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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-10-31 02:57:12 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1996-10-31 02:57:12 +0000
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update from main archive 961030 cvs/libc-961031
Thu Oct 31 00:01:39 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* signal/Makefile (routines): Add sigwait.
	* signal/signal.h: Add prototype for sigwait.
	* sysdeps/posix/sigwait.c: New file.  Implementation of sigwait
	function from POSIX.1c.
	* sysdeps/stub/sigwait.c: New file.  Stub version of sigwait.

Wed Oct 30 02:01:17 1996  Richard Henderson  <rth@tamu.edu>

	* sunrpc/xdr_float.c (xdr_float): Handle sizeof(float)!=sizeof(long),
	but don't bother going farther than sizeof(float)==sizeof(int).
	(xdr_double): Handle little-endian machines!  Handle sizeof(double)
	!= 2*sizeof(long), though again don't bother with more than int.

Thu Oct 29 16:09:42 1996  Craig Metz  <cmetz@inner.net>

	* sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c: Use buffer limits for inet_ntop
	function.

Tue Oct 29 12:37:22 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* Makerules: Create symbolic links for linking in $(libdir).
	(make-link): Use absolute path for destination if this is not in
	the same directory.

	* elf/rtld.c (dl_main): When verifying don't check the name of
	the dynamic linker.

	* shlib-versions: Change entries for Hurd specific libs from
	*-*-gnu* to *-*-gnu?* so that i586-pc-linux-gnu does not match
	these entries.

	* assert/assert.h: Reformat copyright.
	Change reference to ANSI into reference to ISO C.
	* ctype/ctype.h: Likewise.
	* errno.h: Likewise.
	* limits.h: Likewise.
	* math/math.h: Likewise.
	* setjmp/setjmp.h: Likewise.
	* stdio/stdio.h: Likewise.
	* libio/stdio.h: Likewise.
	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Likewise.
	* string/string.h: Likewise.
	* time/time.h: Likewise.

	* string/argz.h: Use __const is definitions.

	* elf/dlfcn.h: Use __const and __P.  Reformat copyright.
	* misc/err.h: Likewise.

	* wctype/wctype.h (wctrans_t): Use __const instead of const.

	* Makeconfig ($(common-objpfx)soversions.mk): Generate list of
	sonames for versioned libraries.
	* Makefile: Remove code to generate libc-version.h.
	Generate gnu/lib-names.h with info from soversions.mk.
	* features.h: Define __GLIBC__ and __GLIBC_MINOR__.

	* dirent/tst-seekdir.c: Initialize save3.
	* grp/testgrp.c: Initialize my_group.

	* grp/fgetgrent_r.c: Change interface to follow POSIX.1c.
	* grp/grp.h: Likewise.
	* nss/getXXbyYY.c: Likewise.
	* nss/getXXbyYY_r.c: Likewise.
	* nss/getXXent.c: Likewise.
	* nss/getXXent_r.c: Likewise.
	* pwd/fgetpwent_r.c: Likewise.
	* pwd/pwd.h: Likewise.
	* shadow/fgetspent_r.c: Likewise.
	* shadow/sgetspent.c: Likewise.
	* shadow/sgetspent_r.c: Likewise.
	* grp/fgetgrent.c: Adapt for change in interface of fgetgrent_r.
	* pwd/fgetpwent.c: Likewise, for fgetpwent_r.c.
	* shadow/fgetspent.c: Likewise, for fgetpwent_r.c.
	* resolv/netdb.h: Adapt prototypes for reentrant functions to
	follow POSIX.1c.
	* sunrpc/rpc/netdb.h: Likewise,
	* shadow/shadow.h: Likewise.

	* inet/getnetgrent_r.c: Follow change in pwd/grp function interface.

	* sysdeps/unix/getlogin_r.c: Return ERANGE when buffer is too small.

	* inet/herrno.c: Don't define __h_errno.  Only h_errno otherwise the
	ELF aliasing creates strange situations.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errnos.H: Define __set_errno as inline
	function.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.S: Don't define __errno.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.S: Likewise.

	* libio/libio.h: Don't declare _IO_flockfile and _IO_funlockfile
	weak.

