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diff --git a/manual/conf.texi b/manual/conf.texi index 30499d9c65..bc5b9282a7 100644 --- a/manual/conf.texi +++ b/manual/conf.texi @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ should always be defined even if there is no specific imposed limit. POSIX defines certain system-specific options that not all POSIX systems support. Since these options are provided in the kernel, not in the -library, simply using the GNU C library does not guarantee any of these +library, simply using @theglibc{} does not guarantee any of these features is supported; it depends on the system you are using. @pindex unistd.h @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ to find out. @xref{Sysconf}. @comment POSIX.2 @deftypevr Macro int _POSIX2_C_DEV If this symbol is defined, it indicates that the system has the POSIX.2 -C compiler command, @code{c89}. The GNU C library always defines this +C compiler command, @code{c89}. @Theglibc{} always defines this as @code{1}, on the assumption that you would not have installed it if you didn't have a C compiler. @end deftypevr @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ you didn't have a C compiler. @comment POSIX.2 @deftypevr Macro int _POSIX2_FORT_DEV If this symbol is defined, it indicates that the system has the POSIX.2 -Fortran compiler command, @code{fort77}. The GNU C library never +Fortran compiler command, @code{fort77}. @Theglibc{} never defines this, because we don't know what the system has. @end deftypevr @@ -207,15 +207,15 @@ defines this, because we don't know what the system has. @comment POSIX.2 @deftypevr Macro int _POSIX2_FORT_RUN If this symbol is defined, it indicates that the system has the POSIX.2 -@code{asa} command to interpret Fortran carriage control. The GNU C -library never defines this, because we don't know what the system has. +@code{asa} command to interpret Fortran carriage control. @Theglibc{} +never defines this, because we don't know what the system has. @end deftypevr @comment unistd.h @comment POSIX.2 @deftypevr Macro int _POSIX2_LOCALEDEF If this symbol is defined, it indicates that the system has the POSIX.2 -@code{localedef} command. The GNU C library never defines this, because +@code{localedef} command. @Theglibc{} never defines this, because we don't know what the system has. @end deftypevr @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ we don't know what the system has. @comment POSIX.2 @deftypevr Macro int _POSIX2_SW_DEV If this symbol is defined, it indicates that the system has the POSIX.2 -commands @code{ar}, @code{make}, and @code{strip}. The GNU C library +commands @code{ar}, @code{make}, and @code{strip}. @Theglibc{} always defines this as @code{1}, on the assumption that you had to have @code{ar} and @code{make} to install the library, and it's unlikely that @code{strip} would be absent when those are present. @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ utilities can handle. @item _SC_EQUIV_CLASS_MAX Inquire about the maximum number of weights that can be assigned to an entry of the @code{LC_COLLATE} category @samp{order} keyword in a locale -definition. The GNU C library does not presently support locale +definition. @Theglibc{} does not presently support locale definitions. @comment unistd.h @@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ that big! Use dynamic allocation (@pxref{Memory Allocation}) instead. POSIX defines certain system-specific options in the system calls for operating on files. Some systems support these options and others do not. Since these options are provided in the kernel, not in the -library, simply using the GNU C library does not guarantee that any of these +library, simply using @theglibc{} does not guarantee that any of these features is supported; it depends on the system you are using. They can also vary between file systems on a single machine. @@ -1210,11 +1210,10 @@ corresponding feature is supported. (A value of @code{-1} indicates no; any other value indicates yes.) If the macro is undefined, it means particular files may or may not support the feature. -Since all the machines that support the GNU C library also support NFS, +Since all the machines that support @theglibc{} also support NFS, one can never make a general statement about whether all file systems support the @code{_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED} and @code{_POSIX_NO_TRUNC} -features. So these names are never defined as macros in the GNU C -library. +features. So these names are never defined as macros in @theglibc{}. @comment unistd.h @comment POSIX.1 @@ -1482,7 +1481,7 @@ The POSIX.2 standard specifies certain system limits that you can access through @code{sysconf} that apply to utility behavior rather than the behavior of the library or the operating system. -The GNU C library defines macros for these limits, and @code{sysconf} +@Theglibc{} defines macros for these limits, and @code{sysconf} returns values for them if you ask; but these values convey no meaningful information. They are simply the smallest values that POSIX.2 permits. @@ -1543,7 +1542,7 @@ memory, but there is no way that the library can tell you this.) @deftypevr Macro int EQUIV_CLASS_MAX The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to an entry of the @code{LC_COLLATE} category @samp{order} keyword in a locale definition. -The GNU C library does not presently support locale definitions. +@Theglibc{} does not presently support locale definitions. @end deftypevr @node Utility Minimums @@ -1601,7 +1600,7 @@ a text line that the text utilities can handle. Its value is The most restrictive limit permitted by POSIX.2 for the maximum number of weights that can be assigned to an entry of the @code{LC_COLLATE} category @samp{order} keyword in a locale definition. Its value is -@code{2}. The GNU C library does not presently support locale +@code{2}. @Theglibc{} does not presently support locale definitions. @end table |