[BZ #2510, BZ #2830, BZ #3137, BZ #3313, BZ #3426, BZ #3465, BZ #3480, BZ #3483, BZ #3493, BZ #3514, BZ #3515, BZ #3664, BZ #3673, BZ #3674]

2007-01-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* sysdeps/i386/soft-fp/sfp-machine.h: Remove.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/soft-fp/sfp-machine.h: Likewise.
2007-01-10  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* io/fts.c: Make sure fts_cur is always valid after return from
	fts_read.
	Patch by Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>.
2006-10-27  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
	* elf/elf.h (R_MIPS_GLOB_DAT): Define.
	(R_MIPS_NUM): Bump by 1.
2007-01-03  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* posix/execvp.c: Include alloca.h.
	(allocate_scripts_argv): Renamed to...
	(scripts_argv): ... this.  Don't allocate buffer here nor count
	arguments.
	(execvp): Use alloca if possible.
	* posix/Makefile: Add rules to build and run tst-vfork3 test.
	* posix/tst-vfork3.c: New test.
	* stdlib/Makefile (tst-strtod3-ENV): Define.
2007-01-02  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* posix/getconf.c: Update copyright year.
	* nss/getent.c: Likewise.
	* iconv/iconvconfig.c: Likewise.
	* iconv/iconv_prog.c: Likewise.
	* elf/ldconfig.c: Likewise.
	* catgets/gencat.c: Likewise.
	* csu/version.c: Likewise.
	* elf/ldd.bash.in: Likewise.
	* elf/sprof.c (print_version): Likewise.
	* locale/programs/locale.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/localedef.c: Likewise.
	* nscd/nscd.c (print_version): Likewise.
	* debug/xtrace.sh: Likewise.
	* malloc/memusage.sh: Likewise.
	* malloc/mtrace.pl: Likewise.
	* debug/catchsegv.sh: Likewise.
2006-12-24  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* malloc/malloc.c (sYSMALLOc): Remove some unnecessary alignment
	attempts.
2006-12-23  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* posix/wordexp.c: Remove some unnecessary tests.
2006-12-20  SUGIOKA Toshinobu  <sugioka@itonet.co.jp>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/bits/shm.h: New file.

	* nss/getXXbyYY_r.c: Include atomic.h.
	(INTERNAL (REENTRANT_NAME)): Write startp after start_fct,
	add atomic_write_barrier () in between.

2006-11-28  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* elf/dl-support.c: Include dl-procinfo.h.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-procinfo.h (PPC_PLATFORM_POWER4,
	PPC_PLATFORM_PPC970, PPC_PLATFORM_POWER5, PPC_PLATFORM_POWER5_PLUS,
	PPC_PLATFORM_POWER6, PPC_PLATFORM_CELL_BE, PPC_PLATFORM_POWER6X):
	Define.
	(_dl_string_platform): Use PPC_PLATFORM_* macros instead of
	hardcoded constants.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-procinfo.c (_dl_powerpc_platform): Use
	PPC_PLATFORM_* macros for array designators.
2006-11-11  Steven Munroe  <sjmunroe@us.ibm.com>
	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-procinfo.c (_dl_powerpc_cap_flags): Add 3 new cap
	names to the beginning.
	(_dl_powerpc_platforms): Add "power6x".
	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-procinfo.h (_DL_HWCAP_FIRST): Decrease.
	(HWCAP_IMPORTANT): Add PPC_FEATURE_HAS_DFP.
	(_DL_PLATFORMS_COUNT): Increase.
	(_dl_string_platform): Handle power6x case.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/sysdep.h (PPC_FEATURE_PA6T, PPC_FEATURE_HAS_DFP,
	PPC_FEATURE_POWER6_EXT): Define.
	(PPC_FEATURE_POWER5, PPC_FEATURE_POWER5_PLUS): Correct Comment.
	[-2^31 .. 2^31) range.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/statvfs.h: Define ST_RELATIME.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/internal_statvfs.c (__statvfs_getflags):
	Handle relatime mount option.

2006-12-13  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/setcontext.S: Include
	kernel-features.h.

2006-12-11  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* stdlib/strtod_l.c (____STRTOF_INTERNAL): Parse thousand
	separators also if no non-zero digits found.
	* stdlib/Makefile (tests): Add tst-strtod3.
	[BZ #3664]
	* stdlib/strtod_l.c (____STRTOF_INTERNAL): Fix test to recognize
	empty parsed strings.
	* stdlib/Makefile (tests): Add tst-strtod2.
	* stdlib/tst-strtod2.c: New file.

	[BZ #3673]
	* stdlib/strtod_l.c (____STRTOF_INTERNAL): Fix exp_limit
	computation.
	* stdlib/Makefile (tests): Add tst-atof2.
	* stdlib/tst-atof2.c: New file.

	[BZ #3674]
	* stdlib/strtod_l.c (____STRTOF_INTERNAL): Adjust exponent value
	correctly if removing trailing zero of hex-float.
	* stdlib/Makefile (tests): Add tst-atof1.
	* stdlib/tst-atof1.c: New file.

	* misc/mntent_r.c (__hasmntopt): Check p[optlen] even when p == rest.
	Start searching for next comma at p rather than rest.
	* misc/Makefile (tests): Add tst-mntent2.
	* misc/tst-mntent2.c: New test.

2006-12-08  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* malloc/memusage.c: Handle realloc with new size of zero and
	non-NULL pointer correctly.
	(me): Really write first record twice.
	(struct entry): Make format bi-arch safe.
	(dest): Write out more realloc statistics.
	* malloc/memusagestat.c (struct entry): Make format bi-arch safe.
2006-12-05  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* nis/nis_subr.c (nis_getnames): Revert last change.
2006-12-03  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/sys/io.h: Removed.
2006-11-30  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
	* sysdeps/i386/i686/memcmp.S: Use jump table as the base of
	jump table entries.

2006-11-30  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S: Provide CFI for the outermost
	`clone' function to ensure proper unwinding stop of gdb.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S: Likewise.

2006-12-01  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* nscd/nscd.init: Remove obsolete and commented-out -S option
	handling.

2006-11-23  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	[BZ #3514]
	* manual/string.texi (strncmp): Fix pastos from wcscmp description.

