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+Fixed two bugs introduced in v5.0.18.
+* The environment varialbe `SSL_DIST_OPTFILE` was not set correctly for non-boot commands.
+* When cookie is overriden from environment variable, EMQX node is unable to start.
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+修复 v5.0.18 引入的 2 个bug。
+* 环境变量 `SSL_DIST_OPTFILE` 的值设置错误导致节点无法为 Erlang distribution 启用 SSL。
+* 当节点的 cookie 从环境变量重载 （而不是设置在配置文件中时），节点无法启动的问题。