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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ CONFIGURATION AND BUILDING OPTIONS AND COMMAND LINE -* I have removed the -p command-line option. Given that there's a .poprc +* I have removed the -p command-line option. Given that there's a run control facility there is no excuse for encouraging users to put plaintext passwords in scripts which might be readable. * Calling popclient with no arguments now causes it to query or operate - on every host in the .poprc file. + on every host in the run control file. * I have made --version more useful by having it dump the computed connection options for each server specified. @@ -157,18 +157,20 @@ OPTIONS AND COMMAND LINE POPRC FILE SYNTAX -* The .poprc lexer now supports "-enclosed strings which may contain - whitespace. +* The run control file lexer now supports "-enclosed strings which may + contain whitespace. -* I added a --yydebug option to enable .poprc parser debugging at runtime - if the parser was generated with --debug. It's not documented. +* I added a --yydebug option to enable run control parser debugging at + runtime if the parser was generated with --debug. It's not documented. -* You may now have a `defaults' entry in .poprc which sets overrideable - values for other entries. See the man page for details. +* You may now have a `defaults' entry in the run control file which sets + overrideable values for other entries. See the man page for details. -* It is now possible to set keep, flush and fetchall in your .poprc file. +* It is now possible to set keep, flush and fetchall in your run control + file. -* Fixed incorrect numbering of source lines in .poprc parse error messages. +* Fixed incorrect numbering of source lines in run control file parse error + messages. * The configure.in specification no longer uses the obsolete AC_TRY_COMPILE macro (it uses AC_TRY_LINK instead). @@ -204,8 +206,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION * All changes and feature additions have been tested in actual use and are documented on the man page. -* I have turned the comments in the sample.poprc into a new manual - section documenting the .poprc format. +* I have turned the comments in the sample run control file into a new manual + section documenting the file format. MISCELLANEOUS BUG FIXES |