	[BZ #3515]
	* manual/string.texi (strtok): Remove duplicate paragraph.

2006-12-01  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigaction.c: Fix compatibility with
	libgcc not supporting `rflags' unwinding (register # >= 17).

2006-11-30  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* sunrpc/svc_run.c (svc_run): Set my_pollfd to new_pollfd if realloc
	succeeded.

2006-11-29  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
	    Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	    Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigaction.c (restore_rt): Add correct
	unwind information.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/Makefile: Provide symbols for
	'restore_rt' even in the 'signal' directory.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/ucontext_i.sym: Extend the regs list.
	malloc crashed.  Don't allocate memory unnecessarily in each
	loop.
2006-10-21  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* resolv/mapv4v6addr.h (map_v4v6_address): Fix last change.
2006-11-20  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* resolv/mapv4v6addr.h (map_v4v6_address): Optimize a bit.
2006-11-18  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getgroups.c (__getgroups): Invoke
	__sysconf only after having tried to call getgroups32.
2006-11-19  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* nss/nss_files/files-hosts.c (LINE_PARSER): Support IPv6-style
	addresses for IPv4 queries if they can be mapped.
2006-11-16  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/s_copysignf.S (__copysignf): Switch to .text.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/s_copysign.S (__copysign): Likewise.
	(signmask): Add .size directive.
	(othermask): Add .type directive.
2006-11-14  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	* po/nl.po: Update from translation team.
	* timezone/zdump.c: Redo fix for BZ #3137.
2006-11-14  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
	* nss/nss_files/files-alias.c (get_next_alias): Set line back
	to first_unused after parsing :include: file.
	* timezone/africa: Update from tzdata2006o.
	* timezone/antarctica: Likewise.
	* timezone/asia: Likewise.
	* timezone/australasia: Likewise.
	* timezone/backward: Likewise.
	* timezone/europe: Likewise.
	* timezone/iso3166.tab: Likewise.
	* timezone/northamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/southamerica: Likewise.
	* timezone/zone.tab: Likewise.

	* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Extend to handle new file format
	on machines with 64-bit time_t.

	* timezone/checktab.awk: Update from tzcode2006o.
	* timezone/ialloc.c: Likewise.
	* timezone/private.h: Likewise.
	* timezone/scheck.c: Likewise.
	* timezone/tzfile.h: Likewise.
	* timezone/tzselect.ksh: Likewise.
	* timezone/zdump.c: Likewise.
	* timezone/zic.c: Likewise.

	[BZ #3483]
	* elf/ldconfig.c (main): Call setlocale and textdomain.
	Patch mostly by Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>.

	[BZ #3480]
	* manual/argp.texi: Fix typos.
	* manual/charset.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/errno.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/filesys.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/lang.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/maint.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/memory.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/message.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/resource.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/search.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/signal.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/startup.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/stdio.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/sysinfo.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/syslog.texi: Likewise.
	* manual/time.texi: Likewise.
	Patch by Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>.

	[BZ #3465]
	* sunrpc/clnt_raw.c: Minimal message improvements.
	* sunrpc/pm_getmaps.c: Likewise.
	* nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-publickey.c: Likewise.
	* nis/nis_print_group_entry.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/repertoire.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/charmap.c: Likewise.
	* malloc/memusage.sh: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-deps.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-collate.c: Likewise.
	* libio/vswprintf.c: Likewise.
	* malloc/memusagestat.c: Likewise.
	* sunrpc/auth_unix.c: Likewise.
	* sunrpc/rpc_main.c: Likewise.
	* nscd/cache.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/repertoire.c: Unify output messages.
	* locale/programs/charmap.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-monetary.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-numeric.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-time.c: Likewise.
	* elf/ldconfig.c: Likewise.
	* nscd/selinux.c: Likewise.
	* elf/cache.c: Likewise.
	Patch mostly by Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>.

2006-11-10  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* string/strxfrm_l.c (STRXFRM): Fix trailing \1 optimization
	if N is one bigger than return value.
	* string/tst-strxfrm2.c (do_test): Also test strxfrm with l1 + 1
	and l1 last arguments, if buf is defined, verify the return value
	equals to strlen (buf) and verify no byte beyond passed length
	is modified.

2006-11-10  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* po/sv.po: Update from translation team.

	* sysdeps/gnu/siglist.c (__old_sys_siglist, __old_sys_sigabbrev):
	Use __new_sys_siglist instead of _sys_siglist_internal as
	second macro argument.
	(_old_sys_siglist): Use declare_symbol_alias macro instead of
	strong_alias.
2006-11-09  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	[BZ #3493]
	* posix/unistd.h (sysconf): Remove const attribute.

	* sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c (getaddrinfo): Fix test for
	temporary or deprecated addresses.
	Patch by Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>.

	* string/Makefile (tests): Add tst-strxfrm2.
	* string/tst-strxfrm2.c: New file.

2006-10-09  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* elf/dl-debug.c (_dl_debug_initialize): Check r->r_map for 0
	rather than r->r_brk.
	* string/strxfrm_l.c (STRXFRM): Do the trailing \1 removal
	optimization even if needed > n.

2006-11-07  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* include/libc-symbols.h (declare_symbol): Rename to...
	(declare_symbol_alias): ... this.  Add ORIGINAL argument, imply
	strong_alias (ORIGINAL, SYMBOL) in asm to make sure it preceedes
	.size directive.
	* sysdeps/gnu/errlist-compat.awk: Adjust for declare_symbol_alias
	changes.
	* sysdeps/gnu/siglist.c: Likewise.

2006-11-03  Steven Munroe  <sjmunroe@us.ibm.com>

	* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/bits/mathinline.h
	[__LIBC_INTERNAL_MATH_INLINES]: Moved to ...
	* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/math_private.h: ...here.  New file.

2006-11-05  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysconf.c (intel_check_word):
	Update handling of cache descriptor 0x49 for new models.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sysconf.c (intel_check_word):
	Likewise.

2006-11-02  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* configure.in: Work around ld --help change and avoid -z relro
	test completely if the architecture doesn't care about security.

2006-11-01  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* po/sv.po: Update from translation team.

2006-10-31  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* stdlib/atexit.c (atexit): Don't mark as hidden when used to
	generate compatibility version.

