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Glibc 2.20 Has Performance Improvements, File Description Locks

Allan McRae announced the release of version 2.20 of the GNU C Library (glibc) this Monday morning.

Glibc 2.20 has various s390/s390x changes, support for file description locks, various performance improvements (particularly for ARMv7 and AArch64), the removal of the AM33 port, and numerous bug and security fixes.

More details on the GNU C Library 2.20 release can be found via the glibc announcement as usual on the SourceWare mailing list.