ARC release News

ARC release 15.03 update 20

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:53:00 +0100

A small update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u20 to Nordugrid ARC is now available, mainly to address a problem causing job failures in certain circumstances. In addition some build fixes are included related to openssl 1.1.1 and python, new ARCHERY endpoint types are added to the endpoint retrieval plugin and monitor, and a fix related to GLUE2 is included. The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 19

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0100

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u19 is now available. The main purpose of this release is to address a request from Condor sites related to how ARC counts held jobs. Updates include:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.4.2 to 5.4.3
Documents - from 2.0.19 to 2.0.20
No changes in gangliarc, nagios plugins nor metapackages.

Please read the release notes for details.

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 18

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:15:00 +0100

We are happy to announce that NorduGrid ARC 15.03u18 with ARC bug fix version 5.4.2 is now available. The updated packages are:

ARC (all) - from version 5.4.1 to 5.4.2
documents - from 2.0.18 to 2.0.19
Nagios, gangliarc and metapackages are unchanged

Please read the release notes for details.

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 17

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:23:00 +0200

We are happy to announce that NorduGrid ARC 15.03u17 with ARC bug fix version 5.4.1 is now available. The updated packages are:

ARC (all) - from version 5.4.0 to 5.4.1
documents - from 2.0.17 to 2.0.18
Nagios, gangliarc and metapackages are unchanged

Please read the release notes for details.

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 16

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:10:00 +0200

We are happy to announce that NorduGrid ARC 15.03u16 with ARC minor version 5.4.0 is now available. It includes some new features and technology preview of the new ARCHERY end-points registry. The updated packages are:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.3.2 to 5.4.0
documents - from 2.0.16 to 2.0.17

Please read the release notes for details.

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 15

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:29:00 +0200

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u15 is now available. This is a bugfix update of ARC to version 5.3.2, and of Nagios to 1.9.1. The components that are updated are:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.3.1 to 5.3.2
documents - from 2.0.15 to 2.0.16
nagios - from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1

Please read the release notes for details. The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 14

Wed, 31 May 2017 23:46:00 +0200

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u14 is now available. This is a bug fix update of ARC to version 5.3.1, addressing an important issue in 5.3.0 causing frequent crashes, in addition to several other important fixes. The components that are updated are:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.3.0 to 5.3.1
documents - from 2.0.14 to 2.0.15
nagios - from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0

Please read the release notes for details. The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 13

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:15:00 +0200

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u13 is now available. This is a minor update of ARC to version 5.3.0.:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.2.2 to 5.3.0
documents - from 2.0.13 to 2.0.14
gangliarc - from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2
Canl-C++ is deprecated

Please read the release notes for details.
The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled.

ARC release 15.03 update 12

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:29:00 +0100

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u12 is now available. This update is an emergency bugfix update of ARC to version 5.2.2:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.2.1 to 5.2.2
documents - from 2.0.12 to 2.0.13

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. Please see the release notes for details on the update.

ARC release 15.03 update 11

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:11:00 +0100

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u11 is now available. This update is a bugfix update of ARC to version 5.2.1:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.2.0 to 5.2.1
documents - from 2.0.11 to 2.0.12

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. Please see the release notes for details on the update.

ARC release 15.03 update 10

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:16:00 +0100

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u10 is now available. This is a minor release, introducing new features and addressing bugs discovered since release 15.03u9.
NorduGrid ARC 15.03 has received an update to:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.1.3 to 5.2.0
documents - from 2.0.9 to 2.0.11

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. There are several bugfixes and enhancements with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 15.03 update 9

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:45:00 +0200

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u9 is now available. This update includes a minor update of ARC to version 5.1.3. In addition to several bug fixes this release introduces two auxiliary tools to (a) generate backtraces from core dumps generated by ARC and (b) to convert delegation DBs between BDB and SQLite (see release notes for usage and more information). Additionally, all ARC services can now be managed through the systemd system, as required by the newest Fedora.
This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.1.2 to 5.1.3
documents - from 2.0.8 to 2.0.9
gangliarc - from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1