2006-10-29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* configure.in: Relax -z relro requirement a bit.

	* po/sv.po: Update from translation team.

2006-10-29  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* elf/dl-sym.c (do_sym): Use RTLD_SINGLE_THREAD_P.
	* elf/dl-runtime.c (_dl_fixup, _dl_profile_fixup): Likewise.
	* elf/dl-close.c (_dl_close_worker): Likewise.
	* elf/dl-open.c (_dl_open_worker): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/sysdep-cancel.h (RTLD_SINGLE_THREAD_P): Define.

	* configure.in: Require assembler support for visibility, compiler
	support for visibility and aliases, linker support for various -z
	options.
	* Makeconfig: Remove conditional code which now is unnecessary.
	* config.h.in: Likewise.
	* config.make.in: Likewise.
	* dlfcn/Makefile: Likewise.
	* elf/Makefile: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-load.c: Likewise.
	* elf/rtld.c: Likewise.
	* include/libc-symbols.h: Likewise.
	* include/stdio.h: Likewise.
	* io/Makefile: Likewise.
	* io/fstat.c: Likewise.
	* io/fstat64.c: Likewise.
	* io/fstatat.c: Likewise.
	* io/fstatat64.c: Likewise.
	* io/lstat.c: Likewise.
	* io/lstat64.c: Likewise.
	* io/mknod.c: Likewise.
	* io/mknodat.c: Likewise.
	* io/stat.c: Likewise.
	* io/stat64.c: Likewise.
	* libio/stdio.c: Likewise.
	* nscd/Makefile: Likewise.
	* stdlib/Makefile: Likewise.
	* stdlib/atexit.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/i686/memcmp.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/sysdep.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sigaction.c: Likewise.

	* Makerules: USE_TLS support is now default.
	* tls.make.c: Likewise.
	* csu/Versions: Likewise.
	* csu/libc-start.c: Likewise.
	* csu/libc-tls.c: Likewise.
	* csu/version.c: Likewise.
	* dlfcn/dlinfo.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-addr.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-cache.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-close.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-iteratephdr.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-load.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-lookup.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-object.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-open.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-reloc.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-support.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-sym.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-sysdep.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-tls.c: Likewise.
	* elf/ldconfig.c: Likewise.
	* elf/rtld.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls-dlinfo.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls1.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls10.h: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls14.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls2.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls3.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls4.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls5.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls6.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls7.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls8.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tls9.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod1.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod13.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod13a.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod14a.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod2.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod3.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod4.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod5.c: Likewise.
	* elf/tst-tlsmod6.c: Likewise.
	* include/errno.h: Likewise.
	* include/link.h: Likewise.
	* include/tls.h: Likewise.
	* locale/global-locale.c: Likewise.
	* locale/localeinfo.h: Likewise.
	* malloc/arena.c: Likewise.
	* malloc/hooks.c: Likewise.
	* malloc/malloc.c: Likewise.
	* resolv/Versions: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/alpha/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/alpha/libc-tls.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/tls.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ia64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ia64/libc-tls.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/fork.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/tls.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.c: Likwise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/s390/libc-tls.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/s390/s390-32/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/s390/s390-64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sh/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.

	[BZ #3426]
	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Adjust comment for canonicalize_file_name to
	reality.

2006-10-27  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* elf/dl-lookup.c (_dl_debug_bindings): Remove unused symbol_scope
	argument.
	(_dl_lookup_symbol_x): Adjust caller.

	* sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h (struct link_namespaces): Remove
	_ns_global_scope.
	* elf/rtld.c (dl_main): Don't initialize _ns_global_scope.

	* elf/dl-libc.c: Revert l_scope name changes.
	* elf/dl-load.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-object.c: Likewise.
	* elf/rtld.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-close.c (_dl_close): Likewise.
	* elf/dl-open.c (dl_open_worker): Likewise.  If not SINGLE_THREAD_P,
	always use __rtld_mrlock_{change,done}.  Always free old scope list
	here if not l_scope_mem.
	* elf/dl-runtime.c (_dl_fixup, _dl_profile_fixup): Revert l_scope name
	change.  Never free scope list here.  Just __rtld_mrlock_lock before
	the lookup and __rtld_mrlock_unlock it after the lookup.
	* elf/dl-sym.c: Likewise.
	* include/link.h (struct r_scoperec): Remove.
	(struct link_map): Replace l_scoperec with l_scope, l_scoperec_mem
	with l_scope_mem and l_scoperec_lock with l_scope_lock.

2006-10-25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/gnu/netinet/tcp.h: Define TCP_CONGESTION.

2006-10-18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* configure.in: Disable building profile libraries by default.

2006-10-18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* elf/dl-lookup.c (_dl_lookup_symbol_x): Add warning to
	_dl_lookup_symbol_x code.

2006-10-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* elf/dl-runtime.c: Include sysdep-cancel.h.
	(_dl_fixup, _dl_profile_fixup): Use __rtld_mrlock_* and
	scoperec->nusers only if !SINGLE_THREAD_P.  Use atomic_*
	instead of catomic_* macros.
	* elf/dl-sym.c: Include sysdep-cancel.h.
	(do_sym): Use __rtld_mrlock_* and scoperec->nusers only
	if !SINGLE_THREAD_P.  Use atomic_* instead of catomic_* macros.
	* elf/dl-close.c: Include sysdep-cancel.h.
	(_dl_close): Use __rtld_mrlock_* and scoperec->nusers only
	if !SINGLE_THREAD_P.  Use atomic_* instead of catomic_* macros.
	* elf/dl-open.c: Include sysdep-cancel.h.
	(dl_open_worker): Use __rtld_mrlock_* and scoperec->nusers only
	if !SINGLE_THREAD_P.  Use atomic_* instead of catomic_* macros.

2006-10-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	[BZ #3313]
	* malloc/malloc.c (malloc_consolidate): Set maxfb to address of last
	fastbin rather than end of fastbin array.

2006-10-18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/atomic.h (catomic_decrement): Use correct
	body macro.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/bits/atomic.h
	(__arch_c_compare_and_exchange_val_64_acq): Add missing casts.
	(catomic_decrement): Use correct body macro.

2006-10-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* include/atomic.h: Add a unique prefix to all local variables
	in macros.
	* csu/tst-atomic.c (do_test): Test also catomic_* macros.

2006-10-14  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* resolv/arpa/nameser.h: Document that ns_t_a6 is deprecated.

	[BZ #3313]
	* malloc/malloc.c (malloc_consolidate): Don't use get_fast_max to
	determine highest fast bin to consolidate, always look into all of
	them.
	(do_check_malloc_state): Only require for empty bins for large
	sizes in main arena.

	* libio/stdio.h: Add more __wur attributes.

2006-11-12  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>

	[BZ #2510]
	* manual/search.texi (Hash Search Function): Clarify.
	(Array Search Function): Clarify.

2006-11-12  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>

	[BZ #2830]
	* math/atest-exp.c (main): Cast hex value to mp_limb_t before
	shifting.
	* math/atest-exp2.c (read_mpn_hex): Likewise.
	* math/atest-sincos.c (main): Likewise.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add epoll_pwait.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/epoll.h: Declare epoll_pwait.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Versions (libc): Add epoll_pwait for
	version GLIBC_2.6.
	* Versions.def: Add GLIBC_2.6 for libc.

	* sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/atomic.h: Add catomic_* support.

2006-10-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* malloc/malloc.c (_int_malloc): Remove unused any_larger variable.

	* nis/nis_defaults.c (__nis_default_access): Don't call getenv twice.

	* nis/nis_subr.c (nis_getnames): Use __secure_getenv instead of getenv.
	* sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h: Add NIS_PATH.

2006-10-11  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* include/atomic.c: Define catomic_* operations.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/bits/atomic.h: Likewise.  Fix a few minor problems.
	* stdlib/cxa_finalize.c: Use catomic_* operations instead of atomic_*.
	* malloc/memusage.c: Likewise.
	* gmon/mcount.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-close.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-open.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-profile.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-sym.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-runtime.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-fptr.c: Likewise.
	* resolv/res_libc.c: Likewise.

2006-10-10  Roland McGrath  <roland@frob.com>
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/utimes.c: Use a union to avoid an improper cast.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/futimes.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/lutimes.c: Likewise.

2006-10-09  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	    Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	Implement reference counting of scope records.
	* elf/dl-close.c (_dl_close): Remove all scopes from removed objects
	from the list in objects which remain.  Always allocate new scope
	record.
	* elf/dl-open.c (dl_open_worker): When growing array for scopes,
	don't resize, allocate a new one.
	* elf/dl-runtime.c: Update reference counters before using a scope
	array.
	* elf/dl-sym.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-libc.c: Adjust for l_scope name change.
	* elf/dl-load.c: Likewise.
	* elf/dl-object.c: Likewise.
	* elf/rtld.c: Likewise.
	* include/link.h: Include <rtld-lowlevel.h>.  Define struct
	r_scoperec.  Replace r_scope with pointer to r_scoperec structure.
	Add l_scoperec_lock.
	* sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h: Include <rtld-lowlevel.h>.
	* sysdeps/generic/rtld-lowlevel.h: New file.

	* include/atomic.h: Rename atomic_and to atomic_and_val and
	atomic_or to atomic_or_val.  Define new macros atomic_and and
	atomic_or which do not return values.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/bits/atomic.h: Define atomic_and and atomic_or.
	Various cleanups.
	* sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/atomic.h: Likewise.

	* po/sv.po: Update from translation team.

2006-10-07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* Versions.def: Add GLIBC_2.6 to libpthread.

	* include/shlib-compat.h (SHLIB_COMPAT): Expand parameters before use.
	(versioned_symbol): Likewise.
	(compat_symbol): Likewise.

	* po/tr.po: Update from translation team.
	* nis/Banner: Removed.  It's been integral part forever and the
	author info is incomplete anyway.
	* libio/Banner: Likewise.

2006-10-06  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* version.h (VERSION): Bump to 2.5.90 for new development tree.

1 files changed, 215 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/timezone/asia b/timezone/asia
index 446cc16e6f..04ddc863e7 100644
--- a/timezone/asia
+++ b/timezone/asia
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-# @(#)asia	8.1
+# @(#)asia	8.8
 # <pre>
 
 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
 # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to
 # tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future).
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1999-03-22):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 #
 # A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is
-# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (5th edition),
-# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1999).
+# Thomas G. Shanks and Rique Pottenger, The International Atlas (6th edition),
+# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (2003).
 #
 # Gwillim Law writes that a good source
 # for recent time zone data is the International Air Transport
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 # published semiannually.  Law sent in several helpful summaries
 # of the IATA's data after 1990.
 #
-# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks is the source for entries through 1990,
-# and IATA SSIM is the source for entries after 1990.
+# Except where otherwise noted, Shanks & Pottenger is the source for
+# entries through 1990, and IATA SSIM is the source for entries afterwards.
 #
 # Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences,
 # Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	EUAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 1:00u	1:00	S
+Rule	EUAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule	EUAsia	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 1:00u	0	-
 Rule E-EurAsia	1981	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 0:00	1:00	S
 Rule E-EurAsia	1979	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 0:00	0	-
@@ -82,10 +83,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Kabul	4:36:48 -	LMT	1890
 			4:30	-	AFT
 
 # Armenia
-# From Paul Eggert (1999-10-29):
-# Shanks has Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST) in spring 1991,
-# then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then readopting Russian DST in 1997.
-# Go with Shanks, even when he disagrees with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger have Yerevan switching to 3:00 (with Russian DST)
+# in spring 1991, then to 4:00 with no DST in fall 1995, then
+# readopting Russian DST in 1997.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger, even
+# when they disagree with others.  Edgar Der-Danieliantz
 # reported (1996-05-04) that Yerevan probably wouldn't use DST
 # in 1996, though it did use DST in 1995.  IATA SSIM (1991/1998) reports that
 # Armenia switched from 3:00 to 4:00 in 1998 and observed DST after 1991,
@@ -194,13 +196,15 @@ Zone	Asia/Phnom_Penh	6:59:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 # CHINA               8 H  AHEAD OF UTC  ALL OF CHINA, INCL TAIWAN
 # CHINA               9 H  AHEAD OF UTC  APR 17 - SEP 10
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1995-12-19):
-# Shanks writes that China has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1,
-# observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that China (except for Hong Kong and Macau)
+# has had a single time zone since 1980 May 1, observing summer DST
+# from 1986 through 1991; this contradicts Devine's
 # note about Time magazine, though apparently _something_ happened in 1986.
-# Go with Shanks for now.  I made up names for the other pre-1980 time zones.
+# Go with Shanks & Pottenger for now.  I made up names for the other
+# pre-1980 time zones.
 
-# From Shanks:
+# From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Shang	1940	only	-	Jun	 3	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Shang	1940	1941	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -208,14 +212,27 @@ Rule	Shang	1941	only	-	Mar	16	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1986	only	-	May	 4	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	PRC	1986	1991	-	Sep	Sun>=11	0:00	0	S
 Rule	PRC	1987	1991	-	Apr	Sun>=10	0:00	1:00	D
-#
-# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
-#
+
 # From Anthony Fok (2001-12-20):
 # BTW, I did some research on-line and found some info regarding these five
 # historic timezones from some Taiwan websites.  And yes, there are official
-# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949):
+# Chinese names for these locales (before 1949).
+# 
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-07-14):
+# I have investigated the timezones around 1970 on the
+# http://www.astro.com/atlas site [with provinces and county
+# boundaries summarized below]....  A few other exceptions were two
+# counties on the Sichuan side of the Xizang-Sichuan border,
+# counties Dege and Baiyu which lies on the Sichuan side and are
+# therefore supposed to be GMT+7, Xizang region being GMT+6, but Dege
+# county is GMT+8 according to astro.com while Baiyu county is GMT+6
+# (could be true), for the moment I am assuming that those two
+# counties are mistakes in the astro.com data.
+
+
+# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 # Changbai Time ("Long-white Time", Long-white = Heilongjiang area)
+# Heilongjiang (except Mohe county), Jilin
 Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928 # or Haerbin
 			8:30	-	CHAT	1932 Mar # Changbai Time
 			8:00	-	CST	1940
@@ -223,18 +240,35 @@ Zone	Asia/Harbin	8:26:44	-	LMT	1928 # or Haerbin
 			8:30	-	CHAT	1980 May
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Zhongyuan Time ("Central plain Time")
+# most of China
 Zone	Asia/Shanghai	8:05:52	-	LMT	1928
 			8:00	Shang	C%sT	1949
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Long-shu Time (probably due to Long and Shu being two names of that area)
+# Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Ningxia, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Yunnan;
+# most of Gansu; west Inner Mongolia; west Qinghai; and the Guangdong
+# counties Deqing, Enping, Kaiping, Luoding, Taishan, Xinxing,
+# Yangchun, Yangjiang, Yu'nan, and Yunfu.
 Zone	Asia/Chongqing	7:06:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Chungking
 			7:00	-	LONT	1980 May # Long-shu Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Xin-zang Time ("Xinjiang-Tibet Time")
+# The Gansu counties Aksay, Anxi, Dunhuang, Subei; west Qinghai;
+# the Guangdong counties  Xuwen, Haikang, Suixi, Lianjiang,
+# Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, Huazhou, Gaozhou, Maoming, Dianbai, and Xinyi;
+# east Tibet, including Lhasa, Chamdo, Shigaise, Jimsar, Shawan and Hutubi;
+# east Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Turpan, Karamay, Korla, Minfeng, Jinghe,
+# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
+# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
+# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
 Zone	Asia/Urumqi	5:50:20	-	LMT	1928 # or Urumchi
 			6:00	-	URUT	1980 May # Urumqi Time
 			8:00	PRC	C%sT
 # Kunlun Time
+# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
+# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
+# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
+# and Yarkand.
 Zone	Asia/Kashgar	5:03:56	-	LMT	1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
 			5:30	-	KAST	1940	 # Kashgar Time
 			5:00	-	KAST	1980 May
@@ -266,7 +300,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Hong_Kong	7:36:36 -	LMT	1904 Oct 30
 
 # Taiwan
 
-# Shanks writes that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that Taiwan observed DST during 1945, when it
 # was still controlled by Japan.  This is hard to believe, but we don't
 # have any other information.
 
@@ -423,7 +457,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 
 # Indonesia
 #
-# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks:
+# From Gwillim Law (2001-05-28), overriding Shanks & Pottenger:
 # <http://www.sumatera-inc.com/go_to_invest/about_indonesia.asp#standtime>
 # says that Indonesia's time zones changed on 1988-01-01.  Looking at some
 # time zone maps, I think that must refer to Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat
@@ -431,7 +465,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Calcutta	5:53:28 -	LMT	1880	# Kolkata
 #
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Jakarta	7:07:12 -	LMT	1867 Aug 10
-# Shanks says the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
+# Shanks & Pottenger say the next transition was at 1924 Jan 1 0:13,
 # but this must be a typo.
 			7:07:12	-	JMT	1923 Dec 31 23:47:12 # Jakarta
 			7:20	-	JAVT	1932 Nov	 # Java Time
@@ -498,8 +532,8 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # leap year calculation involved.  There has never been any serious
 # plan to change that law....
 #
-# From Paul Eggert (2005-04-05):
-# Go with Shanks before September 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Go with Shanks & Pottenger before Sept. 1991, and with Pournader thereafter.
 # I used Ed Reingold's cal-persia in GNU Emacs 21.2 to check Persian dates,
 # stopping after 2037 when 32-bit time_t's overflow.
 # That cal-persia used Birashk's approximation, which disagrees with the solar
@@ -519,6 +553,14 @@ Zone Asia/Jayapura	9:22:48 -	LMT	1932 Nov
 # Reingold's/Dershowitz' calculator gives correctly the Gregorian date
 # 2058-03-21 for 1 Farvardin 1437 (astronomical).
 #
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# The above comments about post-2006 transitions may become relevant again,
+# if Iran ever resuscitates DST, so we'll leave the comments in.
+#
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-03-22):
+# Several of my users have reported that Iran will not observe DST anymore:
+# http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0603193812164948.htm
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Iran	1978	1980	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	1978	only	-	Oct	21	0:00	0	S
@@ -537,38 +579,8 @@ Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	2001	2003	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
 Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iran	2004	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2005	2007	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2005	2007	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2008	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2009	2011	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2012	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2013	2015	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2016	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2017	2019	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2020	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2021	2023	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2024	only	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2024	only	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2025	2027	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2025	2027	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2028	2029	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2028	2029	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2030	2031	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2030	2031	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2032	2033	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2032	2033	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2034	2035	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2034	2035	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
-Rule	Iran	2036	2037	-	Mar	21	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	Iran	2036	2037	-	Sep	21	0:00	0	S
+Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Mar	22	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	Iran	2005	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tehran	3:25:44	-	LMT	1916
 			3:25:44	-	TMT	1946	# Tehran Mean Time
@@ -601,7 +613,8 @@ Rule	Iraq	1984	1985	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1985	1990	-	Sep	lastSun	1:00s	0	S
 Rule	Iraq	1986	1990	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00s	1:00	D
 # IATA SSIM (1991/1996) says Apr 1 12:01am UTC; guess the `:01' is a typo.
-# Shanks says Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997 or 1999 on; ignore this.
+# Shanks & Pottenger say Iraq did not observe DST 1992/1997; ignore this.
+# 
 Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Apr	 1	3:00s	1:00	D
 Rule	Iraq	1991	max	-	Oct	 1	3:00s	0	S
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
@@ -635,7 +648,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Baghdad	2:57:40	-	LMT	1890
 # high on my favorite-country list (and not only because my wife's
 # family is from India).
 
