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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2004-8-5
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2004-10-19
Copyright (C) 1992-2002,2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Version 2.3.4
* nscd can now perform SELinux checks.
Implemented by Matthew Rickard <mjricka@epoch.ncsc.mil>.
-* getaddrinfo queries are not cached. Canonical name lookup is performed
+* getaddrinfo queries are now cached. Canonical name lookup is performed
efficiently.
Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
@@ -27,10 +27,20 @@ Version 2.3.4
* The malloc functions perform more error checking and are stricter when
it comes to reacting on errors. The default action is to terminate
- the process after showing an error message.
+ the process after showing an error message. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
* Reverse lookups of IPv6 addresses does not use bit string or .ip6.int
- lookups anymore unless explicitly requested.
+ lookups anymore unless explicitly requested. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Namespaces in ld.so are implemented. DSOs can be loaded in separate
+ namespaces using the new function dlmopen(). This feature is of course,
+ like most other dynamic loading functionality, not available in statically
+ linked applications. Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Low-overhead boundary checking variants of string and some stdio functions
+ were added. These are to be used in conjunction with a gcc patch by
+ Jakub Jelinek which adds calls to these functions if possible.
+ Patch by Jakub Jelinek and Ulrich Drepper.
Version 2.3.3