From 8a996b7e6c3cf9f852bfcd2adf2ed68bf4725754 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Felker Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:11:49 -0400 Subject: release notes for 0.9.3 --- WHATSNEW | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 724d795d..2958c623 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -642,3 +642,38 @@ compatibility: - duplocale should accept LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE - align ptsname_r to upcoming posix requirements - support invalid ld80 bit patterns as extra nans. + + + +0.9.3 release notes + +new features: +- mips (32-bit, o32 abi) port, currently static-linked only +- newly overhauled crypt implementation +- improved library pathname info for debugger from the dynamic linker +- getaddrinfo (and getservbyname) now support /etc/services lookups +- pipe2 syscall wrapper +- splice and vmsplice syscall wrappers +- syscall wrappers for extended attribute interfaces +- ioperm/iopl syscall wrappers on archs that support these operations + +bug fixes: +- dlsym RTLD_NEXT library search order was wrong +- multiple dlopen pathname and library name handling errors +- potential race condition in detached thread exit +- broken internal-lock-handling code not updated for futex-based __lock +- sem_trywait spurious EAGAIN errors arising from CAS failures +- workaround kernel bug in cmsghdr size_t vs socklen_t issue (64-bit) +- getservby* crash on null protocol argument +- logic error skipping failed interfaces in if_nameindex +- various minor header/declaration related issues + +arm-specific bug fixes: +- broken crti/crtn startup code when gcc crtbegin/end files are linked +- sigsetjmp tail call optimization failure broke the function +- incorrect little-endian assumptions in atomic.h functions +- use of blx instruction in asm (not supported on pre-v5 arm) + +build system: +- only use expensive -ffloat-store cflag on archs/compilers that need it +- make musl-gcc wrapper support -lgcc (mainly for self-hosting) -- cgit v1.2.1