Announcement: newlib 1.9.0 available

[J. Johnston]

A new version of newlib (1.9.0) is available for ftp at
ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/newlib/newlib-1.9.0.tar.gz

This is also accessible through the Newlib home page:
http://sources.redhat.com/newlib

Some FAQs:

What is newlib?  It is a collection of:

- C library
- Math library
- various board support packages ["libgloss"]

for embedded systems.

This release contains:

- x86 Linux support code
- Long double I/O support
- Reentrant environment routines
- Various bug fixes

See COPYING.NEWLIB for the various copyrights.

See newlib-1.9.0/README and the crossgcc FAQ for further documentation.
(crossgcc FAQ can be found at http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC )

Online documentation is available in http://www.cygnus.com/pubs/gnupro .

Problems/questions should be sent to newlib@sources.redhat.com.

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Jeff Johnston (jjohnstn@redhat.com)
Red Hat Incorporated