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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d54a3d6d31..5fbd0cfa2d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ Major new features: * Improvements to the DNS stub resolver, contributed by Florian Weimer: - - glibc will now detect when /etc/resolv.conf has been modified and reload - the changed configuration. The new resolver option “no-reload” - (RES_NORELOAD) disables this behavior. + - The GNU C Library will now detect when /etc/resolv.conf has been + modified and reload the changed configuration. The new resolver option + “no-reload” (RES_NORELOAD) disables this behavior. - - glibc now supports an arbitrary number of search domains (configured using - the “search” directive in /etc/resolv.conf); previously, there was a - hard limit of six domains. For backward compatibility, applications - that directly modify the ‘_res’ global object are still limited to six - search domains. + - The GNU C Library now supports an arbitrary number of search domains + (configured using the “search” directive in /etc/resolv.conf); + previously, there was a hard limit of six domains. For backward + compatibility, applications that directly modify the ‘_res’ global + object are still limited to six search domains. - - When the “rotate” (RES_ROTATE) resolver option is active, glibc will now - randomly pick a name server from the configuration as a starting point. - (Previously, the second name server was always used.) + - When the “rotate” (RES_ROTATE) resolver option is active, the GNU C + Library will now randomly pick a name server from the configuration as a + starting point. (Previously, the second name server was always used.) * The tunables feature is now enabled by default. This allows users to tweak behavior of the GNU C Library using the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: removed. * Sun RPC is deprecated. The rpcgen program, librpcsvc, and Sun RPC headers - will only be built and installed when glibc is configured with + will only be built and installed when the GNU C Library is configured with --enable-obsolete-rpc. This allows alternative RPC implementations, such as TIRPC or rpcsvc-proto, to be used. @@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: The NIS(+) support library, libnsl, is also deprecated. By default, a compatibility shared library will be built and installed, but not headers or development libraries. Only a few NIS-related programs require this - library. (In particular, glibc has never required programs that use - 'gethostbyname' to be linked with libnsl.) + library. (In particular, the GNU C Library has never required programs + that use 'gethostbyname' to be linked with libnsl.) Replacement implementations based on TIRPC, which additionally support IPv6, are available from <https://github.com/thkukuk/>. The configure @@ -247,15 +247,15 @@ Changes to build and runtime requirements: supported by that kernel. (This is a change from version 2.25 only for x86-32 and x86-64.) -* GNU Binutils 2.25 or later is now required to build glibc. +* GNU Binutils 2.25 or later is now required to build the GNU C Library. -* On most architectures, GCC 4.9 or later is required to build glibc. On - powerpc64le, GCC 6.2 or later is required. +* On most architectures, GCC 4.9 or later is required to build the GNU C + Library. On powerpc64le, GCC 6.2 or later is required. Older GCC versions and non-GNU compilers are still supported when - compiling programs that use glibc. (We do not know exactly how old, - and some GNU extensions to C may be _de facto_ required. If you are - interested in helping us make this statement less vague, please + compiling programs that use the GNU C Library. (We do not know exactly + how old, and some GNU extensions to C may be _de facto_ required. If you + are interested in helping us make this statement less vague, please contact libc-alpha@sourceware.org.) Security related changes: |