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* Update from main archive 961219 cvs/libc-961220Ulrich Drepper1996-12-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thu Dec 19 23:28:33 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * resolv/resolv.h: Update from BIND 4.9.5-P1. * resolv/res_comp.c: Likewise. * resolv/res_debug.c: Likewise. * resolv/Banner: Update version number. Thu Dec 19 20:58:53 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * elf/dlfcn.h: Add extern "C" wrapper. * io/utime.h: Don't define NULL since this isn't allowed in POSIX. * io/sys/stat.h: Declare `lstat' only if __USE_BSD || __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED. * locale/locale.h: Define NULL. * math/math.c: Don't include <errno.h> to define math errors. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Don't declare environ. * posix/sys/utsname.h (struct utsname): Declare member domainname as __domainname is !__USE_GNU. * signal/signal.h: Declare size_t only if __USE_BSD || __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED. * stdio/stdio.h: Don't declare cuserid when __USE_POSIX, but instead when __USE_XOPEN. * string/string.h: Define strndup only if __USE_GNU. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timebits.h: Define CLOCKS_PER_SEC as 1000000 per X/Open standard. * features.h: Add code to recognize _POSIX_C_SOURCE value 199309. Define __USE_POSIX199309. * posix/unistd.h: Declare fdatasync only if __USE_POSIX199309. * time/time.c: Declare nanosleep only if __USE_POSIX199309. Patches by Rüdiger Helsch <rh@unifix.de>. * locale/locale.h: Add declaration of newlocale and freelocale. * new-malloc/Makefile (distibute): Add mtrace.awk. (dist-routines): Add mcheck and mtrace. (install-lib, non-lib.a): Define as libmcheck.a. * new-malloc/malloc.h: Add declaration of __malloc_initialized. * new-malloc/mcheck.c: New file. * new-malloc/mcheck.h: New file. * new-malloc/mtrace.c: New file. * new-malloc/mtrace.awk: New file. * posix/unistd.h: Correct prototype for usleep. * sysdeps/unix/bsd/usleep.c: De-ANSI-declfy. Correct return type. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/usleep.c: Real implementation based on nanosleep. * signal/signal.h: Change protoype of __sigpause to take two arguments. Remove prototype for sigpause. Add two different macros named sigpause selected when __USE_BSD or __USE_XOPEN are defined. This is necessary since the old BSD definition of theis function collides with the X/Open definition. * sysdeps/posix/sigpause.c: Change function definition to also fit X/Open definition. * sysdeps/libm-i387/e_exp.S: Make sure stack is empty when the function is left. * sysdeps/libm-i387/e_expl.S: Likewise. Patch by HJ Lu. 1996-12-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * many, many files: Spelling corrections. * catgets/catgetsinfo.h (mmapped): Renamed from mmaped (in struct catalog_info.status). * mach/err_kern.sub (err_codes_unix), string/stratcliff.c (main): Fix spelling in message. * po/libc.pot: Fix spelling in message for `zic'; this anticipates a fix in the tzcode distribution. Wed Dec 18 15:48:02 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/strftime.c: Implement ^ flag to cause output be converted to use upper case characters. * time/zic.c: Update from ADO tzcode1996n. Wed Dec 18 14:29:24 1996 Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> * time/strftime.c (add): Don't change global `i' until all is over. Define NULL is not already defined. Tue Dec 17 09:49:03 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * libio/iovsprintf.c (_IO_vsprintf): Change `&sf' to `&sf._sbf._f' to avoid the need for a cast. * libio/iovsscanf.c (_IO_vsscanf): Likewise. * sunrpc/rpc/xdr.h: Add prototype for xdr_free.
