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        !             2: The following list gives the program affected and a
        !             3: description of the change.
        !             4: .VL 15 0
        !             5: .LI all
        !             6: The spool directory is now a tree with one directory for
        !             7: each active or recently accessed remote.
        !             8: The inactive directories are removed periodically.
        !             9: .LI all
        !            10: The error messages were cleaned up;
        !            11: ASSERT messages are standardized and they will now be put
        !            12: into an error log (/usr/spool/uucp/.Admin/errors).
        !            13: Other rare error messages will also appear in the file.
        !            14: The most common message is a PKXSTART message;
        !            15: it can be discounted, since it just means that the other
        !            16: side hung up in the middle of a conversation.
        !            17: .LI all
        !            18: All programs use \fIgetopt()\fR to read arguments.
        !            19: .LI uucp
        !            20: \-e option was removed;
        !            21: forwarding is specified in the same manner as with mail.
        !            22: .LI uucp
        !            23: Uucp is more robust;
        !            24: Files that the user can read, but are unreadable by others can now be
        !            25: sent;
        !            26: uucp will assume \-C option for these files.
        !            27: .LI uucico
        !            28: The locking mechanism was redone;
        !            29: non-active lock files will be automatically deleted when a
        !            30: program needs access to the facility.
        !            31: .LI uucico
        !            32: The retry time algorithm was changed;
        !            33: it now uses an exponential backoff instead of a constant time.
        !            34: In addition, the format and meaning of the retry time in the
        !            35: Systems (old name was L.sys) file changed;
        !            36: a ';' is used in place of the previously used ','.
        !            37: .LI uucico
        !            38: The conn routine in uucico was made much more flexible;
        !            39: it can now handle many more device types:
        !            40: develcon, ventel, micom
        !            41: switches and dialers.
        !            42: .LI uucico
        !            43: It can now talk over DATAKIT using either
        !            44: normal uucp protocol, or the DATAKIT protocol,
        !            45: which is much faster.
        !            46: (Some sites may not be able to use the DATAKIT protocol
        !            47: with uucp.)
        !            48: .LI uucico
        !            49: Uucico can now be compiled so that it will not converse
        !            50: with any site that is not in the local Systems file.
        !            51: (This is set in the parms.h file before compiling the uucp
        !            52: programs.)
        !            53: A shell called remote.unknown is provided that puts the name
        !            54: of the remote site into a file.
        !            55: The local administrator can change it to meet local needs.
        !            56: .LI uucico
        !            57: Uucico no longer will search for a system to call;
        !            58: rather, a new program ``uusched'' provides that function.
        !            59: .LI uuxqt
        !            60: One can now specify the commands available to a remote system
        !            61: by system name.
        !            62: .LI "uuxqt, uux"
        !            63: There is a more flexible and more informative error return mechanism;
        !            64: new options allow the return of standard input when commands fail.
        !            65: In addition, one can control error return notification for always,
        !            66: only when non-zero, or never.
        !            67: When notification is returned for error, stderr is returned with
        !            68: the error message.
        !            69: .LI uustat
        !            70: Uustat was completely rewritten;
        !            71: some of the old features are gone and some new features are
        !            72: added.
        !            73: .LI uulog
        !            74: The uulog program was removed and replaced by a shell;
        !            75: there are new features and old features were removed.
        !            76: .LI uucheck
        !            77: A new program was written to check the existence of all files
        !            78: required for execution of uucp programs.
        !            79: It is automatically run during installation;
        !            80: if failure occurs, the installation is discontinued.
        !            81: In addition, this program can be invoked by the administrator
        !            82: to produce an English interpretation of the Permissions file.
        !            83: .LI uusub
        !            84: Uusub was deleted.
        !            85: .LI uucleanup
        !            86: Uuclean was completely rewritten and renamed uucleanup.
        !            87: Using heuristics and knowledge of the structure and contents
        !            88: of various uucp generated files, \fIuucleanup\fRt tries to return
        !            89: undeliverable mail messages, execute rnews on ophan netnews data
        !            90: files, and gives specific date and file name information
        !            91: to the requester for
        !            92: requests that can not be executed due to failure to contact the
        !            93: remote in a given number of days.
        !            94: .LI uuxqt
        !            95: The number of uuxqt program running at one time is now
        !            96: controlled by a file in /usr/lib/uucp (Maxuuxqts).
        !            97: .LI uugetty
        !            98: A new program in included;
        !            99: it is a getty that can be used on ports that have dialers
        !           100: 801/212-103 or intelligent modems so that the port can be used
        !           101: for both input (getty) or output (uucico).
        !           102: .LI LOGFILE
        !           103: The file is no longer used;
        !           104: there is now a separate log file for each system and command.
        !           105: The uulog program knows about them as do the demons that
        !           106: take care of cleanup.
        !           107: Note also that the log messages have changed;
        !           108: they more clearly indicate what system and what files are being
        !           109: transmitted.
        !           110: .LI Systems
        !           111: The format of the direct line connections changed;
        !           112: the first field that had a tty number is now replaced by
        !           113: the word Direct.
        !           114: .LI Devices
        !           115: New fields were added to each line and some new
        !           116: type device lines are available.
        !           117: See documentation on the Systems, Devices files.
        !           118: .LI Permissions
        !           119: The USERFILE, used for security, was deleted;
        !           120: it was replaced by the Permissions file,
        !           121: which is easier to read, understand, and has more
        !           122: flexibility.
        !           123: A new document describes this feature.
        !           124: One important aspect is that permissions must be overtly granted,
        !           125: the default is for a high level of security.
        !           126: .LE

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