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@@ -1,10 +1,40 @@ -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. |