; * etc/NEWS: Announce the change in json.c behavior on MS-Windows.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8fa43b83b540a174585a38db798ce2b3c512c46d..49396c321dcaa7bc8c11a592683b53132dddee29 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3538,6 +3538,14 @@ To turn this on, set the variable 'w32-use-native-image-API' to a
 non-nil value.  Please report any bugs you find while using the native
 image API via 'M-x report-emacs-bug'.
 
+---
+** Native JSON functions now signal an error if libjansson is unavailable.
+This affects 'json-serialize', 'json-insert', 'json-parse-srtring',
+and 'json-parse-buffer'.  This can happen if Emacs was compiled with
+libjansson, but the DLL cannot be found and/or loaded by Emacs at run
+time.  Previously, Emacs would display a message and return nil in
+these cases.
+
 ---
 ** The user option 'make-pointer-invisible' is now honored on macOS.