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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1996-03-14 11:20:03 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1996-03-14 11:20:03 +0000
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Thu Mar 14 06:01:07 1996 Roland McGrath <roland@charlie-brown.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
	* string/strnlen.c: New file.
	* string/Makefile (routines): Add strnlen.
	* string/string.h [__USE_GNU] (strnlen): Declare new function.
	[__OPTIMIZE__]: Define extern inline implementation of it.

	* stdlib/erand48_r.c: Use __mpn_construct_double instead of ldexp and
	addition, to avoid using anything from -lm.

Mon Mar  4 21:57:14 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/Makefile: New file.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.h (SYS_ify): Redefine.
	(CALL_MCOUNT): New macro, empty unless [PROF].
	(ENTRY): Do CALL_MCOUNT just after the label.
	(JUMPTARGET): New macro.
	(SYSCALL_ERROR_HANDLER): Fix syntax.

Thu Mar 14 04:20:48 1996  Roland McGrath  <roland@charlie-brown.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c (init): Call `__personality'
	function instead of using inline asm i386 syscall.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add personality syscall.

	* posix/unistd.h [__USE_BSD]: Declare usleep.

	* misc/efgcvt.c (MAXDIG): New macro computed from <floats.h> constants.
	(fcvt, ecvt): Use it for buffer size.

	* stdlib/drand48-iter.c (__drand48_iterate): Use u_int64_t instead of
	conditionalizing long vs long long.

	* stdlib/drand48-iter.c (__drand48_iterate): Don't check for null
	pointers; never return EFAULT.
	* stdlib/drand48_r.c (drand48_r): Likewise.
	* stdlib/erand48_r.c (erand48_r): Likewise.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2 January 1996
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  14 March 1996
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ Version 1.10
 
 * New macro `strdupa' copies a string like `strdup', but uses local stack
   space from `alloca' instead of dynamic heap space from `malloc'.
+
+* New function `strnlen' is like `strlen' but searches only a given maximum
+  number of characters for the null terminator.
 
 Version 1.09