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43 <a name="WHATSNEW">3. What's New in this Release</a>
46 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy 3.0.26</span> stable is a bug-fix
47 release for the previously released 3.0.25 beta which introduced
48 client-specific tags and included a couple of minor improvements.
60 Fixed crashes with "listen-addr :8118" (SF Bug #902). The
61 regression was introduced in 3.0.25 beta and reported by
62 Marvin Renich in Debian bug #834941.
74 Log when privoxy is toggled on or off via cgi interface.
79 Highlight the "Info: Now toggled " on/off log message in the
85 Highlight the loading actions/filter file log message in the
91 Mention client-specific tags on the toggle page as a
92 potentionally more appropriate alternative.
99 Documentation improvements:
104 Update download section on the homepage. The downloads are
105 available from the website now.
115 Remove obsolete reference to mailing lists hosted at
121 Update the "Before the Release" section of the developer
129 Infrastructure improvements:
134 Add perl script to generate an RSS feed for the packages
135 Submitted by "Unknown".
142 Build system improvements:
147 strptime.h: fix a compiler warning about ambiguous else.
152 configure.in: Check for Docbook goo on the BSDs as well.
157 GNUMakefile.in: Let the dok-user target remove temporary
166 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy 3.0.25</span> beta introduces
167 client-specific tags and includes a couple of minor improvements. It
168 will be followed by a stable release in the near future.
180 Always use the current toggle state for new requests.
181 Previously new requests on reused connections inherited the
182 toggle state from the previous request even though the toggle
183 state could have changed. Reported by Robert Klemme.
188 Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static pcre
189 code. These bugs are not considered security issues as the
190 input is trusted. Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN.
197 General improvements:
202 Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy
203 admins to pre-define tags that are set for all requests from
204 clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface.
205 They are useful in multi-user setups where admins may want to
206 allow users to disable certain actions and filters for
207 themselves without affecting others. In single-user setups
208 they are useful to allow more fine-grained toggling. For
209 example to disable request blocking while still crunching
210 cookies, or to disable experimental filters only. This is an
211 experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may change in
212 future versions. Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
217 Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address
218 variable which contains the address the request came in on.
219 For external filters the variable is called
220 $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS. Original patch contributed by
226 Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'.
231 Include the listen-address in the log message when logging
232 new requests. Patch contributed by pursievro.
237 Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors.
242 The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before
243 1970 and after 2038 are expected to be handled properly. This
244 is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could also
245 come handy when dealing with time-related support requests.
250 On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to
256 When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is
262 A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced (CID
263 #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211).
270 Action file improvements:
275 Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download
276 resumption and Windows updates work with the default
282 Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/". Reported by ThTomate in #932.
289 Documentation improvements:
294 Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits.
299 Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3.
304 Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate. As the
305 archives have not been migrated, continue to mention the
306 archives at SF in the contacting section for now.
311 Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is
312 running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests.
317 A bunch of links were converted to https://.
322 Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious that
323 Tor is involved and that the whole website (and not just the
324 homepage) is available as onion service.
329 Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage
330 further by additionally ditching the link to the 'See also'
331 section of the user manual. The section contains mostly links
332 that are directly reachable from the homepage already and the
333 rest is not significant enough to get a link from the
339 Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header and use
340 a complete section to make copy and pasting more convenient.
341 Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the header is
342 not recommended for obvious reasons. Using the DNT header as
343 example was suggested by Leo Wzukw.
348 Streamline the support-and-service template Instead of
349 linking to the various support trackers (whose URLs hopefully
350 change soon), link to the contact section of the user manual
351 to increase the chances that users actually read it.
356 Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets.
361 More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now.
366 FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected to
367 reach a local Privoxy installation.
372 Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V.
373 currently can't be checked automatically.
378 Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X.
383 Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD.
388 Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been
389 working for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care.
394 Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target.
399 Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD.
404 Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and
410 Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the
411 last release of Cygwin version 1.5 to use for building
417 Various typos have been fixed.
424 Infrastructure improvements:
429 The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and can be
430 reached through https now.
435 The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated, you
436 can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/
441 Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is work in
442 progress (TODO list item #53).
449 Build system improvements:
454 Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE
455 with the intent to change the maximum number of client
456 connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs.
457 Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
462 Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git".
467 Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current.
472 Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git
478 Include tools in the generic distribution.
483 Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current.
488 Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs to
489 get reproducible results.
494 Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the
495 gen-dist target. The package isn't a source distribution but
496 a binary package. While at it, use a variable for the name to
497 reduce the chances that the various references get out of
498 sync and fix the gen-upload target which was looking in the
504 Add regression-tests.action to the files that are
510 The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has
516 Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009.
521 Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file.
526 Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented
532 Let rsync skip files if the checksums match.
539 Privoxy-Regression-Test:
544 Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to
545 change the default level by a given value. This directive
546 affects all tests located after it until the end of the file
547 or a another "Default level offset" directive is reached. The
548 purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to
549 skip similar tests in a given file without having to remove
550 or disable the tests completely.
555 Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T instead of
556 FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct connection to the time_t
562 Fix indentation in perldoc examples.
567 Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action
578 Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https:// is
579 used for the website.
588 <a name="UPGRADERSNOTE">3.1. Note to Upgraders</a>
591 A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
592 versions of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>:
599 The recommended way to upgrade <span class=
600 "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is to backup your old
601 configuration files, install the new ones, verify that <span
602 class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is working correctly and
603 finally merge back your changes using <span class=
604 "APPLICATION">diff</span> and maybe <span class=
605 "APPLICATION">patch</span>.
608 There are a number of new features in each <span class=
609 "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> release and most of them have to
610 be explicitly enabled in the configuration files. Old
611 configuration files obviously don't do that and due to syntax
612 changes using old configuration files with a new <span class=
613 "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> isn't always possible anyway.
618 Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely,
619 including configuration files, therefore you should really save
620 any important configuration files!
625 On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing
626 configuration files, thinking you will want to do that
632 In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now.
633 You can change that in the <a href="config.html#DEBUG">debug
634 section</a> of the configuration file. You may also want to
635 enable more verbose logging until you verified that the new
636 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> version is working as
642 Three other config file settings are now off by default: <a
644 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</a>, <a
646 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE">enable-remote-http-toggle</a>,
648 "config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</a>. If
649 you use or want these, you will need to explicitly enable them,
650 and be aware of the security issues involved.
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