GNU bug report logs - #28597
26.0.60; [Security] Configure should use --without-pop by default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.60

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "N. Jackson" <nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com>, 28597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28597: 26.0.60; [Security] Configure should use --without-pop by default
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:22:04 -0700

As Glenn noted, the 'configure' message N. mentions came from an uneasy 
compromise between worry about the default lack-of-security in Emacs, 
and worry about backward compatibility (see Bug#26102). Although I favor 
making --without-pop the default, at this point it's really an issue for 
the two maintainers to decide.
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