X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=320b56c2e749993396ddcb38379f1d440aa578d9;hb=541428fecf21cdde271acbd280c53bfe5beaafe2;hp=c9848e68e529e1092a09ca001ae1146e07883082;hpb=adfbc8ac9e192b6e3007f7a47852df937afa2145;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fglibc.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c9848e6..320b56c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,28 +1,51 @@ -GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2012-1-27 -Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send GNU C library bug reports via using `glibc' in the "product" field. +Version 2.17 + +* The following bugs are resolved with this release: + + 6778, 14042, 14151, 14154, 14157, 14173, 14283, 14328, 14331, 14337, + 14347 + + Version 2.16 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: - 174, 350, 369, 411, 706, 887, 2074, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2551, 2552, 2553, - 2554, 2562, 2563, 2565, 2566, 2576, 2636, 2678, 3335, 3768, 3866, 3868, - 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596, 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, - 6578, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6794, 6884, 6890, 6894, 6895, 6907, 6911, 7064, - 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, 10153, 10210, 10254, 10346, 10545, 10716, - 11174, 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 11521, 11959, 12047, 12340, 13058, - 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, - 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, - 13656, 13658, 13673, 13691, 13695, 13704, 13705, 13706, 13726, 13738, - 13739, 13758, 13760, 13761, 13786, 13792, 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, - 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, 13872, 13873, 13879, 13883, - 13886, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13915, 13916, - 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13924, 13926, 13927, 13928, 13938, - 13941, 13942, 13963, 13967, 13970, 13973, 14027, 14033, 14034 + 174, 208, 350, 369, 411, 706, 766, 887, 2074, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2550, + 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563, 2565, 2566, 2570, 2576, 2636, 2678, + 3335, 3440, 3748, 3768, 3866, 3868, 3906, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596, + 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6578, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6794, + 6884, 6890, 6894, 6895, 6907, 6911, 6959, 7064, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, + 10140, 10153, 10210, 10254, 10346, 10375, 10545, 10716, 10846, 11174, + 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 11521, 11677, 11837, 11959, 12047, 12097, + 12193, 12194, 12297, 12298, 12301, 12340, 12354, 12416, 12495, 13058, + 13223, 13361, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, + 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13556, 13559, 13563, 13566, + 13576, 13579, 13583, 13592, 13594, 13613, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, + 13673, 13691, 13695, 13704, 13705, 13706, 13718, 13726, 13738, 13739, + 13743, 13750, 13758, 13760, 13761, 13775, 13786, 13787, 13792, 13806, + 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, 13848, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, + 13872, 13873, 13879, 13882, 13883, 13884, 13885, 13886, 13892, 13895, + 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13914, 13915, 13916, 13917, 13918, + 13919, 13920, 13921, 13922, 13923, 13924, 13926, 13927, 13928, 13938, + 13941, 13942, 13954, 13955, 13956, 13963, 13967, 13968, 13970, 13973, + 13979, 13983, 13986, 13996, 14012, 14027, 14033, 14034, 14036, 14040, + 14043, 14044, 14048, 14049, 14050, 14053, 14055, 14059, 14064, 14075, + 14080, 14083, 14103, 14104, 14109, 14112, 14117, 14122, 14123, 14134, + 14153, 14183, 14188, 14199, 14210, 14218, 14229, 14241, 14273, 14277, + 14278 + +* Support for the x32 ABI on x86-64 added. The x32 target is selected by + configuring glibc with: + BUILD_CC='gcc' CC='gcc -mx32' CXX='g++ -mx32' + Visit for more x32 ABI info. + Implemented by H.J. Lu. * ISO C11 support: @@ -45,7 +68,7 @@ Version 2.16 Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. -* Support for the IA-64 is removed and could live in ports. +* Support for the IA-64 has been moved to ports. * Remove support for anything but ELF binary format @@ -54,6 +77,71 @@ Version 2.16 * More generic and 64-bit performance optimizations to math functions. