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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1995-09-27 02:50:10 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>1995-09-27 02:50:10 +0000
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* locale/libintl.h: Rewritten by Ulrich Drepper for use with GNU
gettext code. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/param.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Subdirs: File removed. * libc-symbols.h (_LIBC): Define to 1, not just empty.
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+++ b/manual/maint.texi
@@ -733,6 +733,98 @@ The @code{getopt} function and related code were written by
Richard Stallman, @w{David J. MacKenzie}, and @w{Roland McGrath}.
@item
+The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel.
+
+@item
+The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written
+by Douglas C. Schmidt.
+
+@item
+The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and
+@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel.
+
+@comment tege's name has an umlaut.
+@tex
+\xdef\SETtege{Torbj\"orn Granlund}
+@end tex
+@ifinfo
+@set tege Torbjorn Granlund
+@end ifinfo
+@item
+Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy},
+@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by @value{tege}.
+
+@item
+The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie.
+
+@item
+The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4
+(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4})
+was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor.
+
+@item
+The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were
+contributed by Michael Glad.
+
+@item
+The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor.
+
+@item
+The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by
+Tom Quinn.
+
+@item
+The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Noel Cragg.
+
+@item
+The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3
+(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill.
+
+@item
+The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone
+package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors.
+
+@item
+The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was
+contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath.
+
+@item
+The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was
+contributed by Tom Quinn.
+
+@item
+The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture
+(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima.
+
+@item
+The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
+and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf},
+@code{strtod} and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The
+multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from
+GNU MP, which was contributed by @value{tege}.
+
+@item
+The internationalization support in the library (@file{locale.h},
+@file{langinfo.h}, etc.) was written by Ulrich Drepper and Roland
+McGrath. Ulrich Drepper adapted the support code for message catalogs
+(@file{libintl.h}, etc.) from the GNU @code{gettext} package, which he
+also wrote.
+
+@item
+The port to Linux i386/ELF (@code{i386-@var{anything}-linux}) was
+contributed by Ulrich Drepper, based in large part on work done in
+Hongjiu Lu's Linux version of the GNU C Library.
+
+@item
+Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized @code{strstr} function.
+
+@item
+Ulrich Drepper contributed the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48}
+families of functions; reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the
+@code{random} family; System V shared memory and IPC support code; and
+several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 processors.
+
+@item
Most of the math functions are taken from 4.4 BSD; they have been
modified only slightly to work with the GNU C library. The
Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and several
@@ -795,94 +887,7 @@ changes to fit into the GNU C library and to fit the ANSI C standard,
but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill
@item
-The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel.
-
-@item
-The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written
-by Douglas C. Schmidt.
-
-@item
-The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and
-@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel.
-
-@comment tege's name has an umlaut.
-@tex
-\xdef\SETtege{Torbj\"orn Granlund}
-@end tex
-@ifinfo
-@set tege Torbjorn Granlund
-@end ifinfo
-@item
-Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy},
-@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by @value{tege}.
-
-@item
-Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU,
-and is under the following copyright terms:
-
-@quotation
-@display
-Mach Operating System
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991,1990,1989 Carnegie Mellon University
-All Rights Reserved.
-@end display
-
-Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
-documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
-notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
-software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
-thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
-
-@sc{carnegie mellon allows free use of this software in its ``as is''
-condition. carnegie mellon disclaims any liability of any kind for
-any damages whatsoever resulting from the use of this software.}
-
-Carnegie Mellon requests users of this software to return to
-
-@display
- Software Distribution Coordinator
- School of Computer Science
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
-@end display
-
-@noindent
-or @samp{Software.Distribution@@CS.CMU.EDU} any improvements or
-extensions that they make and grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to
-redistribute these changes.
-@end quotation
-
-@item
-The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie.
-
-@item
-The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4
-(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4})
-was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor.
-
-@item
-The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were
-contributed by Michael Glad.
-
-@item
-The @code{ftw} function was contributed by Ian Lance Taylor.
-
-@item
-The code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by Tom Quinn.
-
-@item
-The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Noel Cragg.
-
-@item
-The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3
-(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill.
-
-@item
-The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone
-package by Arthur David Olson.
-
-@item
-The Internet resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.1, which is
+The Internet resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.3, which is
under both the Berkeley copyright above and also:
@quotation
@@ -906,16 +911,6 @@ with the use or performance of this software.}
@end quotation
@item
-The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was
-contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath.
-
-@item
-The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends
-was written by Roland McGrath and @value{tege}. The multi-precision
-integer functions used in that function are taken from GNU MP, which was
-contributed by @value{tege}.
-
-@item
The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's
@w{@sc{rpcsrc-4.0}} distribution, and is covered by this copyright:
@@ -955,12 +950,41 @@ Mountain View, California 94043
@end quotation
@item
-The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was
-contributed by Tom Quinn.
+Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU,
+and is under the following copyright terms:
+
+@quotation
+@display
+Mach Operating System
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991,1990,1989 Carnegie Mellon University
+All Rights Reserved.
+@end display
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
+documentation is hereby granted, provided that both the copyright
+notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the
+software, derivative works or modified versions, and any portions
+thereof, and that both notices appear in supporting documentation.
+
+@sc{carnegie mellon allows free use of this software in its ``as is''
+condition. carnegie mellon disclaims any liability of any kind for
+any damages whatsoever resulting from the use of this software.}
+
+Carnegie Mellon requests users of this software to return to
+
+@display
+ Software Distribution Coordinator
+ School of Computer Science
+ Carnegie Mellon University
+ Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
+@end display
+
+@noindent
+or @samp{Software.Distribution@@CS.CMU.EDU} any improvements or
+extensions that they make and grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to
+redistribute these changes.
+@end quotation
-@item
-The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture
-(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima.
@end itemize
@c @bye