C ve C++
Boost 1.64
The Boost C++ libraries have been upgraded to version 1.64. Apart from a number of bugfixes and improvements to existing libraries, this brings a new library compared to Fedora 26, Boost.Process. For more information, see the Boost 1.64 release notes.
GNU C Library 2.26
Fedora 27 ships with version 2.26 of the GNU C Library (glibc). New features include:
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A per-thread malloc cache has been added that significantly improves the malloc API family of functions on certain multithreaded workloads.
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Unicode 10.0.0 support for character encodings, character type info, and transliteration tables.
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Improvements in the DNS stub resolver including runtime detection of changed DNS servers (/etc/resolv.conf changes) and use of those new servers without needing to restart the process.
Security improvements include fixes for the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-12132, CVE-2017-1000366, CVE-2010-3192, CVE-2017-12133.
More information about this version of the GNU C Library can be found in the release notes.
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