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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Mailfromd NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2008-03-09 +Mailfromd NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2008-03-10 Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sergey Poznyakoff See the end of file for copying conditions. @@ -7,6 +7,66 @@ Please send mailfromd bug reports to <bug-mailfromd@gnu.org.ua> Version 4.3.90 (SVN) +* The --domain option is withdrawn. + +This option was declared as deprecated in version 4.0. Now it is +withdrawn and its short version (-D) is reused for another purpose +(see -D option, below). + +* New command line options -D and -U + +Both options work like their m4 counterpars: the `-D' command line +option defines a preprocessor symbol, the `-U' option undefines it. + +* Constant vs. variable shadowing + +In previous versions of mailfromd name clashes between constants and +variables went unnoticed, which sometimes lead to hard-to-diagnose +errors. This bug is fixed in this version. If a constant is defined +which has the same name as a previously defined variable (the constant +"shadows" the variable), the compiler prints the following diagnostic +message: + +<file>:<line>: Warning: Constant name `name' clashes with a variable name +<file>:<line>: Warning: This is the location of the previous definition + +A similar diagnostics is issued if a variable is defined whose name +coincides with a previously defined constant (the variable "shadows" +the constant). + +In any case, the %NAME notation refers to the last defined symbol, be +it variable or constant. + +If a variable shadows a constant, the scope of the shadowing depends +on the storage class of the variable. For automatic variables and +function parameters, it ends with the final `done' closing the +function. For global variables, it lasts up to the end of input. + +* Exception names. + +To minimize chances of name clashes, all symbolic exception codes has +been renamed by prefixing them with the `e_', thus, e.g. `divzero' +became `e_divzero', etc. The `ioerr' exception code is renamed to +`e_io'. + +For consistency, the following most often used codes are available without +the `e_' previx: success, not_found, failure, temp_failure. + +The use of old exception codes is still possible by defining a +preprocessor symbol OLD_EXCEPTION_CODES, for example: + + mailfromd -DOLD_EXCEPTION_CODES + +* match_dnsbl and match_rhsbl + +Both functions malfunctioned in versions from 4.0 up to 4.3.1 due to a +name clash between the exception code `range' and their third +argument. This is fixed. + +Additionally, previous versions of match_dnsbl silently ignored +invalid first argument. Now, the e_invip exception is signalled in +this case. + Version 4.3.1, 2008-03-01 |