-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2 January 1996
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 1999-02-07
-Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
-Please send GNU C library bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+Please send GNU C library bug reports using the `glibcbug' script to
+<bugs@gnu.org>. Questions and suggestions should be send to
+<bug-glibc@gnu.org>.
+\f
+Version 2.1.1
+
+* New ISO C 9x function _exit, imaxabs, and imaxdiv are added.
+\f
+Version 2.1
+
+* Richard Henderson corrected size of struct timeval on Linux/Alpha to
+ conform to POSIX member type requirements. Symbol versions have been
+ adjusted as needed within the library, and for direct use by applications,
+ but there is potential for problems if third-party libraries use
+ struct timeval as part of their interface. This does not present
+ a problem for X and other "essential" system libraries.
+
+* An additional locale model to support C++ Standard Library locale
+ model and probably more was implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Eric Youngdale and Ulrich Drepper implemented versioning of objects on
+ symbol level.
+
+* Miles Bader provided the `argp' function family to support hierachical
+ command line argument parsing, layered on top of getopt.
+
+* strtod accepts new hexadecimal floating-point format from ISO C 9X.
+
+* printf has two new specifiers %a and %A to print hexadecimal flaoting-point
+ numbers.
+
+* scanf recognizes the %a and %A format for scanning floating point numbers.
+
+* the new headers <stdint.h> and <inttypes.h> from ISO C 9X provides
+ information and interfaces for the available integer types.
+
+* about 130 new math functions were added to implement the ISO C9x math
+ library.
+
+* the new header <complex.h> contains definitions of the complex math
+ functions from ISO C 9X.
+
+* the new header <tgmath.h> defines generic macros to use complex or
+ real valued functions.
+
+* Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for NIS+, securelevel 0, 1 and 2.
+
+* Andreas Jaeger provided a test suite for the math library.
+
+* Mark Kettenis implemented the utmpx interface and an utmp daemon.
+
+* Ulrich Drepper added character set conversion functions (iconv).
+
+* Optimized string functions have been added.
+
+* The localedata addon is now part of glibc.
+
+* An implementation of profiling shared libraries was added by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Thorsten Kukuk and Ulrich Drepper provided an implementation for a caching
+ daemon for NSS (nscd).
+
+ Missing a better place here are some numbers on improvements. Under
+ Linux 2.1.125 un-tar-ing the kernel sources takes
+
+ user system wall
+
+ using local files 12.19s 6.88s 22.91s
+
+ using NIS 13.92s 8.91s 26.34s
+
+ using NIS & nscd 10.37s 7.34s 25.30s
+
+ using NIS+ 27.57s 30.37s 640.46s
+
+ using NIS+ & nscd 10.25s 7.83s 26.51s
+
+ using NIS & old nscd [1] 13.83s 8.32s 29.60s
+
+ Keep in mind that non-namelookup related operations dominate above times.
+ It was just a common complain that using NIS+ unpacking the kernel is
+ horribly slow.
+
+ [1] The old nscd implementation is not available anymore since it was
+ distributed with glibc up to version 2.0.98 and thus is now replaced.
+
+* Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family.
+
+* Mark Kettenis provided a Hesiod NSS module.
+
+* The ELF dynamic loader knows how to process dynamic string tokens ($ORIGIN
+ and $PLATFORM) in RPATHs and similar strings (Ulrich Drepper).
+
+* rcmd can now handle netgroups (Dick Streefland).
+
+* A port to the ARM was contributed by Phil Blundell, Pat Beirne and Scott
+ Bambrough.
+
+* Support for the IPv6 protocol has been added to the socket API, as per the
+ latest draft standards.
+
+* Support for Linux 2.2 has been added.
+
+* Interface changes relative to the latest 2.0.x release:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+addseverity NEW: Unix98
+alphasort64 NEW: LFS
+argp_err_exit_status NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_error NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_failure NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_help NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_parse NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_program_bug_address NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_program_version NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_program_version_hook NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_state_help NEW: argp, GNU ext
+argp_usage NEW: argp, GNU ext
+authdes_create NEW: Secure RPC
+authdes_getucred NEW: Secure RPC
+authdes_pk_create NEW: Secure RPC
+backtrace NEW: GNU ext.
+backtrace_symbols NEW: GNU ext.
+backtrace_symbols_fd NEW: GNU ext.
+cacos NEW: ISO C 9x
+cacosf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cacosh NEW: ISO C 9x
+cacoshf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cacoshl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cacosl NEW: ISO C 9x
+capget NEW: kernel
+capset NEW: kernel
+carg NEW: ISO C 9x
+cargf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cargl NEW: ISO C 9x
+casin NEW: ISO C 9x
+casinf NEW: ISO C 9x
+casinh NEW: ISO C 9x
+casinhf NEW: ISO C 9x
+casinhl NEW: ISO C 9x
+casinl NEW: ISO C 9x
+catan NEW: ISO C 9x
+catanf NEW: ISO C 9x
+catanh NEW: ISO C 9x
+catanhf NEW: ISO C 9x
+catanhl NEW: ISO C 9x
+catanl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cbc_crypt NEW: Secure RPC
+ccos NEW: ISO C 9x
+ccosf NEW: ISO C 9x
+ccosh NEW: ISO C 9x
+ccoshf NEW: ISO C 9x
+ccoshl NEW: ISO C 9x
+ccosl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cexp NEW: ISO C 9x
+cexpf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cexpl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cimag NEW: ISO C 9x
+cimagf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cimagl NEW: ISO C 9x
+clearerr_locked REMOVED
+clntunix_create NEW: sunrpc ext
+clog NEW: ISO C 9x
+clog10 NEW: ISO C 9x
+clog10f NEW: ISO C 9x
+clog10l NEW: ISO C 9x
+clogf NEW: ISO C 9x
+clogl NEW: ISO C 9x
+conj NEW: ISO C 9x
+conjf NEW: ISO C 9x
+conjl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cpow NEW: ISO C 9x
+cpowf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cpowl NEW: ISO C 9x
+cproj NEW: ISO C 9x
+cprojf NEW: ISO C 9x
+cprojl NEW: ISO C 9x
+creal NEW: ISO C 9x
+crealf NEW: ISO C 9x
+creall NEW: ISO C 9x
+creat64 NEW: LFS
+csin NEW: ISO C 9x
+csinf NEW: ISO C 9x
+csinh NEW: ISO C 9x
+csinhf NEW: ISO C 9x
+csinhl NEW: ISO C 9x
+csinl NEW: ISO C 9x
+csqrt NEW: ISO C 9x
+csqrtf NEW: ISO C 9x
+csqrtl NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctan NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctanf NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctanh NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctanhf NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctanhl NEW: ISO C 9x
+ctanl NEW: ISO C 9x
+des_setparity NEW: Secure RPC
+ecb_crypt NEW: Secure RPC
+endutxent NEW: Unix98
+exp10 NEW: ISO C 9x
+exp10f NEW: ISO C 9x
+exp10l NEW: ISO C 9x
+exp2 NEW: ISO C 9x
+exp2f NEW: ISO C 9x
+exp2l NEW: ISO C 9x
+fattach NEW: STREAMS
+fdetach NEW: STREAMS
+fdim NEW: ISO C 9x
+fdimf NEW: ISO C 9x
+fdiml NEW: ISO C 9x
+feclearexcept NEW: ISO C 9x
+fegetenv NEW: ISO C 9x
+fegetexceptflag NEW: ISO C 9x
+fegetround NEW: ISO C 9x
+feholdexcept NEW: ISO C 9x
+feof_locked REMOVED
+feraiseexcept NEW: ISO C 9x
+ferror_locked REMOVED
+fesetenv NEW: ISO C 9x
+fesetexceptflag NEW: ISO C 9x
+fesetround NEW: ISO C 9x
+fetestexcept NEW: ISO C 9x
+feupdateenv NEW: ISO C 9x
+fflush_locked REMOVED
+ffsl NEW: GNU ext.
