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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-10-19 16:05:21 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-10-19 16:05:21 +0000
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Update.
2004-10-19  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* debug/Makefile (catchsegv): Prefix $LIB with a backslash.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2004-8-5
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2004-10-19
 Copyright (C) 1992-2002,2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Version 2.3.4
 * nscd can now perform SELinux checks.
   Implemented by Matthew Rickard <mjricka@epoch.ncsc.mil>.
 
-* getaddrinfo queries are not cached.  Canonical name lookup is performed
+* getaddrinfo queries are now cached.  Canonical name lookup is performed
   efficiently.
   Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
 
@@ -27,10 +27,20 @@ Version 2.3.4
 
 * The malloc functions perform more error checking and are stricter when
   it comes to reacting on errors.  The default action is to terminate
-  the process after showing an error message.
+  the process after showing an error message.  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
 
 * Reverse lookups of IPv6 addresses does not use bit string or .ip6.int
-  lookups anymore unless explicitly requested.
+  lookups anymore unless explicitly requested.  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Namespaces in ld.so are implemented.  DSOs can be loaded in separate
+  namespaces using the new function dlmopen().  This feature is of course,
+  like most other dynamic loading functionality, not available in statically
+  linked applications.  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Low-overhead boundary checking variants of string and some stdio functions
+  were added.  These are to be used in conjunction with a gcc patch by
+  Jakub Jelinek which adds calls to these functions if possible.
+  Patch by Jakub Jelinek and Ulrich Drepper.
 
 Version 2.3.3