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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2017-07-05 13:46:57 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2017-07-05 13:46:57 +0000
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Consistently say "GNU C Library" in NEWS, not "glibc".
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@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ Major new features:
* Improvements to the DNS stub resolver, contributed by Florian Weimer:
- - glibc will now detect when /etc/resolv.conf has been modified and reload
- the changed configuration. The new resolver option “no-reload”
- (RES_NORELOAD) disables this behavior.
+ - The GNU C Library will now detect when /etc/resolv.conf has been
+ modified and reload the changed configuration. The new resolver option
+ “no-reload” (RES_NORELOAD) disables this behavior.
- - glibc now supports an arbitrary number of search domains (configured using
- the “search” directive in /etc/resolv.conf); previously, there was a
- hard limit of six domains. For backward compatibility, applications
- that directly modify the ‘_res’ global object are still limited to six
- search domains.
+ - The GNU C Library now supports an arbitrary number of search domains
+ (configured using the “search” directive in /etc/resolv.conf);
+ previously, there was a hard limit of six domains. For backward
+ compatibility, applications that directly modify the ‘_res’ global
+ object are still limited to six search domains.
- - When the “rotate” (RES_ROTATE) resolver option is active, glibc will now
- randomly pick a name server from the configuration as a starting point.
- (Previously, the second name server was always used.)
+ - When the “rotate” (RES_ROTATE) resolver option is active, the GNU C
+ Library will now randomly pick a name server from the configuration as a
+ starting point. (Previously, the second name server was always used.)
* The tunables feature is now enabled by default. This allows users to tweak
behavior of the GNU C Library using the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable.
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
removed.
* Sun RPC is deprecated. The rpcgen program, librpcsvc, and Sun RPC headers
- will only be built and installed when glibc is configured with
+ will only be built and installed when the GNU C Library is configured with
--enable-obsolete-rpc. This allows alternative RPC implementations, such
as TIRPC or rpcsvc-proto, to be used.
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
The NIS(+) support library, libnsl, is also deprecated. By default, a
compatibility shared library will be built and installed, but not headers
or development libraries. Only a few NIS-related programs require this
- library. (In particular, glibc has never required programs that use
- 'gethostbyname' to be linked with libnsl.)
+ library. (In particular, the GNU C Library has never required programs
+ that use 'gethostbyname' to be linked with libnsl.)
Replacement implementations based on TIRPC, which additionally support
IPv6, are available from <https://github.com/thkukuk/>. The configure
@@ -247,15 +247,15 @@ Changes to build and runtime requirements:
supported by that kernel. (This is a change from version 2.25 only for
x86-32 and x86-64.)
-* GNU Binutils 2.25 or later is now required to build glibc.
+* GNU Binutils 2.25 or later is now required to build the GNU C Library.
-* On most architectures, GCC 4.9 or later is required to build glibc. On
- powerpc64le, GCC 6.2 or later is required.
+* On most architectures, GCC 4.9 or later is required to build the GNU C
+ Library. On powerpc64le, GCC 6.2 or later is required.
Older GCC versions and non-GNU compilers are still supported when
- compiling programs that use glibc. (We do not know exactly how old,
- and some GNU extensions to C may be _de facto_ required. If you are
- interested in helping us make this statement less vague, please
+ compiling programs that use the GNU C Library. (We do not know exactly
+ how old, and some GNU extensions to C may be _de facto_ required. If you
+ are interested in helping us make this statement less vague, please
contact libc-alpha@sourceware.org.)
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