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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2005-11-16 02:58:56 +0000
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2005-11-16 02:58:56 +0000
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Clarify run-control file parser in respect of backslash escape sequences
(document differences from C programming language escapes) and quoted strings (they will contain embedded CR or LF if the quoted string extends across two or more lines). svn path=/trunk/; revision=4445
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@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ fetchmail 6.3.0 (not yet released officially):
* Fix several memory leaks and bugs in the SMTP/LMTP retry logic where
fetchmail confused UNIX and Internet domain sockets. Sunil Shetye.
* Man page (BUGS): document that passwords are length limited. Matthias Andree
+* Man page: Document that quoted strings that run across line boundaries
+ contain the control characters (CR or LF). Document explicitly the backslash
+ escape sequences and their differences from the escape sequences used in the
+ C programming language. Matthias Andree
# INTERNAL CHANGES
* Switched to automake. Matthias Andree.