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@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ fetchmail-6.3.18 (not yet released):
# BUG FIXES
* Fetchmail would warn about insecure SSL/TLS connections even if a matching
- --sslfingerprint was specified. This is an omission from a SSL usability
+ --sslfingerprint was specified. This is an omission from an SSL usability
change made in 6.3.17. Fixes Debian Bug#580796 reported by Roland Stigge.
* Fetchmail 6.3.15, 6.3.16, and 6.3.17 would pick up libmd5 to obtain MD5*
- functions. This fails if, for instance, libmd5.so was installed as part of
- libwww on machines where long isn't 32-bits. Fixes Gentoo Bug #319283,
- reported - including the crucial hint to libwww - by Karl Hakimian.
+ functions, as an effect of an undocumented Solaris MD5 fix.
+ This fails if, for instance, libmd5.so was installed on other operating
+ systems as part of libwww on machines where long isn't 32-bits. Fixes Gentoo
+ Bug #319283, reported - including the hint to libwww - by Karl Hakimian.
+ Side effect: fetchmail will now use -lmd on Solaris rather than -lmd5.
# KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS:
(this section floats upwards through the NEWS file so it stays with the