+ffsll NEW: GNU ext.
+fgetpos64 NEW: LFS
+fgets_unlocked NEW: GNU ext.
+fileno_locked REMOVED
+fma NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmaf NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmal NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmax NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmaxf NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmaxl NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmin NEW: ISO C 9x
+fminf NEW: ISO C 9x
+fminl NEW: ISO C 9x
+fmtmsg NEW: Unix98
+fopen64 NEW: LFS
+fputc_locked REMOVED
+fputs_unlocked NEW: GNU ext.
+fread_unlocked NEW: GNU ext.
+freopen64 NEW: LFS
+fseeko NEW: Unix98
+fsetpos64 NEW: LFS
+fstatfs64 NEW: LFS
+fstatvfs NEW: Unix98
+fstatvfs64 NEW: LFS
+ftello NEW: Unix98
+ftello64 NEW: LFS
+ftruncate64 NEW: LFS
+ftw64 NEW: LFS
+fwrite_unlocked NEW: GNU ext.
+gai_strerror NEW: IPv6
+gamma_r REMOVED
+gammaf_r REMOVED
+gammal_r REMOVED
+getchar_locked REMOVED
+getdate NEW: Unix98
+getdate_err NEW: Unix98
+getdate_r NEW: GNU ext.
+getmsg NEW: STREAMS
+getnameinfo NEW: IPv6
+getnetname NEW: Secure RPC
+getpmsg NEW: STREAMS
+getpt NEW: Unix98 PTY
+getrlimit64 NEW: LFS
+getutxent NEW: Unix98
+getutxid NEW: Unix98
+getutxline NEW: Unix98
+glob64 NEW: GNU ext.
+globfree64 NEW: GNU ext.
+gnu_get_libc_release NEW: GNU ext.
+gnu_get_libc_version NEW: GNU ext.
+grantpt NEW: Unix98 PTY
+host2netname NEW: Secure RPC
+iconv NEW: iconv
+iconv_close NEW: iconv
+iconv_open NEW: iconv
+if_freenameindex NEW: IPv6
+if_indextoname NEW: IPv6
+if_nameindex NEW: IPv6
+if_nametoindex NEW: IPv6
+in6addr_any NEW: IPv6
+in6addr_loopback NEW: IPv6
+inet6_isipv4mapped NEW: IPv6
+isastream NEW: STREAMS
+iswblank NEW: GNU ext.
+key_decryptsession NEW: Secure RPC
+key_decryptsession_pk NEW: Secure RPC
+key_encryptsession NEW: Secure RPC
+key_encryptsession_pk NEW: Secure RPC
+key_gendes NEW: Secure RPC
+key_get_conv NEW: Secure RPC
+key_secretkey_is_set NEW: Secure RPC
+key_setnet NEW: Secure RPC
+key_setsecret NEW: Secure RPC
+llrint NEW: ISO C 9x
+llrintf NEW: ISO C 9x
+llrintl NEW: ISO C 9x
+llround NEW: ISO C 9x
+llroundf NEW: ISO C 9x
+llroundl NEW: ISO C 9x
+log2 NEW: ISO C 9x
+log2f NEW: ISO C 9x
+log2l NEW: ISO C 9x
+lrint NEW: ISO C 9x
+lrintf NEW: ISO C 9x
+lrintl NEW: ISO C 9x
+lround NEW: ISO C 9x
+lroundf NEW: ISO C 9x
+lroundl NEW: ISO C 9x
+lseek64 NEW: LFS
+makecontext NEW: Unix98
+mempcpy NEW: GNU ext.
