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diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES index 9bef2425bd..552f4cd609 100644 --- a/NOTES +++ b/NOTES @@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ relying on semantics undefined within the standard. -- Macro: _ISOC99_SOURCE Until the revised ISO C standard is widely adopted the new features - are not automatically enabled. The GNU libc nevertheless has a - complete implementation of the new standard and to enable the new - features the macro `_ISOC99_SOURCE' should be defined. + are not automatically enabled. The GNU C Library nevertheless has + a complete implementation of the new standard and to enable the + new features the macro `_ISOC99_SOURCE' should be defined. -- Macro: _GNU_SOURCE If you define this macro, everything is included: ISO C89, @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ relying on semantics undefined within the standard. Note that if you do this, you must link your program with the BSD compatibility library by passing the `-lbsd-compat' option to the - compiler or linker. *Note:* If you forget to do this, you may get + compiler or linker. *NB:* If you forget to do this, you may get very strange errors at run time. -- Macro: _REENTRANT @@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ relying on semantics undefined within the standard. If you define one of these macros, reentrant versions of several functions get declared. Some of the functions are specified in POSIX.1c but many others are only available on a few other systems - or are unique to GNU libc. The problem is the delay in the - standardization of the thread safe C library interface. + or are unique to the GNU C Library. The problem is the delay in + the standardization of the thread safe C library interface. Unlike on some other systems, no special version of the C library must be used for linking. There is only one version but while |