From 75b0a03c09a05e30394b0a51fdeeb5a141155556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:54:29 +1030 Subject: [PATCH] Add NEWS entry for "number string" change --- etc/NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index ae503f6db3f..ec68cce5335 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ to deal with asynchronous sockets is to avoid interacting with them until they have changed status to "run". This is most easily done from a process sentinel. +** `make-network-stream' has always allowed :service to be specified +as a "number string" (i.e., :service "993") when using gethostbyname, +but has required using a real number (i.e., :service 993) on systems +without gethostbyname. This difference has now been eliminated, and +you can use "number strings" on all systems. + ** It is possible to disable attempted recovery on fatal signals Two new variables allow to disable attempts to recover from stack -- 2.39.2