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commit b54eb3cb0a4325975d9b82709865a055bc8da910
Author: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 28 17:07:39 2012 +0000

    Add more NEWS items for 2.17.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 196ae30..eb35f9d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Version 2.17
   14797, 14801, 14805, 14807, 14811, 14815, 14821, 14822, 14824, 14828,
   14831, 14835, 14838, 14856, 14863, 14865, 14866, 14868, 14869, 14871.
 
+* The add-on ports collection is now distributed in the "ports" subdirectory
+  of the main GNU C Library distribution, rather than separately.
+
 * Port to ARM AArch64 contributed by Linaro.
 
 * Support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols added for s390 and s390x.
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ Version 2.17
   New configure option --disable-build-nscd avoids building nscd itself;
   this is the default if --disable-nscd is used.
 
+* Improved support for cross-compilation, including cross-testing and
+  bootstrap builds without a previously built glibc.
+
+* New configure options --with-bugurl and --with-pkgversion, for
+  distributors to use to embed their bug-reporting and package version
+  information in --help and --version output.
+
 * The ttyname and ttyname_r functions on Linux now fall back to searching for
   the tty file descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available.  This
   allows creation of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc.

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