BOINC 5.10.45 is now the new stable release for all platforms.

This release is a bug fix release which includes fixes for better proxy
support through the use of the <force_auth> configuration option in
cc_config.xml which is defined here:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ClientMessages

This release also contains fixes for startup/shutdown issues when
running on Windows Vista.

Enjoy.

----- Rom

BOINC Development Team
Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley.

5.10.45, Windows and Windows x64
5.10.45, Linux and Linux x64
5.10.45, Macintosh

Howdy Folks,

Here is another build with an updated boinc_cmd and a more consistent implementation of single/multiple selection in the grid view. We’ll have a better deal going for the 6.x release as far as selections go.

Please report bugs to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac and test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha

TIA

----- Rom

Change Log:

- MGR: Disallow multiple selections in grid views.

- CMD: Update boinc_cmd using what is checked into head.

(P.S: multiple selections is re-enabled on the Tasks tab in the next versions of BOINC. It's disabled in this one.)

BOINC 5.10.44 released for Linux and Linux x64

Same version as Windows and Macintosh.

5.10.44, Macintosh

I have posted BOINC 5.10.44 for the Macintosh to the alpha download
page. The Macintosh version still uses asynchronous DNS lookups,
since there have been no reported problems related to that on the Mac.

Cheers,
--Charlie

5.10.44, Windows and Windows x64

Howdy Folks,

This build should resolve the hanging clients of x64 based systems. We have reverted back to using the synchronized DNS queries and so we shouldn’t have any crashes either.

Please log test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha and bugs to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/

TIA
----- Rom

Change Log:

- MGR: When connected connecting to a different host, clear all cached messages and resume auto-scrolling messages.

- Change libcurl to use sync DNS on Windows.

5.10.43 for Macintosh

See change log of Windows 5.10.43 for details.

5.10.43 released for Linux and Linux x64

See Windows 5.10.43 description for changes.

5.10.43, Windows and Windows x64

Howdy Folks,

We have a new build to test, we believe that we have fixed the crashing bug. This release also includes updates to the localization files.

Please log test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha and log bug reports to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac

TIA.

----- Rom

Change Log:

- Mac client: Fix bug which set powerpc_emulated_on_i386 true for X86_64 native applications. This sometimes prevented V6 applications from showing graphics. If user downgrades from V6 client, the V5 client continues to use existing X86_64 applications which were previously downloaded by the V6 client (which is another bug). Since they weren't i386/i686 native, the V5 client treated them as emulated PowerPC apps (which might crash if graphics were attempted).

- client: fix crashing bug in SCHEDULER_OP::backoff(). Was using cur_proj (which is potentially NULL) instead of p

- MGR: Fix the crash on linux when BOINC Manager is shut down. (Patch from Michael Roberts)

- MGR: When connecting to a different host, delete all old messages in message pane (from previously connected client) before getting new messages.

- MGR: Update localization files from trunk.

5.10.42, for Linux and Linux x64

Here is the latest 5.10 client released for Linux. This brings it in line with the Windows and Mac clients.

Please log bugs to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac and log test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha

Rom.

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First report in shows that Ubuntu (graphics) version works on FC7/8

5.10.42, Macintosh

I have posted BOINC 5.10.42 for the Macintosh to the alpha download page.

There was a small typo in the change log posted earlier. It should read:

- MGR: If user shuts down connected client, don't auto-relaunch it.
- Update libcurl to include the c-ares library on Windows

Cheers,
--Charlie

5.10.42, Windows, Windows x64

Howdy Folks,

Here is a new build which includes the new libcurl that uses the newer async dns mechanism.

If all goes well this will be our new stable release, hopefully the last.

------ Rom

Change Log:

- MGR: If user shuts down connected client, don't auto-relaunch it.

- Update libcurl to include the c-ares library on Windows

5.10.41, Macintosh

I have posted BOINC 5.10.41 for the Macintosh to the alpha download page.

Cheers,
--Charlie

- Same changes as in Windows version.

- MGR: If user shuts down connected client, don't auto-relaunch it.

5.10.41, Windows, Windows x64

Change Log:

- client: expand the <force_ntlm> functionality so that we can force any authentication type. The new tag is called <force_auth> which can contain basic, digest, ntlm, and gss-negotiate

5.10.40, Macintosh

I have posted BOINC 5.10.40 for the Macintosh to the alpha download page. This uses asynchronous DNS lookups to fix a problem reported by a few Mac users where the Manager would seem to hang during Internet access, sometimes causing applications to exit with no finished file.

Cheers,
--Charlie

5.10.40, Windows, Windows x64

Howdy Folks,

We have a new build of the 5.10 ready for testing.

This build has a new version of libcurl so please stress uploads and downloads. Another note of interest is for those with NTLM proxies, the code has been removed that would keep NTLM proxies from working. A new configuration flag has been added called <force_ntlm> which will work around a couple of issues with choosing the right authentication method.

Please report test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha and bug reports to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac.

TIA.

