PolicyKit 0.8

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 22:15 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's a new PolicyKit release
> 
> http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit-0.8.tar.gz

I sent a whole bunch of PK patches months ago for FreeBSD support (as
well as other portability fixes).  Why weren't they included?  Having to
patch locally makes my life a lot harder.

Joe

> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> ==========
> PolicyKit 0.8 "The Ties That Bind"
> ==========
> 
> Released on April 16 2008.
> 
> This release should be ABI compatible with PolicyKit 0.6 and later.
> 
> NOTE NOTE NOTE: The permissions and modes of certain files has changed
>                 since PolicyKit 0.7. Make sure to update your spec files
>                 to reflect this. See the output of configure for details.
> 
> Carlos Corbacho (4):
>       remove unncessary PAM header inclusions
>       split out authentication framework from authorisation database
>       add Shadow authentication framework
>       also add the new C file for the shadow helper
> 
> David Zeuthen (33):
>       be more precise about permissions in the blurb at the end of configure
>       post release version bump to 0.8
>       use strlen to avoid writing garbage at the end of the test auth file
>       add bogus Returns: to make gtk-doc happy
>       add constraints for exe and SELinux context when granting an authorization
>       add note about new polkit-resolve-exe-helper
>       add additional checks when using strtoul
>       add docs and bash completion bits for new exe and selinux_context constraints
>       fix typo in docs
>       make the docs show an index of new symbols in 0.8
>       make polkit-grant-helper-pam world readable
>       actually check for bash in polkit-bash-completion.sh
>       avoid use normal timeout when showing auth dialog; use INT_MAX instead
>       fix doc in bugs for PolKitContextAddIOWatch
>       make polkit-policy-file-validate require that actions are properly packaged
>       add convenience API to consistently report authorization failures over D-Bus
>       also add polkit_dbus_error_parse_from_strings() function
>       fix typo in docs for polkit_dbus_error_parse_from_strings()
>       don't check key/values in KitHash; they are not neccesarily pointers
>       clarify docs for POLKIT_AUTHORIZATION_CONSTRAINT_TYPE_REQUIRE_EXE
>       invalidate memory cache after revoking one shot authorization
>       remove debug spew
>       remove more debug spew
>       print stack traces for where leaks were allocated
>       clear the right block when growing a string
>       don't leak the copied authorizations list on OOM
>       fix build when tests are disabled
>       don't include libkit api docs
>       fix issue where users allowed to change defaults can delete override files
>       print warning to stderr if a policy file is malformed and we're ignoring it
>       ensure object is first in the list/hash iterator callback functions
>       be careful about what symbols we export
>       update NEWS for release
> 
> Holger Macht (1):
>       avoid reliance on DT_REG so we work on reiserfs as well
> 
> Jim Li (1):
>       add support for Solaris platform
> 
> Jim Meyering (5):
>       handle kit_strdup_printf failure.
>       remove unnecessary strdup.
>       (do_auth): rename local: s/buf/password/
>       avoid unnecessary/leaky use of strdup.
>       handle kit_strdup failure.
> 
> Kees Cook (1):
>       fix for CVE-2008-1658: format string vulnerability in password input
> 
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