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* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys.

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2011-02-15 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys.
2011-02-10 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document strerror_r fixes.

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it now obeys POSIX semantics of returning int.
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/proc/sys now allows unfiltered access to the native NT namespace. Access
restrictions still apply. Direct device access via /proc/sys is not yet
supported. File system access via block devices works. For instance
(note the trailing backslash!)
<screen>
bash$ cd /proc/sys/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/
</screen>
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Other new APIs: llround, llroundf, madvise, pthread_yield.
Export program_invocation_name, program_invocation_short_name.