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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>2022-02-02 23:46:19 -0500
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>2022-02-02 23:46:19 -0500
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Update NEWS.
Moved LD_AUDIT notes into requirements section since the LAV_CURRENT
bump is a requirements change that impacts loading old audit modules
or new audit modules on older loaders.
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@@ -167,17 +167,18 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   removal of the LD_TRACE_PRELINKING, and LD_USE_LOAD_BIAS, environment
   variables and their functionality in the dynamic loader.
 
+Changes to build and runtime requirements:
+
 * The audit module interface version LAV_CURRENT is increased to enable
   proper bind-now support.  The loader now advertises via the la_symbind
-  flags that PLT trace is not possible.
+  flags that PLT trace is not possible.  New audit modules require the
+  new dynamic loader supporing the latest LAV_CURRENT version. Old audit
+  modules are still loaded for all targets except aarch64.
 
 * The audit interface on aarch64 is extended to support both the indirect
   result location register (x8) and NEON Q register.  Old audit modules are
-  rejected by the loader.
-
-Changes to build and runtime requirements:
-
-  [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]
+  rejected by the loader.  Audit modules must be rebuilt to use the newer
+  structure sizes and the latest module interface version for LAV_CURRENT.
 
 Security related changes: