Re: php 4.3.7 request

[Jonathan Weiss <tomonage3@gmx.de>]

> I will have a look at the changelog. But i doubt that it worth to
> update the port in stable.

The changelog says:
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Version 4.3.7
03-Jun-2004
Upgraded bundled GD library to 2.0.23. (Ilia)

Changed user error handler mechanism to relay to built-in error handler if
it returns false. (Andrei)

Fixed command line escaping routines for win32. (Ilia)

Fixed problems with *printf() functions and '%f' formatting. (Marcus)

Fixed possible crash inside pg_copy_(to|from) function if delimiter is more
then 1 character long. (Ilia)

Fixed crash inside cpdf_place_inline_image() when working with true-color
images. (Ilia)

Fixed handling of return values from stored procedures in mssql_execute()
with multiple result sets returned. (Frank)

Fixed logic bug in session_register() which allowed registering _SESSION
and/or HTTP_SESSION_VARS. (Sara)

Fixed bug #28597 (xmlrpc_encode_request() incorrectly encodes chars in
200-210 range). (fernando dot nemec at folha dot com dot br, Ilia)

Fixed bug #28569 (informix connection id is not thread safe). (novicky at
aarongroup dot cz, Ard)

Fixed bug #28564 (Problem building informix as a shared extension). (roques
at mti dot ag, Ilia)

Fixed bug #28508 (Do not make hypot() available if not supported by libc).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #28506 (Allow negative start angle in imagearc and
imagefilledarc). (Pierre)

Fixed bug #28456 (Problem with enclosed / in uploaded files). (Antony)

Fixed bug #28386 (wordwrap() wraps lines 1 character too soon). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #28374 (Possible unterminated loop inside
_php_pgsql_trim_message()). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #28355 (glob() does not return error on Linux when it does not
have permission to open the directory). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #28289 (incorrect resolving of relative paths by glob() in
windows). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #28229 (run-tests tripped up by spaces in names). (Marcus)

Fixed bug #28228 (number_format() does not allow empty decimal separator).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #28196 (missing error constants in cURL extension). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #28187 (parse_url() not handling embedded IPv6 in URLs). (Sara)

Fixed bug #28175 (build problem for people using FreeType 2.1.0-2.1.2).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #28147 (Crash with drawing anti-aliased lines). (Derick)

Fixed bug #28122 (dba_open db3: Permission denied). (Marcus)

Fixed bug #28112 (sqlite_query() crashing apache on malformed query). (Ilia,
Marcus)

Fixed bug #28055 (timeout duration too long in feof()/pfsockopen() liveness
checks). (Wez)

Fixed bug #28087 (Do not force mysql.trace_mode to 0 on every request).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #28042 (greek letters in html to entity mapping not correct).
(Derick)

Fixed bug #28007 (compile mssql extension with old versions of FreeTDS
fails). (Frank)

Fixed bug #27995 (imagefilltoborder() stops the fill process prematurely).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #27810 (don't use php's pemalloc in ext/pcre). (Joe Orton)

Fixed bug #23220 (SSL: fatal protocol error when talking to IIS). (Wez)

There is a separate announcement available for this release.



Version 4.3.6
15-Apr-2004
Updated bundled PDFLib library to version 5.0.3p1 in Windows distribution.
(Edin)

Synchronized bundled GD library with GD 2.0.22. (Ilia)

Fixed a crash in multi-threaded environments when a thread is shutdown by
the web server. (Stas)

Fixed a bug that prevented building of the GD extension against external GD
lib 1.X. (Ilia, Edin, Nick Talbott).

Fixed bug #27963 (Session lifetime setting may leak between requests).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #27849 (configure craps out on trivial syntax error). (Derick)

Fixed bug #27822 (is_resource() returns TRUE for closed resources). (Derick)

Fixed bug #27819 (problems returning reference to a reference parameter).
(Ilia)

Fixed bug #27809 (ftp_systype returns null on some ftp servers). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #27802 (default number of children to 8 when PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN is
not defined). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #27780 (strtotime(+1 xxx) returns a wrong date/time). (Derick)

Fixed bug #27769 (domxml_xmltree crashes). (Rob)

Fixed bug #27764 (Get return value from a stored procedure not returning any
result sets). (Frank)

Fixed bug #27762 (SCO Openserver doesn't have S_ISSOCK). (Wez)

Fixed bug #27743 (Make sure Money types are converted and returned
correctly). (Frank)

Fixed bug #27732 (Fixed compilation bug inside php_sab_info.h). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #27731 (error_reporting() inside @ block fails to set
error_reporting level). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #27719 (mktime issues on and around DST changeover). (Rasmus)

Fixed bug #27717 (Test Failures when compiled on 64-bit mode). (Ard, Derick)

Fixed bug #27687 (Bug Adding Default Charset to 'text/*' Content-Type
Header). (Marcus)

Fixed bug #27663 (compile failure with cURL 7.11.1). (Ilia)

Fixed bug #27646 (Cannot serialize/unserialize non-finite numeric values).
(Marcus)

Fixed bug #26757 (session.save_path default is bogus for win32). (Wez)

Fixed bug #26589 (Crash inside mssql extension when selecting many columns
of type money). (Frank)

Fixed bug #25547 (error_handler and array index with function call).
cschneid at cschneid dot com)

There is a separate announcement available for this release.

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So it looks worthy, as there are also some security related bugs.

Greets,
Jonathan