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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 14731172..e78ce1e4 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -244,3 +244,25 @@ general bug fixes: compiler issue workarounds: - incorrect inlining of variadic functions on recent gcc versions - pcc preprocessor bug with recursive macro expansion + + + +0.7.11 release notes + +new features: +- integrated dynamic linker +- dynamic loading (dlopen/dlsym) (for dynamic-linked programs only) +- XSI search.h API +- POSIX message queues +- POSIX spawn interfaces +- BSD pseudo-random number generator API (random/srandom/initstate/etc.) +- floating point environment (limited usefulness due to gcc bugs) + +general bug fixes: +- possible crashes with wordexp due to uninitialized variable +- race condition in pthread_kill (also present and unfixed in glibc/nptl) +- pthread exit destructors called too late +- dangerous unbounded vla in glob +- brk/sbrk legacy functions mismatching legacy semantics +- wcsncpy dest buffer overflow +- strncat and wcsncat possible overflows due to double-termination |