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| author | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2019-06-12 14:32:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2019-06-12 14:32:08 +0200 |
| commit | 744e829637162bb7d5029632aacf341c64b86990 (patch) | |
| tree | f298a035ddf1000ace1e12b8e854b601885b054c /NEWS | |
| parent | 5dad6ffbb2b76215cfcd38c3001778536ada8e8a (diff) | |
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Linux: Deprecate <sys/sysctl.h> and sysctl
Now that there are no internal users of __sysctl left, it is possible to add an unconditional deprecation warning to <sys/sysctl.h>. To avoid a test failure due this warning in check-install-headers, skip the test for sys/sysctl.h. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 00f9e855a2..8a2fecef47 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * On 32-bit Arm, support for the port-based I/O emulation and the <sys/io.h> header have been removed. +* The Linux-specific <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been + deprecated and will be removed from a future version of glibc. + Application should directly access /proc instead. For obtaining random + bits, the getentropy function can be used. + Changes to build and runtime requirements: * GCC 6.2 or later is required to build the GNU C Library. |