-# From Shanks:
+# From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Zion	1940	only	-	Jun	 1	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Zion	1942	1944	-	Nov	 1	0:00	0	S
@@ -874,14 +887,15 @@ Zone	Asia/Jerusalem	2:20:56 -	LMT	1880
 # of the Japanese wanted to scrap daylight-saving time, as opposed to 30% who
 # wanted to keep it.)
 
-# Shanks writes that daylight saving in Japan during those years was as follows:
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that DST in Japan during those years was as follows:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Japan	1948	only	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Japan	1948	1951	-	Sep	Sat>=8	2:00	0	S
 Rule	Japan	1949	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 # but the only locations using it (for birth certificates, presumably, since
-# Shanks's audience is astrologers) were US military bases.  For now, assume
+# their audience is astrologers) were US military bases.  For now, assume
 # that for most purposes daylight-saving time was observed; otherwise, what
 # would have been the point of the 1951 poll?
 
@@ -906,8 +920,9 @@ Rule	Japan	1950	1951	-	May	Sun>=1	2:00	1:00	D
 # I wrote "ordinance" above, but I don't know how to translate.
 # In Japanese it's "chokurei", which means ordinance from emperor.
 
-# Shanks claims JST in use since 1896, and that a few places (e.g. Ishigaki)
-# use +0800; go with Suzuki.  Guess that all ordinances took effect on Jan 1.
+# Shanks & Pottenger claim JST in use since 1896, and that a few
+# places (e.g. Ishigaki) use +0800; go with Suzuki.  Guess that all
+# ordinances took effect on Jan 1.
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
@@ -938,6 +953,10 @@ Zone	Asia/Tokyo	9:18:59	-	LMT	1887 Dec 31 15:00u
 # For Jordan I have received multiple independent user reports every year
 # about DST end dates, as the end-rule is different every year.
 #
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-10-01), after a heads-up from Hilal Malawi:
+# http://www.petranews.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Sep/05/4000.htm
+# "Jordan will switch to winter time on Friday, October 27".
+#
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	only	-	Jun	6	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	1973	1975	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -964,7 +983,8 @@ Rule	Jordan	1999	2002	-	Sep	lastThu	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2000	max	-	Mar	lastThu	0:00s	1:00	S
 Rule	Jordan	2003	only	-	Oct	24	0:00s	0	-
 Rule	Jordan	2004	only	-	Oct	15	0:00s	0	-
-Rule	Jordan	2005	max	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2005	only	-	Sep	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
+Rule	Jordan	2006	max	-	Oct	lastFri	0:00s	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 			2:00	Jordan	EE%sT
@@ -979,11 +999,11 @@ Zone	Asia/Amman	2:23:44 -	LMT	1931
 # Guess that Aqtau and Aqtobe diverged in 1995, since that's the first time
 # IATA SSIM mentions a third time zone in Kazakhstan.
 
-# From Paul Eggert (2001-10-18):
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
 # German Iofis, ELSI, Almaty (2001-10-09) reports that Kazakhstan uses
 # RussiaAsia rules, instead of switching at 00:00 as the IATA has it.
-# Go with Shanks, who has them always using RussiaAsia rules.
-# Also go with the following claims of Shanks:
+# Go with Shanks & Pottenger, who have them always using RussiaAsia rules.
+# Also go with the following claims of Shanks & Pottenger:
 #
 # - Kazakhstan did not observe DST in 1991.
 # - Qyzylorda switched from +5:00 to +6:00 on 1992-01-19 02:00.
@@ -1063,7 +1083,7 @@ Zone	Asia/Oral	3:25:24	-	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ural'sk
 			5:00	-	ORAT
 
 # Kyrgyzstan (Kirgizstan)
-# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks.
+# Transitions through 1991 are from Shanks & Pottenger.
 
 # From Paul Eggert (2005-08-15):
 # According to an article dated today in the Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway
@@ -1091,17 +1111,19 @@ Zone	Asia/Bishkek	4:58:24 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 
 # Korea (North and South)
 
-# From Guy Harris:
-# According to someone at the Korean Times in San Francisco,
-# Daylight Savings Time was not observed until 1987.  He did not know
-# at what time of day DST starts or ends.
+# From Annie I. Bang (2006-07-10) in
+# <http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/10/200607100012.asp>:
+# The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has already
+# commissioned a research project [to reintroduce DST] and has said
+# the system may begin as early as 2008....  Korea ran a daylight
+# saving program from 1949-61 but stopped it during the 1950-53 Korean War.
 