ARC release 15.03 update 8

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 12:40:00 +0200

The update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u8 is now available. This update includes a minor update of ARC to version 5.1.2. The main reason for this release is to fix a issue with delegation locks not being released and potentially fill up the disk with old delegations. Additionally, there have been reported instability issues with BDB under heavy load and this release clarifies the usage of the delegationdb parameter in arc.conf, and how to get around this issue. This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.1.1 to 5.1.2
documents - from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8

ARC release 15.03 update 7

Fri, 26 May 2016 19:17:00 +0200

We're happy to finally announce that the update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u7 is now available. This update includes a minor update of ARC to version 5.1.1. Apart from many bugfixes and a number of new features, the main reason for this release is to include the possibility to generate performance metrics from compute, data, backends and infosys components as part of our efforts to improve ARC performance even further. This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.5 to 5.1.1
documents - from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. There are several new features and many bugfixes and enhancements with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 15.03 update 6

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:32:00 +0100

To fix an issue with A-REX that was triggered by recent change in Rucio (CERN software) and caused A-REX to segfault in certain circumstances, an update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u6 is now available. This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.4 to 5.0.5
documents - from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. See release notes for more information.

ARC release 15.03 update 5

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:02:00 +0100

To fix an issue with JURA not sending transfer statistics to SGAS, an update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u4 is now available. This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.3 to 5.0.4
documents - from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. There have been several bugfixes with this version, more details in the release notes

ARC release 15.03 update 4

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:00:00 +0200

To fix several issues regarding stability with A-REX and a performance issue in gridftp (missing delayed passive) discovered in NorduGrid ARC 15.03u3, an update NorduGrid ARC 15.03u4 is now available. This changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.2 to 5.0.3
documents - from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4
Nagios plugins - from 1.8.3 to 1.8.4

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. There have been several bugfixes with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 15.03 update 2

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:22:00 +0200

To fix an issue with the SLURM backend discovered in NorduGrid ARC 15.03u1, an update for NorduGrid ARC 15.03 is now available, this changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.1 to 5.0.2
documents - from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2

ARC release 15.03 update 1

Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:59:00 +0200

An update for NorduGrid ARC 15.03 is now available, this changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 5.0.0 to 5.0.1
documents - from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

ARC release 15.03

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:17:41 +0200

A new major release of NorduGrid ARC is now available, v15.03 This release includes a lot of changes for smoother operations of ARC services in addition to a major cleanup of old and hard-to-maintain components.This changes the following component versions:

NorduGrid ARC to 5.0.0
NorduGrid ARC documents to 2.0.0
Nagios probes for ARC CE to 1.8.2

The packages are available for download from our repositories. There have been several bugfixes and updates with this version, more details in the release notes

ARC release 13.11 update 2

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:16:00 +0200

An update for NorduGrid ARC 13.11 is now available, this changes the following component versions:

ARC core, clients, CE, Infosys and gridftp - from version 4.1.0 to 4.2.0
documents - from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0
Nagios plugins - from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1

The updated packages are available for download from our repositories if you have the updates repository enabled. There have been several bugfixes and updates with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 13.11 update 1

Wed, 30 Apr 2013 22:51:00 +0200

NorduGrid ARC 13.11 update 1 release is now available from our repositories. This changes the following component versions: Nordugrid ARC to 4.1.0, Nordugrid ARC doc to 1.4.0, Nagios probes for ARC CE to 1.8.0, and Common Authentication Library caNl++ to 1.1.0. There have been several bugfixes and updates with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 13.11

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 02:02:44 +0100

NorduGrid ARC 13.11 "Felix" release is now available from our repositories. This changes the following component versions: Nordugrid ARC to 4.0.0, Nordugrid ARC doc to 1.3.4, Nagios probes for ARC CE to 1.7.0, and Common Authentication Library caNl++ to 1.0.1. There have been several bugfixes and backwards-incompatible updates with this version, more details in the release notes.

