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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2007-4-25
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2007-9-19
Copyright (C) 1992-2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
Please send GNU C library bug reports via <http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/>
using `glibc' in the "product" field.
+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 additonal
+ options to be passed. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* More CPU set manipulation functions. 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.
+
Version 2.6
* New Linux interfaces: epoll_pwait, sched_getcpu.