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authorSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com>2013-06-13 23:12:00 +0530
committerSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com>2013-06-13 23:12:00 +0530
commitc204ab284bc3ef492f5a5201bd6131032bfd471a (patch)
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Fix NEWS entry about clock precision
Text by Roland McGrath.
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@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Version 2.18
* New <math.h> macro named issignaling to check for a signaling NaN (sNaN).
It is based on draft TS 18661 and currently enabled as a GNU extension.
-* Improved precision of the clock() function on Linux.
+* On Linux, the clock function now uses the clock_gettime system call
+ for improved precision, rather than old times system call.
Version 2.17