From 64e5fe0021bb87060fe06581dca2dff7801f698e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 03:04:16 +0000 Subject: Most of the way to systematic use or error(). svn path=/trunk/; revision=641 --- NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 916bcb5c..e140a3b6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ + To Do: + +* The `reading message N ..(M bytes)' messages ideally should go through + error(), but since they are built piecemeal, they go to stderr. What + would be needed is an error() variant that didn't write a message until + it got a trailing \n -- otherwise, if a syslog option were added, these + messages would wind up as separate syslog calls -- probably not the desired + result. + Release Notes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -13,6 +22,9 @@ features -- * True stdio buffering of sockets at last, thanks to Cameron McPherson. This should be good for a significant throughput increase. +* Almost all error messages now go through the error() subroutine. This is a + first step towards allowing a daemon-mode fetchmail to use syslog. + bugs -- * Fixed a FreeBSD compilation glitch involving SIGCLD (thanks to -- cgit v1.2.3