Update. cvs/libc-ud-971026

1997-10-26 18:12  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* libio/genops.c: Partial undo of last patch.
	* libio/stdfiles.c: Likewise.
	* libio/iofdopen.c: Use _IO_FILE_complete, not _IO_file_plus.
	* libio/iopopen.c: Likewise.
	* libio/iovdprintf.c: Likewise.
	* libio/libio.h: Remove duplicated `;'.
	* libio/stdio.c: Remove misleading comment.
	* libio/stdio.h: Declare standard streams as variables.

	* login/Makefile (distribute): Add README.utmpd.
	* login/README.utmpd: New file.
	Provided by Mark M. Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>.

	* manual/job.texi: Document tcgetsid.
	* manual/pattern.texi: Document globfree.
	* manual/terminal.texi: Document B38400 ... B460800.

	* posix/confstr.c: Print "-D_FILE_OFFSET_SIZE=64" for _CS_LFS_CFLAGS.

	* posix/unistd.h: Add explanation of _POSIX_* constants.

	* posix/unists.h: Add prototypes for __pread, __pread64, __pwrite
	and __pwrite64.
	* sysdeps/generic/pread.c: Define as __pread and make pread weak alias.
	* sysdeps/generic/pread64.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/pwrite.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/pwrite64.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/pread.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/pwrite.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/pread64.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/posix/pwrite64.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir)=posix] (sysdep_routines):
	Add s_pread64 and s_pwrite64.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pread.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pread64.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s_pread64.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s_pwrite64.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add pread and pwrite.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/pread64.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/pwrite64.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/pread64.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/pwrite64.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list: Add pread and pwrite
	with weak aliases for *64 functions.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/syscalls.list: Likewise.

	* string/bits/string2.h: Add casts to allow void * arguments.

	* sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Define index and rindex only if
	__USE_BSD or __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Add SCM_RIGHTS and other
	SCM_* constants from kernel header.

	* termios/termios.h: Add prototype for tcgetsid.

1997-10-26 13:26  Thorsten Kukuk  <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>

	* sunrpc/clnt_perr.c: Add trailing '\0' to strings.

	* sunrpc/get_myaddr.c: Include rpc/clnt.h for prototypes.

	* sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c: Use get_myaddress from header file.

1997-10-26 05:26  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* configure.in: Punt if any directory mentioned in the
	enable-add-on parameter does not exist.

1997-10-25 19:25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* termios/Makefile (routines): Add tcgetsid.
	* termios/tcgetsid.c: New file.
	Provided by Mark M. Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>.

1997-10-25 18:56  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Remove mblen optimization.
	* stdlib/mblen.c: Rewrite to make sure global state is not changed.
	Reported by anderson@metrolink.com.

1997-10-19 21:51  Wolfram Gloger  <wg@wolfram.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>

	* malloc/thread-m.h [_LIBC]:  Use new __libc_internal_tsd_{set,get}
	interface for thread-specific data.

1997-10-25 06:51  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* elf/dl-addr.c: Use braces for correct logical grouping.
	Patch by Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>.

1997-10-18 09:15  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

	* io/ftwtest-sh: Sometimes /tmp is a symlink to somewhere more
	convenient; that caused this test to break.

	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.h: Fix typo.

	* sysdeps/powerpc/bits/fenv.h: Don't use floating-point registers
	when -msoft-float is in effect, because this causes compilation to
	stop.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/bits/mathinlines.h: Likewise.

	* rpm/template: Add description, use RPM flags rather than the ones
	used to build the spec.  Build in a temporary directory, not /.

	* elf/dl-lookup.c: Don't include _itoa.h, it's not used.
	* elf/dl-minimal.c: Use _itoa_word rather than _itoa.  It seems that
	_itoa is the only routine that ld.so uses that requires something
	from libgcc.a on powerpc, so it would be best to avoid it in ld.so.
	* elf/rtld.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/_strerror.c: Likewise.
	* stdio-common/_itoa.c: Split out digits strings.
	* stdio-common/itoa-digits.c: New file.
	* stdio-common/Makefile: Add itoa-digits.

1997-10-21  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Document error
	case more.

	* dirent/scandir.c (scandir): Ignore errors from select function.
	Suggested by urbanw@cs.umu.se (closes PR libc/316).

1997-10-25 06:18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/socket.S: Corrections.
	Patch by Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>.

1997-10-25 04:00  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.c (_dl_load_cache_lookup): Favour exact
	matching of version function if both the general (1) and
	glibc-specific (3) entry are present.

1997-10-22 18:47  Thorsten Kukuk  <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>

	* sunrpc/rpc/clnt.h: Add get_myaddress prototype.

	* nis/libnsl.map: Fix typo.

	* nis/nis_call.c: Fix memory leak.