----- Rom

Change Log:
- Mac: Update libCurl to 7.18.0, build with c-ares-1.5.1 to enable async DNS name resolving.

- MGR: Delete web site buttons when disconnected; this was causing crashes when a user connected to a different computer.

- client: add <force_ntlm> config flag. Causes client to use NTLM auth and HTTP 1.0

- client: we weren't doing exponential backoff if scheduler requests failed at initialization; fix this

- client: removed -return_results_immediately cmdline option (wasn't implemented anyway)

- client: added <report_results_immediately> configuration flag;
causes results to be reported as soon as done. Needed for some WCG machines that are reformatted often. Should NOT be used in general, since it increases server load.

- client: If we are already attached to the project specified in the project_init.xml file, go ahead and delete the file.

- client: remove the auth_type and auth_flag code.

- WIN: Update libcurl to 7.18.0

5.10.39, Windows, Windows x64

Howdy Folks,

Here is a new build which fixes the wizard not launching if no projects are attached.

----- Rom

Change Log:

Mac Sandbox: make BOINC Data directory and files not world-readable to hide account keys from unauthorized users; but make files in slots and project directories world-readable so Client can read files written by project applications with user and group boinc_project. (checked into tag boinc_core_release_5_10_38).

- MGR: Make sure the attach to project wizard launches if BOINC is not attached to any projects.

5.10.38, Macintosh

Charlie Fenton wrote:

I have posted BOINC 5.10.38 for the Macintosh to the alpha download
page. In addition to the changes listed by Rom, this implements
slightly stricter sandbox security to hide account keys from
unauthorized users:

Mac Sandbox: make BOINC Data directory and files not world-readable to hide account keys from unauthorized users; but make files in slots and project directories world-readable so Client can read files written by project applications with user and group boinc_project.

Cheers,
--Charlie

5.10.38, for Windows and Windows x64

Rom Walton wrote:

Howdy Folks,

Here is a new build to test. This release contains fixes for the RALPH project.

Change Log:

- Mac: additional error checking in build script; fix url in error message.

- MGR: display MSG_USER_ERROR messages in red, all others in black in both SimpleGUI and Advanced GUI message dialogs; eliminate unused FormatPriority method.

- MGR: Auto-scroll messages only if already at bottom of list (don't jump to bottom while examining earlier messages.)
NOTE: these changes may need to be applied in CViewMessagesGrid class if we implement that in the future.

- Fix long-standing bug in CPU throttling

- MGR: When connection to Client is lost, don't clear message window; show messages grayed out instead.
NOTE: these changes may need to be applied in CViewMessagesGrid class if we implement that in the future.

- Add a "Forgot your password" hyperlink to the wizards account info page.

- client: a project (Ralph) had accidentally included a .svn directory in a zip archive, resulting in a lot of read-only files in its slot directories. When the client attempts to delete these files, each delete fails and the client retries for about 5 seconds. This adds up to a delay of about 20 minutes, during which the client (and Manager) appear to be hung.

Solution:
1) if a file delete fails with error ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, use SetFileAttributes() to clear the read-only flag, then try again.
2) Don't use the 5-second retry mechanism when clearing out slot directories. These can contain unbounded numbers of files, and this can lead to long periods where the client appears hung.

- Manager: "Forgot your password" needs a question mark

- Win diagnostics: diagnostics_dump_thread_information() had a printf with bad format string, caused a crash, not what diagnostics should do

- MGR: If the project_init.xml file suggests a project to attempt to attach to it.

- CLI: Move the code that deletes the project_init.xml from detach project to attach project. It is only needed for as long as it takes to attach to a project.

Windows, Windows x64, 5.10.35

Rom Walton wrote:

Howdy Folks,

We have a new 5.10 release we need to get out in the field ASAP. A few projects have been suffering from some vista shutdown issues. Apparently we didn’t get a few of the various error code vista returns to BOINC when the system shuts down. We need to turn this release around pretty quick, so please test it as soon as possible. Please make sure you hit both the single-user install scenario and the service-mode install scenario. Also make sure to reboot your computer a few times while processing workunits.

Please report test results to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha and log bugs to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac.

TIA.

As an aside, did anybody running vista encounter work-unit failures as a result of rebooting their computer?

Macintosh, 5.10.34

I have posted BOINC 5.10.34 for the Macintosh to the alpha download
page. This build differs from the previous build only in that it
has a few more tweaks for running BOINC as a daemon (service) using
the Make_BOINC_Service.sh script.

There is no need for alpha testers to run this script or to run BOINC
as a daemon on the Mac. However, we do want to make sure that the
change does not cause any problems in a normal installation.

From the change log:
- Mac Client: more idle time tweaks to allow running as a daemon by
using Mac OS X's launchd mechanism.
- Mac Installer: if system is set up to run BOINC Client as a daemon
using launchd, use launchctl to launch newly installed Client as
a daemon.
- Mac MGR: if using Mac OS X's launchd mechanism to run Client as a daemon,
allow time for daemon to launch.

Cheers,
--Charlie