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Merge the 0.68 release branchlet to master.

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Conflicts in the FAQ are fixed by incorporating Jacob's rewritten
post-0.68 version. (But owing to considerable git confusion I haven't
managed to get his name on to this commit anywhere.)
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@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ Yes. SSH-1 support has always been available in PuTTY.
However, the SSH-1 protocol has many weaknesses and is no longer
considered secure; you should use SSH-2 instead if at all possible.
\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE:
As of 0.68, PuTTY will no longer fall back to SSH-1 if the server
doesn't appear to support SSH-2; you must explicitly ask for SSH-1. }
doesn't appear to support SSH-2; you must explicitly ask for SSH-1.
\S{faq-localecho}{Question} Does PuTTY support \i{local echo}?
@ -216,16 +215,12 @@ seems to be working so far.
Currently, release versions of PuTTY tools only run on Windows
systems and Unix.
\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: replace following two lines with:
As of 0.68, the supplied PuTTY executables run on versions of
Windows from XP onwards,}
PuTTY runs on versions of Windows from Windows 95 onwards (but not
the 16-bit Windows 3.1; see \k{faq-win31}),
up to and including Windows 10; and we know of no reason why PuTTY
should not continue to work on future versions of Windows.
\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE: We provide 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
executables; see \k{faq-32bit-64bit} for discussion of the
compatibility issues around that.}
As of 0.68, the supplied PuTTY executables run on versions of Windows
from XP onwards, up to and including Windows 10; and we know of no
reason why PuTTY should not continue to work on future versions of
Windows. We provide 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executables; see
\k{faq-32bit-64bit} for discussion of the compatibility issues around
that.
(We used to also provide executables for Windows for the Alpha
processor, but stopped after 0.58 due to lack of interest.)
@ -252,10 +247,9 @@ If you look at the source release, you should find a \c{unix}
subdirectory. There are a couple of ways of building it,
including the usual \c{configure}/\c{make}; see the file \c{README}
in the source distribution. This should build you Unix
ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, and also
ports of Plink, PuTTY itself, PuTTYgen, PSCP, PSFTP, Pageant, and also
\i\c{pterm} - an \cw{xterm}-type program which supports the same
terminal emulation as PuTTY. \#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE:}
We do not yet have a Unix port of Pageant.
terminal emulation as PuTTY.
If you don't have \i{Gtk}, you should still be able to build the
command-line tools.
@ -592,13 +586,12 @@ all versions of Windows that PuTTY supports. PuTTY doesn't require to
run as a 64-bit application to work well, and having a 32-bit PuTTY on
a 64-bit system isn't likely to cause you any trouble.
The 64-bit version
\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE (first released in 0.XX)}
will only run if you have a 64-bit processor \e{and} a \I{64-bit
Windows}64-bit edition of Windows (both of these things are likely to
be true of any recent Windows PC). It will run somewhat faster (in
particular, the cryptography will be faster, especially during link
setup), but it will consume slightly more memory.
The 64-bit version (first released in 0.68) will only run if you have
a 64-bit processor \e{and} a \I{64-bit Windows}64-bit edition of
Windows (both of these things are likely to be true of any recent
Windows PC). It will run somewhat faster (in particular, the
cryptography will be faster, especially during link setup), but it
will consume slightly more memory.
If you need to use an external \i{DLL} for GSSAPI authentication, that
DLL may only be available in a 32-bit or 64-bit form, and that will
@ -1070,8 +1063,7 @@ is triggered by PuTTY 0.58. This was fixed in 0.59. The
\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/xp-wont-run}{\q{xp-wont-run}}
entry in PuTTY's wishlist has more details.
\S{faq-system32}{Question} When I put
\#{XXX-REVIEW-BEFORE-RELEASE 32-bit} PuTTY in
\S{faq-system32}{Question} When I put 32-bit PuTTY in
\cw{C:\\WINDOWS\\\i{SYSTEM32}} on my \i{64-bit Windows} system,
\i{\q{Duplicate Session}} doesn't work.