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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 8 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2012-06-30 Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell@mentor.com> + + * NEWS: Update copyright. Remove last-updated date. + Mention math library bug fixes and timezone data changes. + * README: Mention GNU/Hurd, x32, and HPPA support status. + 2012-06-28 Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> * manual/contrib.texi (Contributors): Sort alphabetically by last name. @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2012-1-27 -Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU C library bug reports via <http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/> @@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ Version 2.16 what x86-64 configurations install. These same header files can be used for -m32, -m64, or -mx32 builds. Contributed by H.J. Lu. + +* Math library bug fixes. A thorough audit of all open math library bugs was + conducted by Joseph Myers. Significant progress was made on many math + library bugs resulting in more accurate exceptions and function results. + Many thanks to all those that contributed including Andreas Jaeger for his + patch review and work on the x87 trigonometric instruction issues. + +* Timezone data is no longer installed. Timezone-related binaries and scripts + will continue to be installed. Users should obtain their timezone data from + their distribution provider or from the tzdata package at + <ftp://munnari.oz.au/pub/>. Version 2.15 @@ -2087,7 +2098,7 @@ Version 1.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications. In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers. The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the -GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[34567]86-*-gnu. +GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[34567]86-*-gnu. The current +GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be +incorporated into an official GNU C Library release. When working with Linux kernels, the GNU C Library version from version 2.4 on is intended primarily for use with Linux kernel version @@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ installed for the pthread library to work correctly. The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu - x86_64-*-linux-gnu + x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32 powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware floating point required powerpc64-*-linux-gnu s390-*-linux-gnu @@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ Currently these configurations have code in the `ports' add-on: alpha*-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.9 or newer for NPTL am33*-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional arm-*-linux-gnueabi Requires Linux 2.6.16-rc1 or newer for NPTL - hppa-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.9 or newer for NPTL + hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches. ia64-*-linux-gnu m68k-*-linux-gnu mips-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.12 or newer for NPTL |