CVSROOT: /sources/m4 Module name: m4 Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/10/21 22:15:52
Index: NEWS =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.28 retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29 --- NEWS 19 Oct 2006 23:13:45 -0000 1.28 +++ NEWS 21 Oct 2006 22:15:52 -0000 1.29 @@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ the include path, rather than always searching `.' first. * New `--safer' command-line option cripples the potentially unsafe - macros `debugfile', `syscmd', `esyscmd', `maketemp', and `mkstemp'. + macros `debugfile', `esyscmd', `maketemp', `mkdtemp', `mkstemp', and + `syscmd'. * The `maketemp' builtin now always warns that it is obsolete, even in GNU mode where it uses the same secure algorithm as `mkstemp', because of the recommendation of POSIX to obsolete `maketemp' as inherently insecure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 builtin `mkdtemp' parallels `mkstemp', but allows the creation of + temporary directories instead of files. + * New `-b'/`--batch' command line option to force non-interactive mode. Also, in addition to `-e'/`--interactive' requesting interactive mode, m4 now follows the lead of sh, and automatically enters interactive mode
