Pike 8.0 rel 5 is now out.
This release is dedicated to Per Hedbor, who we sadly lost at the end
of the summer. He was a programming genius, a large contributor to
many parts of Pike, and probably the most prolific producer of Pike
application code in the world. But above all we will remember him as a
great friend.
Source:
https://pike.lysator.liu.se/pub/pike/all/8.0.358/Pike-v8.0.358.tar.gz
Binary builds:
https://pike.lysator.liu.se/pub/pike/all/8.0.358/Pike-v8.0.358-Darwin-15.4.0-x86_64-macports
https://pike.lysator.liu.se/pub/pike/all/8.0.358/Pike-v8.0.358-win32-oldlibs.msi
Changes since Pike 8.0.276 (release 4)
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New features
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o Calendar
Updated Calendar to use timezonedata from tzdata2016i.
o Crypto.ECC
Zero-pad short signature integers.
o Protocols.HTTP.Server.HeaderParser
It is now possible to enable non-normalization on the entire object,
and not just on a per call basis. It is also possible to disable
support for folded headers, as per IETFs latest specification.
o CompilerEnvironment()->lock()
This is a class that exposes the compiler internal lock.
o Gz.deflate()->clone()
This allows for testing compression.
o gdb_backtraces()
gdb_backtraces() is now available even --without-debug.
o ADT.Heap()->low_pop()
This function is analogous to low_peek().
o Protocols.WebSocket
Parse query variables in WebSocket Requests.
Bug fixes
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o cpp
Fixed stringify operator on strings containing escaped double quotes.
o mkpackage
Support $EXTRA_PLATFORM_TEST.
o Threads.Condition
Fixed double free at cleanup on exit.
o Fixed multiple issues with cleanup on exit.
o Whitefish
Fixed wrong signedness.
o Standards.EXIF
Improved robustness of the EXIF parser.
o Protocols.HTTP.Session
Ignore malformed expiry dates in cookies.
o Protocols.WebSocket
Fixed handling of truncated frames.
o _Roxen
Backported multiple fixes from Pike 8.1.
o Compiler
Fixed broken range optimization.
Removed optimization that considered the hostname() constant.
Don't reference count direct cyclic references via mixed variables.
o MasterObject
Protect against the same file being compiled concurrently in
multiple threads.
Cast to program and cast to object should now be thread-safe.
Survive RESOLV_DEBUG being enabled.
o Stdio.FakeFile
Improved sendfile compatibility.
o Process.create_process
Improved behavior under high signal pressure.
o Sql.pgsql
Improved robustness against stray destructs and exceptions.
o Standards.BSON
Fixed circular dependency.
o Mappings
Multiple optimizations in m_delete() and friends.
Added flag MAPPING_FLAG_NO_SHRINK.
o Calendar
Updated timezone data to tzdata2016h.
Building
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o Nettle
Since there are distributions that have removed nettle_secp_192r1
and nettlesecp_224r1 from the nettle library, these curved are now
disabled by default. Enable them by compiling with
--with-weak-curves.
The 8.0.358 build is almost equivalent to the 8.0.352 release
candidate. The difference is fixes the the testsuite to fix some
broken tests. For exact details, see
http://pike-librarian.lysator.liu.se/index.xml?m=pike.git&starttag=&start=8+nov&end=13+nov&branch=8.0&path=%21*%2Frefs%2Fheads*
Regards,
--
Peter Bortas
