From 29e20122679f0d4babb90ae1eadc192a1c2c8b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Allegretta Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:55:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2010-04-07 Chris Allegretta * doc/man/nano.1,nanorc.5: Remove the backup file warnings now that a sufficient security fix exists for the backup file code. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4502 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8 --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/man/nano.1 | 3 +-- doc/man/nanorc.5 | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 13c41729..c856c739 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-04-07 Chris Allegretta + * doc/man/nano.1,nanorc.5: Remove the backup file warnings now + that a sufficient security fix exists for the backup file code. + 2010-04-14 Chris Allegretta * text.c (do_alt_speller): Skip invoking the alt speller if the file size is 0 bytes. Fixes Savannah bug 29393 reported by Mike Frysinger. diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1 index 05ba462f..37c6eb3f 100644 --- a/doc/man/nano.1 +++ b/doc/man/nano.1 @@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ line. .TP .B \-B (\-\-backup) When saving a file, back up the previous version of it to the current -filename suffixed with a ~. This option is not recommended when editing -files as root due to potential security implications. +filename suffixed with a ~. .TP .B \-C \fIdir\fP (\-\-backupdir=\fIdir\fP) Set the directory where \fBnano\fP puts unique backup files if file diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5 index 04ab1d3f..fcc80889 100644 --- a/doc/man/nanorc.5 +++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5 @@ -451,8 +451,7 @@ When writing a file, append to the end instead of overwriting. When writing a file, 'prepend' (write at the beginning) instead of overwriting. .TP .B backup -When writing a file, create a backup of the current file. This option is not -recommended when editing files as root due to potential security implications. +When writing a file, create a backup of the current file. .TP .B firstfile Move to the first file when using the file browser (reading or writing files). -- 2.39.5