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| author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-04-23 20:36:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2003-04-23 20:36:18 (GMT) |
| commit | f6b74da36ad9601c9a777589f68e6d657d9adb11 (patch) | |
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backport note about password limitations
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex b/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex index c7573f9..3d14001 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libnetrc.tex @@ -59,3 +59,10 @@ as a pseudo-host by that name. \begin{memberdesc}{macros} Dictionary mapping macro names to string lists. \end{memberdesc} + +\note{Passwords are limited to a subset of the ASCII character set. +Versions of this module prior to 2.2.3 were extremely limited. Starting +with 2.2.3, all ASCII punctuation is allowed in passwords. However, note +that whitespace and non-printable characters are not allowed in passwords. +This is a limitation of the way the .netrc file is parsed and may be removed +in the future.} |