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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index b1e4da343f..1dcb3a3fb1 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ please let me know. [Q28] ``After upgrading to a glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get errors about undefined symbols. What went wrong?'' + +[Q29] ``I don't include any kernel header myself but still the + compiler complains about type redeclarations of types in the + kernel headers.'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ in the future are: m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems + sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on SPARC + sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on UltraSPARC Other Linux platforms are also on the way to be supported but I need some success reports first. @@ -756,6 +762,21 @@ with symbol versioning. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q29] ``I don't include any kernel header myself but still the + compiler complains about type redeclarations of types in the + kernel headers.'' + +[A29] {UD} The kernel headers before Linux 2.1.61 don't work correctly with +glibc since they pollute the name space in a not acceptable way. Compiling +C programs is possible in most cases but especially C++ programs have (due +to the change of the name lookups for `struct's) problem. One prominent +example is `struct fd_set'. + +There might be some more problems left but 2.1.61 fixes some of the known +ones. See the BUGS file for other known problems. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> |