+mmap64 NEW: LFS
+moncontrol REMOVED
+modify_ldt NEW: kernel
+nan NEW: ISO C 9x
+nanf NEW: ISO C 9x
+nanl NEW: ISO C 9x
+nearbyint NEW: ISO C 9x
+nearbyintf NEW: ISO C 9x
+nearbyintl NEW: ISO C 9x
+netname2host NEW: Secure RPC
+netname2user NEW: Secure RPC
+nexttoward NEW: ISO C 9x
+nexttowardf NEW: ISO C 9x
+nexttowardl NEW: ISO C 9x
+nftw NEW: Unix98
+nftw64 NEW: LFS
+open64 NEW: LFS
+passwd2des NEW: Secure RPC
+pow10 NEW: GNU ext.
+pow10f NEW: GNU ext.
+pow10l NEW: GNU ext.
+pread NEW: Unix98
+pread64 NEW: LFS
+printf_size NEW: GNU ext.
+printf_size_info NEW: GNU ext.
+profil_counter REMOVED
+pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np REPLACED
+pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np REPLACED
+ptsname NEW: Unix98 PTY
+ptsname_r NEW: Unix98 PTY
+putc_locked REMOVED
+putchar_locked REMOVED
+putgrent NEW: GNU ext.
+putmsg NEW: STREAMS
+putpmsg NEW: STREAMS
+pututxline NEW: Unix98
+pwrite NEW: Unix98
+pwrite64 NEW: LFS
+readdir64 NEW: LFS
+readdir64_r NEW: LFS
+remquo NEW: ISO C 9x
+remquof NEW: ISO C 9x
+remquol NEW: ISO C 9x
+round NEW: ISO C 9x
+roundf NEW: ISO C 9x
+roundl NEW: ISO C 9x
+rtime NEW: GNU ext.
+scalbln NEW: ISO C 9x
+scalblnf NEW: ISO C 9x
+scalblnl NEW: ISO C 9x
+scandir64 NEW: LFS
+sendfile NEW: kernel
+setcontext NEW: Unix98
+setrlimit64 NEW: LFS
+setutxent NEW: Unix98
+sighold NEW: Unix98
+sigignore NEW: Unix98
+sigqueue NEW: POSIX.1b
+sigrelse NEW: Unix98
+sigset NEW: POSIX.1b
+sigtimedwait NEW: POSIX.1b
+sigwaitinfo NEW: POSIX.1b
+sincos NEW: GNU ext.
+sincosf NEW: GNU ext.
+sincosl NEW: GNU ext.
+statfs64 NEW: LFS
+statvfs NEW: Unix98
+statvfs64 NEW: LFS
+strcasestr NEW: GNU ext.
+strtoimax NEW: ISO C 9x
+strtoumax NEW: ISO C 9x
+strverscmp NEW: GNU ext.
+svcauthdes_stats NEW: Secure RPC
+svcunix_create NEW: sunrpc etx
+svcunixfd_create NEW: sunrpc ext
+swapcontext NEW: Unix98
+tcgetsid NEW: Unix98 PTY
+tdestroy NEW: GNU ext.
+tgamma NEW: ISO C 9x
+tgammaf NEW: ISO C 9x
+tgammal NEW: ISO C 9x
+tmpfile64 NEW: LFS
+trunc NEW: ISO C 9x
+truncate64 NEW: LFS
+truncf NEW: ISO C 9x
+truncl NEW: ISO C 9x
+umount2 NEW: kernel
+unlockpt NEW: Unix98 PTY
+updwtmpx NEW: Unix98
+user2netname NEW: Secure RPC
+utmpxname NEW: Unix98
+versionsort NEW: GNU ext.
+versionsort64 NEW: GNU ext.
+waitid NEW: Unix98
+wcscasecmp NEW: GNU ext.
+wcsncasecmp NEW: GNU ext.
+wcsnlen NEW: GNU ext.