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. + +* New configure option --enable-obsolete-rpc makes the deprecated RPC + headers and functions available at compile time as they were before + version 2.14. This option will be removed at some time in the future + after the TI-RPC library becomes fully sufficient for the needs of + existing applications. + +* Compatibility code for Linux kernel versions before 2.4 has been removed. + Note that glibc is not expected to work with any Linux kernel version + before 2.6. + +* New header and function getauxval allowing easy access to + the AT_* key-value pairs passed from the Linux kernel. The header also + defines the HWCAP_* bits associated with the AT_HWCAP key. + +* New locales: mag_IN + +* New configure option --enable-systemtap builds SystemTap static probes + into libc for setjmp and longjmp and into libpthread for various operations. + So far the setjmp/longjmp probes and some of the libpthread probes are + provided only for i*86 and x86_64. + Implemented by Roland McGrath and Rayson Ho. + +* Optimized expf for x86-32 and x86-64. Implemented by Liubov Dmitrieva. + +* More optimized functions for PowerPC. Implemented by Adhemerval Zanella + and Will Schmidt. + +* More optimized functions for SPARC. Implemented by David S. Miller. + +* Improved support for cross-compilation, especially bootstrap builds + without a previously built glibc. + +* Ports for the TILE-Gx and TILEPro families of processors. Contributed by + Chris Metcalf from Tilera. + +* Support for the old ARM ABI has been removed from ports. Only the EABI is + now supported for ARM processors. + +* The hard-float variant of the ARM EABI now uses /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 + as the name of the dynamic linker, to distinguish it from the + /lib/ld-linux.so.3 dynamic linker used for the base EABI. + +* Support for CRIS has been removed from ports. + +* A new class of installed header has been documented for low-level + platform-specific functionality. PowerPC added the first instance with a + function to provide time base register access. Contributed by Tulio + Magno Quites Machado Filho. + +* ix86 configurations now install header files that are consistent with + what x86-64 configurations install. These same header files can be used + for -m32, -m64, or -mx32 builds. + Contributed by H.J. Lu. + +* Math library bug fixes. A thorough audit of all open math library bugs was + conducted by Joseph Myers. Significant progress was made on many math + library bugs resulting in more accurate exceptions and function results. + Many thanks to all those that contributed including Andreas Jaeger for his + patch review and work on the x87 trigonometric instruction issues. + +* Timezone data is no longer installed. Timezone-related binaries and scripts + will continue to be installed. Users should obtain their timezone data from + their distribution provider or from the tzdata package at + . Version 2.15 @@ -416,7 +504,7 @@ Version 2.8 Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. * Faster sqrt and sqrtf implemention for some PPC variants. - Implemented by Stephen Munroe. + Implemented by Steven Munroe. Version 2.7 @@ -980,68 +1068,6 @@ Version 2.2 Masahide Washizawa. * IA-64 port by Jes Sorensen and HJ Lu. - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Compiling the GNU C Library for Linux/ia64 -****************************************** - - Please refer to the file INSTALL in the same directory as you found -this file for general information about configuring and compiling -glibc. - - For general inquiries about glibc under Linux/ia64 please use the -following mailing list linux-ia64@linuxia64.org or one of the relevant -glibc mailing lists. - -Recommended Tools for Compilation -================================= - - In order for glibc-2.2 to build correctly on the ia64 you need at -least the following versions of the GNU tools (the : - - * The Cygnus toolchain snapshot for the ia64 as of August 4 - including the provided set of patches. It is however recommend - you use the October 24 toolchain snapshot or a more recent version. - - OR alternatively you can try the following (the Cygnus toolchain is - the recommended solution): - - * GCC and binutils, GAS and GNU LD out of CVS from - sources.redhat.com as of August 28, 2000 or later. The CVS tree - may require special patches to work properly on the ia64. - -Configuring and compiling GNU Libc for Linux/ia64 -================================================= - - The library requires Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test4-000728 or -later to funtion properly. Besides that it support for debug libraries -is currently untested. Hence the following options -are required for configuring the library: - - --disable-debug --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - - It is also important that you make sure the library picks up the -appropriate kernel header files, if you do not have recent enough -kernel headers in /usr/src/linux/include, you should use the ---with-headers= option to specify the location. - - As an example I personally use the following options to configure -the library: - - --disable-debug - --disable-cvs - --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - --host=ia64-linux - --enable-add-ons=yes - --prefix=/usr - --with-headers=/home/jes/linux/include - - -Good luck - -Jes Sorensen , -November 14th, 2000 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 2.1.3 @@ -2080,7 +2106,7 @@ Version 1.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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