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OS/2 - eComStation News - November, 2008
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SW: FM/2 3.14 Released
SW: Ghostscript v8.63 updated - CUPS support fixed
SW: GCC 4.3.2 port updated
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #74 [WSE 2008, ACPI, AMP, FM/2, Lucide,
SW: Apache2 v2.2.10 updated
SW: ipspool103a
| SW: FM/2 3.14 Released |
2008-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Gregg Young
I have just uploaded FM/2 3.14 to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/fm2
(moving to
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/fm2) and to hobbes
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/incoming&sort=date
moving to
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=//pub/os2/util/browser
Changes are listed below:
Please note this version contains all the changes included in David
Graser's release
on Oct 08 (Some of the icon have been updated since then).
o New toolbar and drive icons (David)
o Updated toolbars they all include buttons to switch to any other
provided toolbar
(David)
o Right click on unformatted drive now provides the drives context menu
Ticket 279
(Gregg)
o Corrected the menu items available for remote, virtual and removable drives
Eliminated instances of multiple menu defaults. Ticket 290 (Gregg)
o Added new icons for some objects in the FM/2 folder. Ticket 292, 294
(David, John)
o Enhanced scan speed for initial and complete rescan of drive tree.
Ticket 25
(Gregg)
o Fixed typo that had changed the the filters data file from filters.dat
to filter.dat;
It is now filters.dat which it was originally. (Gregg)
o Help file clean up, minor corrections updates and new icons. (David, John)
o Some additional bug fixes. Tickets 163, 187, 286, 289, 2, 58, 282, 285,
287, 293
(Gregg, John, Steven)
Thanks
Gregg
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| SW: Ghostscript v8.63 updated - CUPS support fixed |
2008-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Paul Smedley has updated Ghostscript to v8.63.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/
"Ghostscript for OS/2 & eCS
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language. A
PostScript interpreter usually takes as input a set of graphics commands.
The output is usually a page bitmap which is then sent to an output device
such as a printer or display. PostScript is embedded in many printers.
Ghostscript has several main uses:
1. Display a PostScript file (avoid killing trees).
2. Display a PostScript file to decide if you really need to print it
(reduce the number of trees killed).
3. Print a PostScript file to a non-PostScript printer (kill more trees).
History:
* Necessary device support for CUPS is included - be sure to modify
path entry in /cups/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster if upgrading CUPS
* Added jbig support - fixes some PDFs that previously showed up blank
(Oct 10th build)
* Compiled with GCC 4.3.2 (Oct 10th build)
* Fixed CUPS support (Nov 16th build)"
Download Ghostscript 8.63 (Updated 20081116)
http://download.smedley.info/gs863os2.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: GCC 4.3.2 port updated |
2008-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Paul Smedley has updated his port of GCC 4.3.2.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/
"4.3.2 now available
Mainly due to the fact that GCC 3.3.5 (which is what is currently used by
kLibc) is becoming too old to build the latest Mozilla trunk code, I
started working on building a newer version of GCC.
