The 6.5.0.beta8 release of fetchmail is now available at the usual
locations,
including <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/fetchmail/branch_6.5/>.
The source archive is available at:
<https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/fetchmail/branch_6.5/fetchmail-6.5.0.beta8.tar.xz/download>
The detached GnuPG signature is available at:
<https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/fetchmail/branch_6.5/fetchmail-6.5.0.beta8.tar.xz.asc/download>
The SHA256 hashes for the tarballs are:
SHA2-256(fetchmail-6.5.0.beta8.tar.xz)= 2d984fcd03a26629efdb9126c33db5d03c63b59c35b3924f86f0ec8700fbfcd9
Here are the release notes since beta7, but also review the NEWS file
for all changes since 6.4.28..6.4.34 which are also part of this release
but not shown here for brevity.
See <https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/blob/6.5.0.beta8/NEWS>
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* --auth ssh may be removed from future fetchmail versions. Use --auth implicit.
* Future fetchmail releases (even minor ones) may change undocumented parts of
the .netrc parser in incompatible ways to enhance compatibility with typical
ftp(1) .netrc parsers.
* Apparently OPIE is dying. I only have this support on FreeBSD, and
FreeBSD 14 (slated for release in 2023) is about to remove it.
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* FreeBSD's OPIE implementation cannot be found when using a C++ compiler.
This should not affect the normal build, which uses a C compiler.
* .netrc now may not have more than 0700 permission if it contains
* passwords, else fetchmail will warn and ignore the file.
* The .netrc parser no longer permits "machine" after "default".
* Add manpage info on the .netrc syntax, as ftp(1) is not standardized and
may not be installed. Fixes Launchpad Bug #1976361 reported by Bill Yikes.
* fetchmail's --auth option ssh was renamed to implicit, to make clear that it
does *NOT* imply any particular type or features of the --plugin. --auth ssh
will be understood for a while for compatibility but fetchmail will report it
as implicit.
* fetchmail can be built with meson <https://mesonbuild.com/>.
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