update from main archive 970118 cvs/libc-970119

Sun Jan 19 04:38:20 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* config.make.in (have-ksh, KSH): New variables.  Will be filled
	in by configure.
	* configure.in: Add test for ksh like shell (prefer bash).
	* time/Makefile (tests): Depend on install-test-data.
	(distribute): Add simplebackw.
	(generated-dirs): New variable.
	[$(have-ksh)==yes] (install-others): Add iso3166.tab and zone.tab.
	(install-bin): Add tzselect.
	(install-test-data): Install the zoneinfo files which are needed
	for the test case in the build directory.
	(test-tz-ENV): New variable.  Call test-tz program using data in
	build directory.
	* time/simpleback: New file.
	* time/test-tz.c: Pretty print.
	* time/tzfile.c: Use value of environment variable TZDIR as directory
	to look for zone info files.
	don't let search for DST data destroy already found values.
	* time/tzselect.ksh: Use @KSH@ and @TZDIR@ to be substituted when
	installing.
	* time/tzset.c (__tzset_internal): Avoid freeing string twice.
	Set DST zone name to normal zone name if no information is provided.

	* time/mktime.c (mktime): Call __tzset_internal to use current
	value of TZ.

	* Makerules (common-clean): Remove $(generated-dirs) inclusing content.

	* glibcbug.in: Fix several bugs.  Reported by several people.

	* elf/Makefile: Correct dependecies for $(objpfx)ldd.

	* inet/netinet/ip.h: Define IPTOS_LOWCOST and IPTOS_MINCOST.

	* locale/C-time.c: Update copyright.
	* locale/localeinfo.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/bsd/bsd4.4/direntry.h: Likewise.

	* locale/programs/ld-time.c (time_finish): Correct message string.
	* locale/programs/linereader.c (lr_token): Use correctly `number'
	not `digit' in message string.

	* stdlib/strtol.c [UNSIGNED]: Don't punt immediately when `-' is
	seen.  Instead return ULONG_MAX and set ERANGE.
	* stdlib/tst-strtol.c: Correct test to reflect above change.

Sun Jan 19 03:22:30 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/mtio.h: Don't use <linux/mtio.h>.
	We must not use <linux/posix_types.h>.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/ipc_buf.h: Don't use __kernel_* types
	since we must not use <linux/posix_types.h>.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/procfs.h: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/ipc_buf.h: New file.  Similar
	to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/ipc_buf.h, but use alpha relavent
	types.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/procfs.h: New file.  Similar
	to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/procfs.h, but use alpha relavent
	types.

Sun Jan 19 01:48:20 1997  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_exp.S: Correct computation of fractional
	part.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_expf.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_expl.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/s_expm1.S: Correct computation of fractional
	part.  Take care of additional value left on stack by fscale.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/s_expm1f.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/libm-i387/s_expm1l.S: Likewise.

Fri Jan 17 17:45:32 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* posix/getopt.c: Change all direct usages of `gettext' to `_'.

	* sysdeps/generic/sysd-stdio.c (__stdio_reopen): Add missing
	parameter.
	Reported by Harmanjit Singh <harman@netearth.iitd.ernet.in>.

Thu Jan 16 23:39:25 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* stdio-common/Makefile (tests): Add scanf11.
	* stdio-common/scanf11.c: New file.
	* stdio-common/vfscanf.c (__vfscanf): Increment `done' when %n
	was processed and value is not suppressed.
	* stdio-common/bug10.c: Correct test to expect %n increment the
	return value of scanf.
	* stdio-common/scanf1.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/scanf3.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/scanf10.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/tstdiomisc.c: Likewise.

	* time/strptime.c: Add lots of conditional compiling to enable use
	outside glibc.  When used in glibc, make sure C locale format
	strings will always be recognized.

Sat Jan 11 18:53:47 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/sysmacros.h (major, minor, makedev):
	Fix definitions so that they work with __kernel_dev_t.

Sat Jan 11 14:24:10 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel_sigaction.h,
	sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel_sigaction.h,
	sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigaction.c: New files.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add s_sigaction.

Sun Jan 12 15:22:33 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* libc-symbols.h (link_warning): Make sure that the .gnu.warning
	section is not allocated.
	Update and reformat copyright.

Sun Jan 12 12:19:28 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* elf/Makefile ($(objpfx)ldd): Fix depedency list.

Sat Jan 11 15:11:26 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/Makefile ($(common-objpfx)sysd-syscalls): Fix
	command so that it works in subdirectories.

Wed Jan  8 22:07:58 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list: Add s_getgroups and
	s_setgroups.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscalls.list: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getgroups.c,
	sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/setgroups.c,
	sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/getgroups.c,
	sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/setgroups.c: New files.

Wed Jan  8 19:42:59 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* Makefile (config.status): Delete bogus rule.
	($(objpfx)glibcbug): Renamed from plain `glibcbug', depend on
	config.status in build directory, fix command to change to build
	directory.
	* Makeconfig ($(common-objpfx)config.status): Depend on version.h.

Thu Jan  9 08:47:54 1997  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>

	* glibcbug.in (while): We test for four and not five conditions,
	set MAIL_AGENT instead of RMAIL, filter spaces and tabs.

Thu Jan 16 22:00:27 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* misc/syslog.c: Don't define cancel_handler if _LIBC_REENTRANT
	is not defined.  Reported by Andreas Jaeger.

