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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Please send GNU C library bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
 
 Version 1.10
 
+* GNU extensions are no longer declared by default.  To enable them you
+  must define the macro `_GNU_SOURCE' in your program or compile with
+  `-D_GNU_SOURCE'.
+
 * The library has changed from using GNU ld symbol aliases to using weak
   symbols where available.  The ELF object file format supports weak
   symbols; GNU ld also supports weak symbols in the a.out format.  (There
@@ -34,8 +38,9 @@ Version 1.10
 
 * The C library now provides the run-time support code for profiling
   executables compiled with `-pg'.  Programs can control the profiling code
-  through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>.  The profiling code was adapted
-  from 4.4 BSD-Lite.
+  through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>.  The `gmon.out' files written by
+  the GNU C library can be read only by GNU `gprof' (from GNU binutils);
+  the support for this file format was contributed by David Mosberger-Tang.
 
 * The math code has been replaced with a math library based on fdlibm from
   Sun, and modified by JT Conklin with i387 support and by Ian Taylor with
@@ -142,6 +147,10 @@ Version 1.10
   The GNU library now supports Linux versions 1.3.29 and later,
   using the ELF object file format (i[345]86-*-linux).
 
+* Andreas Schwab has ported the C library to Linux/m68k (m68k-*-linux).
+
+* David Mosberger-Tang has ported the C library to Linux/Alpha (alpha-*-linux).
+
 * Ulrich Drepper has contributed a new set of message catalog functions to
   support multiple languages, for use with his new package GNU gettext.