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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 126107f57a..236c4378f8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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 |