Add more NEWS items for 2.17.

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Joseph Myers 2012-11-28 17:07:39 +00:00
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@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Version 2.17
14797, 14801, 14805, 14807, 14811, 14815, 14821, 14822, 14824, 14828, 14797, 14801, 14805, 14807, 14811, 14815, 14821, 14822, 14824, 14828,
14831, 14835, 14838, 14856, 14863, 14865, 14866, 14868, 14869, 14871. 14831, 14835, 14838, 14856, 14863, 14865, 14866, 14868, 14869, 14871.
* The add-on ports collection is now distributed in the "ports" subdirectory
of the main GNU C Library distribution, rather than separately.
* Port to ARM AArch64 contributed by Linaro. * Port to ARM AArch64 contributed by Linaro.
* Support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols added for s390 and s390x. * Support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols added for s390 and s390x.
@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ Version 2.17
New configure option --disable-build-nscd avoids building nscd itself; New configure option --disable-build-nscd avoids building nscd itself;
this is the default if --disable-nscd is used. this is the default if --disable-nscd is used.
* Improved support for cross-compilation, including cross-testing and
bootstrap builds without a previously built glibc.
* New configure options --with-bugurl and --with-pkgversion, for
distributors to use to embed their bug-reporting and package version
information in --help and --version output.
* The ttyname and ttyname_r functions on Linux now fall back to searching for * The ttyname and ttyname_r functions on Linux now fall back to searching for
the tty file descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available. This the tty file descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available. This
allows creation of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc. allows creation of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc.