From af6f39063b4433ee73647159200d105994d75b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 20:13:00 +0000 Subject: Update. 1997-10-26 18:12 Ulrich Drepper * libio/genops.c: Partial undo of last patch. * libio/stdfiles.c: Likewise. * libio/iofdopen.c: Use _IO_FILE_complete, not _IO_file_plus. * libio/iopopen.c: Likewise. * libio/iovdprintf.c: Likewise. * libio/libio.h: Remove duplicated `;'. * libio/stdio.c: Remove misleading comment. * libio/stdio.h: Declare standard streams as variables. * login/Makefile (distribute): Add README.utmpd. * login/README.utmpd: New file. Provided by Mark M. Kettenis . * manual/job.texi: Document tcgetsid. * manual/pattern.texi: Document globfree. * manual/terminal.texi: Document B38400 ... B460800. * posix/confstr.c: Print "-D_FILE_OFFSET_SIZE=64" for _CS_LFS_CFLAGS. * posix/unistd.h: Add explanation of _POSIX_* constants. * posix/unists.h: Add prototypes for __pread, __pread64, __pwrite and __pwrite64. * sysdeps/generic/pread.c: Define as __pread and make pread weak alias. * sysdeps/generic/pread64.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/pwrite.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/pwrite64.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/posix/pread.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/posix/pwrite.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/posix/pread64.c: New file. * sysdeps/posix/pwrite64.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir)=posix] (sysdep_routines): Add s_pread64 and s_pwrite64. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pread.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pread64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s_pread64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s_pwrite64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add pread and pwrite. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/pread64.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/pwrite64.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/pread64.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/pwrite64.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscalls.list: Add pread and pwrite with weak aliases for *64 functions. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/syscalls.list: Likewise. * string/bits/string2.h: Add casts to allow void * arguments. * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h: Define index and rindex only if __USE_BSD or __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Add SCM_RIGHTS and other SCM_* constants from kernel header. * termios/termios.h: Add prototype for tcgetsid. 1997-10-26 13:26 Thorsten Kukuk * sunrpc/clnt_perr.c: Add trailing '\0' to strings. * sunrpc/get_myaddr.c: Include rpc/clnt.h for prototypes. * sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c: Use get_myaddress from header file. 1997-10-26 05:26 Ulrich Drepper * configure.in: Punt if any directory mentioned in the enable-add-on parameter does not exist. 1997-10-25 19:25 Ulrich Drepper * termios/Makefile (routines): Add tcgetsid. * termios/tcgetsid.c: New file. Provided by Mark M. Kettenis . 1997-10-25 18:56 Ulrich Drepper * stdlib/stdlib.h: Remove mblen optimization. * stdlib/mblen.c: Rewrite to make sure global state is not changed. Reported by anderson@metrolink.com. 1997-10-19 21:51 Wolfram Gloger * malloc/thread-m.h [_LIBC]: Use new __libc_internal_tsd_{set,get} interface for thread-specific data. 1997-10-25 06:51 Ulrich Drepper * elf/dl-addr.c: Use braces for correct logical grouping. Patch by Wolfram Gloger . 1997-10-18 09:15 Geoff Keating * io/ftwtest-sh: Sometimes /tmp is a symlink to somewhere more convenient; that caused this test to break. * sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.h: Fix typo. * sysdeps/powerpc/bits/fenv.h: Don't use floating-point registers when -msoft-float is in effect, because this causes compilation to stop. * sysdeps/powerpc/bits/mathinlines.h: Likewise. * rpm/template: Add description, use RPM flags rather than the ones used to build the spec. Build in a temporary directory, not /. * elf/dl-lookup.c: Don't include _itoa.h, it's not used. * elf/dl-minimal.c: Use _itoa_word rather than _itoa. It seems that _itoa is the only routine that ld.so uses that requires something from libgcc.a on powerpc, so it would be best to avoid it in ld.so. * elf/rtld.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/_strerror.c: Likewise. * stdio-common/_itoa.c: Split out digits strings. * stdio-common/itoa-digits.c: New file. * stdio-common/Makefile: Add itoa-digits. 1997-10-21 Andreas Jaeger * manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Document error case more. * dirent/scandir.c (scandir): Ignore errors from select function. Suggested by urbanw@cs.umu.se (closes PR libc/316). 1997-10-25 06:18 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/socket.S: Corrections. Patch by Erik Troan . 1997-10-25 04:00 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/generic/dl-cache.c (_dl_load_cache_lookup): Favour exact matching of version function if both the general (1) and glibc-specific (3) entry are present. 1997-10-22 18:47 Thorsten Kukuk * sunrpc/rpc/clnt.h: Add get_myaddress prototype. * nis/libnsl.map: Fix typo. * nis/nis_call.c: Fix memory leak. 1997-10-22 19:29 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/generic/memcmp.c: Define __P if not defined before. Patch by Jim Meyering . 1997-10-21 22:09 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/prctl.h: New file by Richard Gooch . 1997-10-21 21:50 Ulrich Drepper * misc/syslog.c (vsyslog): Open console with O_NOCTTY. Patch by Zack Weinberg . 1997-10-21 18:07 Ulrich Drepper * posix/wordexp.c: Improve handling of $... expressions. Patch by Tim Waugh . 1997-10-21 16:12 Ulrich Drepper * manual/string.texi: Correct return values of bcopy and bzero. Patch by Matthew Wilcox . 