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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 184f8eef..6aca3880 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -807,3 +807,59 @@ bug fixes: - lock handling for stdio memory streams at exit time - invalid SO_REUSEPORT definition in socket.h (not supported by Linux) - broken redirection attempt to /dev/null in configure script + + + +0.9.9 release notes + +new features: +- tgamma implementation (no longer lgamma wrapper with low precision) +- various gnu extensions: sigandset, sigorset, etc. +- futimesat function (obsolete) +- various linux syscalls: arch_prctl, personality, etc. + +optimizations: +- hyperbolic, inverse hyperbolic, and inverse trig, bessel functions +- is* comparison macros in math.h now expand inline properly + +library bugs fixed: +- calling getenv from shared library ctors was broken +- invalid read in mmap-serviced aligned_alloc/memalign (possible crash) +- wrong errno result in fallback path of pipe2 +- various math functions raising spurious exceptions +- mmap errno value on invalid offsets +- backwards alignment logic in strlcpy +- integer overflows in bessel functions +- large (up to 60ulp) error in erfcf +- dlsym/dlclose crashing on invalid library handles +- failure to handle arch variations for cloexec/nonblock flags +- lio_listio wrong return value for LIO_WAIT mode +- dladdr failure to resolve PLT addresses +- time_t/struct tm conversion off-by-one-day in december +- malloc corruption on nonstandard kernels with non-page-aligned brk + +arch-specific bugs fixed: +- arm ctors/dtors were not working with recent gcc versions +- arm and mips setjmp/longjmp wrongly saved/restored fenv state +- loss of precision in i386/x86_64 expl + +header bugs fixed: +- incorrect PRI/SCN macros in inttypes.h for some types +- arm sys/user.h regressions +- failure of offsetof() to be an integer constant expression +- tgmath return value type problems + +header compatibility improvements: +- _GNU_SOURCE now enables everything; _ALL_SOURCE also works +- scsi/scsi.h and scsi/sg.h are now provided +- additional MAP_* flags for mmap +- additional F_* commands and flags for fcntl +- additional socket option, IPPROTO_* values, and multicase macros +- thread-related waitpid flags +- EHWPOISON added to errno.h +- additional macros for mount, swap, and reboot operations +- expose additional link.h structures +- always ensure sizeof(NULL)==sizeof(void *), even in c++ +- additional flags for poll, epoll, inotify, timerfd, timex, dlfcn +- register names in signal.h/ucontext.h for x86 +- ipc.h ipc_perm nonstandard struct field name compatibility improve |