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FLEXlm End User Manual: Appendix F
FLEX<I>lm</I> Versions
Appendix F
FLEXlm Versions
V1.0 - 1988
First
FLEXlm Release, containing all the basic
FLEXlm features.
V1.5 - February 1990
First widely-used version including DEMO.
V2.1 - March 1991
- Improved TIMEOUT support
- Improved ethernet hostid support
V2.21 - November 1991- Added support for many platforms, and some platform- specific improvements,
such as hostid.
- Hostid ANY added
V2.26 - March 1992 (Used only by Sun)V2.4 - December 1992- Added `use-all-feature-lines' capability for incremental license distribution.
- Enhanced vendor customization routines.
- Enhanced End-User Options file.
- Added new hostid types: USER, HOSTNAME and DISPLAY
- Added `port@host' to locate license file
- down-loads license file from server.
V2.61 - March 1993 (Used only by Sun)- Added INCREMENT and UPGRADE lines to license file
V3.0 - May 1994
- INCREMENT and UPGRADE behavior changed and improved
- Added UDP protocol support.
- Added 'uname -i' hostid for hp.
- Added 'multiple jobs,' for enhanced support of LM_LICENSE_FILE as a license
file list.
- New, optional license file format, with `name=value' syntax for optional new
features, including: asset_info, ISSUER, and NOTICE, '\' license file
continuation character, 2048 character limit per feature
V4.0 - December 1994- Removed use of floating point, for enhanced reliability
- FEATURE line additions: ck (for use with lmcksum), OVERDRAFT,
DUP_GROUP, INTERNET hostid
- PACKAGE line
- License Finder
- lmdiag and
FLEXLM_DIAGNOSTICS for end-user diagnostics
V4.1 - May 1995- Performance improvements and new platform support.
V4.1 - Patch Release 6, October 1995- PC patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvements.
V5.0 - March 1996- Improved port@host behavior - client application doesn't read license file.
- Automatic port@host via USE_SERVER line in license file.
- Hostid lists - lock a feature to several hostids.
- New FEATURE attributes: SN (serial number), USER_BASED,
HOST_BASED, MINIMUM, SUPERSEDE, ISSUED (issued date),
CAPACITY (charging based on system capacity).
- Optional avoidance of NIS and DNS via IP address instead of hostname.
- Improved REPORTLOG format
- Server, upon startup, notifies of licenses that will expire within 2 weeks.
- Improved end-user options file functionality.
- New FEATURE attributes: SUPERSEDE, ISSUED, USER_BASED,
HOST_BASED, SN.
V5.11 - February, 1997- SUPERSEDE lists, PLATFORMS= license attribute,
- new end-user options: MAX, TIMEOUTALL, CPU_USAGE_INTERVAL,
CPU_USAGE_DELTA
- Windows control panel added.
- Windows license generator GENLIC added.
V5.12 - April, 1997- Performance improvements and new platform support.
V6.0 - September, 1997- lmgrd can read multiple license files
- FLEXlm license directory support: *.lic automatically used.
- License files require no editing for use at the end-user site.
- Optional path on DAEMON/VENDOR line; $PATH used.
- Decimal license format, with lminstall utility for typing in licenses.
- Feature lines are shorter, easier to understand and type in.
- PACKAGE lines can be shipped in separate files that never require user editing.
- Default port numbers make SERVER line port number optional.
- Default end-user options file path
- `this_host' hostname supported on SERVER line.
- VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE supported (e.g., `GSI_LICENSE_FILE').
- @host supported where default port numbers are used.
- Windows only: user prompted for license file or license server name.
- License files are optionally case-insensitive.
- lmdown and lmreread accept -vendor
name argument.
- lminstall utility.
v6.1 - June, 1998- Performance Improvements.
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