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@menu
* Source Layout:: How to add new functions or header files
- to the GNU C library.
-* Porting:: How to port the GNU C library to
+ to the GNU C Library.
+* Porting:: How to port the GNU C Library to
a new machine or operating system.
@end menu
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ This variable is used for secondary object files needed to build
@end table
@node Porting
-@appendixsec Porting the GNU C Library
+@appendixsec Porting @theglibc{}
-The GNU C library is written to be easily portable to a variety of
+@Theglibc{} is written to be easily portable to a variety of
machines and operating systems. Machine- and operating system-dependent
functions are well separated to make it easy to add implementations for
new machines or operating systems. This section describes the layout of
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ the @file{sysdeps} hierarchy, parallel to @file{unix} and @file{mach}.
@end table
@node Porting to Unix
-@appendixsubsec Porting the GNU C Library to Unix Systems
+@appendixsubsec Porting @theglibc{} to Unix Systems
Most Unix systems are fundamentally very similar. There are variations
between different machines, and variations in what facilities are
@@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ generated are @file{ioctls.h}, @file{errnos.h}, @file{sys/param.h}, and
@c It's not anymore true. glibc 2.1 cannot be used with K&R compilers.
@c --drepper
-Although the GNU C library implements the @w{ISO C} library facilities, you
-@emph{can} use the GNU C library with traditional, ``pre-ISO'' C
+Although @theglibc{} implements the @w{ISO C} library facilities, you
+@emph{can} use @theglibc{} with traditional, ``pre-ISO'' C
compilers. However, you need to be careful because the content and
-organization of the GNU C library header files differs from that of
+organization of the @glibcadj{} header files differs from that of
traditional C implementations. This means you may need to make changes
to your program in order to get it to compile.
@end ignore