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-version 1.4, 2000/03/27 03:44:37
+version 1.5, 2002/01/03 03:49:16
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- Known bugs in sudo version 1.6.3
+ Known bugs in sudo version 1.6.4
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-) "make install-man" should substitute correct paths into the
+) Sudo should have an option to log when removing "dangerous"
-     man pages themselves.
+    environment variables.
-) Sudo should log when removing "dangerous" envariables.
+) On DUNIX in sia mode, hitting return at the prompt does not quit.
-) configure variables that have been cached cannot be overridden
+) In parse.lex, '@' should not need to be a special character.
-    in subsequent configure runs, even if other --with-* options are
+    However, because lex does greedy matching, {WORD} will match
-    given.  This is a flaw in GNU autoconf.
+    instead of the "^Defaults[:@]?" line.
-) On DUNIX in sia mode, hitting return at the prompt does not quit.
+) In list mode (sudo -l), characters escaped with a backslash
+    are shown verbatim with the backslash.
-) In parse.lex, '@" should not need to be a special character.
+) Because the parser only does a single pass it is possible to
-    For some reason, if it is not excluded from WORD, Defaults@ doesn't
+    make a sudoers file where the "defaults" options are set after
-    match.
+    a user's entry has been validated, changing the permissions for
+    the user.  The work-around is to put all 'defaults' entries
+    before the "User privilege specification" section but after all
+    the "alias specifications".  In the future the parser will
+    converted to a two-pass parser.
+ For a list of things that are not bugs but that I would like to
+ add / fix, please see the TODO file.