	* locale/programs/charmap.c: Add casts to prevent warnings.
	* locale/programs/linereader.h: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/ld-collate.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/stringtrans.c: Likewise.
	Change types for various variables to prevent warnings.
	* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c: Likewise.
	* locale/programs/linereader.h (lr_ungetc): Likewise.
	* locale/programs/charset.h (struct charset): Use `unsigned int'
	as type for width_default.
	* posix/regex.c: Change type of `this_reg' variables.
	* stdio-common/Makefile: Use -Wno-format for tstdiomisc.c.
	* stdio-common/bug5.c: De-ANSI-fy.  Use correct types for
	variables.
	* stdio-common/printf_fp.c: Initialize to_shift.
	* stdio-common/test_rdwr.c: Add cast.
	* stdio-common/vfprintf.c: Add casts and use correct types to
	prevent warnings.
	* stdio-common/vfscanf.c: Initialize str and strptr.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/e_jnf.c: Use correct types to prevent warnings.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/e_pow.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/e_powf.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/e_rem_pio2f.c: Likewise.
	* time/test-tz.c: Likewise.

	* manual/creature.texi: Document _REENTRANT and _THREAD_SAFE.
	* manual/libc.texinfo: Prevent makeinfo failure by avoiding
	libc.cp index.  This must be fixed.
	* manual/nss.texi: Adapt for correct POSIX.1c interface of
	reentrant functions.
	* manual/users.texi: Document netgroup functions.

	* po/es.po: Updated.
	* po/fr.po: Updated.

	* posix/fnmatch.c: Change to match libit version.

	* posix/unistd.h: Change prototype for ttyname_r to match POSIX.1c.
	* sysdep/posix/ttyname_r.c: Likewise.

	* stdlib/atexit.h (__new_exitfn): Add internal locking.
	* stdlib/exit.c: De-ANSI-fy.  Handle new ef_us value for flavor.
	* stdlib/exit.h: De-ANSI-fy.  Define new ef_us value for flavor.
	* stdlib/random.c (__srandom): Add internal locking.
	(__initstate): Likewise.
	(__setstate): Likewise.
	(__random): Likewise.

Mon Oct 28 22:28:37 1996  NIIBE Yutaka  <gniibe@mri.co.jp>

	* sysdeps/generic/crypt-entry.c (crypt_r): Use __set_errno.
	(crypt): Likewise.
	* resolv/gethnamaddr.c (gethostbyname2): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/uname.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/rename.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/stub/setrlimit.c: Likewise.

	* nss/nss_db/db-netgrp.c (_nss_db_setnetgrent): Fix typo.

Sun Oct 27 11:12:50 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* locale/programs/ld-collate.c (collate_order_elem): Fix format
	string.
	(collate_element_to): Cast field width argument to `int' for
	format string.
	(collate_symbol): Likewise.
	(collate_order_elem): Likewise.
	(collate_weight_bsymbol): Likewise.
	(collate_simple_weight): Likewise.

	* locale/programs/ld-time.c (STRARR_ELEM): Fix format string.

	* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c (ctype_class_newP): Add missing
	argument for format string.
	(ctype_map_newP): Likewise.
	(set_class_defaults): Fix format string.

	* locale/programs/localedef.c (construct_output_path): Putting an
	explicit \0 into the format string does not work, use %c.

Sat Oct 26 20:38:36 1996  Richard Henderson  <rth@tamu.edu>

	* Makerules: Install all shared libraries in $(slibdir).

	* login/Makefile: Build libutil.so in others pass after
	libc.so is created.

	* misc/mntent.h: Include <paths.h> for _PATH_MNTTAB & _PATH_MOUNTED.

	* string/stratcliff.c: Allocate 3 pages instead of one, then use
	mprotect so that we know that the adjacent pages are inaccessible.

	* resource/sys/resource.h: Move all structures and enums to ...
	* sysdeps/generic/resourcebits.h: ... here ...
	* sysdeps/unix/bsd/sun/sunos4/resourcebits.h: ... and here.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/resourcebits.h: Remove.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/resourcebits.h: Remove.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/resourcebits.h: Remove.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/resourcebits.h: Remove.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/resourcebits.h: New file.  Use kernel
	header for RLIMIT_* definitions.  The members of struct rlimit
	are longs.