ARC release 13.02 update 3

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:11:38 +0200

A bug fix release ARC 13.02 update 3 is now available from the NorduGrid repositories. It changes the following component versions: Nordugrid ARC to 3.0.3, Nordugrid ARC doc to 1.3.3, and Nordugrid ARC metapackages to 1.0.7.

ARC release 13.02 update 2

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:41:35 +0200

A dedicated release fixing several JURA - APEL accounting issues is out: ARC 13.02 update 2 is now available from the NorduGrid repositories

ARC release 13.02 update 1

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:38:00 +0200

A bugfix release ARC 13.02 update 1 is now available from the EMI 3 as well as from the NorduGrid repositories. The release corresponds to the core package versions 3.0.1.

ARC release 12.05 updates 2 and 3

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:21:00 +0200

Two updates to ARC 12.05 have been released within a week: 12.05 update 2 and 12.05 update 3. The former fixes a large number of bugs, while the latter fixes an issue introduced in 12.05 update 2. The binaries are available from the NorduGrid repositories. The releases correspond to the core package versions 2.0.2 and 2.0.3, respectively.

ARC release 13.02

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:24:54 +0200

ARC release 13.02, corresponding to the EMI 3 "Monte Bianco" release, is now available from the NorduGrid repositories. The release corresponds to the core package versions 3.0.0, which introduce a number of major improvements and backwards incompatible changes. Please consult release notes before upgrading.

ARC 12.05 package update 1

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:57:36 +0100

ARC 12.05 package update 1 is available for core components from version 2.0.0 to 2.0.1; most other components have been updates as well, see release notes. The release fixes a number of outstanding bugs.

ARC 12.05 release packages are available

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:26:00 +0200

ARC 12.05 release packages are now available for all supported by NorduGrid distributions from the NorduGrid repositories. The packages correspond to the EMI 2 Matterhorn, released on 21 May 2012. This release introduces number of major improvements and new features, particularly in the client libraries and information system.

ARC 11.05 package update 3

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:35:49 +0200

ARC 11.05 package update 3 is available for core components and documents from version 1.1.0 to 1.1.1. The release fixes few outstanding bugs.

ARC 11.05 package update 2

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:37:24 +0200

ARC 11.05 package update 2 is available for core components from version 1.0.1 to 1.1.0 and documents from 1.0.2 to 1.1.0.

ARC 11.05 package update 1

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:20:12 +0200

ARC 11.05 package update 1 is available for core components from version 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 and documents from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2.

ARC 11.05 is released

Tue, 10 May 2011 18:07:32 +0200

ARC release 11.05 has been just announced at the NorduGrid 2011 conference and is available from NorduGrid repositories. Plenty of new features and important changes are detailed in the Release Announcement. Key parts of ARC 11.05 will also be available in the EMI-1 release.

Minor bug fix release ARC 0.8.3.1

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:31:51 +0100

A minor bug fix ARC release v0.8.3.1 is now available from NorduGrid repositories. The release contains bug fixes and minor enhancements, no new features or components were introduced. The 0.8.3.1 release contains both pre-WS and WS ARC components.

Security update and bug fix release ARC 0.8.3

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:11:00 +0200

A security update and bug fix ARC release v0.8.3 is now available. ARC 0.8.3 fixes a security issue and is strongly recommended for update. Components from ARC v0.8.3 will eventually become a part of the EMI releases.

Emergency release ARC v0.8.2.2

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:36:04 +0200

An emergency release ARC v0.8.2.2 is produced in order to fix a number of major bugs that surfaced since ARC v0.8.2.1 was released.

Emergency release ARC v0.8.2.1

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:10:54 +0200

An emergency release ARC v0.8.2.1 has been made available. It was created to provide a fix for the critical bug #1944.

ARC v0.8.2 is released

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:34:57 +0200

New release ARC v0.8.2 is out. It contains a number of experimental components that can be deployed alongside the traditional ARC services for testing, and will eventually replace them. In addition, the release has numerous enhancements and bug fixes; some obsolete components have been removed from the distribution. Read the dedicated ARC 0.8 series Wiki pages for more details.

