X-Git-Url: http://git.meshlink.io/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FNEWS;h=ce6ab198d86509864102dd4ca39a055ca854949d;hb=852c1dd6fabd985b063c18c3d0aac7f44182d9bb;hp=f101e4b5a8ded50a83253da9b984e15ac44b5f90;hpb=b96d1aad77ed914fc7d48d386e9498aa4ab379ca;p=catta diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS index f101e4b..ce6ab19 100644 --- a/docs/NEWS +++ b/docs/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,192 @@ +Avahi 0.6.13 +============ + +This release fixes some bugs and includes minor enhancements. + +Changes: + * Add a new D-Bus method for changing the mDNS host name during + runtime. This functionality is only available to members of the + UNIX group "netdev", which is the same access group that is + enforced by GNOME's NetworkManager daemon. Since NM will probably + be the most prominent user of this new method, we decided to limit + access to the same group. The access group can be set by passing + --with-avahi-priv-access-group= to "configure". If you need more + sophisticated access control you can freely edit + /etc/dbus/system.d/avahi-dbus.conf. + * Add a new utility "avahi-set-host-name" which is a command line + wrapper around the aforementioned SetHostName() method. + * Bonjour API compatibility library: + * Implement DNSServiceUpdateRecord() + * Allow passing NULL as callback function for + DNSServiceRegister() + * Implement subtype registration in DNSServiceRegister() in a + way that is compatible with Bonjour. + * If the host name changes update names of static services wich + contain wildcards. + * Don't build documentation about embedding the Avahi mDNS stack into + other programs by default. This is a feature used only by embedded + developers. Pass --enable-core-docs to "configure" to enable + building these docs, like in Avahi <= 0.6.12. + * Build Qt documentation only when Qt support is enabled in + the configuration. Same for GLib. + * Change algorithm used to find a new host name on conflict. In + Avahi <= 0.6.12 a conflicting host name of "foobar" would be + changed to the new name "foobar2". With 0.6.13 "foobar-2" will be + picked instead. This follows Bonjour's behaviour and has the + advantage not confusing people with regular host names ending in + numbers. + * Don't disable all static services when SIGHUP is recieved. + * Fix build when Avahi is configured without Gtk+ but with Python + support + * Support using Solaris DBM instead of gdbm for the service type + database. The latter is still recommended + * Minor other fixes and documentation updates + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 13. + +Avahi 0.6.12 +============ + +This is a bugfix and general cleanups release. + +Changes: + * Compatibility with newer D-Bus releases (0.9x) + * Compatibility with DBUS builds with --disable-checks + * Fix an error in the DBUS event loop wrapping which + caused the avahi client libraries to dispatch some events + too late when used with D-BUS 0.62 and newer. + * avahi-daemon: fix a minor memory leak in the DBUS code. + * avahi-glib: some GLIB adapter cleanups + * avahi-dnsconfd: fix segfault when passing an invalid command + line option + * avahi-test: portability patches for Solaris + * avahi-browse: flush STDOUT after each line, making it useful + in shell scripts. + * update service type database + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6.x with x < 12. + +Avahi 0.6.11 +============ + +This is a bugfix and portability release. + +Changes: + * Ported to Solaris + * avahi-sharp: fix a fatal error in object disposal code + * add a few new entries to the servivce type database + * fix potential crash when the daemon shuts down + * compatibility with newer autoconf versions + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.9 and 0.6.10. + +Avahi 0.6.10 +============ + +This is mostly a bugfix release. Two of the bugs fixed are security +sensitive: a remote denial-of-service vulnerability and a buffer +overflow that can allow local users to become the 'avahi' user. We do +not consider either of them major security threats. + +The DoS vulnerability can be exploited from a local network only. It +is not worth much, though, since mDNS can easily be flooded with +nonsense anyway. It is easy to kick remote mDNS/DNS-SD services by +provoking a name conflict in perfect accordance with the specs. + +The buffer overflow is hard to exploit remotely, only local users can +become the 'avahi' user. In addition the user is trapped inside a +chroot() environment (at least on Linux). + +Anyhow, our security assessments are possibly as buggy as our +code. Hence: + + *** PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INSTALLATION ASAP! *** + +Changes: + * Fix a buffer overflow in avahi-core + * Refuse to process invalid UTF8 data + * Automatically reconnect to the DBUS if we're kicked. (Works only if + chroot() is disabled) + * Don't hit an assert() in the client libs when the Avahi daemon is + terminated + * Enumerate all service types in the database in the Service + Discovery Applet for Gnome + * Improve the Bonjour compatibility layer to make it survive + GnomeMeeting's broken usage + * Deal properly with local non-ASCII hostnames + * AMD64 and FreeBSD portability fixes + * Filter double DNS server entries in avahi-dnsconfd + * Fix a locking bug in avahi-sharp's EntryGroup.AddService() + * Ported to Solaris (incomplete) + * Add _airport._tcp to our service type database + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7, 0.6.8 and 0.6.9. + +Avahi 0.6.9 +=========== + +This release fixes some bugs and includes minor enhancements. + + * Don't allow registration of address records with invalid host names + * Clean up argument validity checking for AvahiHostNameResolver and + AvahiAddressResolver + * Fix Avahi builds without DBUS + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6, 0.6.7 and 0.6.8. + +Avahi 0.6.8 +=========== + +This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features. Users of 0.6.7, +please update ASAP! + + * Fix broken parsing of static hosts file + * Improve out-of-the-box Debian support + * Add configuration option to allow mDNS over POINTOPOINT links. + This is a potential security hole and YMMV. See man page for details. + * Create $(localstatedir)/run on installation + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.6.6 and 0.6.7. + +Avahi 0.6.7 +=========== + +This release fixes some bugs and adds a few new features + + * Add static hosts name mappings + * Work around kernel bugs regarding multicast group membership + * ia64 portability fixes + * Don't require X11 to run avahi-bookmarks + * API: Return AVAHI_ERR_IS_EMPTY when the user tries to commit an + empty entry group. + * Improved Slackware and Fedora suppport + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5 and 0.6.6. + +Avahi 0.6.6 +=========== + +This release fixes some bugs and includes some documentation updates + + * Add a bunch of new types to the service type database + * Return errors of avahi_entry_group_commit() properly + * Many doxygen documentation improvements + * Fix destruction of AvahiEntryGroup objects using + avahi_entry_group_free(). + * Don't allow commiting of empty entry groups + * Use a little less memory in avahi-qt + * Don't accept empty TXT strings + * Update example "client-publish-service.c" to show how to modify an + existing service + +This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, +0.6.3, 0.6.4 and 0.6.5. + Avahi 0.6.5 =========== @@ -5,7 +194,8 @@ This release fixes some bugs and adds a new API function. * avahi-browse: properly show services that are removed from the network - * fix build on bi-arch platforms and on GNU/kFreeBSD + * fix build on bi-arch platforms, on GNU/kFreeBSD, on MIPS and + for non-DBUS builds * add new API function avahi_nss_support() and DBUS function IsNSSSupportAvailable() which may be used to detect whether libc's gethostbyname() supports mDNS domain names. @@ -18,6 +208,8 @@ This release fixes some bugs and adds a new API function. * man page updates * install missing header thread-watch.h * fix avahi-bookmarks to work with certain twisted versions + * fix record updating + * Use pkg-config's Requires.private directive where it makes sense This release is backwards compatible with Avahi 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3 and 0.6.4.