I've started with v3.4.6 - as the thought was that the amount of changed
between 3.3.5 and 3.4.6 would be comparatively small compared with aiming
for the 'latest' GCC (currently 4.3.2). I now have builds of 3.4.6, 4.0.4
and 4.3.2
The current binary of GCC 4.3.2 has been used to build several projects
successfully - ie rsync, Apache2, MySQL, Firefox 3.0-cvs, Ghostscript,
ffmpeg amongst others
Known Issues with the current 4.3.2 release (2008-10-12b)
- no support yet for the GOMP multiprocessor library
- link warning when using -Zomf - emxomf will require updating to deal with
the new stabs types, but according to Knut, these warnings can be safely
ignored, and only affect debugging
Seamonkey/Thunderbird currently do not build - Firefox is OK
Updates since original build - the date in brackets reflects the first
build that contained the fix
- Added threading support (2008-10-11 build)
- fixed problem with stdcall that produced errors like ':75: Error:
invalid character '_' in mnemonic' (2008-10-12 build)
- fixed (hopefully) 'internal compiler error' crashes when -fPIC is used
(2008-10-12 build)
- Added support for precompiled headers based on cygwin code (untested)
(2008-10-12b build)
- Fixed 'gcc conftest.c -lgcc' produced -lgcc.exe (20081012b build)
- Fixed problems with cdecl (20081014 build)
- Fixed (hopefully) problems with fastcall (20081014 build)
- Binutils 2.16.1 (minus ld.exe) included (20081025 build)
- Fixed (hopefully) probelm with recursive thread support in libstdc++ -
thanks Yuri for the patch! (20081025 build)
- Fixed a problem with dllexport and Seamonkey (20081031 build)
- Fixed problem with c++ exceptions (20081105 build)
- Enabled '-O3 -march=pentium -mtune=pentium4' optimisation (20081105b build)
- Fixed problem with missing 'popcount*' symbol when linking certain code
(20081116 build)
- Fixed problems with 'vtable for xxx' symbol missing for Seamonkey
(20081116 build)
Problems with this build can be reported using my bug tracker at
http://mantis.smedley.info
Current binaries:"
GCC 4.3.2 2008-11-16 release
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20081116.zip
GCC 4.3.2 2008-10-25 release patches
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20081025-patch.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #74 [WSE 2008, ACPI, AMP, FM/2, Lucide, |
2008-11-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: netlabs.org team
This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter
News from netlabs.org:
10. November - 16. November
* WSE 2008
o We had a great Warpstock Europe again, this year. Presentations will
be put online soon.
o See: http://warpstock.eu
* ACPI
o A few updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* AMP for OS/2
o Update to Apache 2.2.10, MySQL 5.0.67, PHP 5.2.6 and phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.3
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ampos2/timeline
* FM/2
o Quite some updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Also good progress again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* Lucide
o Two requests raised
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* UniAud
o Little update for the PC speaker for laptops
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
3. November - 9. November
* ACPI
o Good progress, including the EEE PC 1000H
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Some fixes, including for a hang, and some document updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Lots of updates and fixes again, including rc2 for version 0.1.5.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* QT3
o A few updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
* Samba
o A swat problem reported
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* UniAud
o Missing files added for 1.0.18
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have
better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is
very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/
Thanks for your support!
We can be reached at: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org
Greetings,
netlabs.org team
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| SW: Apache2 v2.2.10 updated |
2008-11-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Paul Smedley has updated Apache2 v2.2.10. http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/
"The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an
open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and
Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and
extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP
standards.
Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April
1996. The November 2005 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that more than 70%
of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache, thus making it more
widely used than all other web servers combined.
The Apache HTTP Server is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.
Changes in v2.2.10 22nd Nov build
* Fixed a bug running CGI apps"
Apache2 2.2.10 - updated 20081122 -
http://download.smedley.info/httpd-2.2.10-os2-20081122.zip
REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: ipspool103a |
2008-11-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Peter Koller
ipSpool - spool raw printer data to an IP address (aka port 9100 printing)
ipSpool is a spooler for printing to a networked printer. It is fast and
works well with more than one spooler port and/or IP address. The cleaning
up of postscript data is supported, which can make a lot of networked
printers suddenly work with OS/2 or eComStation.
The spooler supports printing using the 'raw' print spooling mechanism, on
port 9100 for example.
* Supports multiple ip spool ports.
* Creates and deletes printer ports using command line options.
* Inbuilt Traffic monitor and popup spooler messages.
* Provides error file logging for more information when things go wrong.
* Postscript prefilter to remove header information that makes some
printers stall.
ipSpool is available from Hobbes -> ipspool103a.zip
Download from Hobbes
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http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=ipspool103a&pushbutton=Search
If you can't find it, try
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming
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