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@@ -76,38 +76,40 @@ fetchmail 6.3.6 (not yet released): # REGRESSION FIXES: * Repair --logfile, broken in 6.3.5. BerliOS Bug #9059, reported by Brian Harring. -* In 6.3.5 (as a side effect of the authenticate external patch), using SSL - certificate/key authentication overrode the --user option. Now the latter - takes precedence, and only defaults to the certificate's common name. - Debian Bug #400950, reported by Jorgen Schaefer <forcer@debian.org>. - -# BUG FIXES: -* POP3: Probe capabilities when Kerberos V5 is attempted. +* Repair --user, broken in 6.3.5 (as a side effect of the authenticate external + patch): using SSL certificate/key authentication overrode the --user option. + Now the latter takes precedence, and only defaults to the certificate's common + name. Debian Bug #400950, reported by Jorgen Schaefer <forcer@debian.org>. + +# BUG FIXES (long-standing bugs): +* POP3: Probe capabilities when Kerberos V5 is enabled so that we can actually + try to use it. * RPOP: The password is now shrouded in the local logs. * Robustness: If a stale lockfile cannot be deleted, truncate it to avoid trouble later if the PID is recycled by a non-fetchmail process. -* On systems that have res_search(), assume we also have res_init() and call it - (suggested by Ulrich Drepper, glibc bug #3675) in order to make libc or - libresolv reread the resolver configuration at the beginning of a poll cycle. - This is important when fetchmail is in daemon mode and /etc/resolv.conf is - changed later by dhcpcd, dhclient, pppd, openvpn or other ip-up/ipchange - scripts. Should fix Debian Bug#389270, Bug#391698. -* Fix crash on systems that do not provide strdup(), the crash then happens in - out-of-memory conditions. Patch by Andreas Krennmair. +* Detect /etc/resolv.conf changes: On systems that have res_search(), assume we + also have res_init() and call it (suggested by Ulrich Drepper, glibc bug + #3675) in order to make libc or libresolv reread the resolver configuration at + the beginning of a poll cycle. This is important when fetchmail is in daemon + mode and /etc/resolv.conf is changed later by dhcpcd, dhclient, pppd, openvpn + or other ip-up/ipchange scripts. Should fix Debian Bug#389270, Bug#391698. +* Fix crash on systems that do not provide strdup(), the crash happens only in + out-of-memory conditions when fetchmail cannot proceed anyways. Patch by + Andreas Krennmair. * When HOME and FETCHMAILHOME are unset, be sure to copy user database - information, lest it be overwritten later. Patch by Jim Correia. + information, so it is not trashed later. Patch by Jim Correia. # CHANGES: * Remove excess no-op strcpy() after strdup() found by Andreas Krennmair. -* Remove handling for PS_TRUNCATED (code 27), which was never asserted. +* Remove handling for PS_TRUNCATED (code 27), which was never returned. * Improve handling of IMAP IDLE, some servers do not reset their time counters after sending information asynchronously. Patch by Sunil Shetye, after report from Andrew Baumann. * When requesting Kerberos V4, V5 or GSSAPI, complain and exit with syntax error - if any of these requested features has not been compiled in. Reported by Isaac - Wilcox. + if any of these requested features has not been compiled in. This is to fail + early and with precise error message. Reported by Isaac Wilcox. * --version will now add +KRB4 or +KRB5 if Kerberos v4 or v5, respectively, have - been compiled in. Reported by Isaac Wilcox. + been compiled in. Reported missing by Isaac Wilcox. # TRANSLATIONS: * New en_GB (British English) translation by David Lodge. |