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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 86d94f3a89..8794dfc9b1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -55,8 +55,30 @@ Version 2.1 * An implementation of profiling shared libraries was added by Ulrich Drepper. -* Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for a caching daemon for NSS - (nscd). +* Thorsten Kukuk and Ulrich Drepper provided an implementation for a caching + daemon for NSS (nscd). + + Missing a better place here are some numbers on improvements. Under + Linux 2.1.125 un-tar-ing the kernel sources takes + + user system wall + + using local files 12.19s 6.88s 22.91s + + using NIS 13.92s 8.91s 26.34s + + using NIS & nscd 10.37s 7.34s 25.30s + + using NIS & old nscd [1] 13.83s 8.32s 29.60s + + When NIS+ is used instead of NIS the benefit from using nscd is much bigger. + Keep in mind that non-namelookup related operations dominate above times. + It was just a common complain that using NIS+ unpacking the kernel is + horribly slow. When using nscd unpacking is now even faster than using + NIS. + + [1] The old nscd implementation is not anymore available since it was + distributed with glibc up to version 2.0.98. * Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family. @@ -66,6 +88,340 @@ Version 2.1 and $PLATFORM) in RPATHs and similar strings (Ulrich Drepper). * rcmd can now handle netgroups (Dick Streefland). + +* Interface changes relative to the latest 2.0.x release: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +addseverity NEW: fmtmsg +alphasort64 NEW: LFS +argp_err_exit_status NEW: argp +argp_error NEW: argp +argp_failure NEW: argp +argp_help NEW: argp +argp_parse NEW: argp +argp_program_bug_address NEW: argp +argp_program_version NEW: argp +argp_program_version_hook NEW: argp +argp_state_help NEW: argp +argp_usage NEW: argp +authdes_create NEW: NIS+ +authdes_getucred NEW: NIS+ +authdes_pk_create NEW: NIS+ +backtrace NEW: GNU ext. +backtrace_symbols NEW: GNU ext. +backtrace_symbols_fd NEW: GNU ext. +cacos NEW: ISO C 9x +cacosf NEW: ISO C 9x +cacosh NEW: ISO C 9x +cacoshf NEW: ISO C 9x +cacoshl NEW: ISO C 9x +cacosl NEW: ISO C 9x +capget NEW: kernel +capset NEW: kernel +carg NEW: ISO C 9x +cargf NEW: ISO C 9x +cargl NEW: ISO C 9x +casin NEW: ISO C 9x +casinf NEW: ISO C 9x +casinh NEW: ISO C 9x +casinhf NEW: ISO C 9x +casinhl NEW: ISO C 9x +casinl NEW: ISO C 9x +catan NEW: ISO C 9x +catanf NEW: ISO C 9x +catanh NEW: ISO C 9x +catanhf NEW: ISO C 9x +catanhl NEW: ISO C 9x +catanl NEW: ISO C 9x +cbc_crypt NEW: NIS+ +ccos NEW: ISO C 9x +ccosf NEW: ISO C 9x +ccosh NEW: ISO C 9x +ccoshf NEW: ISO C 9x +ccoshl NEW: ISO C 9x +ccosl NEW: ISO C 9x +cexp NEW: ISO C 9x +cexpf NEW: ISO C 9x +cexpl NEW: ISO C 9x +cimag NEW: ISO C 9x +cimagf NEW: ISO C 9x +cimagl NEW: ISO C 9x +clearerr_locked REMOVED +clntunix_create NEW: sunrpc ext +clog NEW: ISO C 9x +clog10 NEW: ISO C 9x +clog10f NEW: ISO C 9x +clog10l NEW: ISO C 9x +clogf NEW: ISO C 9x +clogl NEW: ISO C 9x +conj NEW: ISO C 9x +conjf NEW: ISO C 9x +conjl NEW: ISO C 9x +cpow NEW: ISO C 9x +cpowf NEW: ISO C 9x +cpowl