From: Chris Allegretta Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 00:07:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Updated NEWS for release tonight X-Git-Tag: v0.9.23~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8816760ea162c8f4f27ba305dd01f8d404192e94;p=nano.git Updated NEWS for release tonight git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@392 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a7f0cd74..075e86fc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The + main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal + fix for the security issue in nano with following symbolic + links. Hopefully this will fix the probelm permanently. + The --nofollow option also works again for those who + are real security nuts. There are also some display and + search fixes, and the --disable-spell function was renamed + to --disable-speller to be in line with nano and pico's + "speller" term. + 12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and additions than imaginable. The most important change is a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could