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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2002-12-2 -Copyright (C) 1992-2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2003-1-12 +Copyright (C) 1992-2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU C library bug reports using the `glibcbug' script to @@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ Version 2.3.2 * The `btowc' function should work at least twice as fast due to specialized callbacks in the iconv modules. Implemented by Bruno Haible. + +* With approriate thread add-ons cancelable functions are now implemented + in libc.so as well. No need to call the function in libpthread. This + change allowed to finally disable the incorrect and expensive handling + of weak definition in ld.so. + +* Yet more PLT entries in libc.so have been removed. We finally arrived + at the bare minimum. Startup times improved appropriately. + +* Support for the new Linux/x86 system call interface was added. The + AT_SYSINFO auxiliary vector entry is recognized and handled. Version 2.3 |