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@@ -390,3 +390,38 @@ bug fixes:
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security:
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- avoid fd_set overflow in dns lookups
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+0.8.5 release notes
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+new features:
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+- stdio operations are now cancellable (only when low-level io happens)
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+- global ctor/dtor support in main program start code and shared libs
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+- dynamic linker support for PIE executables (but missing startup code)
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+- vfork support on x86_64
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+- complete set of locale_t functions (all ignore the locale argument)
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+- provide define float_t and double_t in math.h
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+- lighter/faster cancellation cleanup handler register/unregister
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+bug fixes:
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+- gcc wrapper now supports -shared, -nostdlib, -nostartfiles
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+- removed one wrongly-classified character from iswspace set (zwsp)
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+- fixed crashes in dns lookup on some errors, e.g. resolv.conf missing
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+- "make install" no longer tries to build shared libc if disabled
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+- ptrace argument handling bugs fixed
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+- work around visibility-hidden bugs in gcc 3.x
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+- fix thread-pointer-loss issue when it's initialized in signal handlers
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+- various minor typo/misc fixes in headers
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+compatibility:
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+- glob behaves more like traditional implementations w.r.t. GLOB_MARK
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+- added legacy futimes, lutimes functions
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+- more compatibility macros in sys/param.h (nonstandard header)
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+- setfs[ug]id syscall wrappers (linux specific)
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+- fgetpwent function (nonstandard)
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+- utmp.h matches traditional version more closely
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+- caddr_t now matches glibc type (void * instead of long)
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+- dummy (always-fail) dlopen and dlsym functions for static linked programs
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+- [efg]cvt functions (previously posix, removed from standard)
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+- get_current_dir_name function (nonstandard)
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Rich Felker