Bering-uClibc 5.0.x - Changelog

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Changes between 4.x and 5.x branch

general
updated uClibc to 0.9.32.1
updated Linux kernel to version 3.2.29
used -O2 instead -Os for binaries
updated gcc in build environment to 4.6.3
removed autoconf/automake/libtool/nasm from tree (used ones that are available into build system)
kernel modules are gzipped to save memory
updated binutils to 2.22
core scripts/kernel options changes
support for vlans/bonding is moved from separate packages to basic packages (initrd, etc, root)
hotplug helper: added hardware re-check after device unplugging
busybox
enabled verbose help messages
enabled applets ifenslave, vconfig, bunzip2, unlzma, lzma, modinfo, setserial, beep, chat, mpstat, pstree, watch, nohup
bugfixes
atd: removed unneeded check of PID presence in init script
updated packages
bash 4.2
perl 5.14.2
iproute2 3.1.0
ipset 6.13
iptables 1.4.12.2
iscsitarget 1.4.20.2
libgmp 5.0.2
mdadm 3.2.2
mysql 5.1.60
net-snmp 5.7.1
nut 2.6.2
samba 3.6.7
smartmontools 5.42
shorewall/shorewall6 4.5.6.2
openssl 1.0.1c
hostapd 1.0
igb 3.4.8
tor 0.2.2.39
new packages
accel-ppp
libdigest-sha1-perl
libgssglue
librpcsecgss
libmnl
argp-standalone
rng-tools (support for hardware random generator)
e1000e Intel network adapter driver
removed packages due to integration 
vlan.lrp
lpthread.lrp
ifenslave.lrp
sysmon