-# From Shanks:
+# From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	May	15	0:00	1:00	D
 Rule	ROK	1960	only	-	Sep	13	0:00	0	S
-Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	May	Sun<=14	0:00	1:00	D
-Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun<=14	0:00	0	S
+Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	May	Sun>=8	0:00	1:00	D
+Rule	ROK	1987	1988	-	Oct	Sun>=8	0:00	0	S
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Seoul	8:27:52	-	LMT	1890
@@ -1184,8 +1206,8 @@ Zone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur	6:46:46 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 			7:30	-	MALT	1982 Jan  1
 			8:00	-	MYT	# Malaysia Time
 # Sabah & Sarawak
-# From Paul Eggert (2003-11-01):
-# The data here are mostly from Shanks, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# The data here are mostly from Shanks & Pottenger, but the 1942, 1945 and 1982
 # transition dates are from Mok Ly Yng.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone Asia/Kuching	7:21:20	-	LMT	1926 Mar
@@ -1203,8 +1225,8 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
 
 # Mongolia
 
-# Shanks says that Mongolia has three time zones, but usno1995 and the CIA map
-# Standard Time Zones of the World (1997-01)
+# Shanks & Pottenger say that Mongolia has three time zones, but
+# usno1995 and the CIA map Standard Time Zones of the World (2005-03)
 # both say that it has just one.
 
 # From Oscar van Vlijmen (1999-12-11):
@@ -1274,11 +1296,19 @@ Zone	Indian/Maldives	4:54:00 -	LMT	1880	# Male
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	1984	-	Apr	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	1983	only	-	Oct	1	0:00	0	-
-# IATA SSIM says 1990s switches occurred at 00:00, but Shanks (1995) lists
-# them at 02:00s, and McDow says the 2001 switches also occurred at 02:00.
-# Also, IATA SSIM (1996-09) says 1996-10-25.  Go with Shanks through 1998.
-Rule	Mongol	1985	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	S
-Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	0	-
+# Shanks & Pottenger and IATA SSIM say 1990s switches occurred at 00:00,
+# but McDow says the 2001 switches occurred at 02:00.  Also, IATA SSIM
+# (1996-09) says 1996-10-25.  Go with Shanks & Pottenger through 1998.
+#
+# Shanks & Pottenger say that the Sept. 1984 through Sept. 1990 switches
+# in Choibalsan (more precisely, in Dornod and Sukhbaatar) took place
+# at 02:00 standard time, not at 00:00 local time as in the rest of
+# the country.  That would be odd, and possibly is a result of their
+# correction of 02:00 (in the previous edition) not being done correctly
+# in the latest edition; so ignore it for now.
+
+Rule	Mongol	1985	1998	-	Mar	lastSun	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule	Mongol	1984	1998	-	Sep	lastSun	0:00	0	-
 # IATA SSIM (1999-09) says Mongolia no longer observes DST.
 Rule	Mongol	2001	only	-	Apr	lastSat	2:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Mongol	2001	max	-	Sep	lastSat	2:00	0	-
@@ -1404,8 +1434,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # I guess more info may be available from the PA's web page (if/when they
 # have one).
 
-# From Paul Eggert (1998-02-25):
-# Shanks writes that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but we'll go
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-03-22):
+# Shanks & Pottenger write that Gaza did not observe DST until 1957, but go
 # with Shapir and assume that it observed DST from 1940 through 1947,
 # and that it used Jordanian rules starting in 1996.
 # We don't yet need a separate entry for the West Bank, since
@@ -1443,6 +1473,23 @@ Zone	Asia/Karachi	4:28:12 -	LMT	1907
 # there is a good chance next year's end date will be around two weeks
 # earlier--the same goes for Jordan.
 
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-08-17):
+# I was informed by a user in Bethlehem that in Bethlehem it started the
+# same day as Israel, and after checking with other users in the area, I
+# was informed that they started DST one day after Israel.  I was not
+# able to find any authoritative sources at the time, nor details if
+# Gaza changed as well, but presumed Gaza to follow the same rules as
+# the West Bank.
+
+# From Steffen Thorsen (2006-09-26):
+# according to the Palestine News Network (2006-09-19):
+# http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=5
+# > The Council of Ministers announced that this year its winter schedule
+# > will begin early, as of midnight Thursday.  It is also time to turn
+# > back the clocks for winter.  Friday will begin an hour late this week.
+# I guess it is likely that next year's date will be moved as well,
+# because of the Ramadan.
+
 # The rules for Egypt are stolen from the `africa' file.
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1957	only	-	May	10	0:00	1:00	S
@@ -1452,10 +1499,13 @@ Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1967	-	May	 1	1:00	1:00	S
 Rule EgyptAsia	1959	1965	-	Sep	30	3:00	0	-
 Rule EgyptAsia	1966	only	-	Oct	 1	3:00	0	-
 
-Rule Palestine	1999	max	-	Apr	Fri>=15	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	1999	2005	-	Apr	Fri>=15	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule Palestine	1999	2003	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
 Rule Palestine	2004	only	-	Oct	 1	1:00	0	-
-Rule Palestine	2005	max	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2005	only	-	Oct	 4	2:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2006	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+Rule Palestine	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
+Rule Palestine	2007	max	-	Oct	Fri>=15	0:00	0	-
 
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
@@ -1473,7 +1523,21 @@ Zone	Asia/Gaza	2:17:52	-	LMT	1900 Oct
 # Philippines, issued a proclamation announcing that 1844-12-30 was to
 # be immediately followed by 1845-01-01.  Robert H. van Gent has a
 # transcript of the decree in <http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/idl/idl.htm>.
-# The rest of this data is from Shanks.
+# The rest of the data are from Shanks & Pottenger.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
+# Tomorrow's Manila Standard reports that the Philippines Department of
+# Trade and Industry is considering adopting DST this June when the
+# rainy season begins.  See
+# <http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics02_april26_2006>.
+# For now, we'll ignore this, since it's not definite and we lack details.
+#
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-26):
+# ... claims that Philippines had DST last time in 1990:
+# http://story.philippinetimes.com/p.x/ct/9/id/145be20cc6b121c0/cid/3e5bbccc730d258c/
+# [a story dated 2006-04-25 by Cris Larano of Dow Jones Newswires,
+# but no details]
+
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
 Rule	Phil	1936	only	-	Nov	1	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Phil	1937	only	-	Feb	1	0:00	0	-
@@ -1533,6 +1597,49 @@ Zone	Asia/Singapore	6:55:25 -	LMT	1901 Jan  1
 # With effect from 12.30 a.m. on 26th October 1996
 # Sri Lanka will be six (06) hours ahead of GMT.
 
