Linux/SPARC specific fork implementation.

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-GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  1997-02-13
+GNU C Library NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  1997-03-18
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ Version 2.1
 
 * Miles Bader provided the `argp' function family to support hierachical
   command line argument parsing, layered on top of getopt.
+
+* strtod accepts new hexadecimal floating-point format from ISO C 9X
+
+* printf has two new specifiers %a and %A to print hexadecimal flaoting-point
+  numbers
+
+* scanf recognizes the %A format for scanning floating point numbers
+
+* the new header <inttypes.h> from ISO C 9X provides information and
+  interfaces for the available integer types
+
+* the new header <complex.h> contains definitions of the complex math
+  functions from ISO C 9X
+
+* Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for NIS+, securelevel 0 and 1.
+  The implementation for securelevel 2 will follow as soon as the Diffie-
+  Hellman patent expired.
+
+* Andreas Jaeger provided a test suite for the math library
 \f
 Version 2.0.2
 
@@ -25,6 +44,8 @@ Version 2.0.2
 * add atoll function
 
 * fix complex problems in Berkeley DB code
+
+* fix math functions
 \f
 Version 2.0.1