[PENNMUSH-ANNOUNCE] 1.7.7-patch23

[Javelin]

The PennMUSH development team announces the release of 1.7.7-patch23

You can retrieve this patch, or a complete tarball of this version
of PennMUSH, from the PennMUSH download site http://ftp.pennmush.org/Source

Please read the instructions at the top of the patch file if using
a patch. Sometimes they differ slightly. Changes in this patch
are listed below.

Enjoy!

  Javelin, for the penndevs

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Major Changes:
  * Forking dumps now work with the chunk memory manager. [TAP]
Minor Changes:
  * Chunk allocator improvements in partial read/writes and for
    Win32. [TAP]
  * Use the SHA0 algorithm from OpenSSL instead of our own when possible. [SW]
Functions:
  * New digest() function for generating checksums via a variety of 
    algorithms. [SW]
  * cowner() returns the dbref of a channel's owner. Suggested by
    Sholevi at M*U*S*H. [SW]
  * Added baseconv(), for converting numbers from one base to another.
    Useful for tweaking things like Myrddin's bboard code. Suggested
    by many people. [SW]
Fixes:
  * Remove warnings in set.c and pcre.c. Report by Nymeria at M*U*S*H
  * @power messages now show the canonical name of the power.
    Suggested by Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * Adding DARK players to channels produced a duplicated message.
    Reported by Mystery8 at ST:AW.
  * Players set WIZARD and ROYALTY would get double notification 
    of some GAME: messages. Fixed now. [SW]
  * Chatdb corruption possible when admin add players to channels.
    Reported by several folks, diagnosed by Mordie at M*U*S*H.