The HylaFAX development team is pleased to announce our much-anticipated 4.1 release! The 4.1 release has been almost two years in the making, and is the first non-"beta" release since 4.0pl2. The 4.1 release represents countless hours of work and testing by developers and contributors, and our thanks goes to all who participate and provide feedback. The source code for the 4.1 release can be downloaded from the link below: ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/hylafax-4.1.tar.gz (md5: d8a60dcddb4bcfd67c494aee89d036e7 1,243,832 bytes) * * * This document is intended to describe the significant differences between hylafax-4.1 and hylafax-4.0pl2, point out any known incompatibilites and issues, and provide the reader with directions to further resources regarding HylaFAX. * NEW FEATURES * * faxadduser and faxdeluser utilities aid in etc/hosts.hfaxd management * greater default compatibility with more modems through prototype configuration file enhancements * BreakIntoCommentX faxcover function * greater default compilation compatibility with various operating systems and platforms * documentation enhancements, updates, and corrections * functionality for decoding received Non-Standard-Frames (NSF) * compatibility with libtiff-3.5 * allow use of "none" in five config options * security enhancements and fixes * faxq now load-balances modems with equal priority * added "Modem" option to DestControls for outbound routing * RTNHandlingMethod, ModemDTRDropDelay, and Class1SwitchingDelay config options * numerous fixes to both Class 1 and Class 2/2.0 fax protocol * numerous fixes and enhancments to faxsetup, faxaddmodem, and other scripts ** please refer to CHANGES for a detailed list of code changes * KNOWN ISSUES * * MaxSendPages and JobReqOther do not work as documented or at all. * Specific support for fax classes 1.0 and 2.1 are not yet implemented. * The faxcover documentation discusses various "from" dictionary options as well as commentX dictionary options. Neither of these are available, but there is CommentsX functionality, which is undocumented. * Server-based fax archival support is still unimplemented (although documented). * When running in Class 2/2.0, NSF can be parsed incorrectly. * When running in Class 1, receipt of EOM is mishandled. * Glare is not handled (RING while initializing a modem). * faxqclean can, under the right circumstances, delete documents which are still in use. * configure can complain about libtiff problems when the error is really with zlib ** Please refer to HylaFAX Bugzilla for a detailed list of issues. * INCOMPATIBILITIES * * The default spool directory has changed from /var/spool/fax/ to /var/spool/hylafax/ Take caution to note this change!!! If you desire to compile HylaFAX using the old spool directory: ./configure --with-DIR_SPOOL=/var/spool/fax * HylaFAX 4.1 will not compile with gcc-3.0 or Mac OS-X. Minor issues still remain when compiling on Solaris or Unixware. (Look to CVS for progress on this.) * The ModemClass config option has been completely replaced by the ModemGroup option. Functionality is identical. * Changes to faxcover may require some changes to faxcover template files. If using BreakIntoLines, the syntax has changed from: BreakIntoLines - to BreakIntoLines - If the faxcover used the commentX parameters, you will need to add the following function call before using the commentX parameters: BreakIntoCommentX - * Other name changes have occurred: xferstats --> xferfaxstats xferlog --> xferfaxlog etc/hosts --> etc/hosts.hfaxd /var/spool/fax --> /var/spool/hylafax config (manpage) --> hylafax-config info (manpage) --> hylafax-info log (manpage) --> hylafax-log shutdown (manpage) --> hylafax-shutdown * Font metrics are now gone. The textfmt program can now directly read Ghostscript fontmap files and thus find the corresponding afm files included in the ghostscript fonts package. * HYLAFAX BINARY PACKAGES * Binary packages for some operating systems and platforms are available. Please see ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/binary/ and http://www.hylafax.org/howto/install.html#ss2.3.3 If you are able and willing to produce a binary package of HylaFAX for general distribution, then you are invited to join hylafax-devel@hylafax.org and solicit your binary package. * SUPPORT * HylaFAX has numerous support resources available. The user is encouraged to utilize the manpage documentation before turning to other support arenas. However, if other support is desired, or if you would like to actively take part in the HylaFAX community, you are invited to: * join and participate in a HylaFAX mailing list See: http://www.hylafax.org/mailing-lists.html When corresponding about this software, please always specify: - what version of HylaFAX you have, - what system you're running on (if it is Linux please name the distribution) - if the problem is modem-related, identify it and the firmware rev For example: "HylaFAX v4.0pl2 under RedHat Linux 4.2 with gcc 2.7.2; ZyXEL 1496E with 6.11a firmware." * read the on-line documentation and resources See: http://www.hylafax.org and http://www.hylafax.org/howto * review HylaFAX CVS See: http://www.hylafax.org/cvs.html * report confirmed bugs, feature requests, and submit patches See: http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla Thanks, The HylaFAX development team ------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, a note from HylaFAX's original author ;-) Silicon Graphics has seen fit to allow me to give this work away. It is free. There is no support or guarantee of any sort as to its operations, correctness, or whatever. If you do anything useful with all or parts of it you need to honor the copyright notices. I would also be interested in knowing about it and, hopefully, be acknowledged. Finally, note that this software is called ``HylaFAX'', not ``Hylafax'', ``hylafax'', and certainly not ``FlexFAX'' (the old name which someone else has a copyright on). If you want to refer to this software use ``HylaFAX (tm)'' and be sure to honor the Silicon Graphics trademark. Sam Leffler Use and Copyright ----------------- Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. 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