more changes for upcoming 0.7.8

diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 65a61c4..cd1bd80 100644 (file)
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ proportion of busybox that works with musl.
 
 
 
 
 
 

-0.7.8 (pending release) - more bug fixes
+0.7.8 (pending release) - more bug fixes and compatibility improvements

 
 fixed problems with ipv6 dns and address printing code that made ipv6
 support practically unusable, and some other getaddrinfo bugs.
 
 fixed problems with ipv6 dns and address printing code that made ipv6
 support practically unusable, and some other getaddrinfo bugs.


@@ -172,3 +172,14 @@ after getting a blank line, due to a bug in the linux readv syscall.
 
 various improvements to the "rsyscall" system used to implement
 threaded setuid, setgid, etc.
 
 various improvements to the "rsyscall" system used to implement
 threaded setuid, setgid, etc.

+
+exiting/cancelling the a timer handler thread no longer kills the
+timer.
+
+fixed incorrect trailing zeros on some %g conversions in printf.
+
+fixed buggy byte-swapping functions and moved them to inlines in
+byteswap.h.
+
+many small improvements to header/application compatibility, support
+for nonstandard macros, etc.