nano

commit 29e20122679f0d4babb90ae1eadc192a1c2c8b82
parent c859049041b616215f38d272ce56417694e1ed10
Author: Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:55:39 +0000

2010-04-07 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
        * doc/man/nano.1,nanorc.5: Remove the backup file warnings now
          that a sufficient security fix exists for the backup file code.



git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@4502 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8

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3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-04-07 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* doc/man/nano.1,nanorc.5: Remove the backup file warnings now
+          that a sufficient security fix exists for the backup file code.
+
 2010-04-14 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* text.c (do_alt_speller): Skip invoking the alt speller if the file size 
 	  is 0 bytes.  Fixes Savannah bug 29393 reported by Mike Frysinger.
diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ line.
 .TP
 .B \-B (\-\-backup)
 When saving a file, back up the previous version of it to the current
-filename suffixed with a ~.  This option is not recommended when editing
-files as root due to potential security implications.
+filename suffixed with a ~.  
 .TP
 .B \-C \fIdir\fP (\-\-backupdir=\fIdir\fP)
 Set the directory where \fBnano\fP puts unique backup files if file
diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5
@@ -451,8 +451,7 @@ When writing a file, append to the end instead of overwriting.
 When writing a file, 'prepend' (write at the beginning) instead of overwriting.
 .TP
 .B backup
-When writing a file, create a backup of the current file.  This option is not 
-recommended when editing files as root due to potential security implications.
+When writing a file, create a backup of the current file. 
 .TP
 .B firstfile
 Move to the first file when using the file browser (reading or writing files).