From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS17314 8.43.84.0/22 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, PDS_RDNS_DYNAMIC_FP,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RDNS_DYNAMIC,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (ip-8-43-85-97.sourceware.org [8.43.85.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FE7F1F8C6 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:26:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E14383A812 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:26:48 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 45E14383A812 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1627774008; bh=228LaDT8wKez5wTovnvYANtl+IylikLIPrjGx+r0Xns=; h=To:Subject:Date:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe:List-Archive:List-Post: List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:From; b=tKiKyimgytTANIJ9THtulk3/06qNKlqdDV02xaEb/t54naqUG9y+SyX8jHuchowzw MlT4fG8cnY9S/tSneJH50AHnXKbNUpISLtXnORdkBfGOGUXoSf9ezpR6KKHSQ4fRk4 32jy++b/arT/ZbwHaJsvNldus0mTAfvRBJnCwwxI= Received: from mail-pj1-x102d.google.com (mail-pj1-x102d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::102d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7506D383D83A for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2021 23:26:26 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 7506D383D83A Received: by mail-pj1-x102d.google.com with SMTP id mz5-20020a17090b3785b0290176ecf64922so26160469pjb.3 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:26:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=228LaDT8wKez5wTovnvYANtl+IylikLIPrjGx+r0Xns=; b=dhYUXdyU58ddqizUnuccnei9IshJCNR001E2PYAmEke0filriKCtirFFJHnoKL+hgW QWBjVjKBLJNzM1v2DuggDLxU+HUICVn4Txhg/0YgbzKTwvzOQfcr5WLFsHm6Yv7fG1qa PCEftdPAO09/xX7rABoeB79kf2TgIwewZmgyHcB0dnidRC5X5rrrmEZP4zB4KUFF3NrP TpQ8EyTLO2qGrleXtihJ+hfhODNJoACPl5GBwWOyeYVrK7VsCB3dpBTgXYzw/TXtY61R fz80oUW4eKO4zi7JnzM9GeLhRpROTNeOswwwpwgD7kOqekhrI1KoST8bnZUKTY7TM5OB 7TGw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5328RAcA9O2T1nFUz8AZ6fK9BEVXKMBnyN8NO0b2rvmGnEy1yTFU Mum37K1oKlO+IS6KCQ4pCUoSA9BQqzE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyWaIttI/hRmKVvxulXAeAlmullfVbDynl8VfA/80RgANT98VFb2xV/q6MkJ4oNWIFErZdU5g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:4093:: with SMTP id l19mr10247243pjg.118.1627773985299; Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kira.gmail.com ([2601:646:9700:311:edc2:2772:fb71:7531]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t19sm7209932pfg.216.2021.07.31.16.26.23 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:26:24 -0700 (PDT) To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Fix typos, grammar, and missing words Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:25:57 -0700 Message-Id: <20210731232557.76405-1-mark.hsj@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Mark Harris via Libc-alpha Reply-To: Mark Harris Errors-To: libc-alpha-bounces+e=80x24.org@sourceware.org Sender: "Libc-alpha" --- NEWS | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ea54518142..ee391c9271 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ Major new features: * Add support for 64-bit time_t on configurations like x86 where time_t is traditionally 32-bit. Although time_t still defaults to 32-bit on these configurations, this default may change in future versions. - This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor set to 64 and only - supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is only - enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum version of 5.1. + This is enabled with the _TIME_BITS preprocessor macro set to 64 and is + only supported when LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) is also enabled. It is + only enabled for Linux and the full support requires a minimum kernel + version of 5.1. * The main gconv-modules file in glibc now contains only a small set of essential converter modules and the rest have been moved into a supplementary @@ -68,13 +69,13 @@ Major new features: closing a range of file descriptors on recent kernels (version 5.9). * The function closefrom has been added. It closes all file descriptors - greater than given integer. This function is a GNU extension, although it - also present in other systems. + greater than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension, + although it is also present in other systems. -* The posix_spawn_file_actions_closefrom_np function has been added, enabling - posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors great than or - equal to a giver integer. This function is a GNU extension, although - Solaris also provides a similar function. +* The posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np function has been added, + enabling posix_spawn and posix_spawnp to close all file descriptors greater + than or equal to a given integer. This function is a GNU extension, + although Solaris also provides a similar function. Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: @@ -109,11 +110,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The pthread cancellation handler is now installed with SA_RESTART and pthread_cancel will always send the internal SIGCANCEL on a cancellation - request. It should not be visible to application since the cancellation + request. It should not be visible to applications since the cancellation handler should either act upon cancellation (if asynchronous cancellation is enabled) or ignore the cancellation internal signal. However there are - buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS version) that could still - see spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall. + buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS versions) that could still + see a spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall. * Previously, glibc installed its various shared objects under versioned file names such as libc-2.33.so. The ABI sonames (e.g., libc.so.6) -- 2.32.0