[WWWOFFLE-Announce] WWWOFFLE Version 2.5c

[Andrew M. Bishop]

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The new patch version of WWWOFFLE is now available (version 2.5c).

The changes for this version are listed below.

Bug Fixes:
 Check that the filesystem block size is non-zero before purging.  Make sure
 that SocketTimeout and ConnectTimeout are initialised.  Allow SSL tunneling to
 local network when offline.  Improved HTML parser (fixes Javascript breakage).
 Handle servers that fail to send a reply header.  Fixed POST requests to root
 directory (e.g. seti@home).  Fixed HEAD requests when online.  Made portable to
 OpenBSD.  Clear supplementary group ids. Fix a file descriptor leak.  Make sure
 that 'Connection: close' is sent for internally generated pages.  Fix SSL via
 external proxies.  Fix HTML modifications to invalid HTML format links.  Set
 the permissions after installation better.  Allow wwwoffle-tools programs to
 use compiled in SPOOLDIR.

Server Features:
 Use 'LIST -a' on FTP servers to get better directory listing.
 Change FTP listings for symbolic links.
 Ensure that Content-Length on cached replies is correct.


Downloading
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As always the full selection of source versions are available from the
wwwoffle download page:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.5/download.html

The complete version (408 kB) is available from:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/download-wwwoffle/wwwoffle-2.5c.tgz

The patch from the previous version (14 kB) is available from:

 http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/download-wwwoffle/wwwoffle-2.5b-2.5c.diff.gz

The source is also being uploaded to the FTP servers today and will be
available from them soon.


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