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@@ -2246,6 +2246,13 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.8 relative to sbcl-0.8.7:
     As a consequence of this change, the :IF-EXISTS :NEW-VERSION
     option to OPEN now signals an error if the file being opened
     exists; this may have an impact on existing code.
+  * fixed bug 190: RUN-PROGRAM should now work properly, respecting
+    signals received, on the PowerPC platforms (both Linux and
+    Darwin).  (thanks to Pierre Mai for pointing out the location of
+    the error)
+  * several fixes on OS X: The system now builds and runs cleanly on
+    Panther (10.3), and works around sigreturn bug (no more SIGFPEs).
+    (thanks to Brian Mastenbrook)
   * bug fix: DECODE-UNIVERSAL-TIME now accepts timezone arguments with
     second-resolution: integer multiples of 1/3600 between -24 and 24.
     (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
@@ -2257,11 +2264,20 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.8 relative to sbcl-0.8.7:
     behaviour, and in particular no longer treats all memory as being
     exhausted when many small objects point to each other in a deeply
     recursive manner.
+  * bug fix: arrays specialized on (UNSIGNED-BYTE 15) are now
+    recognized as being TYPEP their class.
+  * bug fix: the PUSHNEW documentation string has been corrected.
+    (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
+  * bug fix: defaulting of the value for the last of an atypically
+    large number of multiple values being bound was not being
+    performed correctly on the Alpha or PPC platforms
   * optimization: implemented multiplication as a modular
     (UNSIGNED-BYTE 32) operation on the x86 backend.
   * optimization: SEARCH on simple-base-strings can now be open-coded.
     (see also contrib/compiler-extras.lisp for inspiration for
     teaching the compiler about the Boyer-Moore algorithm).
+  * value, returned by MAX (and MIN) called with several EQUALP, but
+    not EQL, arguments now does not depend on compiler settings.
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** in stack analysis liveness information is propagated from
        non-local entry points.
@@ -2288,6 +2304,19 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.8 relative to sbcl-0.8.7:
     ** DIRECTORY on logical pathnames is more correct.
     ** CLEAR-INPUT, CLEAR-OUTPUT, FINISH-OUTPUT and FORCE-OUTPUT
        signal a TYPE-ERROR if their argument is not a stream.
+    ** READ-BYTE and WRITE-BYTE signal a TYPE-ERROR if their stream
+       designator argument does not designate a stream.
+    ** OPEN-STREAM-P and INPUT-STREAM-P on synonym streams work by
+       examining the synonym.
+    ** STREAM-ELEMENT-TYPE and FRESH-LINE on broadcast-streams now
+       work as specified.
+    ** OPEN and WITH-OPEN-STREAM allow opening streams with
+       element-type larger than ([UN]SIGNED-BYTE 32).
+
+changes in sbcl-0.8.9 relative to sbcl-0.8.8:
+  * The runtime build system has been tweaked to support building
+    (on SPARC/SunOS) using a C compiler which invokes Sun's own
+    assembler and linker.  (thanks to Nikodemus Siivola)
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles