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@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ pipe2(2) system call found on GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd, instead of having
to call `fnctl' afterwards. See "Ports and File Descriptors" in the
manual for details.
+** Bindings to `openat' and friends
+
+The procedures `openat', `open-fdes-at', `statat', `chownat',
+`unlinkat', `chmodat', `renameat', `mkdirat' and `symlinkat' have been
+added. They resolve file names relative to a directory passed as a file
+port. The procedures `chdir' `readlink' and `utime' have been extended
+to support file ports. The related flags `AT_REMOVEDIR' and
+`AT_EACCESS' have been added. See `File System' in the manual
+
** Abstract Unix-domain sockets are supported
It is now possible to create an AF_UNIX socket with a leading zero byte
@@ -63,6 +72,9 @@ for use with `setsockopt'.
(<https://bugs.gnu.org/57567>)
** Baseline compiler no longer crashes on (not (list 1 2))
(<https://bugs.gnu.org/58217>)
+** Fix documentation of ‘mkdir’
+ Previously, the documentation implied the umask was ignored if the
+ mode was set explicitly. However, this is not the case.
Changes in 3.0.8 (since 3.0.7)