* update from main archive 961207 cvs/libc-961208Ulrich Drepper1996-12-081-26/+30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sun Dec 8 06:56:49 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * io/getwd.c: Use PATH_MAX not LOCAL_PATH_MAX. Fix typo in comment. * stdlib/canonicalize.c: Correct bugs in last change. Patch by HJ Lu. * libio/Makefile (routines): Remove ioprims. (aux): Remove cleanup. Add IO_DEBUG option for .o files. * libio/cleanups.c: Removed. * libio/ioprims.c: Removed. * libio/filedoalloc.c: More updates from libg++-2.8b5. * libio/fileops.c: Likewise. * libio/genops.c: Likewise. * libio/iolibio.h: Likewise. * libio/iopopen.c: Likewise. * libio/iovsprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/iovsscanf.c: Likewise. * libio/libio.h: Likewise. * libio/libioP.h: Likewise. * libio/memstream.c: Likewise. * libio/strfile.h: Likewise. * libio/vasprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/vsnprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/stdio.h: Define P_tmpdir only is __USE_SVID. * manual/arith.texi: Change references to ANSI C to ISO C. * manual/conf.texi: Likewise. * manual/creature.texi: Likewise. * manual/ctype.texi: Likewise. * manual/errno.texi: Likewise. * manual/filesys.texi: Likewise. * manual/intro.texi. Likewise. * manual/io.texi: Likewise. * manual/lang.texi: Likewise. * manual/libc.texinfo: Likewise. * manual/locale.texi: Likewise. * manual/maint.texi: Likewise. * manual/mbyte.texi: Likewise. * manual/memory.texi: Likewise. * manual/process.texi: Likewise. * manual/process.texi: Likewise. * manual/search.texi: Likewise. * manual/setjmp.texi: Likewise. * manual/signal.texi: Likewise. * manual/startup.texi: Likewise. * manual/stdio.texi: Likewise. * manual/string.texi: Likewise. * manual/time.texi: Likewise. * manual/locale.texi: Remove description of LC_RESPONSE and add LC_MESSAGES. * Makefile (subdirs): Change malloc in $(malloc). * config.make.in: Add variable malloc which is initialized from @malloc@. * configure.in: Add new option --enable-new-malloc to use new malloc. This is the default on Linux. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in: Define malloc to new-malloc by default. * new-malloc/Makefile: New file. Improved malloc implementation. * new-malloc/malloc.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/malloc.h: Likewise. * new-malloc/mallocbug.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/obstack.c: Likewise. * new-malloc/obstack.h: Likewise. * new-malloc/thread-m.h: Likewise. * time/Makefile: Compile ap.c with NO_MCHECK flag for now. * time/ap.c: Don't call mcheck if NO_MCHECK is defined. * resolv/Makefile: Add rule to rebuiild libresolv.so when libc.so changed. * stdio/feof.c: Update copyright. * stdio/stdio.h: Add field for lock to FILE structure. Add cast to *MAGIC constants to prevent warnings. * stdio-common/bug7.c: Correct test. Stream must not be closed twice. * stdlib/Makefile (routines): Add secure-getenv. * stdlib/secure-getenv.c: New file. __secure_getenv function moved to here from sysdeps/generic/getenv.c. Otherwise an application cannot replace the getenv function in the libc. * sysdeps/generic/getenv.c: Remove __secure_getenv function. * sysdeps/stub/getenv.c: Remove __secure_getenv alias. * sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h: Define__libc_mutex_lock to __mutex_lock. * sysdeps/posix/fdopen.c: Update copyright. Don't use EXFUN. * time/test-tz.c: Comment fifth test out. PROBLEM. * time/tzset.c: De-ANSI-declfy. (__tzset): Don't increment pointer tz when no DST information is given. Sat Dec 7 23:47:54 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h [_LIBC]: Add definition of __libc_mutex_lock. Patch by Thomas Bushnell. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timebits.h: Load <asm/param.h> only if __USE_MISC. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Dist: Add llseek.c. Sat Dec 7 12:18:56 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/strftime (%c format): Remove %Z from default string. Reported by Paul Eggert * io/getwd.c: Don't apply getcwd on user supplied buffer.