Thu Jan  9 08:47:54 1997  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>

	* new-malloc/malloc.c (__MALLOC_P): define call to pthread
	initializer only if NO_THREADS is not defined.

Wed Jan  8 21:28:58 1997  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>

	* resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c: Clean-up: delete unnecessary includes
	and variables.

Thu Jan 16 21:50:27 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* inet/arpa/inet.h: Include <netinet/in.h> to get struct in_addr
	defined.

Tue Jan  7 17:29:59 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* Makerules (LDLIBS-c.so): New variable.

Tue Jan  7 19:22:00 1997  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* Makefile ($(includedir)/gnu/lib-names.h): Define the library
	names as strings, not as sequence of tokens that may fall apart.

Fri Jan 10 14:08:41 1997  Roland McGrath  <roland@fmh.frob.com>

	* time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Check for bogus type and zone name
	indices in data file and punt, so a bogus file can't crash us.

Thu Jan 16 20:29:15 1997  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* values.h [__USE_MISC]: Define BITSPERBYTE.

Fri Jan 17 14:16:28 1997  Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG  <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* stdio/vdprintf.c: Moved file to ...
	* sysdeps/posix/vdprintf.c: Here.  De-ansideclificate.
	* sysdeps/stub/vdprintf.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/vdprintf.c: New file.

Thu Jan  9 15:59:35 1997  Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG  <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/posix_opt.h: New file.

	* sysdeps/mach/hurd/sigwait.c (sigwait): Don't affect signal mask.

	* sysdeps/unix/bsd/tcsendbrk.c (tcsendbreak): Finish
	deansideclification.

	* sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h: Add kludges to pretend to implement
	recursive locks.

Tue Jan  7 09:48:15 1997  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>

	* signal/sigempty.c (sigemptyset): Correct typo: Empty set should
	have all bits zero.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index e5b18bfdfa..642dfee9a6 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ incompatibilities:
 
 * swapon(): the interface of this function didn't changed, but the
   prototype is in a separate header file <sys/swap.h>.  For the additional
-  argument of of swapon() you should use the SWAP_* constants from
+  argument of swapon() you should use the SWAP_* constants from
   <linux/swap.h>, which get defined when <sys/swap.h> is included.
 
 * errno: If a program uses variable "errno", then it _must_ include header
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ incompatibilities:
   a separate library libresolv.  If you find some symbols starting with
   `res_*' undefined simply add -lresolv to your call of the linker.
 
+* the `signal' function's behaviour corresponds to the BSD semantic and
+  not the SysV semantic as it was in libc-5.  The interface on all GNU
+  systems shall be the same and BSD is the semantic of choice.  To use
+  the SysV behaviour simply use `sysv_signal'.  The major difference is
+  that the SysV implementation sets the SA_ONESHOT flag and so the handler
+  gets removed after the first call.
+
 
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 [Q10]	``Why does getlogin() always return NULL on my Linux box?''
@@ -365,10 +372,10 @@ catalog files to the XPG4 form:
 [Q13]	``How do I configure GNU libc so that the essential libraries
 	  like libc.so go into /lib and the other into /usr/lib?''
 
-[A13] {UD} Like all other GNU packages GNU libc is configured to use a
-base directory and install all files relative to this.  If you intend
-to really use GNU libc on your system this base directory is /usr.  I.e.,
-you run
+[A13] {UD,AJ} Like all other GNU packages GNU libc is configured to
+use a base directory and install all files relative to this.  If you
+intend to really use GNU libc on your system this base directory is
+/usr.  I.e., you run
 	configure --prefix=/usr <other_options>
 
 Some systems like Linux have a filesystem standard which makes a
@@ -378,10 +385,10 @@ located on the same disk partition as /.  The /usr subtree might be
 found on another partition/disk.
 
 To install the essential libraries which come with GNU libc in /lib
-one must explicitly tell this.  Autoconf has no option for this so you
-have to use the file where all user supplied additional information
-should go in: `configparms' (see the `INSTALL' file).  For Linux the
-`configparms' file should contain:
+one must explicitly tell this (except on Linux, see below).  Autoconf
+has no option for this so you have to use the file where all user
+supplied additional information should go in: `configparms' (see the
+`INSTALL' file).  Therefore the `configparms' file should contain:
 
 slibdir=/lib
 sysconfdir=/etc
@@ -390,6 +397,10 @@ The first line specifies the directory for the essential libraries,
 the second line the directory for file which are by tradition placed
 in a directory named /etc.
 
+No rule without an exception: If you configure for Linux with
+--prefix=/usr, then slibdir and sysconfdir will automatically be
+defined as stated above.
+
 
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 [Q14]	``When linking with the new libc I get unresolved symbols
@@ -534,7 +545,7 @@ a different name: ld-linux.so.2.  So you have to replace
 by
 	%{!dynamic-linker:-dynamic-linker=/home/gnu/lib/ld.so.1}
 
-in the above example specs file ti make it work for other systems.
+in the above example specs file to make it work for other systems.
 
 Future versions of GCC will automatically provide the correct specs.
 
@@ -606,6 +617,7 @@ Answers were given by:
 {DMT} David Mosberger-Tang, <davidm@AZStarNet.com>
 {RM} Roland McGrath, <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
 {HJL} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+{AJ} Andreas Jaeger, <aj@arthur.pfalz.de>
 
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