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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-04-05 01:26:47 +0000
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1997-04-05 03:11 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * inet/arpa/inet.h: Rewrite. Don't use the ugly BSD way to write headers but instead add comments and parameter names. Don't use BSD specific types in prototypes. * manual/nss.texi: Correct a few typos and errors. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_cbrt.c: Complete rewrite based on better algorithm. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_cbrtf.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_cbrtl.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_cbrt.S: New file. Optimized assembler version with new algorithm. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_cbrtf.S: New file. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_cbrtl.S: New file. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexp.S: Optimize even more. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexpf.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexpl.S: Likewise. 1997-04-04 18:55 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de> * nis/Makefile: Remove CFLAGS-*, add publickey to databases. * nis/nis_call.c: Add MASTER_ONLY and HARD_LOOKUP flags, compile DES part only with secure RPC add-on. * nis/nis_names.c (nis_modify): Fix rpc function number. * nis/nis_server.c: Fix typos. * nis/nss_compat/compat-grp.c: Add NIS+ support. * nis/nss_compat/compat-pwd.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_compat/compat-spwd.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nis/nis-grp.c: Only a return value > 0 from parse_line signals success. * nis/nss_nis/nis-publickey.c: Changes for compiling with/without secure RPC. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-publickey.c: Likewise. * nis/ypclnt.c: Likewise. * nis/nis_intern.h: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-alias.c: Correct parser return code. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-ethers.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-hosts.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-network.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-proto.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-pwd.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-rpc.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-service.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-spwd.c: Likewise. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-grp.c: Rewrite parser for fixing errors and speedup. * nis/nss_nisplus/nisplus-netgrp.c: Likewise. 1997-04-04 17:03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * math/libm-test.c (cbrt_test): Add tests for +-inf and NaN arguments. 1997-04-03 19:24 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigset.h (__sigisemptyset): Fix a typo. 1997-04-03 16:10 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.pfalz.de> * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_nanf.c: * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_nan.c: * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_nanl.c: Include <stdio.h> for declaration of sprintf. 1997-04-03 13:37 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_cexp.c: Fix type: string_alias -> strong_alias. Reported by sun <asun@zoology.washington.edu>. * rpc/auth.h: Removed. * rpc/auth_des.h: Removed. * sunrpc/rpc/auth.h: Moved to ... * sysdeps/generic/rpc/auth.h: ...here. * sunrpc/rpc/auth_des.h: Moved to ... * sysdeps/generic/rpc/auth_des.h: ...here. 1997-04-03 04:28 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexp.S: New file. ix87 optimized version. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexpf.S: New file. * sysdeps/libm-i387/s_frexpl.S: New file. 1997-04-01 10:11 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir)=inet] (sysdep_headers): Remove netinet/icmp.h. Describe `inf', `infinity', `nan', `nan(...)' inputs for strtod * sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S: Likewise. * time/antarctica: Likewise. * time/australasia: Likewise.
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diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi
index ba333e0..0ed50af 100644
--- a/manual/nss.texi
+++ b/manual/nss.texi
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ The databases available in the NSS are
@cindex services
@cindex shadow
@vtable @code
+@item aliases
+Mail aliases
+@comment @pxref{Mail Aliases}.
@item ethers
Ethernet numbers,
@comment @pxref{Ethernet Numbers}.
@@ -94,8 +97,8 @@ Shadow user passwords,
@end vtable
@noindent
-There will be some more added later (@code{aliases}, @code{automount},
-@code{bootparams}, @code{netmasks}, and @code{publickey}).
+There will be some more added later (@code{automount}, @code{bootparams},
+@code{netmasks}, and @code{publickey}).
@node NSS Configuration File, NSS Module Internals, NSS Basics, Name Service Switch
@section The NSS Configuration File
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ different items:
@item
the service specification like @code{files}, @code{db}, or @code{nis}.
@item
-the reaction on lookup result line @code{[NOTFOUND=return]}.
+the reaction on lookup result like @code{[NOTFOUND=return]}.
@end itemize
@menu
@@ -346,8 +349,9 @@ functions. I.e., if the user would call the @code{gethostbyname_r}
function this also would end in the above function. For all user
interface functions the C library maps this call to a call to the
reentrant function. For reentrant functions this is trivial since the
-interface is (nearly) the same. For the non-reentrant version pointers
-to static buffers are used to replace the user supplied buffers.
+interface is (nearly) the same. For the non-reentrant version The
+library keeps internal buffers which are used to replace the user
+supplied buffer.
I.e., the reentrant functions @emph{can} have counterparts. No service
module is forced to have functions for all databases and all kinds to
@@ -399,9 +403,9 @@ enum nss_status _nss_files_gethostbyname_r (const char *name,
@end smallexample
I.e., the interface function is in fact the reentrant function with the
-change of the return value. While the user-level function returns a
-pointer to the result the reentrant function return an @code{enum
-nss_status} value:
+change of the return value and the omission of the @var{result}
+parameter. While the user-level function returns a pointer to the
+result the reentrant function return an @code{enum nss_status} value:
@vindex NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN
@vindex NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL
@@ -458,13 +462,13 @@ function;
the next three arguments are:
@table @code
-@item STRUCT_TYPE result_buf
+@item STRUCT_TYPE *result_buf
pointer to buffer where the result is stored. @code{STRUCT_TYPE} is
normally a struct which corresponds to the database.
@item char *buffer
pointer to a buffer where the function can store additional adata for
the result etc.
-@item int buflen
+@item size_t buflen
length of the buffer pointed to by @var{buffer}.
@end table