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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-05-21 16:24:27 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1998-05-21 16:24:27 +0000 |
commit | 3dcf8ea677b811ec326b9692163f9e802663f9cc (patch) | |
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Update.
1998-05-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* iconv/iconv_prog.c (print_known_names): Use strverscmp in all
tsearch calls.
-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | FAQ | 48 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | FAQ.in | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | iconv/iconv_prog.c | 6 |
4 files changed, 55 insertions, 26 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +1998-05-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> + + * iconv/iconv_prog.c (print_known_names): Use strverscmp in all + tsearch calls. + 1998-05-21 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * timezone/test-tz.c: The test with TZ=UTC0 seems to work - enable @@ -65,24 +65,25 @@ please let me know. 2.11. I have set up /etc/nis.conf, and the Linux libc 5 with NYS works great. But the glibc NIS+ doesn't seem to work. 2.12. I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc - continues using NIS. + continues using NIS. 2.13. Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call: - RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. + RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. 2.14. After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly. -2.15. I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks +2.15. How do I create the databases for NSS? +2.16. I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong? -2.16. Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and +2.17. Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and `who', show incorrect information about the (number of) users on my system. Why? -2.17. After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get +2.18. After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get errors about undefined symbols. What went wrong? -2.18. When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library +2.19. When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library I get XXX: Symbol `_sys_errlist' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking Why? What should I do? -2.19. What do I need for C++ development? -2.20. Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries +2.20. What do I need for C++ development? +2.21. Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries which is not acceptable for me. What can I do? 3. Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them @@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ package; available at 2.12. I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc - continues using NIS. + continues using NIS. {TK} For faster NIS lookups, glibc uses the /var/yp/binding/ files from ypbind. ypbind 3.3 and older versions don't always remove these files, so @@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ Until ypbind 3.4 is released, you can find a patch at 2.13. Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call: - RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. + RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. {TK} You need a ypbind version which is 64bit clean. Some versions are not 64bit clean. A 64bit clean implementation is ypbind-mt. For ypbind 3.3, @@ -700,7 +701,18 @@ know about other versions. file is usually the culprit. -2.15. I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks +2.15. How do I create the databases for NSS? + +{AJ} If you have an entry "db" in /etc/nsswitch.conf you should also create +the database files. The glibc sources contain a Makefile which does the +neccessary conversion and calls to create those files. The file is +`db-Makefile' in the subdirectory `nss' and you can call it with `make -f +db-Makefile'. Please note that not all services are capable of using a +database. Currently passwd, group, ethers, protocol, rpc, services shadow +and netgroup are implemented. + + +2.16. I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong? {PB} This was necessary for libc5, but is not correct when using glibc. @@ -711,14 +723,14 @@ in place before you install glibc. However, /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/linux should remain as they were. -2.16. Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and +2.17. Programs like `logname', `top', `uptime' `users', `w' and `who', show incorrect information about the (number of) users on my system. Why? {MK} See question 3.2. -2.17. After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get +2.18. After upgrading to glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get errors about undefined symbols. What went wrong? {AJ} The problem is caused either by wrong program code or tools. In the @@ -732,7 +744,7 @@ price you might have to pay once for quite a number of advantages with symbol versioning. -2.18. When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library +2.19. When I start the program XXX after upgrading the library I get XXX: Symbol `_sys_errlist' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking @@ -754,7 +766,7 @@ be possible that a symbol changed size when that should not have happened. So in case of doubt report such a warning message as a problem. -2.19. What do I need for C++ development? +2.20. What do I need for C++ development? {HJ,AJ} You need either egcs 1.0.2 or gcc-2.8.1 with libstdc++ 2.8.1 (or more recent versions). libg++ 2.7.2 (and the Linux Versions 2.7.2.x) doesn't @@ -764,7 +776,7 @@ library compiled for 2.0 is not compatible due to the new Large File Support (LFS) in version 2.1. -2.20. Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries +2.21. Even statically linked programs need some shared libraries which is not acceptable for me. What can I do? {AJ} NSS (for details just type `info libc "Name Service Switch"') won't @@ -983,8 +995,8 @@ siginterrupt(). functions. Why? {AJ} glibc 2.1 has special string functions that are faster than the normal -library functions. Some of the functions are implemented as inline functions -and others as macros. +library functions. Some of the functions are additionally implemented as +inline functions and others as macros. The optimized string functions are only used when compiling with optimizations (-O1 or higher). The behavior can be changed with two feature @@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ package; available at http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html ?? I have killed ypbind to stop using NIS, but glibc - continues using NIS. + continues using NIS. {TK} For faster NIS lookups, glibc uses the /var/yp/binding/ files from ypbind. ypbind 3.3 and older versions don't always remove these files, so @@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ Until ypbind 3.4 is released, you can find a patch at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/NIS/ypbind-3.3-glibc3.diff. -?? Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call: - RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. +?? Under Linux/Alpha, I always get "do_ypcall: clnt_call: + RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused" when using NIS. {TK} You need a ypbind version which is 64bit clean. Some versions are not 64bit clean. A 64bit clean implementation is ypbind-mt. For ypbind 3.3, @@ -560,6 +560,18 @@ know about other versions. (just type `info libc "NSS Configuration File"'). The NSS configuration file is usually the culprit. + +?? How do I create the databases for NSS? + +{AJ} If you have an entry "db" in /etc/nsswitch.conf you should also create +the database files. The glibc sources contain a Makefile which does the +neccessary conversion and calls to create those files. The file is +`db-Makefile' in the subdirectory `nss' and you can call it with `make -f +db-Makefile'. Please note that not all services are capable of using a +database. Currently passwd, group, ethers, protocol, rpc, services shadow +and netgroup are implemented. + + ?? I have /usr/include/net and /usr/include/scsi as symlinks into my Linux source tree. Is that wrong? @@ -829,8 +841,8 @@ siginterrupt(). functions. Why? {AJ} glibc 2.1 has special string functions that are faster than the normal -library functions. Some of the functions are implemented as inline functions -and others as macros. +library functions. Some of the functions are additionally implemented as +inline functions and others as macros. The optimized string functions are only used when compiling with optimizations (-O1 or higher). The behavior can be changed with two feature diff --git a/iconv/iconv_prog.c b/iconv/iconv_prog.c index 5a08a21819..82ff5cf802 100644 --- a/iconv/iconv_prog.c +++ b/iconv/iconv_prog.c @@ -516,15 +516,15 @@ print_known_names (void) { if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, "INTERNAL")) tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_constpfx, &printlist, - (__compar_fn_t) strcoll); + (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp); if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, "INTERNAL")) tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->to_string, &printlist, - (__compar_fn_t) strcoll); + (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp); } else if (strcmp (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, "INTERNAL")) tsearch (__gconv_modules_db[cnt]->from_pattern, &printlist, - (__compar_fn_t) strcoll); + (__compar_fn_t) strverscmp); } fputs (_("\ |