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@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ Version 2.27
Major new features:
+* The GNU C Library can now be compiled with support for building static
+ PIE executables (See --enable-static-pie in INSTALL). These static PIE
+ exectuables are like static executables but can be loaded at any address
+ and provide additional security hardening benefits at the cost of some
+ memory and performance. When the library is built with --enable-static-pie
+ the resulting libc.a is usable with GCC 8 and above to create static PIE
+ executables using the GCC option '-static-pie'. This feature is currently
+ supported on i386, x86_64 and x32.
+
* Optimized x86-64 asin, atan2, exp, expf, log, pow, atan, sin, cosf,
sinf and tan with FMA, contributed by Arjan van de Ven and H.J. Lu
from Intel.