* libio/bits/stdio2.h (__fread_chk, __fread_unlocked_chk): New

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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2005-4-5
-Copyright (C) 1992-2002,2003,2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2007-4-25
+Copyright (C) 1992-2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send GNU C library bug reports via <http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/>
 using `glibc' in the "product" field.
 \f
+Version 2.6
+
+* New Linux interfaces: epoll_pwait, sched_getcpu.
+
+* New generic interfaces: strerror_l.
+
+* nscd can now cache the services database.   Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+\f
+Version 2.5
+
+* For Linux, the sorting of addresses returned by getaddrinfo now also
+  handles rules 3, 4, and 7 from RFC 3484.  I.e., all rules are handled.
+  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Allow system admin to configure getaddrinfo with the /etc/gai.conf file.
+  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* New Linux interfaces: splice, tee, sync_file_range, vmsplice.
+
+* New iconv module for MIK.  Contributed by Alexander Shopov.
+
+* For sites with broken group and/or passwd database, the auto-propagate
+  option of nscd can prevent creating ID lookup entries from the results
+  of a name lookup and vice versa.   This usually is no problem but some
+  site might have problems with the default behavior.
+  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Iterating over entire database in NIS can be slow.  With the
+  SETENT_BATCH_READ option in /etc/default/nss a system admin can decide
+  to trade time for memory.  The entire database will be read at once.
+  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* The interfaces introduced in RFC 3542 have been implemented by
+  Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Support for the new ELF hash table format was added by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Support for priority inheritance mutexes added by Jakub Jelinek and
+  Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* Support for priority protected mutexes added by Jakub Jelinek.
+
+* New locales: nr_ZA, pa_PK, ca_AD, ca_FR, ca_IT, el_CY, tr_CY, as_IN,
+  or_IN, csb_PL, fy_NL, sr_ME.
+\f
 Version 2.4
 
 * More overflow detection functions.
@@ -12,8 +58,54 @@ Version 2.4
 * New iconv converters for IBM1025, IBM1122, IBM1137, IBM1153,
   IBM1154, IBM1155, IBM1156, IBM1157, and IBM1158 contributed by Jiro Sekiba.
 
+  More converters for IBM803, IBM901, IBM902, IBM921, IBM1008, IBM1097,
+  IBM1112, IBM1123, IBM1130, IBM1140, IBM1141, IBM1142, IBM1143, IBM1144,
+  IBM1145, IBM1146, IBM1147, IBM1148, IBM1149, IBM1166, IBM1167, IBM4517,
+  IBM4899, IBM4909, IBM4971, IBM5347, IBM9030, IBM9066, IBM9448, IBM12712,
+  IBM16804, IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 contributed
+  by Masahide Washizawa.
+
 * It is now possible to install audit libraries for the dynamic linker using
   LD_AUDIT.  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* The LinuxThreads add-on, providing pthreads on Linux 2.4 kernels, is no
+  longer supported.  The new NPTL implementation requires Linux 2.6 kernels.
+  For a libc and libpthread that works well on Linux 2.4 kernels, we
+  recommend using the stable 2.3 branch.
+
+* The new function open_wmemstream acts like open_memstream,
+  but uses a wchar_t wide character buffer.
+
+* The new function ppoll is an improved version of poll, similar to pselect.
+
+* New interfaces: fdopendir, openat, fstatat, fchmodat, fchownat,
+  futimesat, faccessat, mkdirat, mkfifoat, mknodat,
+  renameat, unlinkat, linkat, symlinkat, readlinkat.
+
+* New Linux kernel system calls: unshare,
+  inotify_init, inotify_add_watch, inotify_rm_watch.
+
+* The euidaccess function is now also known by the alias eaccess,
+  for compatibility with some other systems.
+
+* Timezone data updated to 2006b version.
+\f
+Version 2.3.6
+
+* The following bugs are resolved with this release:
+
+  38, 253, 549, 622, 653, 721, 758, 851, 877, 915, 934, 955, 961,
+  1016, 1037, 1076, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086,
+  1087, 1088, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098,
+  1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109,
+  1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1125, 1137, 1138, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252,
+  1253, 1254, 1350, 1358, 1394, 1438, 1498, 1534
+
+  Visit <http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/> for the details of each bug.
+
+* As of this release, GCC 4 can be used to compile the C Library.
+
+* Timezone data updated to 2005m version.
 \f
 Version 2.3.5
 
@@ -1505,7 +1597,8 @@ Version 1.04
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