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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-06-12 14:32:08 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-06-12 14:32:08 +0200
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Linux: Deprecate <sys/sysctl.h> and sysctl
Now that there are no internal users of __sysctl left, it is possible to add an unconditional deprecation warning to <sys/sysctl.h>. To avoid a test failure due this warning in check-install-headers, skip the test for sys/sysctl.h. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
* On 32-bit Arm, support for the port-based I/O emulation and the <sys/io.h>
header have been removed.
+* The Linux-specific <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been
+ deprecated and will be removed from a future version of glibc.
+ Application should directly access /proc instead. For obtaining random
+ bits, the getentropy function can be used.
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* GCC 6.2 or later is required to build the GNU C Library.