[PATCH] NEWS: Mention __res_* compatibility symbols
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Jul 21 11:28:47 GMT 2021
---
NEWS | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4df348cce5..efc105b6b4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
ns_format_ttl, ns_makecanon, ns_parse_ttl, ns_samedomain, ns_samename,
ns_sprintrr, ns_sprintrrf, ns_subdomain have been deprecated.
+* The symbols __res_dnok, __res_hnok, __res_mailok, __res_mkquery,
+ __res_nmkquery, __res_nquery, __res_nquerydomain, __res_nsearch,
+ __res_nsend, __res_ownok, __res_query, __res_querydomain,
+ __res_search, __res_send are no longer available for linking new
+ applications. Autoconf checks that use these symbols need to check
+ the symbols without the __ prefix as well. These symbols are now
+ available without linking against libresolv.
+
* 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
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