30.Sep.2022
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware 1.0.9
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators. ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Today version 1.0.9 of the firmware was released. Changes:
- Full support for new ZuluSCSI hardware platform based on Raspberry Pi foundation's RP2040 microcontroller
- RP2040 bugfixes
- RP2040 SCSI initiator mode support
- RP2040: reduce boot delay by enabling cache during bootloader
Users of a blue ZuluSCSI V1.0/V1.1 board with firmware version 1.0.8 do not need to upgrade to version 1.0.9, as it does not contain any bug fixes or improvements over 1.0.8. (dr)
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30.Sep.2022
Amigans-Forum
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AmigaOS 4: Dungeon of Chess ported
Four months ago 'MrsRina' had written a simple chess game "Dungeon of Chess" in SDL2 and OpenGL 3 (YouTube video). Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has adapted this to AmigaOS 4, added background music and made some small corrections. The source files are included and offer, as he writes, a good way to get familiar with SDL programming. (dr)
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30.Sep.2022
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Video tutorial: Configuration of DrawBridge under WinUAE
Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) uses like the similar ADF Drive a microcontroller - in this case an Arduino board - to read and write Amiga floppies with a connected standard PC floppy drive. By means of the plugin FloppyBridge WinUAE is also officially supported since version 4.9.0 (amiga-news.de reported).
In his latest video Robert Smith takes you step by step through the setup of the FloppyBridge plugin in WinUAE. Starting with the installation of WinUAE followed by the configuration and explanation of all FloppyBridge options. (dr)
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29.Sep.2022
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AmigaOS 4.1: free AMOS interpreter AMOS Kittens 0.9
Kjetil 'LiveForIt' Hvalstrand is working on an interpreter which can run AMOS source code under AmigaOS 4. As the developer wrote "on the Amos command this project tries to stay 99% compatible, a few command won't work as this project use a bit more modern chunky image format instead of the planar graphic format". (amiga-news.de reported). The source code is available on GitHub. Changes of version 0.9:
- Speed up "*skip_next_cmd(...)"
- Some changes were not committed before.
- Optimized Amos Kittens stack by removing state from the stack.
- Improvement I debugging.
- Token relocation for operator optimization.
- Math order operator optimization.
- Command Dir$ fixes.
- Fixed bug in Eof command
- Command "Resume Next" implemented.
- Command Input$(fd,length) fixed. (And some minor fixes.)
(dr)
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29.Sep.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Racing game Cro-Mag Rally ported (update)
After his OpenGLES ports "Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast" and "Jedi Academy" (amiga-news.de reported), Roman 'kas1e' Kargin now has ported the racing game Cro-Mag Rally to AmigaOS 4 (YouTube video). The latest versions of OpenGLES2.library, Warp3Dnova.library and RadeonHD or RadeonRX graphics card drivers are required.
Update: (02.10.2022, 18:38, dr)
Meanwhile version 3.0.0.01 is available. Changes:
- added stack cookie of 1mb
- fixed missing bonuses/powerups on the race
- user data now saves as expected in root dir of game, and not in volume's root
(dr)
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29.Sep.2022
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Retro Trex Game Jam: DRex released
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', had organized the Retro Trex Game Jam. The goal was to create an identical or improved version of the well-known browser game Google T-Rex for a retro computer.
For this competition, Lorenzo di Gaetano released DRex (YouTube video), which was written in C with the help of the Planar Game Engine. The game runs on any Amiga with 1 MB RAM. An ADF file is available as well as a Workbench version. (dr)
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28.Sep.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.6.1
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). Today versions 1.6.0 and 1.6.1 were released. Changes:
- NEW: icons for .uss, .amigaprofile, .shrinklerstats, .objdump
- FIX: fix memory content for multi-frame captures (was wrong after frame 1)
- FIX: screen: center reference screenshot (probably still wrong)
- CHG: screen: zoom panel size, clipping
- NEW: screen: show bitplane pointers
- CHG: screen: improve performance by 40%
- NEW: screen: mouse click&drag to set time
- NEW: screen: Freeze frame to visualize drawing (+ Memory overlay)
- CHG: profiler: improve loading performance by >1000%
- CHG: profiler: multi-frame captures are now loaded in the background for faster startup time
- CHG: savestate: show progress bar during profiling
- NEW: Amiga: Clean Temp Files to delete .amigaprofile files from your temp path.
