Update.

1997-08-24 12:24  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* configure.in (INSTALL): Quote `$'.

	* libc.map: Add __xpg_basename.

	* csu/Makefile (initfini.s): Disable optimization.

	* elf/dl-deps.c: Implement handling of DL_FILTER.

	* elf/dl-load.c (_dl_init_paths): Add error check.

	* intl/finddomain.c (_nl_find_domain): Correct comment.
	* intl/localealias.c: Include <bits/libc-lock.h> not <libc-lock.h>.

	* libio/stdio.h: Make {,v}snprintf available if __USE_BSD.
	Change extern inline functions to work correctly in C++.

	* locale/iso-4217.def: Update for more recent ISO 4217 version.

	* locale/loadlocale.c (_nl_load_locale): Add cast.

	* manual/message.texi: Finish gettext section.

	* posix/getopt_init.c: Don't use relative #include path.
	(__getopt_clean_environment): Change function to take pointer to
	environment as argument.  Optimize generation of test string a bit.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c: Call __getopt_clean_environment
	with additional argument.

	* poisx/glob.c: Add prototype for next_brace_sub.

	* sysdeps/generic/dl-sysdep.c: Recognize AT_BASE value on auxiliary
	vector.

	* sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Rewrite
	to not generate relocation entry.  Suggested by Richard Henderson.
	(ELF_MACHINE_BEFORE_RTLD_RELOC): Removed.
	(elf_machine_runtime_setup): Add .aligns.

	* sysdeps/i386/fpu/fraiseexcpt.c: Add volatile to asms.

	* sysdeps/i386/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Partially undo change of
	1997-08-14 03:14.  gcc 2.7.2* is really broken in some aspects.

	* sysdeps/standalone/i386/i386.h: Clean up asm statements a bit.
	* sysdeps/standalone/i960/i960ca.h: Likewise.

1997-08-22 19:04  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>

	* elf/rtld.c (_dl_start): Init _dl_rtld_map.l_opencount due to
	undocumented test addition in _dl_map_object.

	Support ET_EXEC versions of ld.so, for debugging at least:

	* elf/dl-load.c (_dl_map_object): Add_name_to_object could get
	called despite the DT_SONAME != NULL test, segfaulting.  Simplify
	the code here as well.
	* elf/dl-lookup.c (do_lookup): Skip objects with no symtab.
	(_dl_setup_hash): Likewise for hash tables.
	* elf/dl-version.c (_dl_check_map_versions): Likewise for strtabs.
	* elf/rtld.c (_dl_start): Likewise for rpath.
	(_dl_rtld_libname2): New variable.
	(dl_main): Use it to add an soname for ourselves when we don't have
	one of our own.  Base it on the target's .interp.
	(dl_main): Again, skip printing of objects that don't have strtabs.

	Sparc 32 merge:

	* elf/dl-runtime.c (ELF_FIXUP_RETURN_VALUE): Provide default value.
	(fixup): Simplify code.  Use ELF_FIXUP_RETURN_VALUE.
	(profile_fixup): Likewise, though this still needs fixing for
	Sparc32 and PPC.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.h: Transmute ELF_FIXUP_RETURNS_ADDRESS
	to ELF_FIXUP_RETURN_VALUE.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h: Implement lazy relocation.
	Fix up _dl_start_user to handle _dl_skip_args properly.
	Use _dl_hwcap to determine if "flush" is available/needed.

	* sysdeps/sparc/configure.in: Remove.  It doesn't actually do
	anything anymore, and what it did do is done somewhere else.
	* sysdeps/sparc/configure: Likewise.

	* sysdeps/sparc/fpu/bits/mathdef.h (FP_ILOGB0, FP_ILOGBNAN): New.

