990718, very close to release.

testsuite temporarily removed from snapshots because of copyright checks.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/egcs/gcc/f/news.texi b/gnu/egcs/gcc/f/news.texi
index 9f20e65bf43..9a929c237ec 100644
--- a/gnu/egcs/gcc/f/news.texi
+++ b/gnu/egcs/gcc/f/news.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @c in the standalone derivations of this file (e.g. NEWS).
 @set copyrights-news 1995-1999
 
-@set last-update-news 1999-06-16
+@set last-update-news 1999-07-08
 
 @include root.texi
 
@@ -193,12 +193,29 @@ during a @code{BACKSPACE} operation.
 
 @ifclear USERVISONLY
 @item
+@code{libg2c} (@code{libf2c}) fixes a bug whereby
+input to a @code{NAMELIST} read involving a repeat count,
+such as @samp{K(5)=10*3},
+was not properly handled by @code{libf2c}.
+The first item was written to @samp{K(5)},
+but the remaining nine were written elsewhere (still within the array),
+not necessarily starting at @samp{K(6)}.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
 @c Tim Prince reported this, regarding the TEST_FPU benchmark.
 Automatic arrays now seem to be working on HP-UX systems.
 @end ifclear
 
 @ifclear USERVISONLY
 @item
+The @code{Date} intrinsic now returns the correct result
+on big-endian systems.
+@end ifclear
+
+@ifclear USERVISONLY
+@item
 Fix @code{g77} so it no longer crashes when compiling
 I/O statements using keywords that define @code{INTEGER} values,
 such as @samp{IOSTAT=@var{j}},