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   new ll command. It is available for para_server and para_audiod.
 - All calls to select(2) have been replaced by calls to poll(2)
   to avoid known shortcomings of the select API.
+- All allocation functions now check for integer overflow. Since this
+  requires support from the compiler, the oldest supported gcc version
+  has been bumped to gcc-5.4 (released in 2015).
 
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