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[PATCH] Final NEWS and README updates.
- From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers"<joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>, "H.J. Lu"<hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:18:27 -0400
- Subject: [PATCH] Final NEWS and README updates.
These are the final NEWS and README updates before 2.16 goes out the door.
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2012-06-29 Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell@mentor.com>
* NEWS: Mention math library bug fixes and timezone data changes.
* README: Mention GNU/Hurd, x32, and HPPA support.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a9500fa..1300350 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ Version 2.16
what x86-64 configurations install. These same header files can be used
for -m32, -m64, or -mx32 builds.
Contributed by H.J. Lu.
+
+* Math library bug fixes. A thorough audit of all open math library bugs was
+ conducted by Joseph Myers. Significant progress was made on many math
+ library bugs resulting in more accurate exceptions and function results.
+
+* Timezone data is no longer installed. Timzone related binaries and scripts
+ will continue to be installed.
^L
Version 2.15
diff --git a/README b/README
index a479b55..3973e24 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ implement the operating system behavior seen by user applications.
In GNU/Hurd systems, it works with a microkernel and Hurd servers.
The GNU C Library implements much of the POSIX.1 functionality in the
-GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[34567]86-*-gnu.
+GNU/Hurd system, using configurations i[34567]86-*-gnu. The current
+GNU/Hurd support requires out-of-tree patches that will eventually be
+incorporated into an official GNU C Library relase.
When working with Linux kernels, the GNU C Library version from
version 2.4 on is intended primarily for use with Linux kernel version
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ installed for the pthread library to work correctly.
The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu
- x86_64-*-linux-gnu
+ x86_64-*-linux-gnu Includes x32 support
powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware floating point required
powerpc64-*-linux-gnu
s390-*-linux-gnu
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ Currently these configurations have code in the `ports' add-on:
alpha*-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.9 or newer for NPTL
am33*-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional
arm-*-linux-gnueabi Requires Linux 2.6.16-rc1 or newer for NPTL
- hppa-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.9 or newer for NPTL
+ hppa-*-linux-gnu Not currently functional without patches.
ia64-*-linux-gnu
m68k-*-linux-gnu
mips-*-linux-gnu Requires Linux 2.6.12 or newer for NPTL
---
Cheers,
Carlos.
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