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Changes to m4/NEWS,v


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Changes to m4/NEWS,v
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:13:46 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      06/10/19 23:13:45

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -r1.27 -r1.28
--- NEWS        12 Oct 2006 02:44:26 -0000      1.27
+++ NEWS        19 Oct 2006 23:13:45 -0000      1.28
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@
   the include path, rather than always searching `.' first.
 
 * New `--safer' command-line option cripples the potentially unsafe
-  macros `debugfile', `syscmd', `esyscmd', and `maketemp'.
+  macros `debugfile', `syscmd', `esyscmd', `maketemp', and `mkstemp'.
+
+* The `maketemp' builtin now always warns that it is obsolete, even in GNU
+  mode where it uses the same secure algorithm as `mkstemp', because of
+  the recommendation of POSIX to obsolete `maketemp' as inherently
+  insecure when obeying POSIX.
 
 * New `-b'/`--batch' command line option to force non-interactive mode.
   Also, in addition to `-e'/`--interactive' requesting interactive mode, m4




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