Author: hrs
Date: Sun Dec 30 16:39:32 2012
New Revision: 244866
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/244866
Log:
Fix entries of new C++ libraries and xlocale.
Submitted by: theraven
Modified:
stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Dec 30
16:28:06 2012 (r244865)
+++ stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Dec 30
16:39:32 2012 (r244866)
@@ -1031,16 +1031,24 @@
improved. It now works 10 times faster especially under the
condition that a mutex is heavily contested.</para>
- <para revision="235798"><application>libcxxrt</application> and
- <application>libc++</application> C++ runtime libraries from
- PathScale have been imported. This implementation is a full
- replacement for the GNU <application>libsupc++</application>
- library for platforms that use the Itanium C++ ABI, including
- i386 and amd64, and will replace portions of the C++ stack
- previously only available under the GPL. It provides
- implementations of the dynamic features of C++, including
- dynamic casting, exception handling, and thread-safe static
- initializers.</para>
+ <para revision="235798">A new C++ stack has been imported. This
+ consists of <application>libcxxrt</application>, originally
+ developed by a &os; developer under contract by PathScale and
+ open sourced by the &os; and NetBSD foundations, and
+ <application>libc++</application> from the LLVM project.
+ <application>libcxxrt</application> is a drop-in replacement
+ for GNU <application>libsupc++</application>, which implements
+ the C++ runtime support for features such as run-time type
+ information, dynamic casting, thread-safe static initializer,
+ and exceptions. <application>libc++</application> implements
+ the C++11 standard library, and will replace GNU
+ <application>libstdc++</application> in a future release. In
+ 9.1-RELEASE, <application>libstdc++</application> is still
+ installed as standard and now dynamically links against
+ <application>libsupc++</application>. This allows libraries
+ linking <application>libstdc++</application> and
+ <application>libc++</application> to both be used in the same
+ program, to aid migration.</para>
<para revision="230919">The &man.limits.1; utility now supports
a <option>-P <replaceable>pid</replaceable></option> option to
@@ -1096,9 +1104,13 @@
implemented. This consists of <literal>_l</literal>-suffixed
versions of various standard library functions that use the
global locale, making them take an explicit locale parameter
- and allowing thread-safe extended locale support. This is
- from Apple Darwin, and mainly for use by
- <application>libc++</application>.</para>
+ and allowing thread-safe extended locale support. Most of
+ these APIs are required for IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (POSIX.1-2008
+ or ISO/IEC 9945:2009) compatibility, and are required by
+ <application>libc++</application> and recent versions of
+ <application>GNOME</application>. This implementation also
+ supports several extensions for compatibility with Apple
+ <application>Darwin</application>.</para>
<sect3 id="periodic-scripts">
<title>&man.periodic.8; Scripts</title>
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