* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Describe XDR support.

diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
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--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-03-02  Charles Wilson  <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
+
+       * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Describe XDR support.
+
 2010-02-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
        * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add strptime changes.

diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
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--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
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@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ In other words, use the /cygdrive mount flags for these paths as well.
 Recognize NWFS filesystem and workaround broken OS call.
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+New support for eXtensible Data Record (XDR) encoding and decoding,
+as defined by RFCs 1014, 1832, and 4506.  The XDR protocol and
+functions are useful for cross-platfrom data exchange, and are
+commonly used as the core data interchange format for Remote
+Procedure Call (RPC) and NFS.
+</para></listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect2>