Add permit_coredump pipe transport option. Fixes: #834

[exim.git] / doc / doc-txt / NewStuff

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 589bc53976ebdaaa861084281596919dfdeab8f5..c2c49379f6a68a1d9da72d954eb2c76aa62cfd8d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.166 2010/06/05 09:10:09 pdp Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.167 2010/06/05 10:04:43 pdp Exp $
 
 New Features in Exim
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Version 4.73
     consequences for certain options, so these should not be changed
     frivolously.
 
+ 2. A new pipe transport option, "permit_coredumps", may help with problem
+    diagnosis in some scenarios.  Note that Exim is typically installed as
+    a setuid binary, which on most OSes will inhibit coredumps by default,
+    so that safety mechanism would have to be overriden for this option to
+    be able to take effect.
+
 
 Version 4.72
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