- FIX: the terminal didn't re-open once closed
- FIX: disassembly: fix divul, divsl, FPU, fmoveml (see 68k-dis.ts)
- FIX: #128 Can't use the image converter link
- FIX: #129 Screen and Resources tabs have no scroll bars so I can't see the bottom of a tall image
- FIX: improved behavior of jumping from assembly to source (still sometimes the source window disappears)
- NEW: update to latest WinUAE
- FIX: screen: freeze frame memory was wrong
- FIX: resource: possibly very slow performance when using Copper Palette
(dr)
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28.Sep.2022
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Debugging tool: PatchWork 1.0
More than ten years after the last version 0.17, Richard Körber has released version 1.0 of his debugging tool PatchWork today.
Similar to MuForce and Mungwall it ensures that calls to AmigaOS libraries are AutoDocs compliant. Illegal parameters (e.g. NULL where a pointer is expected) are reported. PatchWork helps to make program code more robust and future-proof.
The source code was previously closed. Richard Körner has checked and reformatted the files and made the project compilable with vbcc on Linux (and probably other systems). The source code is now open for everyone to contribute, study, etc. Changes:
- After 25 years, I guess PatchWork is finally due for a major version bump.
- Now built on Linux using vasm.
- Checks AmigaOS V40 calls. Actually, the only check that needed to be added was graphics.library/WriteChunkyPixels.
- DISPC is now the default behavior. Use the new option NODISPC to explicitly disable PC disassembly on PatchWork hits.
- Bugfix: intuition/SetPointer() hit output was incorrect (reported by @Hagbard-Celin). This bug was there since 1997.
- Correct library name is shown even if A6 is not pointing to the library base.
(dr)
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28.Sep.2022
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Boing Attitude: Second part of interview with Apollo team
At the end of march, the first part of an interview with the Apollo team was published, which originally was printed in issue 3 of the French magazine Boing. Now the second part is available on the homepage and was originally printed in issue 4. (dr)
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28.Sep.2022
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Obligement: Interview with Jérôme Senay (Boing Attitude)
On his Obligement website, David Brunet has published an interview with the publisher of the French magazine Boing and the quiz game AskMeUp XXL, Jérôme 'Glames' Senay. (dr)
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26.Sep.2022
Ko-fi
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Editor: Lite XL 2.0.3r3 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS released
At the end of last year, George 'walkereo' Sokianos released the first version v1.16.12.3 of his port of the editor 'Lite XL' (amiga-news.de reported) for AmigaOS 4 and in June an update to version 2.0.3r2 which also included a port for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.0.3r3 released today provides the following changes:
Added
- Added plugin for AmigaGuide files
- Added plugin for Hollywood files
Fixed
- Fixed non existing path crashes on OS4 and MorphOS
- Fixed editor refresh whenever init.lua is changed, no matter the working folder
- Fixed an issue when the user added a directory in the project that already existed
- Fixed locale issue on start for MorphOS. Now it should start just fine no matter what locale the user has on his system.
- Fixed "Find" on MorphOS that was not working (shortcut CTRL+F)
- If the user selects to change the project folder and inserts Sys: or any partition name, the included folders will be listed as suggestions
Changed
- Removed linking with unix on OS4 build
- Makefiles updated
(dr)
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26.Sep.2022
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Editor: MUI-Vim V9.0.583 for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS
MUI-Vim is a port of the editor Vim. This editor is intended for editing programs as well as plain text files. Multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, block operations and scripting are some of the features. Ola 'sodero' Söder has now ported
version 9.0.583 of VIM and released it for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS. (dr)
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25.Sep.2022
mithrendal (Mail)
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb v3.0 beta1
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga.
With vAmigaWeb 3.0 a number of other CPUs are now implemented besides the 68000 CPU. So you can already run - without having implemented a MMU yet - quite a few more applications and software, like Dungeon Master II (1994) or demos that need at least a 68020 (Roots 2.0). Detailed changes:
- supports 68000, 68010, 68020 and 68030 CPUs (with this kickstart roms which need at least a 68020 are working now e.g. kickstart 3.1 for A1200)
- runs now also in a private / incognito browser window (be aware that browser does not permit any saving in this case)
- various performance tweaks (reduced logging and separation of big computational blocks into smaller execution units on the main thread to get better "cooperative" multitasking escpecially when amiga overclocking is in use)
(dr)
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25.Sep.2022
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Aminet uploads until 24.09.2022
The following files have been added until 24.09.2022 to Aminet:
ZitaFTPServer.lha comm/tcp 14M OS4 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
asm-kurs_rev_2022.lha dev/asm 4.5M Assembly course, German
re2c-morphos.lha dev/gg 7.3M MOS Modern lexer generator for C/...