1997-10-18 15:03 Philip Blundell * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Correct types of some elements in struct msghdr and struct cmsghdr, to keep in step with the kernel. 1997-10-17 22:29 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/init-first.h: Fix another bug in startup code. Patch by Eric Delaunay . 1997-10-16 20:17 Richard Henderson * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/socket.S: Dump args to the stack and give the kernel a pointer. Use the sysdep.h macros. 1997-10-17 04:07 Ulrich Drepper * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/elf/start.S: Calculate argv correctly. Patch by Eric Delaunay . 1997-10-16 Andreas Jaeger * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_nextafterxf.c [!__STDC__]: Correct typo. 1997-10-16 14:50 Ulrich Drepper * manual/pattern.texi: Document globfree. 1997-10-15 21:11 Philip Blundell * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_packet.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile (sysdep_headers): Add net/if_packet.h. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_arp.h (ARPHRD_ASH): New type, for 64Mbps ASH. (ARPHRD_ETHER): This is used for 100Mbps networks too. 1997-10-15 Andreas Jaeger * Makerules (install): Use full pathnames for linker script. This is to work around a limitation in `ld' while no better solution is possible. 1997-10-15 Andreas Jaeger * malloc/malloc.c (mmap_chunk): Put inline before static in function definition to avoid compiler warning. (malloc_extend): Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/des_impl.c: Include "des.h" to avoid warning. 1997-10-15 Andreas Jaeger * NEWS: Fix @gnu.ai.mit.edu -> @gnu.org. * README.template: Likewise. * db/makedb.c: Likewise. * elf/ldd.bash.in: Likewise. * elf/ldd.sh.in: Likewise. * intl/locale.alias: Likewise. * login/programs/utmpd.c: Likewise. * libio/stdfiles.c [!_IO_MTSAFE] (DEF_STDFILE): Fix parameter list. 1997-10-14 Andreas Schwab * Rules: Remove all empty.* files. (shared-only-routines): Correct implementation. 1997-10-14 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_lrintl.c: Make compilable. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_llrintl.c: Likewise. Optimized. 1997-10-14 Andreas Schwab * elf/ldd.bash.in: Only prepend ./ if the file contains no slash at all. * elf/ldd.sh.in: Likewise. 1997-10-14 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/m68k/sys/ucontext.h: New file. 1997-10-13 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbln.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalblnf.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalblnl.c: New (empty) file. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbn.c: Add scalbln alias. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbnf.c: Adapted. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_scalbnl.c: Adapted. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrint.c: Add standard skeleton stuff. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrintf.c: New file. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/s_lrintl.c: New file. * sysdeps/m68k/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Add fma and scalbln. Update lrint and scalbn. (__m81_inline) [__cplusplus]: Define to __inline. * math/bits/mathcalls.h: Remove whitespace before second argument of __MATHDECL. Add note explaining this. 1997-10-13 Andreas Schwab * manual/arith.texi (Absolute Value): Spelling fix. 1997-10-13 Andreas Schwab * malloc/obstack.h (obstack_empty_p) [!__GNUC__]: Properly parenthesize the macro parameter. * Rules: Remove rules to magically install .h headers. --- FAQ | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'FAQ') diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 14d1886..c37ae5b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ please let me know. [Q26] ``I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong?'' + +[Q27] ``Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and + `who', show incorrect information about the (number of) + users on my system. Why?'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -136,7 +140,9 @@ The GNU CC is found like all other GNU packages on or better one of the many mirror sites. You always should try to use the latest official release. Older -versions might not have all the features GNU libc could use. +versions might not have all the features GNU libc could use. It is +known that on most platforms compilers earlier than 2.7.2.3 fail so +at least use this version. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -199,6 +205,9 @@ Library. reports for a full build (shared, static, and profiled) a compile time of 45h34m. + For Atari TT030 (Motorola 68030 @ 32 Mhz, 34 Mb memory) (full build) + a compile time of 22h48m. + If you have some more measurements let me know. * When compiling for Linux: @@ -345,6 +354,9 @@ be read by functions from the other library. Sorry, but this is what a major release is for. It's better to have a cut now than having no means to support the new techniques later. +{MK} There is however a (partial) solution for this problem. Please +take a look at the file `README.utmpd'. + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q11] ``Where are the DST_* constants found in on many @@ -714,6 +726,14 @@ symlink that you have in place before you install glibc. However, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q27] ``Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and + `who', show incorrect information about the (number of) + users on my system. Why?'' + +[A27] {MK} See Q10. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, @@ -723,6 +743,7 @@ Answers were given by: {AJ} Andreas Jaeger, {EY} Eric Youngdale, {PB} Phil Blundell, +{MK} Mark Kettenis, Local Variables: mode:text -- cgit v1.1