	* sysdeps/sparc/fpu/fraiseexcpt.c: Rearrange for smaller code.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/Makefile: Fix sparc->sparc/sparc32 bits
	in divrem expansions.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/sysdep.h (END, LOC): New
	definitions for assembly syntax differences.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/__longjmp.S: %g6,%g7 are reserved to the
	"system".  Use %g2,%g3 instead.  Use new local label macro.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/add_n.S: Use <sysdep.h> and ENTRY, END,
	and LOC for proper assembly headers/footers.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/addmul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/alloca.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dotmul.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/lshift.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/mul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/rshift.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/addmul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/mul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/submul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/udiv_qrnnd.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sub_n.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/submul_1.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/udiv_qrnnd.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/umul.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/divrem.m4: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/rem.S: Regenerate.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sdiv.S: Regenerate.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/udiv.S: Regenerate.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/urem.S: Regenerate.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/dotmul.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/rem.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/sdiv.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/udiv.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/umul.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/urem.S: New file.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/bsd-_setjmp.S: Dike out.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/bsd-setjmp.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/setjmp.S: Add _setjmp and setjmp entry points.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/__sigtrampoline.S:
	Clean up PIC code.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/elf/start.S: New file, slightly modified
	from the sparc64 version.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/elf/start.c: Removed.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/init-first.h: Rewrite in
	assembly based on the sparc64 version.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/fpu/bits/fenv.h: Duh.  Use proper syntax
	for manipulating %fsr.
	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/fpu/fpu_control.h: Make IEEE conformance
	be the default.

	* elf/elf.h (HWCAP_SPARC_*): New definitions.
	* elf/rtld.c (_dl_hwcap): New variable.
	* sysdeps/generic/dl-sysdep.c (_dl_sysdep_start): Record AT_HWCAP.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/getpagesize.c: New file.
	Attempt to get hold of the page size based on what we might have
	been told at startup time in _dl_pagesize.  This will be obsolete
	when I finish the kernel hooks for a proper sysconf(), stay tuned.

	Sparc 64 merge:

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h (ELF_FIXUP_RETURN_VALUE): New.
	Figure out the right thing to return based on the .plt format.

	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/fpu/fpu_control.h: Update comment.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/bits/types.h (__dev_t):
	Should have been 64-bits wide.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/init-first.h: sll->sllx,
	optimize for branch delay slot usage.

1997-08-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* csu/Makefile ($(objpfx)crt%.o): Fix a missing *.so -> *.os
	change.

1997-08-20  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* math/libm-test.c (identities): Change epsilon.

	* sysdeps/i386/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Correct arguments to fabs,
	fabsf, fabsl, __fabsl.

	* sysdeps/libm-i387/e_remainderl.S: Pop extra value from FPU stack.
	* sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_csinhl.c: Include <fenv.h>.

1 files changed, 122 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/manual/message.texi b/manual/message.texi
index 7640e21..76587d1 100644
--- a/manual/message.texi
+++ b/manual/message.texi
@@ -1167,19 +1167,131 @@ translations from the file
 @end smallexample
 
 From the above descriptions it should be clear which component of this
-filename is determined fromby which source.
+filename is determined by which source.
+
+In the above example we assumed that the @code{LANGUAGE} environment
+variable to @code{de}.  This might be an appropriate selection but what
+happens if the user wants to use @code{LC_ALL} because of the wider
+usability and here the required value is @code{de_DE.ISO-8859-1}?  We
+already mentioned above that a situation like this is not infrequent.
+E.g., a person might prefer reading a dialect and if this is not
+available fall back on the standard language.
+
+The @code{gettext} functions know about situations like this and can
+handle them gracefully.  The functions recognize the format of the value
+of the environment variable.  It can split the value is different pieces
+and by leaving out the only or the other part it can construct new
+values.  This happens of course in a predictable way.  To understand
+this one must know the format of the environment variable value.  There
+are to more or less standardized forms:
+
+@table @emph
+@item X/Open Format
+@code{language[_territory[.codeset]][@@modifier]}
+
+@item CEN Format (European Community Standard)
+@code{language[_territory][+audience][+special][,[sponsor][_revision]]}
+@end table
+
+The functions will automatically recognize which format is used.  Less
+specific locale names will be stripped of in the order of the following
+list:
 
