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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1996-03-19 21:59:41 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1996-03-19 21:59:41 +0000
commitd3669add24e6ebc86ed25683ff4d4eb7c67e4d56 (patch)
tree8dd2bcd753727f20d10781d212197f8708ef8b44 /NEWS
parentc8cf0b14ed2a085f17c6c5c58ca4a92d97591fcc (diff)
* features.h (__FAVOR_BSD): Define only if _BSD_SOURCE is defined
and no other _*_SOURCE macro is. (_GNU_SOURCE): Don't define by default. * libc-symbols.h (_GNU_SOURCE): Define it.
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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Please send GNU C library bug reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
Version 1.10
+* GNU extensions are no longer declared by default. To enable them you
+ must define the macro `_GNU_SOURCE' in your program or compile with
+ `-D_GNU_SOURCE'.
+
* The library has changed from using GNU ld symbol aliases to using weak
symbols where available. The ELF object file format supports weak
symbols; GNU ld also supports weak symbols in the a.out format. (There
@@ -34,8 +38,9 @@ Version 1.10
* The C library now provides the run-time support code for profiling
executables compiled with `-pg'. Programs can control the profiling code
- through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>. The profiling code was adapted
- from 4.4 BSD-Lite.
+ through the interface in <sys/gmon.h>. The `gmon.out' files written by
+ the GNU C library can be read only by GNU `gprof' (from GNU binutils);
+ the support for this file format was contributed by David Mosberger-Tang.
* The math code has been replaced with a math library based on fdlibm from
Sun, and modified by JT Conklin with i387 support and by Ian Taylor with
@@ -142,6 +147,10 @@ Version 1.10
The GNU library now supports Linux versions 1.3.29 and later,
using the ELF object file format (i[345]86-*-linux).
+* Andreas Schwab has ported the C library to Linux/m68k (m68k-*-linux).
+
+* David Mosberger-Tang has ported the C library to Linux/Alpha (alpha-*-linux).
+
* Ulrich Drepper has contributed a new set of message catalog functions to
support multiple languages, for use with his new package GNU gettext.