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libsigsegv 2.6 is released


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: libsigsegv 2.6 is released
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:24:56 +0200
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libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode. It is used to
implement generational garbage collectors, stack overflow handlers, memory-
mapped access to persistent databases, etc.

Version 2.6 is available at
  http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-2.6.tar.gz

New in 2.6:

* sigsegv_leave_handler is changed. This is an API change; see the NEWS file
  for migration instructions.
* sigsegv_leave_handler now works correctly on MacOS X.
* Support for 64-bit ABI on MacOS X 10.5.
* Support for building universal binaries on MacOS X.
* Improved distinction between stack overflow and other fault on NetBSD,
  OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, AIX, Solaris. Contributed by Eric Blake.
* GNU gnulib now has an autoconf macro for locating libsigsegv.

Bruno





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