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.\" LP paragraph
.\" IP indented paragraph
.\" TP hanging label
-.TH openvpn 8 "3 August 2005"
+.TH openvpn 8 "4 November 2008"
.\"*********************************************************
.SH NAME
openvpn \- secure IP tunnel daemon.
@@ -2010,6 +2010,19 @@ Set a custom environmental variable
to pass to script.
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
+.B --setenv FORWARD_COMPATIBLE 1
+Relax config file syntax checking so that unknown directives
+will trigger a warning but not a fatal error,
+on the assumption that a given unknown directive might be valid
+in future OpenVPN versions.
+
+This option should be used with caution, as there are good security
+reasons for having OpenVPN fail if it detects problems in a
+config file. Having said that, there are valid reasons for wanting
+new software features to gracefully degrade when encountered by
+older software versions.
+.\"*********************************************************
+.TP
.B --setenv-safe name value
Set a custom environmental variable
.B OPENVPN_name=value