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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2016-12-18 19:38:57 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2016-12-18 19:38:57 +0100
commit5add1f4c531639b6247c827566ae55426c1182d7 (patch)
tree587b7f1d17a52736d5827124103de8a7e03efdb0
parent29ca072fcfeb04fc29dfa9853621c15b58a3ebcf (diff)
GNU Hurd 0.9v0.9
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Set version to 0.9. * NEWS: Finalize for 0.9.
-rw-r--r--NEWS13
-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 014fe1bc..05e04d59 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-Version 0.9 (2016-12-XX)
+Version 0.9 (2016-12-18)
The 'boot' program can now be run as unprivileged user, allowing any
user to create unprivileged Subhurds.
-The Berkeley Packet Filter library and the ethernet multiplexer have
-been merged into this repository. The ethernet multiplexer now
+An ethernet multiplexer (eth-multiplexer translator) has been merged
+into this repository. This is a network multiplexer that makes
+available virtual interfaces, and routes traffic between these and a
+real ethernet interface. It uses the Berkeley Packet Filter library
+(libbpf), which has also been merged. The ethernet multiplexer now
generates and uses stable pseudo-random ethernet addresses for the
virtual interfaces.
-Countless bugs have been fixed throughout the code, notably in
+As usual, bugs have been fixed throughout the code, notably in
libpager and ext2fs which now gracefully handles running out of space.
+Further compatibility fixes have been applied (for compliance to
+standards such as POSIX).
Version 0.8 (2016-05-18)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 365fc856..5cbbea89 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ(2.54) dnl Minimum Autoconf version required.
-AC_INIT([GNU Hurd], [0.8], [bug-hurd@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU Hurd], [0.9], [bug-hurd@gnu.org])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([hurd/hurd_types.h]) dnl File to look for in srcdir.
AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT() dnl Default to empty prefix, not /usr/local.