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Updated: {libtasn1/libtasn1_3/libtasn1-devel}-1.8-1: Tiny ASN.1 library


Hi

New versions of 'libtasn1/libtasn1_3/libtasn1-devel' have been uploaded to a server near you.

Cygwin NEWS:
============

 - Update to latest upstream release

 
libtasn1 NEWS:
===============
  
Version 1.8 (released 2009-01-16)
- Fix crlf self-test under Mingw+Wine.
- Fix build problems on platforms that lack stdint.h.
  Reported by Dagobert Michelsen <dam@opencsw.org> in
  <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3377>.

Version 1.7 (released 2008-11-17)
- Add libtasn1-config for compatibility.
  Please stop use it as it will disappear in v2.0!
  Use standard AC_CHECK_FUNCS autoconf tests or pkg-config instead.
- Read PKCS#12 blob as binary file, fixes self-tests under Mingw.
- Fix use of __attribute__ ((deprecated)) to work on non-GCC (#106548).

Version 1.6 (released 2008-11-10)
- Fixed namespace violation for MAX_NAME_SIZE and MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE.
  The new names are ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE and ASN1_MAX_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_SIZE.
- Fixed namespace violation for libtasn1_perror and libtasn1_strerror.
  The new names are asn1_perror and asn1_strerror.
- Fix namespace violation for LIBASN1_VERSION.
  The new name is ASN1_VERSION.
- Decoder can now decode BER encoded octet strings.
- doc: Change license on the manual to GFDLv1.3+.
- doc: Sync gdoc script with GnuTLS, changes license on man-pages to GAP.
- doc: Improve gtk-doc manual.
- Assumes system has strdup and string.h.
- Remove libtasn1-config and libtasn1.m4,
  use standard AC_CHECK_FUNCS autoconf tests or pkg-config instead.
- Change detection of when to use a linker version script,
  use --enable-ld-version-script or --disable-ld-version-script to
  override auto-detection logic.
- API and ABI changes since last version:
  asn1_get_length_ber: New function.
  ASN1_VERSION: New symbol, replaces LIBTASN1_VERSION.
  asn1_strerror: New function, replaces libtasn1_strerror.
  asn1_perror: New function, replaces libtasn1_perror.
  libtasn1_strerror: Marked as deprecated.
  libtasn1_perror: Marked as deprecated.
  LIBTASN1_VERSION: Deprecated.

Version 1.5 (released 2008-07-29)
- Update gnulib files.
- Fix memory leaks, from Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>.

 
DESCRIPTION:
============
A library for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) and Distinguish
Encoding Rules (DER) manipulation.


UPDATE:
=======
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the
http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your system.
Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'libtasn1' from
the 'Libs' category (it should already be selected).

DOWNLOAD:
=========
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need to
find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you:
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html

QUESTIONS:
==========
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the appropriate place.

--
Dr. Volker Zell
volunteer cygwin libtasn1 maintainer

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