* Updated some of the documentation

* Brought the internal version number up to 5.60

diff --git a/citadel/ChangeLog b/citadel/ChangeLog
index e992c1f956ce821026cf6384cc5ff1dd6ac60d03..aa4a3052df56f8f4a0493e5348cf60a0637cbf6e 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/ChangeLog
+++ b/citadel/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 $Log$
+Revision 1.417  1999/11/18 02:31:50  ajc
+* Updated some of the documentation
+* Brought the internal version number up to 5.60
+
 Revision 1.416  1999/11/17 04:15:05  ajc
 * Removed the session_count() function.  Instead, keep a reference count
   updated when sessions begin and end.
@@ -1445,4 +1449,3 @@ Sat Jul 11 00:20:48 EDT 1998 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
 
 Fri Jul 10 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Initial CVS import 
-

diff --git a/citadel/IAFA-PACKAGE b/citadel/IAFA-PACKAGE
index 56ba982226bc3a5685511a1cd2296f502891750d..5eaeaeb489fe0fe8f127b18ecbfb44713858b0d7 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/IAFA-PACKAGE
+++ b/citadel/IAFA-PACKAGE
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Title:          Citadel/UX
-Version:        5.53
+Version:        5.60
 Description:    An advanced messaging system which can be used for BBS,
                groupware, and
                online community applications.  It is multithreaded,
-               client/server, database
-               driven, and accessible via a growing selection of front ends.
+               client/server, database drive, and accessible via a
+               growing selection of front ends.
 Author:         Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
 Maintained-by:  Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
 Maintained-at:  uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us, ftp.tux.org

diff --git a/citadel/citadel.h b/citadel/citadel.h
index 6b9991f6343ddcc707188d840bda801a663cacda..210f9a28194b52abca73fb5664533211738fe1e2 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/citadel.h
+++ b/citadel/citadel.h
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #include "sysdep.h"
 #include "sysconfig.h"
 #include "ipcdef.h"
-#define CITADEL        "Citadel/UX 5.55"
-#define REV_LEVEL 555
+#define CITADEL        "Citadel/UX 5.60"
+#define REV_LEVEL 560
 #define SERVER_TYPE 0  /* zero for stock Citadel/UX; other developers please
                           obtain SERVER_TYPE codes for your implementations */
 

diff --git a/citadel/citadel.lsm b/citadel/citadel.lsm
index a3da1ab430a6c4a108398b9a8de13f6cd2baf905..ddac48dad10427d67bba8209b9ff4d4b2d68f585 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/citadel.lsm
+++ b/citadel/citadel.lsm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Begin3
 Title:          Citadel/UX
-Version:        5.53
+Version:        5.60
 Entered-date:  Sun Apr 25 23:58:22 EDT 1999
 Description:    An advanced messaging system which can be used for BBS,
                groupware, and online community applications.  It is

diff --git a/citadel/copyright.txt b/citadel/copyright.txt
index 5f011b9c824ee6ed68dd64ed84cfbf31f79b2f3b..a5080d30f2a1d66a879fe4c325dd8d8c1fffcd65 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/copyright.txt
+++ b/citadel/copyright.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-                         Citadel/UX release 5.55
+                         Citadel/UX release 5.60
 
 Copyright (c) 1987-1999 by:
         Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>

diff --git a/citadel/install.txt b/citadel/install.txt
index 926b19e03ccf9bfbf2c7ee85c819215404ac1b1c..bcca3485319567f4dd1dc9c614eeaa1fe19a2d26 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/install.txt
+++ b/citadel/install.txt
@@ -24,26 +24,28 @@ Unix and Unix-like platforms.  The author's current development environment
 system. It is preferable that the sysop have superuser access to the operating
 system. The following are required to install Citadel/UX:
 
-    - A Unix operating system (Linux, Solaris, DEC Unix, etc.)
+    - A Unix operating system (Linux, BSD, Solaris, DEC Unix, etc.)
     - C compiler (such as gcc or egcs) and "make"
     - POSIX threads
     - TCP/IP
     - The "gdbm" record manager
     - Enough disk space to hold all of the programs and data
  
-   
+ If you are running Citadel/UX on a Linux system, it is STRONGLY recommended
+that you use a version based on glibc v2 (also called libc6).  libc5 contains
+a number of thread safety problems.  Furthermore, most modern Linux
+distributions have libc6, pthreads, gdbm, and the compiler already installed
+and integrated for you.
+  
+    
  NOW AVAILABLE:
  
     - "WebCit", a gateway program to allow full access to Citadel/UX BBS's
       via the World Wide Web.  Interactive access through any Web browser.
- 
-    - A point-and-click client program for MS Windows.  (The text-based client
-      is now available for Windows as well.)
- 
+  
  COMING SOON: 
   
-    - A client program written in Java that will be portable to all operating
-      systems.
+    - Newer and better GUI based clients.
    
