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diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml index 5e0fa53fb..a62c25be6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml @@ -9,6 +9,41 @@ <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem><para> +getaddrinfo now supports glibc-specific International Domain Name (IDN) +extension flags: AI_IDN, AI_CANONIDN, AI_IDN_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED, +AI_IDN_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +getnameinfo now supports glibc-specific International Domain Name (IDN) +extension flags: NI_IDN, NI_IDN_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED, NI_IDN_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Slightly improve randomness of /dev/random emulation. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Allow to use advisory locking on any device. POSIX fcntl and lockf locking +works with any device, BSD flock locking only with devices backed by an OS +handle. Right now this excludes console windows on pre Windows 8, as well as +almost all virtual files under /proc from BSD flock locking. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +The header /usr/include/exceptions.h, containing implementation details for +32 bit Windows' exception handling only, has been removed. +</para></listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="ov-new1.7.25"><title>What's new and what changed from 1.7.24 to 1.7.25</title> + +<itemizedlist mark="bullet"> + +<listitem><para> Change magic number associated with process information block so that 32-bit Cygwin processes don't try to interpret 64-bit information and vice-versa. </para></listitem> |