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authorAndreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>2023-07-25 23:49:07 +0200
committerAndreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>2023-07-25 23:49:07 +0200
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NEWS: Minor editorial changes
Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
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@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ Major new features:
- x86_64-gnu
-* Added libmvec vector math library support to AArch64. It requires
- GCC version >= 10.1.0. It can be disabled via --disable-mathvec,
- however that is not a supported configuration as it changes the ABI.
- The symbol names follow the AArch64 vector ABI, they are declared
- in math.h and have to be called manually at this point.
+* Vector math library libmvec support has been added to AArch64. It
+ requires GCC version >= 10.1.0. It can be disabled via
+ "--disable-mathvec", however that is not a supported configuration as
+ it changes the ABI. The symbol names follow the AArch64 vector ABI,
+ they are declared in math.h and have to be called manually at this point.
* The strlcpy and strlcat functions have been added. They are derived
from OpenBSD, and are expected to be added to a future POSIX version.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Major new features:
Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
-* libcrypt is no longer built by default, one may use the --enable-crypt
+* libcrypt is no longer built by default, one may use the "--enable-crypt"
option to build libcrypt. libcrypt is likely to be removed from the
GNU C Library in a future release, so it is recommended that
applications port away from it to an alternative such as libxcrypt.
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
alternatively stable kernels from versions 6.1.6, 5.15.87, 5.10.163,
5.4.228, 4.19.270 or 4.14.303.
-* The --disable-experimental-malloc is no longer available. The per-thread
- cache can still be disable per-application using tunables
+* The "--disable-experimental-malloc" option is no longer available. The
+ per-thread cache can still be disable per-application using tunables
(glibc.malloc.tcache_count set to zero).
-* The configure option --enable-tunables has been removed. The tunable
+* The configure option "--enable-tunables" has been removed. The tunable
feature is now always enabled.
Changes to build and runtime requirements: