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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 652176d8..1817709b 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -706,3 +706,35 @@ bug fixes: - extremely rare/obscure race condition with robust mutexes - crypt now never returns null (most programs don't check, then crash) - missing xattr remove functions + + + +0.9.5 release notes + +compatibility and headers: +- POSIX+XSI+BSD features enabled by default with no macros defined +- most programs can now be built without adding -D_GNU_SOURCE +- added C99 restrict keyword where required in all prototypes +- greater C89 compatibility +- cleaner, more-compatible public syscall.h +- many other header fixes +- support for compiling musl with clang/llvm + +new features: +- sha 256/512 password hash functions in crypt +- GNU hash support in dynamic linker +- partial C11 coverage +- dladdr function added +- dynamic linker reports all errors instead of exiting on first error +- syscall wrappers added for most remaining linux syscalls +- provide POSIX O_SEARCH open mode using linux O_PATH + +bug fixes: +- most atexit functions were being skipped when exiting +- some BSD functions were not being exposed under _BSD_SOURCE +- issues loading ssp-protected DSO into non-ssp program with dlopen + +debloating: +- eliminate .eh_frame (10-15% loaded size bloat) +- optimal inline syscall asm for ARM and MIPS +- no longer force -O3 for shared libs |