ARC v0.8.1.1 is released

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:48:00 +0100

Bug fix release ARC v0.8.1.1 is out. It contains a number of bug fixes to v0.8.1; see Release Notes for details. Standalone client packages (tar-balls) for Ubuntu and Debian are officially available since this release. IMPORTANT! Debian and Ubuntu repositories have changed, requiring an update of your sources.list. Please consult Wiki pages for more information.

ARC Nox is available

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0200

EU KnowARC project and the NorduGrid collaboration are proud to announce availability of the ARC Nox Release. This release brings ARC’s new Web Service (WS) based components to a broader audience. Installation and usage instructions can be found on the release page.

ARC v0.8.1 is out

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +0200

Bug fix release ARC v0.8.1 is out. It contains a number of enhancements and bug fixes to v0.8.0; see Release Notes for details.

ARC v0.8 is released

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 18:01:00 +0200

The next stable version ARC 0.8 is released. It contains a number of features that significantly improve performance and usability. Moreover, this release contains the new technology preview for the ARC job management service, A-REX; see Release Notes for details. This release is available as source and as RedHat-based and Debian-based binaries as described in the NorduGrid download site.

ARC 0.6.5 "Earthquake" is released

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:00:00 +0200

ARC 0.6.5 "Earthquake" is now officially released and binary packages (for RPM-based distributions) are available from the download area and through the YUM repositories. Version 0.6.5 is a bug fix release.

ARC release 0.6.4 problems

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0200

NB! ARC release 0.6.4 exposed a dormant bug in Globus which affects sites that do massive data transfers. In case you are affected by the problem, you would need to re-build ARC and some 3rd-party dependencies against a newer Globus. The next stable ARC release will be built against new Globus libraries; the previous stable (0.6.3) is not affected by it.

Bug fix release ARC v0.6.4 is available

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:14:00 +0200

A bug fix update to the stable ARC release, v0.6.4 is now available, both as source code, via binary repositories and by direct download. See Release Notes for details on fixes and extensions.

Bug fix release ARC v0.6.3 is available

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:51:00 +0200

A bug fix update to the stable ARC release, v0.6.3 is now available, both as source code, via binary repositories and by direct download. See Release Notes for details on fixes and extensions.
Binary builds currently exists for:

Red Hat Linux 7.3 9 (i386_x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 4 5 (i386,x86_64)
Fedora 1 2 (i386)
Fedora 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (i386,x86_64)
OpenSuSE Linux 10.1 10.2 10.3 (i386,x86_64)

This version is built against the following external packages also available from the NorduGrid repositories:

Globus 4.0.7-0.10
VOMS 1.7.24-4ng
LFC 1.6.9.1-5ng (built against CGSI_gSOAP-1.2.1.2-2)
gSoap 2.7.8a-2ng (or higher where available on the system)

Also note that with the exception of RedHat Linux 7.3 the Globus packages uses the system-provided versions of OpenSSL and OpenLDAP and not those provided by Globus.

New stable ARC release 0.6.2 is available

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:30:00 +0200

New stable ARC release 0.6.2 is now available, both as source code, via binary repositories and by direct download. See Release Notes for details on fixes and extensions.
Binary builds currently exists for:

Red Hat Linux 7.3 9 (i386_x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 4 5 (i386,x86_64)
Fedora 1 2 (i386)
Fedora 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (i386,x86_64)
OpenSuSE Linux 10.1 10.2 10.3 (i386,x86_64)

This version is built against the following external packages also available from the NorduGrid repositories:

Globus 4.0.7-0.10
VOMS 1.7.24-4ng
LFC 1.6.9.1-5ng (built against CGSI_gSOAP-1.2.1.2-2)
gSoap 2.7.8a-2ng (or higher where available on the system)

Also note that with the exception of RedHat Linux 7.3 the Globus packages uses the system-provided versions of OpenSSL and OpenLDAP and not those provided by Globus.

Preview ARC 0.6.1.2 is available

Fri, 02 May 2008 21:57:00 +0200

New ARC test packages (0.6.1.2) are available as a preview for the coming release 0.6.2. They include several bug fixes w.r.t. the preview 0.6.1.1, and are built upon the latest Globus Toolkit.

Preview ARC 0.6.1.1 is available

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:19:00 +0100

New ARC test packages (0.6.1.1) are available as a preview for the coming release 0.6.2. Full release notes/changelog will be distributed with the release. There are many bug fixes and support for SRMv2. In addition the binaries now support LFC and have been compiled against the following packages, also available for testing:
– Globus 4.0.6-0.9
– VOMS 1.7.24-2ng
– LFC 1.6.9.1-3ng
LFC in turn depends upon CGSI_gSOAP 1.2.1.2-1
The 0.6.1.1 tag is available in the code repository as:
  https://svn.nordugrid.org/repos/nordugrid/arc0/tags/0.6.1.1
To test 0.6.1.1 on your site you can enable the "testing" repository. The repositories are available for 26 systems:
i386:
  Fedora 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
  Red Hat Linux 7.3,9
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,4,5
  OpenSuSE 10.1,10.2
x86_64:
  Fedora 3,4,5,6,7,8
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,4,5
  OpenSuSE 10.1,10.2
Working "standalone" packages are not yet available - this will be fixed for the final release.
Native Debian packages or at least tarballs will also be available later.

ARC 0.6.1 is available

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:10:00 +0100

ARC bugfix release, version 0.6.1, has been announced during the NorduGrid 2007 conference in Copenhagen. It is now available through the standard distribution channel. The repositories have been updated with the new binaries which are linked against new versions of the external software (Globus, gSoap, VOMS). Binaries are available for 22 platforms (no Debian/Ubuntu yet). For more details, consult the release notes.

Test release ARC 0.6.0.3

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:01:00 +0100

Test release ARC v0.6.0.3 is available as a 0.6.1 release candidate. It includes new back-ends framework by KnowARC and GridFTPv2 support by NDGF.
Binaries are built against Globus 4.0.5 and VOMS 1.7.20. RPMs are avalable via NorduGrid testing yum repository for several RedHat, Fedora and OpenSuSE versions.

ARC Stable Release 0.6 is available

Tue, 22 May 2007 17:30:00 +0100

Second stable release of ARC, version 0.6, is available for download from NorduGrid repositories. Sites and individual users deploying older versons 0.4.x are strongly recommended to install release 0.6.x.

ARC development tag 0.5.56 is available

Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:00:00 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.56 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. The tag addresses few bug fixes.

ARC development tag 0.5.55 is available

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.55 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. The main change is the new schema for packaging libraries and obsolete tools.

ARC development tag 0.5.52 is available

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:00:00 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.52 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. It contains few bug fixes and an experimental support for the LHC File Catalogue data indexing service (LFC).

ARC development tag 0.5.49 is available

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:39:00 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.49 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. It solves mostly packaging issues and features upgraded external dependencies.

ARC development tag 0.5.47 is available

Mon, 8 May 2006 18:00:00 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.47 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. The tag is expected to be the last before the first 0.6 release candidate.

ARC development tag 0.5.41 is available

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:44:47 +0100

ARC middleware development tag 0.5.41 is available via the downloads area and the yum/apt repositories. The tag contains multiple bug fixes and is expected to be close to a production quality.

nordugrid- becomes nordugrid-arc-

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0100

As a next step towards the new stable release 0.6, all the ARC-related packages starting from December 18 nightly build have prefix nordugrid-arc- instead of nordugrid-. An immedate implication is that the standalone tarball will unpack by default into nordugrid-arc-standalone, thus the users that have the standalone setup done automatically via login scripts, should either change the directory name to nordugrid-standalone, or modify the login scripts, if they wish to use tags 0.5.38+.