Store the initial working directory, expand $initial_cwd. Bug 1805

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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -3151,6 +3151,11 @@ using one of the words &%router_list%&, &%transport_list%&, or
 settings can be obtained by using &%routers%&, &%transports%&, or
 &%authenticators%&.
 
+.cindex "environment"
+If &%environment%& is given as an argument, the set of environment
+variables is output, line by line. Using the &%-n%& flag suppresses the value of the
+variables.
+
 .cindex "options" "macro &-- extracting"
 If invoked by an admin user, then &%macro%&, &%macro_list%& and &%macros%&
 are available, similarly to the drivers.  Because macros are sometimes used
@@ -7739,7 +7744,7 @@ domain, host, address and local part lists.
 
 
 
-.section "Expansion of lists" "SECID75"
+.section "Expansion of lists" "SECTlistexpand"
 .cindex "expansion" "of lists"
 Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used. The result of
 expansion must be a list, possibly containing empty items, which is split up
@@ -11730,6 +11735,12 @@ See &$host_lookup_deferred$&.
 This variable is set to the remote host's TCP port whenever &$host$& is set
 for an outbound connection.
 
+.vitem &$initial_cwd$&
+.vindex "&$initial_cwd$&
+This variable contains the full path name of the initial working
+directory of the current Exim process. This may differ from the current
+working directory, as Exim changes this to "/" during early startup, and
+to &$spool_directory$& later.
 
 .vitem &$inode$&
 .vindex "&$inode$&"
@@ -13947,6 +13958,14 @@ received. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
 This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP VRFY command is
 received. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
 
+.new
+.option add_environment main "string list" empty
+.cindex "environment" "inherited"
+This option allows to set individual environment variables that the
+currently linked libraries and programs in child processes use. The
+default list is empty,
+.wen
+
 .option admin_groups main "string list&!!" unset
 .cindex "admin user"
 This option is expanded just once, at the start of Exim's processing. If the
@@ -15034,6 +15053,30 @@ process rather than a remote host, and is using &%-bs%& to inject the messages,
 .option ignore_fromline_local main boolean false
 See &%ignore_fromline_hosts%& above.
 
+.new
+.option keep_environment main "string list" unset
+.cindex "environment" "inherited"
+This option contains a string list of environment variables to keep.
+You have to trust these variables or you have to be sure that
+these variables do not impose any security risk. Keep in mind that
+during the startup phase Exim is running with an effective UID 0 in most
+installations. As the default value is an empty list, the default
+environment for using libraries, running embedded Perl code, or running
+external binaries is empty, and does not not even contain PATH or HOME.
+
+Actually the list is interpreted as a list of patterns
+(&<<SECTlistexpand>>&), except that it is not expanded first.
+
+WARNING: Macro substitution is still done first, so having a macro
+FOO and having FOO_HOME in your &%keep_environment%& option may have
+unexpected results. You may work around this using a regular expression
+that does not match the macro name: ^[F]OO_HOME$.
+
+Current versions of Exim issue a warning during startupif you do not mention
+&%keep_environment%& or &%add_environment%& in your runtime configuration
+file.
+.wen
+
 
 .option keep_malformed main time 4d
 This option specifies the length of time to keep messages whose spool files
@@ -16072,6 +16115,12 @@ it qualifies them only if the message came from a host that matches
 &%sender_unqualified_hosts%&, or if the message was submitted locally (not
 using TCP/IP), and the &%-bnq%& option was not set.
 
+.option set_environment main "string list" empty
+.cindex "environment"
+This option allows to set individual environment variables that the
+currently linked libraries and programs in child processes use. The
+default list is empty,
+
 
 .option slow_lookup_log main integer 0
 .cindex "logging" "slow lookups"
@@ -16888,7 +16937,7 @@ this option selects a EC curve for use by Exim.
 Curve names of the form &'prime256v1'& are accepted.
 For even more-recent library versions, names of the form &'P-512'&
 are also accepted, plus the special value &'auto'&
-which tell the library to choose.
+which tells the library to choose.
 
 If the option is set to an empty string, no EC curves will be enabled.
 
@@ -28603,7 +28652,11 @@ and data is copied from one to the other.
 
 An attempt to set this option for any recipient but the first
 for a mail will be quietly ignored.
-If a recipient-verify callout connection is subsequently
+If a recipient-verify callout
+.new
+(with use_sender)
+.wen
+connection is subsequently
 requested in the same ACL it is held open and used for
 any subsequent recipients and the data,
 otherwise one is made after the initial RCPT ACL completes.