+wcstoimax NEW: ISO C 9x
+wcstoll NEW: ISO C 9x
+wcstoull NEW: ISO C 9x
+wcstoumax NEW: ISO C 9x
+wcswcs NEW: Unix98
+wordexp NEW: POSIX.2
+wordfree NEW: POSIX.2
+write_profiling REMOVED
+xdecrypt NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_authdes_cred NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_authdes_verf NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_cryptkeyarg NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_cryptkeyarg2 NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_cryptkeyres NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_getcredres NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_key_netstarg NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_key_netstres NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_keybuf NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_keystatus NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_netnamestr NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_sizeof NEW: Secure RPC
+xdr_unixcred NEW: sunrpc ext
+xencrypt NEW: Secure RPC
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+\f
+Version 2.0.6
+
+* more bug fixes
+
+\f
+Version 2.0.5
+
+* more bug fixes
+
+* inet_ntoa is thread-safe
+
+* updwtmp is moved from libutil to libc
+
+* rewrite of cbrt function
+
+* update of timezone data
+\f
+Version 2.0.4
+
+* more bug fixes
+\f
+Version 2.0.3
+
+* more bug fixes
+\f
+Version 2.0.2
+
+* more bug fixes
+
+* add atoll function
+
+* fix complex problems in Berkeley DB code
+
+* fix math functions
+\f
+Version 2.0.1
+
+* fixed lots of header problems (especially Linux/GNU specific)
+
+* dynamic loader preserves all registers
+
+* Roland McGrath provided support for handling of auxiliary objects in
+ the ELF dynamic loader.
+
+* support for parallel builds is improved
\f
-Version 1.10
+Version 2.0
+
+* GNU extensions are no longer declared by default. To enable them you
+ must define the macro `_GNU_SOURCE' in your program or compile with
+ `-D_GNU_SOURCE'.
* The library has changed from using GNU ld symbol aliases to using weak
symbols where available. The ELF object file format supports weak
of many files which contained only symbol aliases, reducing the size of
the source and the compiled library; many other files were renamed to
less cryptic names previously occupied by the symbol alias files.
- There is a new header file <elf.h> and new library `-lelf' for
- programs which operate on files in the ELF format.
+ There is a new header file <elf.h> for programs which operate on
+ files in the ELF format.
* Converted to Autoconf version 2, so `configure' has more options.
Run `configure --help' to see the details.
are enabled, the new library `-ldl' is available for arbitrary run-time
loading of shared objects; its interface is defined in <dlfcn.h>. The
new header file <link.h> gives access to the internals of the run-time
- dynamic linker, `ld.so'.
+ dynamic linker, `ld.so'. The shell script `ldd' is similar to the
+ application of same name on other systems and it provides information
+ about dynamically linked binaries.
* The C library now provides the run-time support code for profiling
executables compiled with `-pg'. Programs can control the profiling code
- through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>. The profiling code was adapted
- from 4.4 BSD-Lite.
+ through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>. The `gmon.out' files written by
+ the GNU C library can be read only by GNU `gprof' (from GNU binutils);
+ the support for this file format was contributed by David Mosberger-Tang.
* The math code has been replaced with a math library based on fdlibm from
- Sun, and modified by JT Conklin with i387 support and by Ian Taylor with
- `float' functions. The math functions now reside in a separate library,
- so programs using them will need to use `-lm' their linking commands.
+ Sun, and modified by JT Conklin and Ulrich Drepper with i387 support, by
+ Ian Taylor with `float' functions and by Ulrich Drepper with `long double'
+ functions. The math functions now reside in a separate library, so
+ programs using them will need to use `-lm' their linking commands.
+
+* John C. Bowman contributed optimized ix87 assembler inline functions.
