X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/e6acf885b4298622c51fa4af49b3e18838313b5b..c99ce5c9a3ff397497892a741079be2edf385de2:/src/README.UPDATING diff --git a/src/README.UPDATING b/src/README.UPDATING index 40210a800..1e08ff5b3 100644 --- a/src/README.UPDATING +++ b/src/README.UPDATING @@ -31,10 +31,17 @@ that might affect a running system. Exim version 4.74 ----------------- - * No incompatible changes within Exim itself, but the integrated support for - dynamically loadable lookup modules has an ABI change from the modules - supported by some OS vendors through an unofficial patch. Don't try to - mix & match. + * The integrated support for dynamically loadable lookup modules has an ABI + change from the modules supported by some OS vendors through an unofficial + patch. Don't try to mix & match. + + * Some parts of the build system are now beginning to assume that the host + environment is POSIX. If you're building on a system where POSIX tools are + not the default, you might have an easier time if you switch to the POSIX + tools. Feel free to report non-POSIX issues as a request for a feature + enhancement, but if the POSIX variants are available then the fix will + probably just involve some coercion. See the README instructions for + building on such hosts. Exim version 4.73 @@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ Exim version 4.73 the Exim run-time user may safely pass without dropping privileges. Because changes to this involve a recompile, this is not the recommended approach but may ease transition. The values of the macros, when - overriden, are constrained to match this regex: ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ + overridden, are constrained to match this regex: ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ * The system_filter_user option now defaults to the Exim run-time user, rather than root. You can still set it explicitly to root and this