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 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
-changes relative to sbcl-1.0.41
-  * optimization: the default implementation of
+changes relative to sbcl-1.0.42
+  * bug fix: DOTIMES accepted literal non-integer reals. (lp#619393, thanks to
+    Roman Marynchak)
+  * bug fix: WRITE-TO-STRING compiler macro binding special variable names,
+    breaking code that tried to write the value of a printer control variable.
+    (lp#581564, thanks to Stas Boukarev)
+  * bug fix: WRITE compiler macro did not handle output stream designators
+    correctly. (lp#598374, thanks to Stas Boukarev)
+  * bug fix: better availability of names of foreign functions in backtraces
+    on Linux. (lp#626962, thanks to Stas Boukarev)
+
+changes in sbcl-1.0.42 relative to sbcl-1.0.41
+  * build changes
+    ** Cross-compilation host is now specified to make.sh using
+       command-line argument --xc-host=<command> instead of a positional
+       argument. (thanks to Daniel Herring)
+    ** Install location can be specified to make.sh using command-line
+       argument --prefix=<path>. (lp#550889s, thanks to Daniel Herring)
+  * optimization: The default implementation of
     COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION does much less wasted work.
+  * enhancement: Explicit memory barrier operations are now available for use
+    by multithreaded code.  See documentation for details.
+  * enhancement: Experimental support for threading on Linux/PPC.
+  * bug fix: RENAME-PACKAGE returns the package.  (Thanks to Eric Marsden)
+  * bug fix: EXPT signals an error if first argument is a zero and second
+    argument is a floating point zero. (lp#571581, thanks to Roman Marynchak)
+  * bug fix: DEFTYPE signals an error for non-list lambda-lists.
+    (lp#576594, thanks to Roman Marynchak)
+  * bug fix: make ASDF-INSTALL compatible with the now-included ASDF2.
+    (lp#612998, reported by Phil Hargett; patch from Jim Wise)
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.41 relative to sbcl-1.0.40:
   * optimization: validity of observed keyword initargs to MAKE-INSTANCE is