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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-03-24 10:25:31 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-03-24 10:25:31 +0000 |
commit | 4d42000c41c216157909df3cd33bd6d1387b22ed (patch) | |
tree | 09a89a5c67616887c1a1b9b2672c64a17b6389e4 /FAQ.in | |
parent | a853022cc32c8286018294e08cd4990ffcaf1d2b (diff) | |
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Update.
1998-03-22 NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp>
* inet/netinet/in.h (IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED, IN6_IS_ADDR_LOOPBACK):
Fix paren.
1998-03-24 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/mach/hurd/setsockopt.c (setsockopt): Make OPTVAL
parameter const. Reported by UCHIYAMA Yasushi <uch@nop.or.jp>.
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-3.3-glibc3.diff. RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. {TK} You need a ypbind version which is 64bit clean. Some versions -are not 64bit clean. A 64bit clean implemention is ypbind-mt. For +are not 64bit clean. A 64bit clean implementation is ypbind-mt. For ypbind 3.3, you need the patch from ftp.kernel.org (See the previous question). I don't know about other versions. @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ problem. 2.8.1 (or more recent versions). libg++ 2.7.2 (and the Linux Versions 2.7.2.x) doesn't work very well with the GNU C library due to vtable thunks. If you're upgrading from glibc 2.0.x to 2.1 you have to recompile -libstc++ since the library compiled for 2.0 is not compatible due to the new +libstdc++ since the library compiled for 2.0 is not compatible due to the new Large File Support (LFS) in version 2.1. ? Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ to do so. For example constructs of the form: enum {foo #define foo foo } -are useful for debugging purpuses (you can use foo with your debugger +are useful for debugging purposes (you can use foo with your debugger that's why we need the enum) and for compatibility (other systems use defines and check with #ifdef). @@ -885,6 +885,21 @@ standards with feature flags). The GNU C library is conforming to ANSI/ISO C - if and only if you're only using the headers and library functions defined in the standard. +?? I can't access some functions anymore. nm shows that they do + exist but linking fails nevertheless. + +{AJ} With the introduction of versioning in glibc 2.1 it is possible +to export only those identifiers (functions, variables) that are +really needed by application programs and by other parts of glibc. +This way a lot of internal interfaces are now hidden. nm will still +show those identifiers but marking them as internal. ISO C states +that identifiers beginning with an underscore are internal to the +libc. An application program normally shouldn't use those internal +interfaces (there are exceptions, e.g. __ivaliduser). If a program +uses these interfaces, it's broken. These internal interfaces might +change between glibc releases or dropped completely. + + ? Miscellaneous ?? After I changed configure.in I get `Autoconf version X.Y. |