Update.

1998-03-23 07:52  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>

	* elf/dl-close.c (_dl_close): Fix byte count while removing
	the shared object from the global scope list and optimize
	a little bit.

1998-03-22  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Add missing
	closing brace.
	(Scanning Directory Content): Fix text.

1998-03-22  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* manual/memory.texi (Heap Consistency Checking): Add paragraph
	explaining difference of -lmcheck and MALLOC_CHECK_.

1998-03-23  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fstatvfs.c (fstatvfs): Correct some
	typos in comments.

1998-03-20  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* test-skeleton.c (main): Fix test for exit signal.

1998-03-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/generic/strtok_r.c: Undefine __strtok_r.

1998-03-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/generic/memcmp.c [_LIBC]: Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN as
	appropriate.

1998-03-23 11:14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* libc.map: Export __strtok_r.

1998-03-23  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* posix/regex.c (re_compile_fastmap): Remove unused variable
	num_regs and adjust comment.
	Patch by Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com>.

	* math/math.h (M_*l): Extend long double constants to be usable
	for 128 bit floats.  Patch by Richard Henderson.

1998-03-23 11:16  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
	Patch by Tim Waugh and Andreas Schwab.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 8a91639a4e..c5c2f105d2 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ The @code{alphasort} function behaves like the @code{strcoll} function
 are not string pointers but instead they are of type
 @code{struct dirent **}.
 
-Return value of is less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending
-on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
+Return value of @code{alphasort} is less than, equal to, or greater than
+zero depending on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment dirent.h
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ only that the directory entries it returns are described by elements of
 type @w{@code{struct dirent64}}.  The function pointed to by
 @var{selector} is again used to select the wanted entries only that
 @var{selector} now must point to a function which takes a
-@w{@code{struct dirent64 *} parameter.
+@w{@code{struct dirent64 *}} parameter.
 
 The @var{cmp} now must be a function which expects its two arguments to
 be of type @code{struct dirent64 **}.
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ The @code{alphasort64} function behaves like the @code{strcoll} function
 are not string pointers but instead they are of type
 @code{struct dirent64 **}.
 
-Return value of is less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending
-on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
+Return value of @code{alphasort64} is less than, equal to, or greater
+than zero depending on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment dirent.h
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index 09147bcd14..262d772fc6 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -625,6 +625,13 @@ immediately.  This can be useful because otherwise a crash may happen
 much later, and the true cause for the problem is then very hard to
 track down.
 
+So, what's the difference between using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and linking
+with @samp{-lmcheck}?  @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} is orthognal with respect to
+@samp{-lmcheck}.  @samp{-lmcheck} has been added for backward
+compatibility.  Both @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and @samp{-lmcheck} should
+uncover the same bugs - but using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} you don't need to
+recompile your application.
+
 @node Hooks for Malloc
 @subsection Storage Allocation Hooks
 @cindex allocation hooks, for @code{malloc}