Changeset 1640

Timestamp:

Nov 16, 2004, 10:34:35 AM (21 years ago)

Author:

bird

Message:

Release notes for GCC 3.3.5 / LIBC v0.6 alpha3.

File:

• trunk/doc/ReleaseNotes.os2 (modified) (1 diff, 1 prop)

trunk/doc/ReleaseNotes.os2

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+GCC v3.3.5 / LIBC v0.6 - Alpha 3:
+---------------------------------
+        
+    This release have been timebombed and will stop working at the
+    end of December 2004. The reason for this is that data structures
+    shared between LIBC 0.6 and all future LIBC versions are not yet
+    quite finalized. (For your comfort the timebomb will go away when
+        the betas start, and this is the last planned LIBC v0.6 alpha.)
+        
+                
+        New Features:
+        
+                o Updated GCC to version 3.3.5.
+                
+                o Replaced the signal implementation. The new implementation
+                  is much closer to the POSIX specs and implements a lot of
+                  new interfaces.
+                
+                o Experimental delayed loading import libraries. emximp have
+                  a new -l option for generating such libraries. At present
+                  emximp can only generate a.out libraries of this kind - so
+                  use emxomf to convert to OMF.
+                
+                o The dlfcn.h functions are in LIBC now.
+                
+                o New functions:
+          getgrouplist(), initgroups(), memalign(), valloc(),
+                  mprotect(), _signal_os2(), _signal_sysv(),
+                  __sigpause_bsd(), bsd_signal(), killpg(), psignal(),
+                  sigaltstack(), sigblock(), sighold(), sigignore(),
+                  siginterrupt(), sigpause(), sigrelse(), sigsetmask(),
+                  sigtimedwait(), sigvec(), sigwait(), sigwaitinfo(),
+                  sigqueue(), sigset(), getgrgid(), getpwnam(),
+                  getpwuid(), setegid(), seteuid(), setregid(),
+                  setresgid(), setresuid(), setreuid(),
+                  setrgid(), setruid(), waitid(), wait3(),
+                  wait4() and getopt_long_only().
+                
+                
+        Bug fixes;
+                
+                o Sockets were broken on some systems. Hopefully, this
+                  should be corrected now.
+                
+                o stat() failed on a file open for writing.
+                
+                o fork() didn't work for processes which allocated lot's
+                  of memory. Fixed incorrect syncing of memory objects.
+                
+                o ...
+                
+                
+        Known Limitiations/Problems:
+                
+                o Static linking not possible - will be fixed.
+                
+                o alarm() is still missing. Code is 80% done but didn't
+                  make it for the release.
+                
+                o Job control will only be applied to thread 1 in a process.
+                  This won't change.
+                
+                o Missing some process group interfaces required for
+                  job control. They'll show up soon.
+                
+
+
 GCC v3.3.4 / LIBC v0.6 - Alpha 2:
 ---------------------------------
 
     This release have been timebombed and will stop work at the
-    end of october 2004. The reason for this is that data structures
+    end of October 2004. The reason for this is that data structures
     shared between LIBC 0.6 and all future LIBC versions are not yet
     finalized.