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82 >3. What's New in this Release</A
88 > stable is a bug-fix release
89 for the previously released 3.0.25 beta which introduced client-specific
90 tags and included a couple of minor improvements.</P
103 > Fixed crashes with "listen-addr :8118" (SF Bug #902).
104 The regression was introduced in 3.0.25 beta and reported
105 by Marvin Renich in Debian bug #834941.
112 > General improvements:
119 > Log when privoxy is toggled on or off via cgi interface.
124 > Highlight the "Info: Now toggled " on/off log message
125 in the Windows log viewer.
130 > Highlight the loading actions/filter file log message
131 in the Windows log viewer.
136 > Mention client-specific tags on the toggle page as a
137 potentionally more appropriate alternative.
144 > Documentation improvements:
151 > Update download section on the homepage.
152 The downloads are available from the website now.
162 > Remove obsolete reference to mailing lists hosted at SourceForge.
167 > Update the "Before the Release" section of the developer manual.
174 > Infrastructure improvements:
181 > Add perl script to generate an RSS feed for the packages
182 Submitted by "Unknown".
189 > Build system improvements:
196 > strptime.h: fix a compiler warning about ambiguous else.
201 > configure.in: Check for Docbook goo on the BSDs as well.
206 > GNUMakefile.in: Let the dok-user target remove temporary files.
213 > Changes between <SPAN
215 >Privoxy 3.0.25 beta</SPAN
217 and the previous release:</P
230 > Always use the current toggle state for new requests.
231 Previously new requests on reused connections inherited
232 the toggle state from the previous request even though
233 the toggle state could have changed.
234 Reported by Robert Klemme.
239 > Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static
240 pcre code. These bugs are not considered security issues
241 as the input is trusted.
242 Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN.
249 > General improvements:
256 > Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy
257 admins to pre-define tags that are set for all requests from
258 clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface.
259 They are useful in multi-user setups where admins may
260 want to allow users to disable certain actions and filters
261 for themselves without affecting others.
262 In single-user setups they are useful to allow more fine-grained
263 toggling. For example to disable request blocking while still
264 crunching cookies, or to disable experimental filters only.
265 This is an experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may
266 change in future versions.
267 Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
272 > Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address variable
273 which contains the address the request came in on.
274 For external filters the variable is called $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS.
275 Original patch contributed by pursievro.
280 > Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'.
285 > Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests.
286 Patch contributed by pursievro.
291 > Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors.
296 > The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before 1970
297 and after 2038 are expected to be handled properly.
298 This is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could
299 also come handy when dealing with time-related support requests.
304 > On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to
310 > When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged
316 > A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced
317 (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211).
324 > Action file improvements:
331 > Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption
332 and Windows updates work with the default configuration.
337 > Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/".
338 Reported by ThTomate in #932.
345 > Documentation improvements:
352 > Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits.
357 > Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3.
362 > Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate.
363 As the archives have not been migrated, continue to
364 mention the archives at SF in the contacting section
370 > Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is
371 running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests.
376 > A bunch of links were converted to https://.
381 > Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious
382 that Tor is involved and that the whole website (and not
383 just the homepage) is available as onion service.
388 > Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage further
389 by additionally ditching the link to the 'See also' section
390 of the user manual. The section contains mostly links that are
391 directly reachable from the homepage already and the rest is
392 not significant enough to get a link from the homepage.
397 > Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header
398 and use a complete section to make copy and pasting
400 Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the
401 header is not recommended for obvious reasons.
402 Using the DNT header as example was suggested by
408 > Streamline the support-and-service template
409 Instead of linking to the various support trackers
410 (whose URLs hopefully change soon), link to the
411 contact section of the user manual to increase the
412 chances that users actually read it.
417 > Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets.
422 > More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now.
427 > FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected
428 to reach a local Privoxy installation.
433 > Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently
434 can't be checked automatically.
439 > Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X.
444 > Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD.
449 > Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working
450 for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care.
455 > Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target.
460 > Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD.
465 > Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11.
470 > Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the last release of
471 Cygwin version 1.5 to use for building Privoxy on Windows.
476 > Various typos have been fixed.
483 > Infrastructure improvements:
490 > The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and
491 can be reached through https now.
496 > The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated,
497 you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/
502 > Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is
503 work in progress (TODO list item #53).
510 > Build system improvements:
517 > Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE
518 with the intent to change the maximum number of client
519 connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs.
520 Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
525 > Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git".
530 > Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current.
535 > Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository.
540 > Include tools in the generic distribution.
545 > Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current.
550 > Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs
551 to get reproducible results.
556 > Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the
557 gen-dist target. The package isn't a source distribution but a
559 While at it, use a variable for the name to reduce the chances
560 that the various references get out of sync and fix the gen-upload
561 target which was looking in the wrong directory.
566 > Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed.
571 > The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed.
576 > Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009.
581 > Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file.
586 > Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago.
591 > Let rsync skip files if the checksums match.
598 > Privoxy-Regression-Test:
605 > Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to
606 change the default level by a given value.
607 This directive affects all tests located after it until the end
608 of the file or a another "Default level offset" directive is reached.
609 The purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to skip
610 similar tests in a given file without having to remove or disable
611 the tests completely.
616 > Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T
617 instead of FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct connection
623 > Fix indentation in perldoc examples.
628 > Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file.
633 > Bump version to 0.7.
638 > Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https://
639 is used for the website.
651 >3.1. Note to Upgraders</A
654 > A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
664 > The recommended way to upgrade <SPAN
667 > is to backup your old
668 configuration files, install the new ones, verify that <SPAN
672 is working correctly and finally merge back your changes using
682 > There are a number of new features in each <SPAN
686 most of them have to be explicitly enabled in the configuration
687 files. Old configuration files obviously don't do that and due
688 to syntax changes using old configuration files with a new
692 > isn't always possible anyway.
697 > Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely,
698 including configuration files, therefore you should really save
699 any important configuration files!
704 > On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing configuration
705 files, thinking you will want to do that yourself.
710 > In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now.
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715 of the configuration file. You may also want to enable more verbose
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725 > Three other config file settings are now off by default:
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732 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
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736 >enable-edit-actions</A
738 If you use or want these, you will need to explicitly enable them, and
739 be aware of the security issues involved.
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