0.8.12.8: NEWS entry for package locks, plus add :sb-package-locks

          to base-target-features.lisp-expr.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4963f83..228ba4f 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2559,6 +2559,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.13 relative to sbcl-0.8.12:
     The symbols are also exported from SB-PCL for backwards
     compatibility, but more so than before SB-PCL should be treated as
     an implementation-internal package.
+  * new feature: SB-PACKAGE-LOCKS. See the fine manual for details,
+    add :SB-PACKAGE-LOCKS in customize-target-features.lisp to
+    enable them.
   * the SB-SPROF contrib now works on (most) non-x86 architectures.
     It is known as of this release not to work on the Alpha, however.
   * fixed bug #333: CHECK-TYPE now ensures that the type error

diff --git a/base-target-features.lisp-expr b/base-target-features.lisp-expr
index 929fd8a..a76ba4a 100644 (file)
--- a/base-target-features.lisp-expr
+++ b/base-target-features.lisp-expr
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@
  ;; to the old system if the futex() syscall is not available at
  ;; runtime
  ; :sb-futex
+
+ ;; Package locking support.
+ ; :sb-package-locks
  
  ;; This affects the definition of a lot of things in bignum.lisp. It
  ;; doesn't seem to be documented anywhere what systems it might apply