anaiis.lha driver/oth 182K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.22
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 45K 68k Massive release 1.22
webptools124_a68k.lha gfx/conv 2.4M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
webptools124_aros.lha gfx/conv 3.7M x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Dandanator.ACEpansion... misc/emu 681K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
DKTr-Speech.ACEpansio... misc/emu 24K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Nova.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 11K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
SSA-1.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 14K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
TMPI-Speech.ACEpansio... misc/emu 17K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Willy.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 24K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
D-CAPS-Stomper.lha mus/edit 1.2M 68k Kick drum sample generator
listercompare.module.lha util/dopus 7K 68k DOpus Magellan II: Compare li...
UHCTools.lha util/misc 48K ALL UHC Tools installer
(snx)
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25.Sep.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.09.2022
The following files have been added until 24.09.2022 to OS4Depot:
amoskittens.lha dev/lan 2Mb 4.1 Amos the kitten is amos basic in...
cppcheck.lha dev/uti 3Mb 4.1 A static analysis tool for C/C++...
blobwarsattrition.lha gam/act 2Mb 4.1 A 2D mission and and objective-b...
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake/Tron game
chess-sdl2.lha gam/boa 5Mb 4.1 Chess Game for AmigaOS4/SDL2
opensupaplex.lha gam/puz 22Mb 4.1 Open Source version of 90's...
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 14Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
uhctools.lha uti/mis 48kb 4.0 UHC Tools installer
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25.Sep.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.09.2022
The following files have been added until 24.09.2022 to AROS Archives:
bochs.i386-aros.lha emu/com 11Mb X86 PC Emulator
dosbox.i386-aros.lha emu/com 2Mb Dosbox 0.73 for AROS x86
janus-uae-v2.i386-aros.lha emu/com 19Mb Amiga 68k Emulator Fork of WinUA...
eaqne.lzx gam/adv 15Mb Adventure point and click with d...
color-lines.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb Arrange 5 same color balls in line.
webptools124_aros.lha lib/mis 4Mb encode/decode images in WebP format
uhctools.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 48kb UHC Tools installer
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25.Sep.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.09.2022
The following files have been added until 24.09.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
DevilutionX_1.4.1.lha Games/Adventure Diablo build for modern...
BlobWars-Attrition_1.2... Games/Platform A mission and objective...
Woof!_10.3.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
UHCTools_1.6.lha Misc A collection of program...
CloudDav_1.6.lha Network/Streaming A WebDav client
Wayfarer_4.2.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
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25.Sep.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.09.2022
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 24.09.2022:
- 2022-09-22 new: Emetic Skimmer (Kingsoft) done by Psygore (Info)
- 2022-09-22 improved: Ooops Up (Demonware) source code and SMC fix rewritten, slave v1.1 patch added for the both game versions (Info)
- 2022-09-22 fixed: Harricana (Loriciel) access fault fixed (Info)
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25.Sep.2022
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Floppy disk drive for WinUAE: Waffle
Based on Robert Smith's FloppyBridge, Retrogiovedi.it offers at the title link a floppy disk drive in Amiga-inspired design called Waffle for use with the emulator WinUAE, with which ADF files can be created or written. (snx)
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25.Sep.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Development tool: vlink 0.17a
Frank Wille has updated the portable linker vlink, which copes with a variety of binary formats and is part of the compiler package vbcc. (snx)
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24.Sep.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 32 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reported). Now episode 32 was published. (dr)
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24.Sep.2022
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Kickstarter campaign: Update on DB9-to-USB adapter of "Tank Mouse"
The Polish designer Lukas Remis had successfully finished a Kickstarter campaign for the re-release of the wireless Commodore Mouse 1352 (amiga-news.de reported).
In a recent status update, he now explains again why the adapter cannot be produced as originally planned: for example, the price of the main chip had jumped from about $1 to over $15, and even at that price it would not have been available in some cases.
He has now had a new adapter designed by Lotharek. A prototype has already been built.
However, this adapter will cost much more than originally estimated. The money raised would not be enough to cover the production of the mouse and adapter. Therefore, everyone who is interested in the adapter is asked for an additional payment of 16 Euros. He will soon prepare a survey for all supporters asking who would like to have the adapter and who would not. Those who decide against it will receive their tank mouse as soon as it is made. Otherwise, both will be sent when the mouse and adaper are finished. (dr)
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24.Sep.2022
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Amiga37: Information on exhibitors and its booths (update 5)
There are still three weeks to go until Amiga37 in Mönchengladbach. For all those who were able to get hold of a ticket, we asked some exhibitors what visitors can expect at the respective booths, if there are any special events planned etc.