NEW: ISO C 9x +cproj NEW: ISO C 9x +cprojf NEW: ISO C 9x +cprojl NEW: ISO C 9x +creal NEW: ISO C 9x +crealf NEW: ISO C 9x +creall NEW: ISO C 9x +creat64 NEW: LFS +csin NEW: ISO C 9x +csinf NEW: ISO C 9x +csinh NEW: ISO C 9x +csinhf NEW: ISO C 9x +csinhl NEW: ISO C 9x +csinl NEW: ISO C 9x +csqrt NEW: ISO C 9x +csqrtf NEW: ISO C 9x +csqrtl NEW: ISO C 9x +ctan NEW: ISO C 9x +ctanf NEW: ISO C 9x +ctanh NEW: ISO C 9x +ctanhf NEW: ISO C 9x +ctanhl NEW: ISO C 9x +ctanl NEW: ISO C 9x +des_setparity NEW: NIS+ +ecb_crypt NEW: NIS+ +endutxent NEW: utmpx +exp10 NEW: ISO C 9x +exp10f NEW: ISO C 9x +exp10l NEW: ISO C 9x +exp2 NEW: ISO C 9x +exp2f NEW: ISO C 9x +exp2l NEW: ISO C 9x +fattach NEW: STREAMS +fdetach NEW: STREAMS +fdim NEW: ISO C 9x +fdimf NEW: ISO C 9x +fdiml NEW: ISO C 9x +feclearexcept NEW: ISO C 9x +fegetenv NEW: ISO C 9x +fegetexceptflag NEW: ISO C 9x +fegetround NEW: ISO C 9x +feholdexcept NEW: ISO C 9x +feof_locked REMOVED +feraiseexcept NEW: ISO C 9x +ferror_locked REMOVED +fesetenv NEW: ISO C 9x +fesetexceptflag NEW: ISO C 9x +fesetround NEW: ISO C 9x +fetestexcept NEW: ISO C 9x +feupdateenv NEW: ISO C 9x +fflush_locked REMOVED +ffsl NEW: GNU ext. +ffsll NEW: GNU ext. +fgetpos64 NEW: LFS +fgets_unlocked NEW: GNU ext. +fileno_locked REMOVED +fma NEW: ISO C 9x +fmaf NEW: ISO C 9x +fmal NEW: ISO C 9x +fmax NEW: ISO C 9x +fmaxf NEW: ISO C 9x +fmaxl NEW: ISO C 9x +fmin NEW: ISO C 9x +fminf NEW: ISO C 9x +fminl NEW: ISO C 9x +fmtmsg NEW: fmtmsg +fopen64 NEW: LFS +fputc_locked REMOVED +fputs_unlocked NEW: GNU ext. +fread_unlocked NEW: GNU ext. +freopen64 NEW: LFS +fseeko NEW: Unix98 +fsetpos64 NEW: LFS +fstatfs64 NEW: LFS +fstatvfs NEW: Unix98 +fstatvfs64 NEW: LFS +ftello NEW: Unix98 +ftello64 NEW: LFS +ftruncate64 NEW: LFS +ftw64 NEW: LFS +fwrite_unlocked NEW: GNU ext. +gai_strerror NEW: IPv6 +gamma_r REMOVED +gammaf_r REMOVED +gammal_r REMOVED +getchar_locked REMOVED +getdate NEW: Unix98 +getdate_err NEW: Unix98 +getdate_r NEW: GNU ext. +getmsg NEW: STREAMS +getnameinfo NEW: IPv6 +getnetname NEW: IPv6 +getpmsg NEW: STREAMS +getpt NEW: Unix98 PTY +getrlimit64 NEW: LFS +getutxent NEW: utmpx +getutxid NEW: utmpx +getutxline NEW: utmpx +glob64 NEW: GNU ext. +globfree64 NEW: GNU ext. +gnu_get_libc_release NEW: GNU ext. +gnu_get_libc_version NEW: GNU ext. +grantpt NEW: Unix98 PTY +host2netname NEW: IPv6 +iconv NEW: iconv +iconv_close NEW: iconv +iconv_open NEW: iconv +if_freenameindex NEW: IPv6 +if_indextoname NEW: IPv6 +if_nameindex NEW: IPv6 +if_nametoindex NEW: IPv6 +in6addr_any NEW: IPv6 +in6addr_loopback NEW: IPv6 +inet6_isipv4mapped NEW: IPv6 +isastream NEW: STREAMS +iswblank NEW: GNU ext. +key_decryptsession NEW: NIS+ +key_decryptsession_pk NEW: NIS+ +key_encryptsession NEW: NIS+ +key_encryptsession_pk NEW: NIS+ +key_gendes NEW: NIS+ +key_get_conv NEW: NIS+ +key_secretkey_is_set NEW: NIS+ +key_setnet NEW: NIS+ +key_setsecret NEW: NIS+ +llrint NEW: ISO C 9x +llrintf NEW: ISO C 9x +llrintl NEW: ISO C 9x +llround NEW: ISO C 9x +llroundf NEW: ISO C 9x +llroundl NEW: ISO C 9x +log2 NEW: ISO C 9x +log2f NEW: ISO C 9x +log2l NEW: ISO C 9x +lrint NEW: ISO C 9x +lrintf