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| author | Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> | 2023-07-25 23:49:07 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> | 2023-07-25 23:49:07 +0200 |
| commit | 653433cdf0ff435a3fd2e203b4a315556353c818 (patch) | |
| tree | 68816f79f48920b543b784cd2a7cda41947672b2 /NEWS | |
| parent | a3eac15251149d27c6b2dfe1781ee8038fc171e5 (diff) | |
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NEWS: Minor editorial changes
Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 93f7d9faaa..852a2bea77 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ Major new features: - x86_64-gnu -* Added libmvec vector math library support to AArch64. It requires - GCC version >= 10.1.0. It can be disabled via --disable-mathvec, - however that is not a supported configuration as it changes the ABI. - The symbol names follow the AArch64 vector ABI, they are declared - in math.h and have to be called manually at this point. +* Vector math library libmvec support has been added to AArch64. It + requires GCC version >= 10.1.0. It can be disabled via + "--disable-mathvec", however that is not a supported configuration as + it changes the ABI. The symbol names follow the AArch64 vector ABI, + they are declared in math.h and have to be called manually at this point. * The strlcpy and strlcat functions have been added. They are derived from OpenBSD, and are expected to be added to a future POSIX version. @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Major new features: Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: -* libcrypt is no longer built by default, one may use the --enable-crypt +* libcrypt is no longer built by default, one may use the "--enable-crypt" option to build libcrypt. libcrypt is likely to be removed from the GNU C Library in a future release, so it is recommended that applications port away from it to an alternative such as libxcrypt. @@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: alternatively stable kernels from versions 6.1.6, 5.15.87, 5.10.163, 5.4.228, 4.19.270 or 4.14.303. -* The --disable-experimental-malloc is no longer available. The per-thread - cache can still be disable per-application using tunables +* The "--disable-experimental-malloc" option is no longer available. The + per-thread cache can still be disable per-application using tunables (glibc.malloc.tcache_count set to zero). -* The configure option --enable-tunables has been removed. The tunable +* The configure option "--enable-tunables" has been removed. The tunable feature is now always enabled. Changes to build and runtime requirements: |