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> The socket-timeout option now also works on platforms whose
select() implementation modifies the timeout structure.
Previously the timeout was triggered even if the connection
didn't stall. Reported by cyberpatrol.
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> The Connection: keep-alive code properly deals with files
larger than 2GB. Previously the connection was closed too
early.
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> The content length for files above 2GB is logged correctly.
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> The user-manual directive on the show-status page links to
the documentation location specified with the directive,
not to the Privoxy website.
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> When running in daemon mode, Privoxy doesn't log anything
to the console unless there are errors before the logfile
has been opened.
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> The show-status page prints warnings about invalid directives
on the same line as the directives themselves.
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> Fixed several justified (but harmless) compiler warnings,
mostly on 64 bit platforms.
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> The mingw32 version explicitly requests the default charset
to prevent display problems with some fonts available on more
recent Windows versions. Patch by Burberry.
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> The mingw32 version uses the Privoxy icon in the alt-tab
windows. Patch by Burberry.
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> The timestamp and the thread id is omitted in the "Fatal error"
message box on mingw32.
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> Fixed two related mingw32-only buffer overflows. Triggering
them required control over the configuration file, therefore
this isn't seen as a security issue.
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> In verbose mode, or if the new option --show-skipped-tests
is used, Privoxy-Regression-Test logs skipped tests and the
skip reason.
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> A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
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> The recommended way to upgrade <SPAN
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configuration files, install the new ones, verify that <SPAN
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is working correctly and finally merge back your changes using
<SPAN
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> and maybe <SPAN
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> There are a number of new features in each <SPAN
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most of them have to be explicitly enabled in the configuration
files. Old configuration files obviously don't do that and due
to syntax changes using old configuration files with a new
<SPAN
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Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely,
including configuration files, therefore you should really save
any important configuration files!
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On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing configuration
files, thinking you will want to do that yourself.
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<TT
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> In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now.
You can change that in the <A
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of the configuration file. You may also want to enable more verbose
logging until you verified that the new <SPAN
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as expected.
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> Three other config file settings are now off by default:
<A
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<A
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>enable-remote-http-toggle</A
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and <A
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If you use or want these, you will need to explicitly enable them, and
be aware of the security issues involved.
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