* update from main archive 961105 cvs/libc-961106Ulrich Drepper1996-11-061-20/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wed Nov 6 04:30:26 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add weak alias llseek for _llseek syscall. Reported by Andy Sewell <puck@pookhill.demon.co.uk>. * string/argz.h: Don't protect by __USE_GNU. Tue Nov 5 23:38:28 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * Lots of files: Update and reformat copyright. * Makefile (headers): Add xopen_lim.h. * catgets/nl_types.h: Move __BEGIN_DECLS before definition of nl_catd. * grp/grp.h: Define setgrent, getgrent, endgrent, and getgrent_r if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * pwd/pwd.h: Define setpwent, getpwent, endpwent, and getpwent_r if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * io/Makefile (routines): Add lchown. * io/sys/poll.h: Add definition of POLLWRNORM. * io/sys/stat.h: Declare lstat, fchmod, mknod when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * libio/Makefile (routines): Add obprintf. * libio/obprintf.c: New file. * libio/iolibio.h: Add prototypes for _IO_obstack_vprintf and _IO_obstack_printf. * libio/libio.h: Fix typo. * libio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. Add prototypes for obstack_vprintf and obstack_printf. * manual/creature.texi: Describe _XOPEN_SOURCE macro. * manual/intro.texi: Add reference to NSS chapter. * manual/libc.texinfo: Update UPDATED. Comment out `@printindex cp'. It works again. * manual/memory.texi: Add description for obstack_ptr_grow, obstack_int_grow, obstack_ptr_grow_fast, and obstack_int_grow_fast. * manual/nss.texi: Add a few @cindex entries and change NSS_STATUS_* index entries to @vindex. * manual/users.texi: Correct @cindex entry for Netgroup. * math/mathcalls.h: Use __USE_XOPEN and __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED to make declarations visible for X/Open sources. * misc/search.h: Declare insque/remque only is __USE_SVID or __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * misc/sys/uio.h (readv, writev): Change return value from int to ssize_t. * posix/Makefile (headers): Add re_comp.h. * posix/re_comp.h: New file. XPG interface to regex functions. * posix/getconf.c: Add all names from XPG4.2. * posix/posix1_lim.h: Increase minimum values for _POSIX_CHILD_MAX and _POSIX_OPEN_MAX to minimums from XPG4.2. * sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add all _SC_* names from XPG4.2. * sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new _SC_* values. * sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Add declaration of ualarm and lchown. Declare usleep, fchown, fchdir, nice, getpgid, setsid, getsid, setreuid, setregid, vfork, ttyslot, symlink, readlink, gethostid, truncate, ftruncate, getdtablesize, brk, sbrk, lockf when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * posix/sys/wait.h: Declare wait3 if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * shadow/shadow.h: Define SHADOW using _PATH_SHADOW. * sysdeps/generic/paths.h: Define _PATH_SHADOW. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/paths.h: Likewise. * signal/signal.h: Declare killpg, sigstack and sigaltstack when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * stdio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam when __USE_XOPEN is defined. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Make rand48 functions available when __USE_XOPEN is defined. Likewise for valloc, putenv, realpath, [efg]cvt*, and getsubopt functions. * string/string.h: Make memccpy, strdup, bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index, and rindex available when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined. * sysdeps/mach/getpagesize.c: De-ANSI-fy. Change return type to int. * sysdeps/posix/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/getpagesize.c: Likewise. * time/africa: Update from tzdata1996l. * time/asia: Likewise. * time/australia: Likewise. * time/europe: Likewise. * time/northamerica: Likewise. * time/pacificnew: Likewise. * time/southamerica: Likewise. * time/tzfile.h: Update from tzcode1996m. * time/time.h: Declare strptime if __USE_XOPEN. Declare daylight and timezone also if __USE_XOPEN. * time/sys/time.h: Remove declaration of ualarm. * wctype/wctype.h: Just reference ISO C standard. Tue Nov 5 01:26:32 1996 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu> * crypt/Makefile: Add crypt routines to libc as well iff $(crypt-in-libc) is set. Do this for temporary binary compatibility on existing Linux/Alpha installations. * stdlib/div.c, sysdeps/generic/div.c: Move file to .../generic/. * stdlib/ldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/ldiv.c: Likewise. * stdlib/lldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/lldiv.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/Makefile (divrem): Add divlu, dviqu, remlu, and remqu. * sysdeps/alpha/div.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/ldiv.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/lldiv.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/divrem.h: Merge signed and unsigned division. Take pointers from Linus and tighten the inner loops a bit. * sysdeps/alpha/divl.S: Change defines for merged routines. * sysdeps/alpha/divq.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/reml.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remq.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/divlu.S: Remove file. * sysdeps/alpha/divqu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remlu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/remqu.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/bsd-_setjmp.S: If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/alpha/bsd-setjmp.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/ffs.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/htonl.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/htons.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memset.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/s_copysign.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/s_fabs.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/setjmp.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strlen.