-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2007-1-13
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+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2009-4-3
+Copyright (C) 1992-2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+Version 2.10
+
+* New interfaces: preadv, preadv64, pwritev, pwritev64
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New Linux interfaces: accept4, fallocate, fallocate64.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Correct declarations of string function when used in C++ code. This
+ could lead to compile error for invalid C++ code.
+
+* XPG7/POSIX 2008 compilation environment. Many GNU-specific functions are
+ now in POSIX.
+
+* New POSIX 2008 interface: psiginfo
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New ISO C++1x interfaces: quick_exit, at_quick_exit
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Support for selecting between multiple function definitions at runtime
+ using STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* The libcrypt library can now use the hash function implementations in
+ NSS. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* The malloc implementation can be compiled to be less memory efficient
+ but higher performing in multi-threaded programs.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New locale: nan_TW@latin
+
+\f
+Version 2.9
+
+* Unified lookup for getaddrinfo: IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are now looked
+ up at the same time. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* TLS descriptors for LD and GD on x86 and x86-64.
+ Implemented by Alexandre Oliva.
+
+* getaddrinfo now handles DCCP and UDPlite.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New fixed-size conversion macros: htobe16, htole16, be16toh, le16toh,
+ htobe32, htole32, be32toh, le32toh, htobe64, htole64, be64toh, le64toh.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New implementation of memmem, strstr, and strcasestr which is O(n).
+ Implemented by Eric Blake.
+
+* New Linux interfaces: inotify_init1, dup3, epoll_create1, pipe2
+
+* Implement "e" option for popen to open file descriptor with the
+ close-on-exec flag set. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Implement "b" mode for fmemopen. In this mode writes writes don't
+ implicitly add a NUL byte and seeks from the end of the buffer really
+ use the buffer end, not the string length as the basis.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Many functions, exported and internal, now atomically set the close-on-exec
+ flag when run on a sufficiently new kernel. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Sorting rules for some Indian languages (Kannada, Gurumukhi, Telugu,
+ Sinhala)
+ Implemented by Pravin Satpute.
+
+* New locales: sd_IN, sd_IN@devanagari, ks_IN@devanagari, ht_HT, en_AG, nl_AW.
+\f
+Version 2.8
+
+* New locales: bo_CN, bo_IN, shs_CA.
+
+* New encoding: HP-ROMAN9, HP-GREEK8, HP-THAI8, HP-TURKISH8.
+
+* Sorting rules for some Indian languages (Devanagari and Gujarati).
+ Implemented by Pravin Satpute.
+
+* IPV6 addresses in /etc/resolv.conf can now have a scope ID
+
+* nscd caches now all timeouts for DNS entries
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* nscd is more efficient and wakes up less often.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* More checking functions: asprintf, dprintf, obstack_printf, vasprintf,
+ vdprintf, and obstack_vprintf.
+ Implemented by Jakub Jelinek.
+
+* Faster memset for x86-64.
+ Implemented by Harsha Jagasia and H.J. Lu.
+
+* Faster memcpy on x86.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* ARG_MAX is not anymore constant on Linux. Use sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX).
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Faster sqrt and sqrtf implemention for some PPC variants.
+ Implemented by Stephen Munroe.
+\f
+Version 2.7
+
+* More checking functions: fread, fread_unlocked, open*, mq_open.
+ Implemented by Jakub Jelinek and Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Extend fortification to C++. Implemented by Jakub Jelinek.
+
+* Implement 'm' modifier for scanf. Add stricter C99/SUS compliance
+ by not recognizing 'a' as a modifier when those specs are requested.
+ Implemented by Jakub Jelinek.
+
+* PPC optimizations to math and string functions.
+ Implemented by Steven Munroe.
+
+* New interfaces: mkostemp, mkostemp64. Like mkstemp* but allow additional
+ options to be passed. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* More CPU set manipulation functions. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New Linux interfaces: signalfd, eventfd, eventfd_read, and eventfd_write.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Handle private futexes in the NPTL implementation.
+ Implemented by Jakub Jelinek and Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Add support for O_CLOEXEC. Implement in Hurd. Use throughout libc.
+ Implemented by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Linux/x86-64 vDSO support. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* SHA-256 and SHA-512 based password encryption.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New locales: ber_DZ, ber_MA, en_NG, fil_PH, fur_IT, fy_DE, ha_NG, ig_NG,
+ ik_CA, iu_CA, li_BE, li_NL, nds_DE, nds_NL, pap_AN, sc_IT, tk_TM, ug_CN,
+ yo_NG.
+
++ New iconv modules: MAC-CENTRALEUROPE, ISO-8859-9E, KOI8-RU.
+ Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+\f
Version 2.6
-* New Linux interfaces: epoll_pwait.
+* New Linux interfaces: epoll_pwait, sched_getcpu.
+
+* New generic interfaces: strerror_l.
* nscd can now cache the services database. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
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