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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ Major new features: - arc-linux-gnuhf - arceb-linux-gnu - The arc* ABI is little-endian while arceb is big-endian. All ABIs use + The arc* ABIs are little-endian while arceb is big-endian. All ABIs use 64-bit time (y2038 safe) and 64-bit file offsets (LFS default). * The GNU C Library now loads audit modules listed in the DT_AUDIT and DT_DEPAUDIT dynamic section entries of the main executable. * powerpc64le supports IEEE128 long double libm/libc redirects when - using the -mabi=ieeelongdouble to compile C code on supported GCC + using -mabi=ieeelongdouble to compile C code on supported GCC toolchains. It is recommended to use GCC 8 or newer when testing this option. @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Major new features: several APIs have been annotated with GCC 'access' attribute. This should help GCC 10 issue better warnings. -* On Linux, functions the pthread_attr_setsigmask_np and +* On Linux, functions pthread_attr_setsigmask_np and pthread_attr_getsigmask_np have been added. They allow applications to specify the signal mask of a thread created with pthread_create. @@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ Major new features: libpthread. * The functions sigabbrev_np and sigdescr_np have been added. The - sigabbrev_np returns the abbreviated signal name (e.g. "HUP" for SIGHUP) - while sigdescr_np returns a string describing the signal number (e.g - "Hangup" for SIGHUP). Different than strsignal, sigdescr_np does not + sigabbrev_np function returns the abbreviated signal name (e.g. "HUP" for + SIGHUP) while sigdescr_np returns a string describing the signal number + (e.g "Hangup" for SIGHUP). Different than strsignal, sigdescr_np does not attempt to translate the return description, both functions return NULL for an invalid signal number. @@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ Major new features: are both thread and async-signal safe. These functions are GNU extensions. * The functions strerrorname_np and strerrordesc_np have been added. The - strerroname_np returns error number name (e.g. "EINVAL" for EINVAL) while - strerrordesc_np returns string describing error number + strerroname_np function returns error number name (e.g. "EINVAL" for EINVAL) + while strerrordesc_np returns a string describing the error number (e.g "Invalid argument" for EINVAL). Different than strerror, strerrordesc_np does not attempt to translate the return description, both functions return NULL for an invalid error number. @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: that have been added in or before version 2.28. Replacement implementations based on TI-RPC, which additionally support IPv6, are available from <https://github.com/thkukuk/>. This change does not - affect the "compat" NSS module, which does not depended on libnsl + affect the "compat" NSS module, which does not depend on libnsl since 2.27 and thus can be used without NIS. * The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The deprecated symbols sys_errlist, _sys_errlist, sys_nerr, and _sys_nerr are no longer available to newly linked binaries, and their declarations - have been removed from from <stdio.h>. They are exported solely as + have been removed from <stdio.h>. They are exported solely as compatibility symbols to support old binaries. All programs should use strerror or strerror_r instead. |