* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Update to current state.

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2014-10-22 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Update to current state.
2014-09-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* pathnames.xml (cygdrive): Add /proc/cygdrive description.
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2014-08-13 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* new-features.xml: (ov-new1.7.33): Add new section.
* new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Add new section.
(ov-new1.7.32): Reflect intermediate 1.7.32 release.
2014-08-06 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>

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<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
<listitem><para>
Introduce reading passwd/group entries directly from SAM/AD, thus allowing
to do without /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf
file to configure passwd/group handling.
Cygwin can now generate passwd/group entries directly from Windows user
databases (local SAM or Active Directory), thus allowing to run Cygwin
without having to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce
/etc/nsswitch.conf file to configure passwd/group handling.
</para>
<para>
For bordercase which require to use /etc/passwd and /etc/group files,
change mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate passwd/group entries compatible with
the entries read from SAM/AD.
</para>
<para>For a description of this exciting new feature see
<xref linkend="ntsec"></xref>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
/proc/cygdrive is a new symlink pointing to the current cygdrive prefix.
This can be utilized in scripts to access paths via cygdrive prefix,
even if the cygdrive prefix has been changed by the user.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
/proc/partitions now prints the windows mount points the device is
mounted on. This allows to recognize the underlying Windows devices of
the Cygwin raw device names.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
New API: quotactl, designed after the Linux/BSD function, but severly
restricted: Windows only supports user block quotas on NTFS, no group
quotas, no inode quotas, no time constraints.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
New APIs: ffsl, ffsll (Linux extensions).
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
New internal exception handling based on SEH on 64 bit Cygwin.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Revamp Solaris ACL implementation to more closely work like POSIX ACLs
are supposed to work. Finally implement a CLASS_OBJ emulation. Update
getfacl(1)/setfacl(1) accordingly.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Drop the current working directory from the default DLL search path in
favor of Cygwin's /bin dir.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Improve various header files for C++- and standards-compliance.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Doug Lea malloc implementation update from 2.8.3 to the latest 2.8.6.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>