-@c Describe:
-@c * message inheritence
-@c * locale aliasing
-@c * character set dependence
+@enumerate
+@item
+@code{revision}
+@item
+@code{sponsor}
+@item
+@code{special}
+@item
+@code{codeset}
+@item
+@code{normalized codeset}
+@item
+@code{territory}
+@item
+@code{audience}/@code{modifier}
+@end enumerate
+
+From the last entry one can see that the meaning of the @code{modifer}
+field in the X/Open format and the @code{audience} format have the same
+meaning.  Beside one can see that the @code{language} field for obvious
+reasons never will be dropped.
+
+The only new thing is the @code{normalized codeset} entry.  This is
+another goodie which is introduced to help reducing the chaos which
+derives from the inability of the people to standardize the names of
+character sets.  Instead of @w{ISO-8859-1} one can often see @w{8859-1},
+@w{88591}, @w{iso8859-1}, or @w{iso_8859-1}.  The @code{normalized
+codeset} value is generated from the user-provided character set name by
+applying the following rules:
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+Remove all characters beside numbers and letters.
+@item
+Fold letters to lowercase.
+@item
+If the same only contains digits prepend the string @code{"iso"}.
+@end enumerate
+
+@noindent
+So all of the above name will be normalized to @code{iso88591}.  This
+allows the program user much more freely choosing the locale name.
+
+Even this extended functionality still does not help to solve the
+problem that completely different names can be used to denote the same
+locale (e.g., @code{de} and @code{german}).  To be of help in this
+situation the locale implementation and also the @code{gettext}
+functions know about aliases.
+
+The file @file{/usr/share/locale/locale.alias} (replace @file{/usr} with
+whatever prefix you used for configuring the C library) contains a
+mapping of alternative names to more regular names.  The system manager
+is free to add new entries to fill her/his own needs.  The selected
+locale from the environment is compared with the entries in the first
+column of this file ignoring the case.  If they match the value of the
+second column is used instead for the further handling.
+
+In the description of the format of the environment variables we already
+mentioned the character set as a factor in the selection of the message
+catalog.  In fact, only catalogs which contain text written using the
+character set of the system/program can be used (directly; there will
+come a solution for this some day).  This means for the user that s/he
+will always have to take care for this.  If in the collection of the
+message catalogs there are files for the same language but coded using
+different character sets the user has to be careful.
 
 
 @node Helper programs for gettext
 @subsection Programs to handle message catalogs for @code{gettext}
 
-@c Describe:
-@c * msgfmt
-@c * xgettext
-@c Mention:
-@c * other programs from GNU gettext
+The GNU C Library does not contain the source code for the programs to
+handle message catalogs for the @code{gettext} functions.  As part of
+the GNU project the GNU gettext package contains everything the
+developer needs.  The functionality provided by the tools in this
+package by far exceeds the abilities of the @code{gencat} program
+described above for the @code{catgets} functions.
+
+There is a program @code{msgfmt} which is the equivalent program to the
+@code{gencat} program.  It generates from the human-readable and
+-editable form of the message catalog a binary file which can be used by
+the @code{gettext} functions.  But there are several more programs
+available.
+
+The @code{xgettext} program can be used to automatically extract the
+translatable messages from a source file.  I.e., the programmer need not
+take care for the translations and the list of messages which have to be
+translated.  S/He will simply wrap the translatable string in calls to
+@code{gettext} et.al and the rest will be done by @code{xgettext}.  This
+program has a lot of option which help to customize the output or do
+help to understand the input better.
+
+Other programs help to manage development cycle when new messages appear
+in the source files or when a new translation of the messages appear.
+here it should only be noted that using all the tools in GNu gettext it
+is possible to @emph{completely} automize the handling of message
+catalog.  Beside marking the translatable string in the source code and
+generating the translations the developers do not have anything to do
+themself.