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authorSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com>2013-06-13 23:12:00 +0530
committerSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com>2013-06-13 23:12:00 +0530
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Fix NEWS entry about clock precision
Text by Roland McGrath.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--NEWS3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b32cced76f..985173df5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-13  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Fix note on clock function precision.  Text by Roland
+	McGrath.
+
 2013-06-13  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
 
 	* elf/Makefile ($(objpfx)ld.so): Link into a temporary file and move
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 587fa3a594..42dfecea98 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Version 2.18
 * New <math.h> macro named issignaling to check for a signaling NaN (sNaN).
   It is based on draft TS 18661 and currently enabled as a GNU extension.
 
-* Improved precision of the clock() function on Linux.
+* On Linux, the clock function now uses the clock_gettime system call
+  for improved precision, rather than old times system call.
 
 Version 2.17