From: Todd C. Miller Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:05:04 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Bump version and update things slightly for sudo 1.8.0 X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_0~860 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=186ef7e688e73fbaf05194a040611a4048422242;p=sudo Bump version and update things slightly for sudo 1.8.0 --- diff --git a/README b/README index bf7522fb7..d91da1f91 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is Sudo version 1.7.2 +This is Sudo version 1.8.0 The sudo philosophy =================== @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Where to find sudo Before you try and build sudo, *please* make sure you have the current version. The latest sudo may always be gotten via anonymous ftp from ftp.sudo.ws in the directory /pub/sudo/. + The distribution is sudo-M.m.tar.gz where `M' is the major version number and `m' is the minor version number. BETA versions of sudo may also be available. If you join @@ -19,25 +20,21 @@ the `sudo-workers' mailing list you will get the BETA announcements What's new ========== -For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file that came with this -release. - -For a complete list of changes, see the CHANGES file. For a summary, -see the web page, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/. +See the WHATSNEW file for a list of major changes in this release. +For a complete list of changes, see the ChangeLog file. For a +summary, see the web page, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Sudo, please see -the UPGRADE file. +the UPGRADE file in the doc directory. -NOTE: Starting with sudo 1.5.7 the configuration method has changed - significantly as compared to previous versions. All options - are now set via the configure script. See the `INSTALL' file - for a list of all the configure options. +For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file in the doc directory. System requirements =================== -To build sudo from the source distribution you need a machine running -UN*X (most flavors of BSD, SYSV, or POSIX will do), a working C -compiler, and the make utility. +To build sudo from the source distribution you need a nominally +POSIX-compliant operating system (any modern version of BSD, Linux +or UNIX should work), a working ANSI/ISO C compiler (C89 or higher), +and the make utility. If you wish to modify the parser then you will need flex version 2.5.2 or later and either bison or byacc (sudo comes with a pre-flex'd @@ -70,6 +67,10 @@ sudo-users This list is for questions and general discussion about sudo. sudo-workers This list is for people working on and porting sudo. http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-workers +sudo-commits This list receives a message for each commit made to + the sudo source repository. + http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-commits + To subscribe to a list, visit its url (as listed above) and enter your email address to subscribe. Digest versions are available but these are fairly low traffic lists so the digest versions are not @@ -80,16 +81,16 @@ for the appropriate links. Web page ======== -There is a sudo web page at http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/ that contains +There is a sudo web page at http://www.sudo.ws/ that contains an overview of sudo, documentation, downloads, information about beta versions and other useful info. Bug reports =========== If you have found what you believe to be a bug, you can file a bug -report with the sudo bug database, on at web at http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/. +report in the sudo bug database, on the web at http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/. -Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file *before* submitting a -bug report. When reporting bugs, please be sure to include the -version of sudo you are using as well as the platform you are running -it on. +Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file in the doc directory *before* +submitting a bug report. When reporting bugs, please be sure to +include the version of sudo you are using as well as the platform +you are running it on. diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index f43049ebf..576b6d243 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +What's new in Sudo 1.8.0? + + * Sudo has been refactored to use modular framework that can + support third-party policy and I/O logging plugins. The default + plugin is "sudoers" which provides the traditional sudo + functionality. See the sudo_plugins manual for details on the + plugin interface and the sample plugin for a simple example. + What's new in Sudo 1.7.3? * Support for logging a transcript of the command being run.