release notes for 0.7.6 bugfix release

[musl] / WHATSNEW

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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 0.5.0 - initial release
 
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 0.5.9 - signal ABI bugfix, various cleanup and fixes:
 
 sigset_t was wrongly defined as 1024 bytes instead of 1024 bits,
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ respectively.
 many internal improvements have been made to the syscall-related code
 in preparation for porting to x86_64 and other archs.
 
-upcoming 0.6.0 - x86_64 port, various important fixes
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+0.6.0 - x86_64 port, various important bugs fixed
 
 new x86_64 (amd64) architecture port, contributed by Nicholas J. Kain,
 along with PORTING guide. source tree layout and build system have
@@ -38,3 +42,90 @@ internal compiler error) in some versions of gcc.
 
 fixed a major bug in the printf %n specifier that prevented it from
 working and caused memory corruption.
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+0.7.0 - major improvements to posix conformance and completeness
+
+implemented posix shared memory and semaphore interfaces.
+
+implemented all remaining required pthread and clock interfaces.
+
+major fixes to signal semantics.
+
+greatly improved temporary file name generation for safety against
+denial of service due to intentional name collisions.
+
+added syscall wrappers for the linux inotify interface.
+
+malloc(0) now returns a non-null pointer.
+
+fixed printf %n specifier (again), pthread_once (it was always
+hanging), and non-default-type mutex behavior.
+
+added ucontext/sigcontext support in headers to facilitate building
+libgcc with dwarf2 unwind support, and possibly other low-level tools.
+
+improved musl-gcc compiler wrapper.
+
+implemented many small missing functions here and there, minor header
+fixes, etc.
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+
+
+0.7.1 - improvements to completeness, bug fixes
+
+implemented flockfile, wprintf, and robust mutex functions.
+
+fixed stack corruption bug in times(), minor header bugs, and some
+error return value bugs in thread interfaces.
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+
+
+0.7.5 - new features, major optimization, and robustness
+
+implemented POSIX timers.
+
+optimized and simplified many thread-related functions.
+
+eliminated resource leak races in thread cancellation. (almost all
+existing implementations, including glibc, have these leaks.)
+
+overhauled stdio implementation to take advantage of readv/writev for
+reduced syscall load, and improved stdio's handling of error status.
+
+added syscall header and interface for applications to use and
+greatly simplified internal system for making syscalls.
+
+strangthened tmpnam/tempnam/tmpfile filename generation and made the
+straight C functions not depend on POSIX symbols.
+
+fixed pthread cancellation ABI on i386 to match the LSB/glibc ABI
+
+better double-free handling in malloc
+
+various minor bug fixes
+
+
+
+0.7.6 - major bug fixes
+
+fixed rare but serious under-allocation bug in malloc.
+
+fixed signedness bug in strchr that prevented finding high bytes.
+
+fixed serious parsing bugs in strtold.
+
+fixed statvfs syscall (it was always failing with EINVAL).
+
+fixed race condition in set*id() functions with threads (possible
+deadlock). further audit still needed though.
+
+fseek no longer sets the stream error flag on failed seeks (this was
+wrong and broke some programs, notably GNU m4).
+
+nl_langinfo is no longer a dummy function. (the functionality was
+previously implemented but accidentally left unused).
+
+various small fixes have been made to the implementations and
+prototypes for nonstandard and obsolete functions