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@@ -102,19 +102,19 @@ Version 4.73
 
 12. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is no longer optional and
     is forced on.  This is mitigated by the new build option
 
 12. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is no longer optional and
     is forced on.  This is mitigated by the new build option

-    TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST which defines a list of pathname prefices which
-    are trusted; if a config file is owned by root and is under that prefix,
-    then it may be used by the Exim run-time user.
+    TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST which defines a list of configuration files which
+    are trusted; if a config file is owned by root and matches a pathname in
+    the list, then it may be invoked by the Exim build-time user without Exim
+    relinquishing root privileges.

 
 13. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The Exim user is no longer automatically
     trusted to supply -D<Macro[=Value]> overrides on the command-line.  Going
 
 13. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The Exim user is no longer automatically
     trusted to supply -D<Macro[=Value]> overrides on the command-line.  Going

-    forward, we recommend using TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST with shim configs
-    that include the main config.  As a transition mechanism, we are
-    temporarily providing a work-around: the new build option
-    WHITELIST_D_MACROS provides a colon-separated list of macro names which
-    may be overriden by the Exim run-time user.  The values of these macros
-    are constrained to the regex ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ (which explicitly does
-    allow for empty values).
+    forward, we recommend using TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST with shim configs that
+    include the main config.  As a transition mechanism, we are temporarily
+    providing a work-around: the new build option WHITELIST_D_MACROS provides
+    a colon-separated list of macro names which may be overriden by the Exim
+    run-time user.  The values of these macros are constrained to the regex
+    ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ (which explicitly does allow for empty values).

 
 
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