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 + +* The `maketemp' builtin now always warns that it is obsolete, even in GNU + mode where it uses the same secure algorithm as `mkstemp', because of + the recommendation of POSIX to obsolete `maketemp' as inherently +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
