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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2012-02-28 14:44:20 +0000
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Use Texinfo macros to refer to the GNU C Library within the manual.
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
@node Feature Test Macros
@subsection Feature Test Macros
+@include macros.texi
@cindex feature test macros
The exact set of features available when you compile a source file
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ then the functionality from the 1993 edition of the POSIX.1b standard
Greater values for @code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} will enable future extensions.
The POSIX standards process will define these values as necessary, and
-the GNU C Library should support them some time after they become standardized.
+@theglibc{} should support them some time after they become standardized.
The 1996 edition of POSIX.1 (ISO/IEC 9945-1: 1996) states that
if you define @code{_POSIX_C_SOURCE} to a value greater than
or equal to @code{199506L}, then the functionality from the 1996
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ This macro was introduced as part of the Large File Support extension
@comment GNU
@defvr Macro _ISOC99_SOURCE
Until the revised @w{ISO C} standard is widely adopted the new features
-are not automatically enabled. The GNU libc nevertheless has a complete
+are not automatically enabled. @Theglibc{} nevertheless has a complete
implementation of the new standard and to enable the new features the
macro @code{_ISOC99_SOURCE} should be defined.
@end defvr
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ get very strange errors at run time.
@defvrx Macro _THREAD_SAFE
If you define one of these macros, reentrant versions of several functions get
declared. Some of the functions are specified in POSIX.1c but many others
-are only available on a few other systems or are unique to GNU libc.
+are only available on a few other systems or are unique to @theglibc{}.
The problem is the delay in the standardization of the thread safe C library
interface.