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@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ See `cancel-thread', `set-thread-cleanup!', and `thread-cleanup'.
* Changes to the C interface
+** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF
+
+This makes these internal functions technically not callable from
+application code.
+
** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
@@ -49,15 +54,18 @@ When you use GDS to evaluate Scheme code from Emacs, you can now use
`C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See
`Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details.
-* Bugs fixed
+* Changes to the distribution
-** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF
+** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used
-This makes these internal functions technically not callable from
-application code.
+Thus, the `--enable-maintainer-mode' configure option is no longer
+available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode".
+
+* Bugs fixed
** `guile-config link' now prints `-L$libdir' before `-lguile'
** Fix memory corruption involving GOOPS' `class-redefinition'
+** Fix possible deadlock in `mutex-lock'
** Fix build issue on Tru64 and ia64-hp-hpux11.23 (`SCM_UNPACK' macro)
** Fix build issue on mips, mipsel, powerpc and ia64 (stack direction)
** Fix build issue on hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 (`dirent64' and `readdir64_r')