From 66219c079442f5dce5b43ca1575f8ca865cb537e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:01:20 +0000 Subject: Fri Jul 5 12:22:51 1996 Roland McGrath --- FAQ | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'FAQ') diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 1a434d0..6c67d6b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Question on GNU C Library As every FAQ this one also tries to answer questions the user might have -when using the pacakge. Please make sure you read this before sending +when using the package. Please make sure you read this before sending questions or bug reports to the maintainers. The GNU C Library is very complex. The building process exploits the @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ please let me know. [Q9] ``Why does getlogin() always return NULL on my Linux box?'' +[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in on many + systems?'' + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -259,6 +262,18 @@ means to support the new techniques later. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q10] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in on many + systems?'' + +[A10] {UD} These constants come from the old BSD days and are not used +today anymore (even the Linux based glibc does not implement the handling +although the cosntants are defined). + +Instead GNU libc contains the zone database handling and compatibility +code for POSIX TZ environment variable handling. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, -- cgit v1.1