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@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ fetchmail-6.3.17 (not yet released):
* Fetchmail now supports a --sslcertfile <file> option to specify a "CA bundle"
file (a file that contains trusted CA certificates). Since these bundled CA
files do not require c_rehash to be run, they are easier to use and immune to
- OpenSSL library updates. Also see CHANGES below.
-* Fetchmail now supports a FETCHMAIL_NO_DEFAULT_X509_PATHS environment variable
- to defeat loading the default SSL CA certificate locations. Also see CHANGES.
+ OpenSSL library updates that affect the hash function.
+* Fetchmail now supports a FETCHMAIL_INCLUDE_DEFAULT_X509_CA_CERTS
+ environment variable to force loading the default SSL CA certificate
+ locations.
# REGRESSION FIX
* Fix string handling in rcfile scanner, which caused fetchmail to misparse a
@@ -87,11 +88,6 @@ fetchmail-6.3.17 (not yet released):
are now helpful pointers to --sslcertpath and c_rehash for "unable to get
local issuer certificate" and self-signed certificates -- these usually hint
to missing root signing CAs in the certs directory.
-* Default locations: Fetchmail will now always load the SSL default trusted CA
- certificate locations, unless the environmental variable
- FETCHMAIL_NO_DEFAULT_X509_PATHS is set and non-empty. Fetchmail used to load
- the default locations only if --sslcertpath was not given.
- This is a migration aid for systems upgrading to OpenSSL 1.0.0.
# DOCUMENTATION
* Fix table of global option to read "set softbounce" where there used to be a