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error

• Always append a newline when error() is called, bringing behaviour in line with glibc.

gnulib

• Add __fdelt_warn as an alias of __fdelt_chk.

locale

• Redesign newlocale, courtesy of rcombs.

misc

• Add a __libc_single_threaded stub. Currently it always says we are MT.

pthread

• Add pthread_mutexattr_(get/set)kind_np, non-portable aliases of the pthread_mutexattr_(get/set)type function.

pwd

• Fix an issue where fgetpwent_r may infinitely recurse.

random

• New module, containing re-entrant random functions.

stdio

• Add __dprintf_chk, using vdprintf as a backing function.
• Hook fopen to intercept attempts at opening /proc/self/exe. Issue #349.

string

• Add historical, non-POSIX strerror_r definition.
• Add __explicit_bzero_chk.

sysctl

• Add __getauxval alias.

unistd

• Fix behaviour of execvp when called with a non-/proc/self/exe argument.

wchar

• Add __mbrlen alias for mbrlen.