[RFT PATCH v3 9/9] initial version of the NEWS entry

[Paolo Bonzini]

* NEWS: Document sysroot support.
---
        I am not sure where to talk about the sysroot support in the
        manual.  Probably it would deserve an entire section of its
        own!  In the meanwhile, a NEWS entry is just a little better
        than nothing...

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 95fa97d..1713a44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ New in 2.2.12 2010-08-??: git version 2.2.11a, Libtool team:
 
 * New features:
 
+  - Sysroot support.  When cross-compiling, Libtool will try to build
+    .la files that have no references to the path of the build system
+    under which the dependent libraries are placed on the build system.
+
+    Sysroot support is enabled whenever the compiler is GCC and has
+    ben itself configured with a sysroot.  It can be forced using
+    the --with-sysroot configure option, or it can be disabled using
+    the --without-sysroot configure option.
+
+    Caution: .la files generated with sysroot support will _not_ be
+    usable in general with older Libtools.
+
   - On non-cygwin Windows systems, we now lookup potential library
     file names without regard to file name case.
 
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