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Changes to m4/NEWS,v
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Changes to m4/NEWS,v |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:13:46 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/10/19 23:13:45
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -r1.27 -r1.28
--- NEWS 12 Oct 2006 02:44:26 -0000 1.27
+++ NEWS 19 Oct 2006 23:13:45 -0000 1.28
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@
the include path, rather than always searching `.' first.
* New `--safer' command-line option cripples the potentially unsafe
- macros `debugfile', `syscmd', `esyscmd', and `maketemp'.
+ macros `debugfile', `syscmd', `esyscmd', `maketemp', and `mkstemp'.
+
+* The `maketemp' builtin now always warns that it is obsolete, even in GNU
+ mode where it uses the same secure algorithm as `mkstemp', because of
+ the recommendation of POSIX to obsolete `maketemp' as inherently
+ insecure when obeying POSIX.
* New `-b'/`--batch' command line option to force non-interactive mode.
Also, in addition to `-e'/`--interactive' requesting interactive mode, m4
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v, Eric Blake, 2006/10/06
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v, Eric Blake, 2006/10/11
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v,
Eric Blake <=
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v, Eric Blake, 2006/10/21
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v, Eric Blake, 2006/10/26
- Changes to m4/NEWS,v, Eric Blake, 2006/10/27