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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2023-09-09 15:10:02 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>2023-09-09 15:10:02 +0000
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Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
-rw-r--r--INSTALL4
-rw-r--r--NEWS1
-rw-r--r--doc/index.html9
-rw-r--r--doc/upgrade.html4
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b71761b..d8c40cf 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Build Instructions
 
   - A Linux-based system with a standard C development environment
   - GNU make version 3.81 or later
-  - skalibs version 2.13.2.0 or later: https://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/
-  - optional: nsss version 0.2.0.3 or later: https://skarnet.org/software/nsss/
+  - skalibs version 2.14.0.0 or later: https://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/
+  - optional: nsss version 0.2.0.4 or later: https://skarnet.org/software/nsss/
   - optional: execline version 2.9.4.0 or later: https://skarnet.org/software/execline/
 
  This software is Linux-specific. It will run on a Linux kernel,
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 37e974f..46f046a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelog for mdevd.
 In 0.1.6.3
 ----------
 
+ - Adaptation to skalibs-2.14.0.0.
  - Bugfixes.
 
 
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 37a7457..728ae5e 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ every time it receives an event (which can add up to hundreds of times at boot!)
 By contrast, mdevd only parses its config file when it starts - or when
 it is told to read it again by a SIGHUP; the event processing is
 streamlined, it does not involve any parsing or any kind of expensive
-operation - so it is significantly faster. </li>
+operation - so it is significantly faster. Additionally, unlike mdev,
+mdevd does not fork its helper scripts &mdash; it uses
+<a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_spawn.html">posix_spawn</a>
+instead, which is a lot faster. </li>
  <li> Independence from busybox: <tt>mdev</tt> is part of the
 <a href="https://busybox.net/">busybox</a> software. It is an advantage
 when busybox is also used to provide other functionality, such as
@@ -99,11 +102,11 @@ and does not pull in any unnecessary code. </li>
 The Linux kernel must be 2.6.10 or later. </li>
  <li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later </li>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version
-2.13.2.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
+2.14.0.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
 requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs
 library. </li>
  <li> Optionally: <a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/">nsss</a>
-version 0.2.0.3 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement, if
+version 0.2.0.4 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement, if
 you use the <tt>--enable-nsss</tt> option to configure; but you would
 only do that if you're replacing nsswitch on your whole system, and most
 people are not. </li>
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index 4e41f57..2181302 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 <ul>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a>
-dependency bumped to 2.13.2.0. </li>
+dependency bumped to 2.14.0.0. </li>
+ <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/nsss/">nsss</a>
+optional dependency bumped to 0.2.0.4. </li>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/">execline</a>
 optional dependency bumped to 2.9.4.0. </li>
 </ul>