NEW: ISO C 9x +lrintl NEW: ISO C 9x +lround NEW: ISO C 9x +lroundf NEW: ISO C 9x +lroundl NEW: ISO C 9x +lseek64 NEW: LFS +makecontext NEW: Unix98 +mempcpy NEW: GNU ext. +mmap64 NEW: LFS +moncontrol REMOVED +modify_ldt NEW: kernel +nan NEW: ISO C 9x +nanf NEW: ISO C 9x +nanl NEW: ISO C 9x +nearbyint NEW: ISO C 9x +nearbyintf NEW: ISO C 9x +nearbyintl NEW: ISO C 9x +netname2host NEW: IPv6 +netname2user NEW: IPv6 +nextafterx NEW: ISO C 9x +nextafterxf NEW: ISO C 9x +nftw NEW: Unix98 +nftw64 NEW: LFS +open64 NEW: LFS +passwd2des NEW: NIS+ +pow10 NEW: GNU ext. +pow10f NEW: GNU ext. +pow10l NEW: GNU ext. +pread NEW: Unix98 +pread64 NEW: LFS +printf_size NEW: GNU ext. +printf_size_info NEW: GNU ext. +profil_counter REMOVED +pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np REPLACED +pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np REPLACED +ptsname NEW: Unix98 PTY +ptsname_r NEW: Unix98 PTY +putc_locked REMOVED +putchar_locked REMOVED +putgrent NEW: GNU ext. +putmsg NEW: STREAMS +putpmsg NEW: STREAMS +pututxline NEW: utmpx +pwrite NEW: Unix98 +pwrite64 NEW: LFS +readdir64 NEW: LFS +readdir64_r NEW: LFS +remquo NEW: ISO C 9x +remquof NEW: ISO C 9x +remquol NEW: ISO C 9x +round NEW: ISO C 9x +roundf NEW: ISO C 9x +roundl NEW: ISO C 9x +rtime NEW: GNU ext. +scalbln NEW: ISO C 9x +scalblnf NEW: ISO C 9x +scalblnl NEW: ISO C 9x +scandir64 NEW: LFS +sendfile NEW: kernel +setcontext NEW: Unix98 +setrlimit64 NEW: LFS +setutxent NEW: utmpx +sighold NEW: Unix98 +sigignore NEW: Unix98 +sigqueue NEW: POSIX.1b +sigrelse NEW: Unix98 +sigset NEW: POSIX.1b +sigtimedwait NEW: POSIX.1b +sigwaitinfo NEW: POSIX.1b +sincos NEW: GNU ext. +sincosf NEW: GNU ext. +sincosl NEW: GNU ext. +statfs64 NEW: LFS +statvfs NEW: Unix98 +statvfs64 NEW: LFS +strcasestr NEW: GNU ext. +strfxtime NEW: ISO C 9x +strtoimax NEW: ISO C 9x +strtoumax NEW: ISO C 9x +strverscmp NEW: GNU ext. +svcauthdes_stats NEW: NIS+ +svcunix_create NEW: sunrpc etx +svcunixfd_create NEW: sunrpc ext +swapcontext NEW: Unix98 +tcgetsid NEW: Unix98 PTY +tdestroy NEW: GNU ext. +tgamma NEW: ISO C 9x +tgammaf NEW: ISO C 9x +tgammal NEW: ISO C 9x +tmpfile64 NEW: LFS +trunc NEW: ISO C 9x +truncate64 NEW: LFS +truncf NEW: ISO C 9x +truncl NEW: ISO C 9x +umount2 NEW: kernel +unlockpt NEW: Unix98 PTY +updwtmpx NEW: utmpx +user2netname NEW: IPv6 +utmpxname NEW: utmpx +versionsort NEW: GNU ext. +versionsort64 NEW: LFS +waitid NEW: Unix98 +wcscasecmp NEW: GNU ext. +wcsncasecmp NEW: GNU ext. +wcsnlen NEW: GNU ext. +wcstoimax NEW: ISO C 9x +wcstoll NEW: ISO C 9x +wcstoull NEW: ISO C 9x +wcstoumax NEW: ISO C 9x +wcswcs NEW: Unix98 +wordexp NEW: POSIX.2 +wordfree NEW: POSIX.2 +write_profiling REMOVED +xdecrypt NEW: NIS+ +xdr_authdes_cred NEW: NIS+ +xdr_authdes_verf NEW: NIS+ +xdr_cryptkeyarg NEW: NIS+ +xdr_cryptkeyarg2 NEW: NIS+ +xdr_cryptkeyres NEW: NIS+ +xdr_getcredres NEW: NIS+ +xdr_key_netstarg NEW: NIS+ +xdr_key_netstres NEW: NIS+ +xdr_keybuf NEW: NIS+ +xdr_keystatus NEW: NIS+ +xdr_netnamestr NEW: NIS+ +xdr_sizeof NEW: NIS+ +xdr_unixcred NEW: sunrpc ext +xencrypt NEW: NIS+ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 2.0.5 |