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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 0e0d9340..b0c319af 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -749,3 +749,34 @@ bug fixes: new features: - O_EXEC open mode - md5 crypt hash function + + + +0.9.7 release notes + +new features: +- thread-local storage (__thread/_Thread_local) +- microblaze port +- getopt option parsing reset support +- vsyscall (sysenter, etc.) support on i386 (faster syscalls) +- memmem function (GNU extension) +- mips fenv support +- accept "nan(n-char-sequence)" in strtod/scanf family functions +- configure now supports compiling with pcc + +quality and correctness improvements: +- close-on-exec flag for all library-internal file descriptors +- cancellation-safety and corner-case overhaul in shm_open/sem_open +- close EINTR vs EINPROGRESS issue +- mark binaries as not requiring executable stack +- better gdb compatibility in dynamic linker +- support recursive dlopen (dlopen called from constructors) +- posix_spawn/system/popen no longer momentarily double commit charge +- all stdio functions wait for locks + +bug fixes: +- broken sysvipc *ctl functions on 64-bit archs +- broken shmdt on some archs +- getaddrinfo failure with port "0" +- dirname handling of trailing slash +- vfork race in posix_spawn |