+
+* Ulrich Drepper has contributed support for an `/etc/nsswitch.conf'
+ mechanism similar to that found in Solaris 2. This is now used for the
+ group, passwd, hosts, networks, services, protocols, rpc, ethers,
+ shadow, netgroup, publickey, and alias databases. The `nsswitch.conf'
+ file controls what services are used for each individual database. This
+ works by loading shared libraries with names specified in `nsswitch.conf',
+ so service modules can be changed or added at any time without even
+ relinking any program. Currently there are the file, db, and NIS based
+ NSS services available.
* The new functions `strtoq' and `strtouq' parse integer values from
strings, like `strtol' and `strtoul', but they return `long long int' and
`strtod', `strtof', and `strtold'. These new functions are perfectly
accurate, and much faster than the old ones.
+* The implementation of the POSIX locale model was completely rewritten by
+ Ulrich Drepper. This includes the new programs `localedef' and `locale'
+ to compile the POSIX locale definition.
+
+* The former dummy implementations of the strcoll and strxfrm function are
+ now replaced by fully functional code contributed by Ulrich Drepper. The
+ collation information comes from the POSIX locale definitions.
+
* The new header <langinfo.h> defines an interface for accessing
various locale-dependent data (using the locale chosen with `setlocale').
* Ulrich Drepper has contributed a new suite of functions for operation on
- wide-character and multibyte-character strings; see <wcstr.h> and <mbstr.h>.
- These new functions are intended to conform to the ISO C specification.
+ wide-character and multibyte-character strings, in <wchar.h>;
+ and classification and case conversion of wide characters, in <wctype.h>.
+ These new functions are conforming to the ISO C, Amendement 1 specification.
+
+* There is now a second implementation of the standard I/O library available.
+ It comes from GNU libg++ as was written by Per Bothner, heavily modified
+ by Hongjiu Lu and made thread safe by Ulrich Drepper.
* You can now use positional parameter specifications in format strings
for the `printf' and `scanf' families of functions. For example,
* The new header file <fts.h> and suite of functions simplify programs that
operate on directory trees. This code comes from 4.4 BSD.
-* The resolver code has been updated from the BIND 4.9.3 release.
-
-* The new function `malloc_find_object_address' finds the starting address
- of a malloc'd block, given any address within the block. This can be
- useful for debugging.
+* The resolver code has been updated from the BIND 4.9.5-P1 release.
+ Parts of the code were heavily modified by Ulrich Drepper to fit in the
+ NSS scheme used in glibc.
* There is a new malloc debugging hook `__memalign_hook'.
* The new functions `ecvt', `fcvt', and `gcvt' provide an obsolete interface
for formatting floating-point numbers. They are provided only for
- compatibility; new programs should use `sprintf' instead.
+ compatibility; new programs should use `sprintf' instead. There are
+ also equivalent function for the `long double' floating-point type and
+ all functions also exist in a reentrant form.
* The new auxiliary library `-lutil' from 4.4 BSD contains various
functions for maintaining the login-record files (primarily of use to
* Ulrich Drepper has updated the Linux-specific code, based largely
on work done in Hongjiu Lu's version of GNU libc for Linux.
- The GNU library now supports Linux versions 1.3.29 and later,
- using the ELF object file format (i[345]86-*-linux).
+ The GNU library now supports Linux versions 2.0.10 and later,
+ using the ELF object file format (i[3456]86-*-linux).
+
+* Andreas Schwab has ported the C library to Linux/m68k (m68k-*-linux).
+
+* David Mosberger-Tang and Richard Henderson have ported the C library
+ to Linux/Alpha (alpha-*-linux). Richard Henderson contributed the
+ dynamic linking support for ELF/Alpha.
+
+* Richard Henderson contributed several Alpha optimized assembler function
+ for arithmetic and string handling.
* Ulrich Drepper has contributed a new set of message catalog functions to
- support multiple languages, for use with his new package GNU gettext.
+ support multiple languages using the <libintl.h> interface, for use with
+ his new package GNU gettext. Translation volunteers have contributed
+ catalogs of the library's messages in Spanish, German, and Korean.
