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Installation
============
First bootstrap the source tree:
./init.sh
The install using the standard:
./configure
make
make install
The ncurses, pthreads and parted libraries are required for compiling.
For any problems, please use the Github page:
https://github.com/abeverley/nwipe
Andy Beverley
RELEASE NOTES
=============
v0.17
=====
- Remove control reaches end of non-void function" warnings(Thanks Vincent
Untz).
- Remove unused variables (thanks Vincent Untz).
- Change start key to 'S' instead of F10 (closes debian bug #755474).
- Fix problem with unusable device (Closes debian bug #755473).
v0.16
=====
- Fix problems building with clang compiler (thanks Martijn van Brummelen)
v0.15
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- Add more detailed information to status page when wiping
- Add ability to send SIGUSR1 to print wiping current status to log
- Fixed problem with status bar disappearing on narrow windows (Github issue #1)
v0.14
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- Added explicit check for ncurses (required for Fedora). See bug 3604008.
v0.13
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- Added nowait option (patch 3601259 - thanks David Shaw).
- Added nogui option.
- Updated man page and help command for above options and autonuke.
- Added pkg-config check for ncurses (patch 3603140 - thanks Alon Bar-Lev).
v0.12
=====
- Added ability to specify device on command line (patch 3587144).
- Fixed segfault for -p option (patch 3587132).
v0.11
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- Fixed bug 3568750. Not closing devices after initial scan.
v0.10
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- Fixed bug 3553851. Not exiting on terminal kill. Fixed for all areas of
program including wiping.
v0.09
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- Added feature #3545971. Display device name.
- Added feature #3496858. Option to not perform a final blanking pass.
v0.08
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- Fixed bug #3501746 whereby "wipe finished" was displayed too early
v0.07
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- Added threading synchronisation for logging
- Fixed bug #3486927 (incorrect Sourceforge URL)
v0.06
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- Added man page (thanks Michal Ambroz <rebus@seznam.cz>)
- Updated GPL licence and FSF address (thanks Michal Ambroz <rebus@seznam.cz>)
v0.05
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- Added sequence number to disk selection
- Added check for ncurses header files in subdir
- Fixed screen corruption bug introduced in 0.04
- Fixed occasional seg fault on start
- Introduced dynamic array allocation for devices, with no hard limit
- Minor updates to configure.ac
v0.04
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- Removed references to DBAN in options.c
- Added log file name option (-l|--logfile)
- If no log file specified all messages go to STDOUT
- Incorrect success message after an interruption fixed
- Improved labelling of disks with no partition table
- Added help command
- Added version command
- Added command 'b' to blank screen during wipe
- Compilation needs to include panel library
KNOWN BUG - display sometimes becomes corrupted after starting wipe
v0.03
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- Added quit option label (ctrl-c)
- Removed further references to DWIPE
- Added GPL V2 licence file (COPYING)
v0.02
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- Fixed segfault that happened during multiple disk wipes