  
   
@@ -94,16 +96,23 @@ computer.
  COMPILING THE PROGRAMS
    
  
-   You can easily compile Citadel with the following two commands:
+   You can easily compile Citadel with the following commands:
  
-   ./configure --prefix=`pwd`
+   ./configure
    make
+   make install
  
    The 'configure' script will generate a Makefile from the Makefile.in, and
 it will also write the file "sysdep.h" to your Citadel directory.  Please do
 not edit sysdep.h or Makefile.in yourself.  The configure script will figure
 out your system dependencies and set everything correctly.
  
+   By default, the Citadel system will install in /usr/local/citadel.  If you
+wish to place it in a different directory, you can instead do:
+ 
+   ./configure --prefix=/opt/citadel      (or whatever)
+   
+  
    File permissions are always a bother to work with. You don't want the
 board to crash because someone couldn't access a file, but you also don't
 want shell users peeking into the binaries to do things like reading others'
@@ -347,5 +356,25 @@ other.  Please refer these questions to your local sendmail wizard.
    That's just about all the information you need to install the system.
  For more information, visit the Citadel/UX web site at UNCENSORED! BBS
  http://uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us
+ 
+   Please note: if you intend to report a problem getting the Citadel server
+to run, please first check the following:
+ 
+ 1. Did you do ./configure && make && make install  ??
+ 2. Did you run setup?
+ 3. Did you start the server?
+ 
+   To report a problem, you can log on to UNCENSORED! or any other BBS on the
+Citadel network which carries the Citadel/UX> room.  Please remember to mention
+all of the following information:
+ 
+ 1. The exact nature of your difficulty
+ 2. A transcript of the error message(s) if possible
+ 3. The version of Citadel you are running
+ 4. The version of GDBM present on your system
+ 5. Which operating system you are running, and what version
+ 6. If you are running a Linux system, we need to know which distribution, and
+the version of the kernel, libc, and pthreads you are using (it would help to
+post the output of a "ldd ./citserver" command).
 
 

diff --git a/citadel/network/internetmail.config b/citadel/network/internetmail.config
index 81f7781921f5cbf902648075c28f100342a89659..faa59b73d78c0ca4a00d9f524466b9d03370fdfd 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/network/internetmail.config
+++ b/citadel/network/internetmail.config
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ fallback = lmail %s
 run netproc = 1
 
 # If you are participating in a network in which any Citadel may gateway
-# Internet mail to any Citadel on the local network, define GW_DOMAIN to the
+# Internet mail to any Citadel on the local network, define this to the
 # base name of the domain containing all the Citadels.  Otherwise, comment it
 # out to disable this functionality.
 #
-gateway domain = citadelia.org
+# gateway domain = citadel.org
 
 # If you are providing access to Internet mailing lists via Citadel rooms
 # in order to allow everyone to access a list without everyone having to

diff --git a/citadel/sysop.txt b/citadel/sysop.txt
index c41596a861d76d153b100ef8340e7736082f4763..6be2b9eb28a98335850241c2eed3eaaa8b07b8ea 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/sysop.txt
+++ b/citadel/sysop.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ to normal users. They are:
                              .<R>ead <I>nfo file command is entered.
  .<A>ide <K>ill room         Deletes the current room. Lobby>, Mail>, and
                              Aide> may not be deleted.
+ .<A>ide <M>essage edit:     Allows you to change various system banners, such
+                             as the 'hello' logon greeting.
+ .<A>ide <P>ost              Enter a message using any user name.
  .<A>ide <R>oom <I>nvite     Invites a user to the room if it is private.
  .<A>ide <R>oom <K>ickOut    Kicks a user out of the room if it is private.
  .<A>ide <S>ystem config     Edits global system configuration.

diff --git a/citadel/tasklist.txt b/citadel/tasklist.txt
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index d64d219..0000000
--- a/citadel/tasklist.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Priority items
---------------
-
-Important items
----------------
-* In the client, make <G>oto go directly to Mail> when there's new mail.
-* In the client, when a user hits <F>ile to download an attachment, list the
-  available attachments before prompting for which one to download.
-
-Honeydew items
---------------
-* Don't try to delete a msglist that doesn't exist. (marked with FIX in code)