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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-08-27 17:40:10 +0000
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Document 6.3.11 free() bug workaround.
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@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ fetchmail 6.3.12 (released XXXX-XX-XX - not yet):
unallocated memory on SSL connections, which caused crashes or program aborts
on some systems (depending on how initialization and free() of unallocated
memory is handled in compiler and libc).
+ Workaround for older versions: run in verbose mode.
Patch courtesy of Thomas Heinz, fixes Gentoo Bug #280760.
This regression affected only the 6.3.11 release, but not the patch that was
part of the security announcement fetchmail-SA-2009-01.
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ fetchmail 6.3.11 (released 2009-08-06):
* Convert all non-printable characters in certificate Subject/Issuer
Common Name or Subject Alternative Name fields to ANSI-C hex escapes (\xnn,
where nn are hex digits).
+ Note that this change introduces a regression, fixed in 6.3.12.
+ See the 6.3.12 documentation above for details and a workaround.
# TRANSLATION UPDATES AND ADDITIONS (ordered by language name):
* [zh_CN] Chinese/Simplified (Ji ZhengYu)