Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.bright.net!feeder.chicago.cic.net!newsrelay.netins.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!info.ucla.edu!psgrain!news.rain.net!nntp.teleport.com!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: Graham Barr Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: ANNOUNCE: libnet-1.05 Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 12 Mar 1997 13:58:32 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Ltd. Lines: 95 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <5g6cq8$6cc$1@nadine.teleport.com> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:124 comp.lang.perl.modules:2081 I have just uploaded to CPAN a new release of the libnet distribution. This release contains a lot of changes from the previous release, probably too many, I would strongly suggest testing any scripts with this release before you install it. libnet is a collection of perl modules which encapsulate the usage of various protocols used in the internet community. These include Net::FTP (RFC959) Net::SMTP (RFC821) Net::Netrc Net::Cmd Net::Domain Net::Telnet (RFC854) Net::Time (RFC867 & RFC868) Net::NNTP (RFC977) Net::POP3 (RFC1939) Net::SNPP (RFC1861) Net::PH Net::Config To install libnet you ***MUST*** have the following modules installed Data::Dumper IO::Socket This release contains the following changes to the previous release o Net::NNTP, Net::SMTP, Net::PH, Net::POP3, Net::SNPP - Fixed a bug in new so that the for loop uses a different variable for $host, otherwise $host is undef after the loop o Net::PH - Fixed a bug in add and delete for when a string is passed instead of an anonymous hash. o Net::Time - Added timeout argument o Configure, Net::Time - Added time_hosts and daytime_hosts to NetConfig o Net::Domain - Added POSIX uname to methods for obtaining the hostname - Increased the priority of /etc/resolv.conf when looking for domain name - Added the use of syscall for domainname o Net::FTP - fixed problem with data channel being left open if there was an error from the command in _data_cmd - Change made to _datacon fir the case where PASV is being used and the command returns an error immediately. - Modified _store_cmd to call abort if it fails to send a packet of data. o Added nntp.mirror demo by "Paul E. Hoffman" o Applied Net::FTP::_extract_path patch from Roderick Schertler , Thanks! o Applied Net::SMTP documentation patch from Gisle Aas , Thanks! o Applied Net::FTP documentation patch from Roderick Schertler , Thanks! o Fixed Net::NNTP to return undef if initial response from the server is 502 You have no permission to talk. Goodbye. o Fixed Net::FTP to work with brain-dead MS FTP servers o Added site wide passive stuff to Configure and Net::FTP o Net::Config is now self-modifying o Fixed a bug in Net::Cmd::datasend for quotting lines that start with . o Modified Configure script o added skeleton tests ftp.t, smtp.t, nntp.t, ph.t o minor bug fixes to NNTP and FTP It should be avaliable on mirror sites soon from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Graham_Barr/ Comments are always very welcome. Copyright 1996 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Share and Enjoy! Graham -- Graham Barr Q: How do you pronounce Linux? A: Here in Fort Collins, it's LIN-uhks. As one poster said before, rhymes with "win sucks". For that reason alone, I find it the most appealing. --Michael Merideth in comp.os.linux.misc