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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1522d60c64..b82baa683d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 22 June 1996 +GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 24 June 1996 Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. @@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ Version 2.0 `float' functions. The math functions now reside in a separate library, so programs using them will need to use `-lm' their linking commands. +* Ulrich Drepper has contributed support for an `/etc/nsswitch.conf' + mechanism similar to that found in Solaris 2. This is now used for the + group, passwd, hosts, networks, services, protocols, and rpc databases. + The `nsswitch.conf' file controls what services are used for each + individual database. This works by loading shared libraries with names + specified in `nsswitch.conf', so service modules can be changed or added at + any time without even relinking any program. A future release of the + separate NYS package will provide NIS/YP and NIS+ modules for this interface. + * The new functions `strtoq' and `strtouq' parse integer values from strings, like `strtol' and `strtoul', but they return `long long int' and `unsigned long long int' values, respectively (64-bit quantities). |