This is a pre-release for last minute testing. 4.18.0-rc1 appeared to go smoothly, so I expect no issues. We expect to release 4.18.0 tomorrow.

What's Changed

• CI: purge man-db by @ikerexxe in #1241
• passwd: document exit code when PAM has errored by @hallyn in #1244
• Man patches by @zeha in #1175
• Quick fix: define E_PAM_ERR in lib/pam_pass.c by @hallyn in #1245
• Accept /usr/sbin/nologin as an alternate to /sbin/nologin by @zeha in #1246
• Add LOGIN_ENV_SAFELIST to FOREIGNDEFS by @stanislav-brabec in #1248
• ci: add gawk as a fedora dependency by @ikerexxe in #1252
• man/useradd.8.xml: fix the CREATE_HOME description by @hallyn in #1251
• lib/getdate.y: Restrict the date formats that we support by @alejandro-colomar in #1238
• newuidmap: better error logging on failure by @matthewhughes934 in #1254
• Extend basic test cases to check shadow and gshadow entries by @ikerexxe in #1237
• lib/sizeof.h: Make sure STRLEN() only accepts string literals by @alejandro-colomar in #1260
• Add strprefix(), and use it instead of its pattern by @alejandro-colomar in #1152
• src/: Simplify, using strpbrk(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1167
• lib/string/strdup/: STRNDUPA(): Reimplement in terms of strndupa(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1189
• Remove dead beef by @alejandro-colomar in #1230
• lib/atoi/a2i/: Simplify these macros by calling a2i() by @alejandro-colomar in #1137
• strtolower(): Add API, and use it instead of its pattern by @alejandro-colomar in #1211
• lib/: sget*ent(): Simplify by calling strdup(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1146
• fields by @alejandro-colomar in #1150
• yacc(1) is a dead language; bury it deep in the ground by @alejandro-colomar in #1217
• Test expiration date by @ikerexxe in #1233
• [scp] Add strcaseprefix(), and use it instead of its pattern by @alejandro-colomar in #1262
• valid_field(): Improve readability by @alejandro-colomar in #1208
• lib/, src/, tests/: Use the standard countof() instead of our NITEMS() by @alejandro-colomar in #1259
• lib/fs/mkstemp/, src/: Move fmkomstemp() to separate files under lib/fs/mkstemp/, and split into mkomstemp() by @alejandro-colomar in #1139
• [x][v]aprintf(): Add APIs, and use them instead of [x][v]asprintf(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1168
• lib/get_pid.c: pid_t is a signed integer by @alejandro-colomar in #1264
• src/newusers.c: Fix off-by-one benign bug in array declaration by @alejandro-colomar in #1266
• Add some wrappers for usual loops around strsep(3) by @alejandro-colomar in #1155
• lib/fs/readlink/areadlink.h: areadlink(): Avoid inconditionally using PATH_MAX by @sthibaul in #1222
• configure: Fix typo by @sthibaul in #1268
• Pre-release 4.18.0-rc1 by @hallyn in #1270
• Update man pages for chage, shadow, passwd by @domiborges in #1243
• contrib/: Burn it all by @alejandro-colomar in #1274
• Pre-release 4.18.0-rc2 by @hallyn in #1275

New Contributors

• @matthewhughes934 made their first contribution in #1254
• @domiborges made their first contribution in #1243

Full Changelog: 4.17.4...4.18.0-rc2