Add `gc.test' hack for SPARC GNU/Linux.

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 Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.  Note that you
@@ -46,11 +46,33 @@ backtrace of a stack with a promise object (made by `delay') in it.
 ** Make `accept' leave guile mode while blocking
 ** `scm_c_read ()' and `scm_c_write ()' now type-check their port argument
 ** Fixed a build problem on AIX (use of func_data identifier)
+** Fixed a segmentation fault which occurred when hashx-ref or hashx-set! was
+called with an associator proc that returns neither a pair nor #f.
+** Secondary threads now always return a valid module for (current-module).
+** Avoid MacOS build problems caused by incorrect combination of "64"
+system and library calls.
+** Fixed build with Sun Studio (Solaris 9)
+** Fixed wrong-type-arg errors when creating zero length SRFI-4
+uniform vectors on AIX.
+** Fixed a deadlock that occurs upon GC with multiple threads.
+** Fixed compile problem with GCC on Solaris and AIX (use of _Complex_I)
 
 * New modules (see the manual for details)
 
 ** `(srfi srfi-69)'
 
+* Changes to the distribution
+
+** Corrected a few files that referred incorrectly to the old GPL + special exception licence
+
+In fact Guile since 1.8.0 has been licensed with the GNU Lesser
+General Public License, and the few incorrect files have now been
+fixed to agree with the rest of the Guile distribution.
+
+** Removed unnecessary extra copies of COPYING*
+
+The distribution now contains a single COPYING.LESSER at its top level.
+
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 Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)