Version 1.8.0.0

CHANGES

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+####################### V 1.8.0.0
+
 Security:
 	Socats OpenSSL addresses do not (and never did) check certificate
 	revocation lists (CRLs). Socat now prints a warning about this.

README

@@ -45,29 +45,17 @@ distributions.
 platforms
 ---------
 
-socat 1.7.0 was compiled and more or less successfully tested under the
+socat 1.8.0 was compiled and more or less successfully tested under the
 following operating systems:
 
-Debian lenny/sid on x86, kernel 2.6.24
+Debian 4 on x86_64
-FreeBSD 6.1 on x86
+FreeBSD 10 on amd64
-NetBSD 4.0  on x86
+OpenBSD 7.2 on amd64
-OpenBSD 4.3 on x86
+OpenIndiana 2021-04 on i386 with gcc
-OpenSolaris 10 on x86 with gcc
+Ubuntu 10.04 on i386
-Mac OS X 10.5.5 on iMac G5, with libreadline
+Ubuntu 12..22
-HP-UX 11.23
+Rocky 9
-AIX 5.3 on 64bit Power4 with gcc
+Cygwin 10.0
-Cygwin 1.5.25 on i686
-
-tests on Tru64 can no longer be performed because HP testdrive has taken down
-these hosts.
-
-Some versions of socat have been reported to successfully compile under older
-Linux versions back to RedHat 2.1 (kernel 1.2.13, gcc 2.7.0), under AIX 4.1 and
-4.3, SunOS 5.7-5.8, FreeBSD 4.2 - 4.9, MacOS X 10.1, Cygwin, Solaris 8 on x86, 
-OSR 5.0.6, NetBSD 1.6.1 and 2.0.2, OpenBSD 3.4 and 3.8, Tru64 5.1B, Mac OS X
-10.1-10.2, and HP-UX 11
-
-It might well compile and run under other UNIX like operating systems.
 
 
 install
@@ -75,16 +63,15 @@ install
 
 Get the tarball and extract it:
 	tar xzf socat.tar.gz
-	cd socat-1.7.4.5
+	cd socat-1.8.0.0
 	./configure
 	make
 	su
 	make install	# installs socat, filan, and procan in /usr/local/bin
 
-For compiling socat, gcc (or egc) is recommended.
+For compiling socat, gcc (or clang) is recommended.
-If gcc is not available, the configure script will fail to determine
+If gcc (or a compiler with similar front end) is not available, the configure
-some features; then you'd better begin with one of the Makefiles and config.h's
+script might fail to determine some features
-from the Config directory.
 
 If you have problems with the OpenSSL library, you can apply the option
 "--disable-openssl" to configure.
@@ -248,13 +235,7 @@ socat.1 and socat.html can be generated from socat.yo (which is released with
 socat 1.6.0.1 and later) using the yodl document language package. Maintenance
 of yodl had been discontinued by its author
 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/yodl/) (there seems to be a revival at
-http://yodl.sourceforge.net/ though). For socat, the old version 1.31 is used;
+http://yodl.sourceforge.net/ though). For socat, the revival version 3.03 is used,
-an rpm is still distributed with recent OpenSuSE versions (confirmed for
-OpenSuSE 10.1 in suse/i586/yodl-1.31.18-1142.i586.rpm). It appears to install
-smoothly also under RedHat Linux. After yodl 1.31 installation, the following
-correction must be performed in /usr/share/yodl/shared.yo in two places:
-< whenhtml(htmlcommand(<!)ARG1+htmlcommand(>)))
-> whenhtml(htmlcommand(<!--)ARG1+htmlcommand(-->)))
 
 
 license

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.7.4.5+"
+"1.8.0.0"

doc/socat.yo

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ label(ADDRESS_POSIXMQ_READ)dit(bf(tt(POSIXMQ-READ:/<mqueue>)))
    link(-U)(option_U) and link(dual addresses)(ADDRESS_DUAL).nl()
    Socat() provides this address type only on Linux because POSIX MQ is based
    on UNIX filedescriptors there.nl()
-   This feature is new in version 1.7.5.0 and might change in the future,
+   This feature is new in version 1.8.0.0 and might change in the future,
    therefore it is link(experimental)(option_experimental).nl()
    Useful options:
    link(posixmq-priority)(OPTION_POSIXMQ_PRIORITY),
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ label(OPTION_RCVLOWAT)dit(bf(tt(rcvlowat=<bytes>)))
 label(OPTION_SO_REUSEADDR)dit(bf(tt(reuseaddr[=[0|1]])))
    Allows other sockets to bind to an address even if parts of it (e.g. the
    local port) are already in use by socat().nl()
-   With version 1.7.5, this socket option is set automatically for TCP LISTEN
+   With version 1.8.0, this socket option is set automatically for TCP LISTEN
    addresses. If you prefer the system default (no related
    tt(setsockopt(...SO_REUSEADDR...)) call at all), use form tt(reuseaddr=).nl()
    (link(example)(EXAMPLE_OPTION_SO_REUSEADDR)).
@@ -4775,7 +4775,7 @@ standard specifications available on the Internet for free.
 label(VERSION)
 manpagesection(VERSION)
 
-This man page describes version 1.7.4 of socat().
+This man page describes version 1.8.0 of socat().
 
 
 label(BUGS)

socat.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-%define majorver 1.7
+%define majorver 1.8
-%define minorver 4.5
+%define minorver 0.0
 
 Summary: socat - multipurpose relay
 Name: socat