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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 8b676e6139..5cb8b724f6 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ please let me know. [Q11] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many systems?'' + +[Q12] ``The `gencat' utility cannot process the input which are + successfully used on my Linux libc based system. Why?'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -133,12 +136,12 @@ Library. form the tools from the GNU gettext package are necessary. See ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu or better any mirror site. -* lots of diskspace (for i386-linux this means, e.g., ~70MB). +* lots of diskspace (for i?86-linux this means, e.g., ~70MB). You should avoid compiling on a NFS mounted device. This is very slow. -* plenty of time (approx 1h for i386-linux on i586@133 or 2.5h on +* plenty of time (approx 1h for i?86-linux on i586@133 or 2.5h on i486@66 or 4.5h on i486@33). If you have some more measurements let me know. @@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ For Linux there are today two libc versions: libc-5 current ELF libc GNU libc will have the major number 6 and therefore you can have this -additionally installed. For more information consult documenation for +additionally installed. For more information consult documentation for shared library handling. The Makefiles of GNU libc will automatically generate the needed symbolic links which the linker will use. @@ -297,6 +300,44 @@ code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ + +[Q12] ``The `gencat' utility cannot process the input which are + successfully used on my Linux libc based system. Why?'' + +[A12] {UD} Unlike the author of the `gencat' program which is distributed +with Linux libc I have read the underlying standards before writing the +code. It is completely compatible with the specification given in +X/Open Portability Guide. + +To ease the transition from the Linux version some of the non-standard +features are also present in the `gencat' program of GNU libc. This +mainly includes the use of symbols for the message number and the automatic +generation of header files which contain the needed #defines to map the +symbols to integers. + +Here is a simple SED script to convert at least some Linux specific +catalog files to the XPG4 form: + +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +# Change catalog source in Linux specific format to standard XPG format. +# Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996. +# +/^\$ #/ { + h + s/\$ #\([^ ]*\).*/\1/ + x + s/\$ #[^ ]* *\(.*\)/\$ \1/ +} + +/^# / { + s/^# \(.*\)/\1/ + G + s/\(.*\)\n\(.*\)/\2 \1/ +} +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> |