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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2011-5-2
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2011-5-5
 Copyright (C) 1992-2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Version 2.14
   but new programs cannot be linked with the routines in libc anymore.
   Programs in need of RPC functionality must be linked against TI-RPC.
   The TI-RPC implemtation is IPv6 enabled and there are other benefits.
+
+  Visible changes of this change include (obviously) the inability to link
+  programs using RPC functions without referencing the TI-RPC library, the
+  removal of the RPC headers from the glibc headers, and the lack of
+  symbols defined in <rpc/netdb.h> when <netdb.h> is installed.
   Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
 
 * New Linux interfaces: clock_adjtime, name_to_handle_at, open_by_handle_at,