killfile routines.
	
killfile.c  -
killfile.h  - created, contains stuff related to killfile processing

suck.h    - created, contains functions in suck.c needed by killfile.c stuff

config.h  - created, moved user changeable #defines to here.  Renamed some
		so that they make more sense.  Renamed suck.tmp to suck.newrc
		to be more descriptive.
	  - added TIMEOUT option
	  - moved DEBUG stuff from Makefile to here

both.c	  - full_path() - moved to suck.c
	  - sgetline()  - #ifdef TIMEOUT stuff, to allow us to timeout if
	                  no data received from socket in some defined time.
			- plus some tweaks to speed up the routine
	  - changed informational msgs to print to stdout vice stderr
	  
rpost.c   - do_batch() - changed behavior if infile doesn't exist.  Use to
		totally bomb the program, Now just displays error msg and
		goes on to next article
	  - changed informational msgs to print to stdout vice stderr
	  - do_batch() - some INNs put article number in outgoing file
		       - in addition to the file name, so added check for this

lpost.c   - changed informational msgs to print to stdout vice stderr

timer.c   - created
timer.h   - created, contains the timer display and update routines

testhost.c- created, allows you to see if host is active and what commands it accepts
	  - added LIST option to get active list

1 Oct 95 - posted

--Changes to 2.3B
Rewrote code to my code styles, this basically means: no global variables,
	single exit(), #define anything liable to change, change indentation.

both.c  - added full_path() so can put files anywhere, just change #defines in both.h.
	  added do_debug(), MyPerror() for easier debugging.
	  sgetline(), total rewrite so less character moving around
	  and handles partial lines, returns with the nl in buffer.
both.h  - clarifed debugging options.
	  centralized all #defines here for global changes
lpost.c  - just cosmetic changes, as I hope to phase this out.
Makefile - added a couple of comments
rpost.c  - rewrote to handle batch option
	   added do_article(), process one article
	   added do_batch(), loop thru batch file, process args
	   run filter as needed
	   added do_filter(), basically just fork() and execl()
suck.c   - main() rewrite to handle args
	   get_articles() rewritten to handle multifile output
	   added get_announcements() to move this out of main()
	   added do_dedupe() so no more system() calls.
	   added allocnode() for use by do_dedupe()
	   added checkdir() to check for and make directory
	   added do_innbatch() to build batch file of article file
	   names needed by innxmit
	   added do_rnewsbatch() to build file formatted for rnews
8 August 95 Suck2.3B released

--NEW MAINTAINER 3 July 1995 boby@pixi.com
Minor changes so no warning msgs from gcc2.7.0.
suck.c - if low=high, never got article, fixed 
suck.c - changed if lastread in sucknewsrc ==0 no get to == -1
3 July 1995 suck-2.2 released

--Changes to 2.2: 
Sgetline now cares for maxlen which means lines > 1024 bytes will
be folded. Lpost got the option -v to print some debugging output.
The other changes are only cosmetical :).

--Changes to 2.1.1:
Despite of the above proclamation i forgot to increase the buffer ;).
This is now fixed (hopefully). You see there is definately a need
for a new maintainer.

--Changes to 2.1: 
Radically increased buffer (+1 byte) thanks to operator@melchior.frmug.fr.net
rpost now more RFC0977 conform.
Renamed rpost.sh to blow.
Added another local posting script by huber@iamexwi.unibe.ch for inn.

--Changes to 2.0: 
added inews-alike rpost thanks to inspiration from ecarp@netcom.com.

--Changes to 1.4: 
added restart ability thanks to inspiration from David.H.West@um.cc.umich.edu.

--Changes to 1.3: 
fixed numeric ip handling.

--Changes to 1.2: 
added a missing htons() thanks to laurent@brasil.frmug.fr.net
added numeric ip address handling.