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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/new-features.xml | 62 |
2 files changed, 64 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 19f4d3ad5..16879ef91 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-10-22 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Update to current state. + 2014-09-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> * pathnames.xml (cygdrive): Add /proc/cygdrive description. @@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ 2014-08-13 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> - * new-features.xml: (ov-new1.7.33): Add new section. + * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Add new section. (ov-new1.7.32): Reflect intermediate 1.7.32 release. 2014-08-06 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml index b9eaa60dc..8849602c6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml @@ -9,9 +9,65 @@ <itemizedlist mark="bullet"> <listitem><para> -Introduce reading passwd/group entries directly from SAM/AD, thus allowing -to do without /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf -file to configure passwd/group handling. +Cygwin can now generate passwd/group entries directly from Windows user +databases (local SAM or Active Directory), thus allowing to run Cygwin +without having to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce +/etc/nsswitch.conf file to configure passwd/group handling. +</para> + +<para> +For bordercase which require to use /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, +change mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate passwd/group entries compatible with +the entries read from SAM/AD. +</para> + +<para>For a description of this exciting new feature see +<xref linkend="ntsec"></xref>. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +/proc/cygdrive is a new symlink pointing to the current cygdrive prefix. +This can be utilized in scripts to access paths via cygdrive prefix, +even if the cygdrive prefix has been changed by the user. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +/proc/partitions now prints the windows mount points the device is +mounted on. This allows to recognize the underlying Windows devices of +the Cygwin raw device names. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +New API: quotactl, designed after the Linux/BSD function, but severly +restricted: Windows only supports user block quotas on NTFS, no group +quotas, no inode quotas, no time constraints. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +New APIs: ffsl, ffsll (Linux extensions). +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +New internal exception handling based on SEH on 64 bit Cygwin. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Revamp Solaris ACL implementation to more closely work like POSIX ACLs +are supposed to work. Finally implement a CLASS_OBJ emulation. Update +getfacl(1)/setfacl(1) accordingly. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Drop the current working directory from the default DLL search path in +favor of Cygwin's /bin dir. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Improve various header files for C++- and standards-compliance. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Doug Lea malloc implementation update from 2.8.3 to the latest 2.8.6. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> |