X-Git-Url: http://nsz.repo.hu/git/?p=musl;a=blobdiff_plain;f=WHATSNEW;h=0e0d93407fa66a2c150b89ef6b87262447ee68a4;hp=724d795df488ecdd95c5bfb25e20e9d2a8abe01d;hb=bd261bf25e000a1b754616db0b2ee1e14835a75d;hpb=ec820f1262a5d6331ad0fe9b56a8a84365766fd1 diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 724d795d..0e0d9340 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -642,3 +642,110 @@ compatibility: - duplocale should accept LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE - align ptsname_r to upcoming posix requirements - support invalid ld80 bit patterns as extra nans. + + + +0.9.3 release notes + +new features: +- mips (32-bit, o32 abi) port, currently static-linked only +- newly overhauled crypt implementation +- improved library pathname info for debugger from the dynamic linker +- getaddrinfo (and getservbyname) now support /etc/services lookups +- pipe2 syscall wrapper +- splice and vmsplice syscall wrappers +- syscall wrappers for extended attribute interfaces +- ioperm/iopl syscall wrappers on archs that support these operations + +bug fixes: +- dlsym RTLD_NEXT library search order was wrong +- multiple dlopen pathname and library name handling errors +- potential race condition in detached thread exit +- broken internal-lock-handling code not updated for futex-based __lock +- sem_trywait spurious EAGAIN errors arising from CAS failures +- workaround kernel bug in cmsghdr size_t vs socklen_t issue (64-bit) +- getservby* crash on null protocol argument +- logic error skipping failed interfaces in if_nameindex +- various minor header/declaration related issues + +arm-specific bug fixes: +- broken crti/crtn startup code when gcc crtbegin/end files are linked +- sigsetjmp tail call optimization failure broke the function +- incorrect little-endian assumptions in atomic.h functions +- use of blx instruction in asm (not supported on pre-v5 arm) + +build system: +- only use expensive -ffloat-store cflag on archs/compilers that need it +- make musl-gcc wrapper support -lgcc (mainly for self-hosting) + + + +0.9.4 release notes + +new features: +- blowfish crypt +- dynamic linking on mips +- arm hard float support +- BSD fgetln function in stdio +- minor header improvements for compatibility +- support for CROSS_COMPILE variable to configure +- legacy significand function +- better support for SUSv3-targeted programs + +performance: +- assembly (string ops based) memcpy for i386 and x86_64 +- reduce printf overhead + +bug fixes: +- failure of strtod, etc. to process extremely long strings correctly +- read overrun in wcsstr for short needles +- various major mips issues that prevented most software from working +- erroneous floating point exception behavior in i386/x86_64 exp asm +- crashes on null arguments to legacy err.h functions +- various header file/type issues +- extremely rare/obscure race condition with robust mutexes +- crypt now never returns null (most programs don't check, then crash) +- missing xattr remove functions + + + +0.9.5 release notes + +compatibility and headers: +- POSIX+XSI+BSD features enabled by default with no macros defined +- most programs can now be built without adding -D_GNU_SOURCE +- added C99 restrict keyword where required in all prototypes +- greater C89 compatibility +- cleaner, more-compatible public syscall.h +- many other header fixes +- support for compiling musl with clang/llvm + +new features: +- sha 256/512 password hash functions in crypt +- GNU hash support in dynamic linker +- partial C11 coverage +- dladdr function added +- dynamic linker reports all errors instead of exiting on first error +- syscall wrappers added for most remaining linux syscalls +- provide POSIX O_SEARCH open mode using linux O_PATH + +bug fixes: +- most atexit functions were being skipped when exiting +- some BSD functions were not being exposed under _BSD_SOURCE +- issues loading ssp-protected DSO into non-ssp program with dlopen + +debloating: +- eliminate .eh_frame (10-15% loaded size bloat) +- optimal inline syscall asm for ARM and MIPS +- no longer force -O3 for shared libs + + + +0.9.6 release notes + +bug fixes: +- serious breakage in definition of O_ACCMODE mask (missing a bit) + +new features: +- O_EXEC open mode +- md5 crypt hash function