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NEWS revision 1.1.1.1.4.2 
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      3  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant Changes in 2.39:
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      5  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant * New features
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      7  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** The CTF variable section (if generated via ld --ctf-variables) now contains
      8  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    entries for static functions, hidden functions, and other functions with
      9  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    no associated symbol.  The associated type is of kind CTF_K_FUNCTION.
     10  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    (No change if --ctf-variables is not specified, which is the default.)
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     12  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant Changes in 2.37:
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     14  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant * New features
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     16  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** Add ctf_lookup_by_symbol name and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol_name, analogues of
     17  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    existing ctf_lookup_by_symbol and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol, but looking up
     18  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    symbols by name rather than symbol number.  This also works in places where no
     19  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    symbol number is known, like in object files and dynamic dicts created by
     20  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    ctf_create.
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     22  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** libctf supports compilers that encode unrepresentable types via a special
     23  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    kind (CTF_K_UNKNOWN) as well as via type ID 0.
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     25  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant * Bugfixes
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     27  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** Avoid duplicating or losing types of data object symbols when
     28  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    ld -r is used
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     30  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** Prohibit typedefs with no name; prevent the linker/deduplicator
     31  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    producing such typedefs
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     33  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant * Bugfixes, also on 2.36 branch
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     35  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** Prevent ctf_lookup_by_name returning success when
     36  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant    looking up nonexistent pointer types
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     38  1.1.1.1.4.2  perseant ** Fix ctf_type_add copying of structs with unnamed members
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