lftp - File Transfer Protocol client HOWTO

ChangeLog


2023-09-29	- 3.7.14 -> 4.9.2
		- Use logname instead of $USER, requiring 'su' to default
		  to that or have a -p flag
		- Slackware package versions removed 11.0 - 12.2,
		  added 14.0, .1, .2, 15.0
		- Added read only Git repository link
		- Removed outdated/down mirrors, added Japan
2009/07/10	- 3.7.3 -> 3.7.14
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.2, removed older than 11.0
2008/07/20	- 3.7.0 -> 3.7.3
2008/04/11	- 3.5.14 -> 3.7.0
2007/09/11	- 3.5.9 -> 3.5.14
		- Updated note for Slackware 11.0 and 12.0
		- Changed download URL to use a mirror
2007/02/04	- 3.5.4 -> 3.5.9
		- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (now at top)
Aug 10, 2006	- 3.5.2 -> 3.5.4
Aug 2, 2006	- 3.5.1 -> 3.5.2 + a patch from the mailing list
Jul 17, 2006	- 3.4.0 -> 3.5.1
Apr 27, 2006	- Fixed broken link in this changelog
Jan 5, 2006	- 3.3.5 -> 3.4.0
Dec 7, 2005	- 3.3.3 -> 3.3.5
Oct 25, 2005	- 3.3.2 -> 3.3.3
		- Changed download URL from
		  http://ftp.yars.free.net/pub/software/unix/net/ftp/client/lftp/
		  to
		  http://ftp.yar.ru/lftp/
		- .tar.gz -> .tar.bz2
Oct 20, 2005	- 3.2.1 -> 3.3.2
		- Updated note for Slackware 10.2
		- Added uninstall instructions at the bottom
Jun 10, 2005	- 3.1.3 -> 3.2.1
		- Run chown -R root:root . if $UID = 0
		- Added GnuTLS prerequisite link
		- Updated OpenSSL prefix note to include GnuTLS info
		- Rearrange another find that I missed last time
May 12, 2005	- 3.1.2 -> 3.1.3
		- Rearrange options to shut up the new version of find
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>
Apr 6, 2005	- 3.1.1 -> 3.1.2
Mar 24, 2005	- 3.1.0 -> 3.1.1
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
Mar 8, 2005	- Updated Slack note for 10.1
		- 3.0.13 -> 3.1.0
		- Added iconv and expat as prerequisites
Dec 20, 2004	- 3.0.9 -> 3.0.13
Sep 30, 2004	- 3.0.7 -> 3.0.9
		- Added note about OpenSSL installed under /usr
Aug 11, 2004	- 3.0.6 -> 3.0.7
Jun 28, 2004	- 3.0.5 -> 3.0.6
		- Replaced the alternate link to ibiblio, which right now
		  is three releases behind, with a mirror in Atlanta
Jun 6, 2004	- 3.0.3 -> 3.0.5
May 4, 2004	- 3.0.2 -> 3.0.3
Apr 15, 2004	- 3.0.1 -> 3.0.2
		- Added link to ibiblio, an alternate download location
Apr 6, 2004	- 2.6.12 -> 3.0.1
		- Changed md5sum -&gt; textutils link to point to coreutils
		- Added " or coreutils" to fileutils prerequisite
		- Fixed typo in link to the gnupg howto
Jan 23, 2004	- 2.6.11 -> 2.6.12
		- Changed the download URL from
		  ftp://ftp.130th.net/pub/mirror/lftp/ (a mirror) to
		  the home URL, this version hasn't made it to the mirror yet
Dec 23, 2003	- 2.6.10 -> 2.6.11
		- Added a patch I saw posted (by the author) to the mailing
		  list
Dec 13, 2003	- 2.6.9 -> 2.6.10
		  NEWS mentions security fixes in html parsing code
		- Replaced cleaning up of /usr/local/lib/lftp and
		  /usr/local/share/locale with their /usr counterparts
		- Don't clean up /usr/share/locale/*/lftp.mo any more, we've
		  been using --disable-nls since 2.6.5 (which prevents lftp.mo
		  files from being created/installed)
Nov 24, 2003	- 2.6.8 -> 2.6.9
Oct 15, 2003	- 2.6.6 -> 2.6.8
		- Added note with what versions come with Slack 9.0 and 9.1
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
		- Minor update to gpg verification part
		- Added prerequisites
Aug 5, 2003	- Fixed the link to the textutils howto
Jun 10, 2003	- 2.6.5 -> 2.6.6
		- Changed download URLs from main site in Russia to mirror
		  in Atlanta
		- md5sum links to the textutils howto, gpg links to the
		  gnupg howto
Feb 28, 2003	- 2.6.4 -> 2.6.5
		- Added --disable-nls
		- Added cleanup of old lib directories
		  (/usr/local/lib/lftp/*)
		- Added cleanup of old locales files before make install
		  (/usr/local/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/lftp.mo)
Jan 8, 2003	- 2.6.3 -> 2.6.4
Dec 6, 2002	- 2.6.2 -> 2.6.3
		- Updated removal of previous versions
		- Added 'removepkg lftp' because there's an lftp package as
		  of Slack 8.1
Sep 12, 2002	- 2.6.1a -> 2.6.2
		- Added removal of previous version
Aug 21, 2002	- 2.6.0 -> 2.6.1
		- Added md5sum and gpg verification
Aug 7, 2002	- 2.5.4 -> 2.6.0

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