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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 1997-09-27
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 1998-02-09
-Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end for copying conditions.
Please send GNU C library bug reports using the `glibcbug' script to
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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.