AAA Technology: A-EON / Amiga Kit / Amedia Computer
- one of the main sponsors of the Amiga37
- are represented by Matthew Leaman for AmigaKit / A-EON from the UK and Laurent Zorawski and Franck Bednarski for Amedia Computer from France
- A-EON's Linux expert Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzy from Germany will also be at the stand, showing AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS on his X5000/40
- unless prevented by international travel restrictions, Trevor Dickinson will also travel from New Zealand
- a whole range of Classic and Next-Generation Amiga goodies will be for sale, including complete X5000/40 computers
- After an unavoidable two-year break, AAA Technology would like to thank Markus Tillmann and the entire Amiga 37 team for bringing back this awesome show
ACube Systems
- the production of the Sam460 is progressing
- there will be some news about the laptop
- ACube Systems is looking forward to spend some time with the Amiga community
Alinea Computer
- Presentation of exclusive new products at the booth
- all OmniPort and Amega 32 adapters available
- Adapters will be demonstrated on the Amiga 1200 or CD32 and questions will be answered
- many other articles from the shop availble
AmiKit / Amiberry
- A special limited edition of AmiKit for Raspberry Pi will be available (physical product)
- The latest version of Amiberry will be shown running in different environments (both for games and the full RTG desktop experience). You can experience some of the unique features implemented and ask the author any questions directly
- A Lightwave expert will be demonstrating a special render farm built using Amiberry and multiple Raspberry Pi devices.
- Interview wit author of Amiberry
Andy Brenner (MiSTer FPGA / Amiga Germany print magazine)
- Amiga Germany print magazine issues 1, 2, 3 and 4 available
- his MiSTer FPGA systems with the possibility to test the whole thing live. Possibly there are also devices for purchase on site.
- special highlight: exclusive Amiga Fan Watch named A-Watch will be produced in limited numbers and can be bought, according to today's status, for a special price at the fair.
ApolloTeam
- big booth with presentation of all hardware ever built by Apollo Computer: from Zorro Amiga GFX cards, to NATAMI, all Vampires - and all new cards including SALAMANDER and MANTICORE
- large sales booth with, among other things, a new ICEDRAKE batch of over 100 cards
- additionally there are 8 seats where visitors can play
- SPACE INVADER championship: up to four players in the team can play at the same time - and win prizes
- once a day there are live programming classes: together with Arne and Gunnar visitors can learn to program a complete small game in assembler with graphics and music. All questions will be answered, you can take the game and its sources with you.
GoldenCode (aka Daytona675x)
- will be at the show with an NG-Amiga (X5000 or A1222) and two A1200s to present old and new golden game projects: "There will be enough joysticks for proper gambling, even a fine "Souverän Soccer" Cup is planned. The one or other souvenir for inclined visitors will certainly also be available."
Lukas Remis
- the initiator of the "Tank Mouse" project (amiga-news.de reported) will attend Amiga37 "presenting first factory-made pieces of Tank Mouse."
MorphOS-Team
- Planned are presentations of the latest MorphOS version and applications on:
- diverse PPC Amiga Classic devices
- PowerBooks
- AmigaOne X5000/40
- Presentation of the just released latest version of PageStream
- MorphOS developers answer questions about various topics around MorphOS
RELEC
(dr)
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24.Sep.2022
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek hat released version 4.2 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. It is now based on WebKitGTK 2.36.8 and thus fixes fixes several bugs within WebKit. Additionally, cURL and other libraries have been updated.
Download: wayfarer.lha (26 MB) (dr)
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23.Sep.2022
Twitter
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Review: MorphOS audio player bePlayer 1.4
David Brunet has published a review of the MorphOS multi-format audio player bePlayer by French developer Bruno Peloille on his Obligement news page. The original article is in French, but machine translations are provided. (dr)
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23.Sep.2022
Ko-Fi
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AmigaOS 4: Code analysis with Cpppcheck V2.8r1
At the end of July, the AmigaOS 4 developer George 'walkero' Sokianos had already published the code analysis tool "Flawfinder", which searches for potential security holes in source files. Now he has ported Cppcheck, a program for static code analysis for the programming languages C and C++. A GUI is not available, the tool must be operated via the shell. (dr)
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