+# From Jesper Norgaard Welen (2006-04-14), quoting Sri Lanka News Online
+# <http://news.sinhalaya.com/wmview.php?ArtID=11002> (2006-04-13):
+# 0030 hrs on April 15, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006 +30 minutes)
+# at present, become 2400 hours of April 14, 2006 (midnight of April 14, 2006).
+
+# From Peter Apps and Ranga Sirila of Reuters (2006-04-12) in:
+# <http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-12T172228Z_01_COL295762_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SRILANKA-TIME-DC.XML>
+# [The Tamil Tigers] never accepted the original 1996 time change and simply
+# kept their clocks set five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean
+# Time (GMT), in line with neighbor India.
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-18):
+# People who live in regions under Tamil control can use TZ='Asia/Calcutta',
+# as that zone has agreed with the Tamil areas since our cutoff date of 1970.
+
+# From K Sethu (2006-04-25):
+# I think the abbreviation LKT originated from the world of computers at
+# the time of or subsequent to the time zone changes by SL Government
+# twice in 1996 and probably SL Government or its standardization
+# agencies never declared an abbreviation as a national standard.
+#
+# I recollect before the recent change the government annoucemments
+# mentioning it as simply changing Sri Lanka Standard Time or Sri Lanka
+# Time and no mention was made about the abbreviation.
+#
+# If we look at Sri Lanka Department of Government's "Official News
+# Website of Sri Lanka" ... http://www.news.lk/ we can see that they
+# use SLT as abbreviation in time stamp at the beginning of each news
+# item....
+#
+# Within Sri Lanka I think LKT is well known among computer users and
+# adminsitrators.  In my opinion SLT may not be a good choice because the
+# nation's largest telcom / internet operator Sri Lanka Telcom is well
+# known by that abbreviation - simply as SLT (there IP domains are
+# slt.lk and sltnet.lk).
+#
+# But if indeed our government has adopted SLT as standard abbreviation
+# (that we have not known so far) then  it is better that it be used for
+# all computers.
+
+# From Paul Eggert (2006-04-25):
+# One possibility is that we wait for a bit for the dust to settle down
+# and then see what people actually say in practice.
+
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
 			5:19:32	-	MMT	1906	# Moratuwa Mean Time
@@ -1541,7 +1648,8 @@ Zone	Asia/Colombo	5:19:24 -	LMT	1880
 			5:30	1:00	IST	1945 Oct 16 2:00
 			5:30	-	IST	1996 May 25 0:00
 			6:30	-	LKT	1996 Oct 26 0:30
-			6:00	-	LKT
+			6:00	-	LKT	2006 Apr 15 0:30
+			5:30	-	IST
 
 # Syria
 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
@@ -1576,17 +1684,24 @@ Rule	Syria	1993	only	-	Sep	25	0:00	0	-
 # IATA SSIM (1998-02) says 1998-04-02;
 # (1998-09) says 1999-03-29 and 1999-09-29; (1999-02) says 1999-04-02,
 # 2000-04-02, and 2001-04-02; (1999-09) says 2000-03-31 and 2001-03-31;
-# ignore all these claims and go with Shanks.
+# (2006) says 2006-03-31 and 2006-09-22;
+# for now ignore all these claims and go with Shanks & Pottenger,
+# except for the 2006-09-22 claim (which seems right for Ramadan).
 Rule	Syria	1994	1996	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
-Rule	Syria	1994	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	1994	2005	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 Rule	Syria	1997	1998	-	Mar	lastMon	0:00	1:00	S
 Rule	Syria	1999	max	-	Apr	 1	0:00	1:00	S
+# From Stephen Colebourne (2006-09-18):
+# According to IATA data, Syria will change DST on 21st September [21:00 UTC]
+# this year [only]....  This is probably related to Ramadan, like Egypt.
+Rule	Syria	2006	only	-	Sep	22	0:00	0	-
+Rule	Syria	2007	max	-	Oct	 1	0:00	0	-
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Damascus	2:25:12 -	LMT	1920	# Dimashq
 			2:00	Syria	EE%sT
 
 # Tajikistan
-# From Shanks.
+# From Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Dushanbe	4:35:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	DUST	1930 Jun 21 # Dushanbe Time
@@ -1601,13 +1716,13 @@ Zone	Asia/Bangkok	6:42:04	-	LMT	1880
 			7:00	-	ICT
 
 # Turkmenistan
-# From Shanks.
+# From Shanks & Pottenger.
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Ashgabat	3:53:32 -	LMT	1924 May  2 # or Ashkhabad
 			4:00	-	ASHT	1930 Jun 21 # Ashkhabad Time
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
 			4:00 RussiaAsia	ASH%sT	1991 Oct 27 # independence
-			4:00 RussiaAsia TM%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
+			4:00 RussiaAsia	TM%sT	1992 Jan 19 2:00
 			5:00	-	TMT
 
 # United Arab Emirates
@@ -1621,24 +1736,24 @@ Zone	Asia/Samarkand	4:27:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			4:00	-	SAMT	1930 Jun 21 # Samarkand Time
 			5:00	-	SAMT	1981 Apr  1
 			5:00	1:00	SAMST	1981 Oct  1
-			6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00 # Tashkent Time
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
+			6:00	-	TAST	1982 Apr  1 # Tashkent Time
+			5:00 RussiaAsia	SAM%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1993
 			5:00	-	UZT
 Zone	Asia/Tashkent	4:37:12 -	LMT	1924 May  2
 			5:00	-	TAST	1930 Jun 21 # Tashkent Time
-			6:00 RussiaAsia TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00s
+			6:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Mar 31 2:00
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	TAS%sT	1991 Sep  1 # independence
 			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1992
-			5:00 RussiaAsia	UZ%sT	1993
 			5:00	-	UZT
 
 # Vietnam
+
 # From Paul Eggert (1993-11-18):
 # Saigon's official name is Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, but it's too long.
 # We'll stick with the traditional name for now.
-# From Shanks:
+
+# From Shanks & Pottenger:
 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
 Zone	Asia/Saigon	7:06:40 -	LMT	1906 Jun  9
 			7:06:20	-	SMT	1911 Mar 11 0:01 # Saigon MT?