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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 1a434d0c94..6c67d6be59 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Question on GNU C Library As every FAQ this one also tries to answer questions the user might have -when using the pacakge. Please make sure you read this before sending +when using the package. Please make sure you read this before sending questions or bug reports to the maintainers. The GNU C Library is very complex. The building process exploits the @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ please let me know. [Q9] ``Why does getlogin() always return NULL on my Linux box?'' +[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many + systems?'' + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -259,6 +262,18 @@ means to support the new techniques later. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many + systems?'' + +[A10] {UD} These constants come from the old BSD days and are not used +today anymore (even the Linux based glibc does not implement the handling +although the cosntants are defined). + +Instead GNU libc contains the zone database handling and compatibility +code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> |