+
+* For compatibility with XPG4, Ulrich Drepper has contributed the `gencat'
+ program and the `catgets' function for reading the catalog files it
+ creates. (The <libintl.h> interface is preferred; we include the
+ <nl_types.h> interface using `catgets' only for source compatibility with
+ programs already written to use it.)
* New header file <values.h> gives SVID-compatible names for <limits.h>
constants.
`struct sockaddr *' type, does not generate a type-clash warning.
* New function `error' declared in header file <error.h> is a convenient
- function for printing error messages and optionally exitting; this is the
+ function for printing error messages and optionally exiting; this is the
canonical function used in GNU programs. The new functions `err', `warn',
and friends in header file <err.h> are the canonical 4.4 BSD interface for
doing the same thing.
POSIX.2 `glob' function to do ~ and {...} expansion.
* New function `unsetenv' complements `setenv' for compatibility with 4.4 BSD.
+ `clearenv' which is used in POSIX.9 is also available.
* New function `getsid' returns session ID number on systems that support it.
* We have incorporated the 4.4 BSD `db' library (version 1.85). New header
files <db.h> and <mpool.h> provide a rich set of functions for several
types of simple databases stored in memory and in files, and <ndbm.h> is
- an old `ndbm'-compatbile interface using the `db' functions.
+ an old `ndbm'-compatible interface using the `db' functions. Link with
+ `-ldb' to get these functions.
* New macro `strdupa' copies a string like `strdup', but uses local stack
space from `alloca' instead of dynamic heap space from `malloc'.
+
+* New function `strnlen' is like `strlen' but searches only a given maximum
+ number of characters for the null terminator. `stpncpy', `strndup' and
+ `strndupa' are similar variants for the `stpcpy', `strdup' and `strdupa'
+ function.
+
+* New function `statfs' in header <sys/statfs.h>.
+
+* The new <argz.h> and <envz.h> interfaces contributed by Miles Bader
+ provide convenient functions for operating on blocks of null-terminated
+ strings.
+
+* A new suite of functions in <utmp.h> handle all the details of reading
+ and writing the utmp file.
+
+* An implementation of the NIS/YP(tm) based NSS service was contributed by
+ Thorsten Kukuk.
+
+* Paul Eggert and Ulrich Drepper modified the `strftime' function to be
+ completely POSIX compliant and also implemented the extended functionality
+ to handle alternate digit representation and alternate era date formats.
+
+* Ulrich Drepper provided an implementation of the `strptime' function
+ defined in XPG4.2 which transforms a string into a `struct tm' value.
+
+* Paul Eggert provided the tzselect shell script as part of the timezone
+ code. The shell script makes it easy to select the correct timezone
+ specification.
+
+* The implementation of the malloc family of functions is completely replaced
+ by a new implementation by Doug Lea with many improvements by Wolfram Gloger.
+ The implementation uses the mmap function (if available) and it is
+ optimized for the use in multi threaded programs.
+
+* Ulrich Drepper contributed a MD5 "encryption" for the crypt family of
+ functions. This new functionality is usable by specifying a special
+ salt string and it is compatible with implementation on *BSD systems.
+
+* Lots of functions from the XPG4.2 standard were added by Ulrich Drepper:
+ `getsubopt' to handle second level command line options, `bsd_signal'
+ to access BSD style `signal' functionality, the obsolete `regexp' style
+ expression matcher.
+
+* the `lchown' function is available on system which support this
+ functionality.
+
+* The implementation of the shadow password handling function was contributed
+ by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* David Mosberger-Tang changed the SunRPC implementation to be 64bit safe.
+
+* POSIX.1g support was added. The <sys/select.h> header is available,
+ `isfdtype' and `pselect' are implemented. Craig Metz contributed an
+ implementation of `getaddrinfo'.
\f
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