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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2020-04-24 11:09:00 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2020-07-07 14:10:58 -0300
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signal: Move sys_siglist to a compat symbol
The symbol was deprecated by strsignal and its usage imposes issues such as copy relocations. Its internal name is changed to __sys_siglist and __sys_sigabbrev to avoid static linking usage. The compat code is also refactored, since both Linux and Hurd usage the same strategy: export the same array with different object sizes. The libSegfault change avoids calling strsignal on the SIGFAULT signal handler (the current usage is already sketchy, adding a call that potentially issue locale internal function is even sketchier). Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu and i686-linux-gnu. I also run a check-abi on all affected platforms. Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
* ldconfig now defaults to the new format for ld.so.cache. glibc has
already supported this format for almost 20 years.
+* The deprecated arrays sys_siglist, _sys_siglist, and sys_sigabbrev
+ are no longer available to newly linked binaries, and their declarations
+ have been removed from <string.h>. They are exported solely as
+ compatibility symbols to support old binaries. All programs should use
+ strsignal instead.
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer. This is required for supporting