1997-10-22 19:29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/generic/memcmp.c: Define __P if not defined before.
	Patch by Jim Meyering <meyering@eng.ascend.com>.

1997-10-21 22:09  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/prctl.h: New file by Richard Gooch
	<rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>.

1997-10-21 21:50  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* misc/syslog.c (vsyslog): Open console with O_NOCTTY.
	Patch by Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>.

1997-10-21 18:07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* posix/wordexp.c: Improve handling of $... expressions.
	Patch by Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk>.

1997-10-21 16:12  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* manual/string.texi: Correct return values of bcopy and bzero.
	Patch by Matthew Wilcox <willy@odie.barnet.ac.uk>.

1997-10-18 15:03  Philip Blundell  <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Correct types of some
	elements in struct msghdr and struct cmsghdr, to keep in step with
	the kernel.

1997-10-17 22:29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/init-first.h: Fix another
	bug in startup code.
	Patch by Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>.

1997-10-16 20:17  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/socket.S: Dump args to the
	stack and give the kernel a pointer.  Use the sysdep.h macros.

1997-10-17 04:07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/elf/start.S: Calculate argv correctly.
	Patch by Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>.

1997-10-16  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_nextafterxf.c [!__STDC__]: Correct typo.

1997-10-16 14:50  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* manual/pattern.texi: Document globfree.

1997-10-15 21:11  Philip Blundell  <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_packet.h: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile (sysdep_headers): Add
	net/if_packet.h.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_arp.h (ARPHRD_ASH): New type, for
	64Mbps ASH.
	(ARPHRD_ETHER): This is used for 100Mbps networks too.

1997-10-15  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* Makerules (install): Use full pathnames for linker script.
	This is to work around a limitation in `ld' while no better solution
	is possible.

1997-10-15  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* malloc/malloc.c (mmap_chunk): Put inline before static in
	function definition to avoid compiler warning.
	(malloc_extend): Likewise.

	* sysdeps/generic/des_impl.c: Include "des.h" to avoid warning.

1997-10-15  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* NEWS: Fix @gnu.ai.mit.edu -> @gnu.org.
	* README.template: Likewise.
	* db/makedb.c: Likewise.
	* elf/ldd.bash.in: Likewise.
	* elf/ldd.sh.in: Likewise.
	* intl/locale.alias: Likewise.
	* login/programs/utmpd.c: Likewise.
	* libio/stdfiles.c [!_IO_MTSAFE] (DEF_STDFILE): Fix parameter list.

1997-10-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* Rules: Remove all empty.* files.
	(shared-only-routines): Correct implementation.

1997-10-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_lrintl.c: Make compilable.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_llrintl.c: Likewise.  Optimized.

1997-10-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* elf/ldd.bash.in: Only prepend ./ if the file contains no slash
	at all.
	* elf/ldd.sh.in: Likewise.

1997-10-14  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/m68k/sys/ucontext.h: New file.

1997-10-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbln.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalblnf.c: New (empty) file.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalblnl.c: New (empty) file.

	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbn.c: Add scalbln alias.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbnf.c: Adapted.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbnl.c: Adapted.

	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrint.c: Add standard skeleton stuff.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrintf.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrintl.c: New file.

	* sysdeps/m68k/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Add fma and scalbln.  Update
	lrint and scalbn.
	(__m81_inline) [__cplusplus]: Define to __inline.

	* math/bits/mathcalls.h: Remove whitespace before second argument
	of __MATHDECL.  Add note explaining this.

1997-10-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* manual/arith.texi (Absolute Value): Spelling fix.

1997-10-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* malloc/obstack.h (obstack_empty_p) [!__GNUC__]: Properly
	parenthesize the macro parameter.

	* Rules: Remove rules to magically install <subdir>.h headers.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi
index 7a37e402c1..596b72d4fa 100644
--- a/manual/pattern.texi
+++ b/manual/pattern.texi
@@ -468,6 +468,21 @@ glob ("~homer/bin/*", GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &result)
 This functionality is equivalent to what is available in C-shells.
 @end table
 
+Calling @code{glob} will in most cases allocate resources which are used
+to represent the result of the function call.  If the same object of
+type @code{glob_t} is used in multiple call to @code{glob} the resources
+are freed or reused so that no leaks appear.  But this does not include
+the time when all @code{glob} calls are done.
+
+@comment glob.h
+@comment POSIX.2
+@deftypefun void globfree (glob_t *@var{pglob})
+The @code{globfree} function frees all resources allocated by previous
+calls to @code{glob} associated with the object pointed to by
+@var{pglob}.  This function should be called whenever the currently used
+@code{glob_t} typed object isn't used anymore.
+@end deftypefun
+
 
 @node Regular Expressions
 @section Regular Expression Matching