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| version 1.50, 2004/03/24 23:48:22 | version 1.51, 2004/03/24 23:51:03 | ||
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| <li> New functionality: | <li> New functionality: | ||
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| <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a> devices are now allocated on demand, up to a configurable limit. | |||
| <li>New ptm device (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a>) | <li>New ptm device (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pty&sektion=4">pty(4)</a>) | ||
| that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br> | that allows non-privileged processes to allocate a properly-permissioned pty.<br> | ||
| As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning | As a result any process can now open a pty easily, meaning | ||
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| AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in | AFS can now be used anonymously by enabling it in | ||
| <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a> | <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=8">rc.conf(8)</a> | ||
| with no further configuration. | with no further configuration. | ||
| <li>The <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ps&sektion=1">ps</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=top&sektion=1">top</a> utilities no longer break when changes are made in kernel structures. | |||
| <li>A <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> interface has been added to the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=rpc&sektion=3">rpc</a> routines in the standard C library. Use of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=poll&sektion=2">poll</a> over <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=select&sektion=2">select</a> can result in better performance for programs with a large number of open file descriptors. | |||
| </ul> | </ul> | ||
| <p> | <p> | ||