Thu Oct 24 17:43:34 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* MakeTAGS (sysdep-dirs): Fix typo.

Wed Oct 23 03:45:22 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* Makefile (headers): Don't mention libc-version.h.
	(install-others): ...but here.

	* time/strptime.c: Recognize %s, %u, %g, and %G format.
 	nothing is found.  This guarantees all subsequent calls behave
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Change function name for
	* io/getwd.c (getwd) [! PATH_MAX]: Don't assume that the user's
	buffer is any longer than the amount necessary to hold the
	filename; the Hurd getcwd uses the *entire* contents of the
	buffer, however long it is specified to be.
	* posix/getconf.c: De-ANSI-fy.  Recognize POSIX.2 constant names.
	since these do not depend on the platform.
Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
-rw-r--r--FAQ39
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index a85502839c..f2e41f54b6 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ please let me know.
 	  functions `stat', `lstat', `fstat', and `mknod' and while
 	  linking on my Linux system I get error messages.  How is
 	  this supposed to work?''
+
+[Q18]	``The prototypes for `connect', `accept', `getsockopt',
+	  `setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send',
+	  `sendto', and `recvfrom' are different in GNU libc than
+	  on any other system I saw.  This is a bug, isn't it?''
 
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 [Q1]	``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
@@ -75,9 +80,9 @@ The systems glibc is known to work on in the moment and most probably
 in the future are:
 
 	*-*-gnu			GNU Hurd
-	i[3456]86-*-linux	Linux-2.0 on Intel
-	m68k-*-linux		Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0
-	alpha-*-linux		Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha
+	i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu	Linux-2.0 on Intel
+	m68k-*-linux-gnu	Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0
+	alpha-*-linux-gnu	Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha
 
 Other Linux platforms are also on the way to be supported but I need
 some success reports first.
@@ -159,14 +164,10 @@ Library.
   slow.
 
 * plenty of time (approx 1h for i?86-linux on i586@133 or 2.5h on
-  i486@66 or 4.5h on i486@33).
+  i486@66 or 4.5h on i486@33).  For Hurd systems times are much higher.
 
   If you have some more measurements let me know.
 
-* Some files depend on special tools.  E.g., files ending in .gperf
-  need a `gperf' program.  The GNU version (part of libg++) is known
-  to work while some vendor versions do not.
-
 * When compiling for Linux:
 
   + the header files of the Linux kernel must be available in the
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ Library.
   need a `gperf' program.  The GNU version (part of libg++) is known
   to work while some vendor versions do not.
 
+  You should not need these tools unless you change the source files.
+
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 [Q7]	``When I run `nm -u libc.so' on the produced library I still
 	  find unresolved symbols?  Can this be ok?''
@@ -407,7 +410,7 @@ libc binaries from the US.
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 [Q15]	``What are these `add-ons'?''
 
-[A15] {UD} To avoid complications with external or external source
+[A15] {UD} To avoid complications with export rules or external source
 code some optional parts of the libc are distributed as separate
 packages (e.g., the crypt package, see Q14).
 
@@ -416,7 +419,7 @@ the package and tell the configuration script about these additional
 subdirectories using the --enable-add-ons option.  When you add the
 crypt add-on you just have to use
 
-	configure --enable-add-ons=crypt,XXX ...
+	configure --enable-add-ons=des-crypt,XXX ...
 
 where XXX are possible other add-ons and ... means the rest of the
 normal option list.
@@ -552,6 +555,22 @@ link.  The linker script with the above contents is placed in
 
 
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
+[Q18]	``The prototypes for `connect', `accept', `getsockopt',
+	  `setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send',
+	  `sendto', and `recvfrom' are different in GNU libc from
+	  any other system I saw.  This is a bug, isn't it?''
+
+[A18] {UD} No, this is no bug.  This version of the GNU libc already
+follows the to-be-released POSIX.1g standard.  In this standard
+the type `size_t' is used for all parameters which describe a size.
+So better change now.
+
+This change is critical for system which have
+	sizeof (int) != sizeof (size_t)
+like the Alpha.
+
+
+~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 
 Answers were given by:
 {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>