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/udiv_qrnnd.S: Likewise. Fix private labels. Convert two small jumps to use conditional moves. * sysdeps/unix/alpha/sysdep.h: Compress all __STDC__ nastiness. (PSEUDO): If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/brk.S: If PROF, call _mcount. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/clone.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_get_fp_control.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_set_fp_control.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/llseek.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigsuspend.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/alpha/memcpy.S: New file. Odd layout because it should eventually contain memmove as well. * sysdeps/alpha/strcmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/strncmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/alpha/w_sqrt.S: New file. Tue Nov 5 18:06:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/mach/hurd/ttyname_r.c: Use `size_t' for len variable. Tue Nov 5 12:09:29 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdep/generic/sysdep.h: Define END only if not yet defined. * sysdep/unix/sysdep.h: Define PSEUDO_END only if not yet defined. Reported by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG. Mon Nov 4 22:46:53 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/users.texi (Netgroup Data): Remove { } around @cindex. Mon Nov 4 19:07:05 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * malloc/calloc.c: Check for overflow before trying to allocate memory. Proposed by Neil Matthews <nm@adv.sbc.sony.co.jp>. Fri Nov 1 18:18:32 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * manual/llio.texi (Operating Modes): Add missing arguments to @deftypevr in O_NONBLOCK description. * manual/time.texi (Time Zone Functions): Enclose type name in braces in description of tzname. FIXME: this does not yet work correctly in info. Sun Nov 3 17:29:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * features.h: Add X/Open macros. * posix/unistd.h: Define X/Open macros. * sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add _SC_XOPEN_XCU_VERSION, _SC_XOPEN_UNIX, _SC_XOPEN_CRYPT, _SC_XOPEN_ENH_I18N, _SC_XOPEN_SHM, _SC_2_CHAR_TERM, _SC_2_C_VERSION, and _SC_2_UPE. * sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new constants. * sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Add definition of _XOPEN_SHM. * catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Set errno to ENOMEM when we run out of memory. (catgets): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid. Set errno to ENOMSG when translation is not available. (catclose): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid. * ctype/ctype.h: Declare isascii and toascii when __USE_XOPEN. Likewise for _toupper and _tolower. * manual/arith.texi: Document strtoq, strtoll, strtouq, strtoull, strtof, and strtold. * manual/math.texi: Document HUGE_VALf and HUGE_VALl. * manual/stdio.h: Document ' flag for numeric formats of scanf. * manual/users.texi: Document that cuserid shouldn't be used. * misc/Makefile (routines): Add dirname. (headers): Add libgen.h. (tests): Add tst-dirname. * misc/dirname.c: New file. * misc/libgen.h: New file. * misc/tst-dirname.c: New file. * misc/search.h: Parameter of hcreate must be of type size_t. * misc/hsearch.c: Likewise. * misc/hsearch_r.c: Likewise for hcreate_r. * misc/search.h: Parameters of insque and remque must be `void *'. * misc/insremque.c: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Move declarations of mktemp and mkstemp to... * stdlib/stdlib.h: ...here. * posix/unistd.h [__USE_XOPEN]: Add prototypes for crypt, setkey, encrypt, and swab. * stdio-common/printf-parse.h (struct printf_spec): Add pa_wchar and pa_wstring. (parse_one_spec): Remove Linux compatibility code. Recognize %C and %S formats. * stdio-common/printf.h: Add PA_WCHAR and PA_WSTRING. * stdio-common/vfprintf.c: Add implementation of %C and %S format. * stdio-common/vfscanf.c: Likewise for scanf. * stdlib/l64a.c: Return value for 0 must be the empty string. * stdlib/stdlib.h: Declare reentrant function from rand49 family only if __USE_REENTRANT. Declare rand48 functions also if __USE_XOPEN. * stdlib/strtol.c: Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when BASE is not a legal value. Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when strou* sees negativ number. * stdlib/tst-strtol.c: De-ANSI-fy. Change expected results for test of unsigned function and negative input. * string/stratcliff.c: Prevent warnings. * string.h: Move declaration of swab to <unistd.h>. * string/swab.c: De-ANSI-fy. * sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Implement using getpwuid_r. * sysdeps/posix/mkstemp.c: Include <stdlib.h> for prototype. * sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/mkstemp.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/stub/mktemp.c: Likewise. * sysvipc/sys/ipc.h: Prototypes of ftok have to be of types `const char *' and `int'. * sysvipc/ftok.c: Likewise. Make sure only lower 8 bits of PROJ_ID are used. Sun Nov 3 03:21:28 1996 Heiko Schroeder <Heiko.Schroeder@post.rwth-aachen.de> * locale/programs/ld-numeric.c (numeric_output): Compute idx[0] correctly. Sat Nov 2 17:44:32 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Use reentrant functions. * manual/users.texi: Tell that cuserid is marked to be withdrawn in XPG4.2. Sat Nov 2 14:26:37 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> Linus said he will make sure no system call will return a value in -1 ... -4095 as a valid result. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h: Correct test for error. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscall.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscall.S: Likewise. Sat Nov 2 16:54:49 1996 NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp> * sysdeps/stub/lockfile.c [!USE_IN_LIBIO]: Define weak alias for __funlockfile, not a circular alias. Define __IO_ftrylockfile if USE_IN_LIBIO and __ftrylockfile if not, not vice versa. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Make it a weak symbol. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Likewise. Likewise. * crypt/Makefile (rpath-link): Extend search path to current directory.
* initial importRoland McGrath1995-02-181-0/+689