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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-12-14 22:24:57 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-12-14 22:24:57 +0000
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1997-12-14 21:33 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * version.h (VERSION): Bump to 2.0.91. * db2/makedb.c (process_input): Fix typo in message. * sunrpc/rpcinfo.c (pmapdump): Unify messages. * elf/dynamic-link.h: Pretty print. * elf/rtld.c: Allow multiple preloading of a shared object. * include/limits.h: Prevent multiple inclusion. * malloc/Makefile (headers): Add mcheck.h. (distribute): Remove it here. * malloc/mcheck.h: Pretty print. * malloc/mtrace.c (mallenv): Make `const'. * malloc/mtrace.pl: Don't print table head for memory leaks if there are none. * manual/memory.texi: Update descriptor of malloc hooks. * posix/Makefile (routines): Add waitid. * posix/sys/types.h [__USE_SVID || __USE_POSIX]: Define id_t based on __id_t. * posix/sys/wait.h: Define idtype_t type. Add prototype for waitid. * signal/signal.h: Move definition of sigval_t to <bits/siginfo.h>. * sysdeps/generic/waitid.c: Stub for waitid. * sysdeps/generic/bits/siginfo.h: Define sigval_t. Arrange to work the __need_siginfo_t defined. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/siginfo: Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/bits/types.h: Define __id_t. Correct definition of __FDMASK. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/types.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/types.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/bits/types.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/posix/waitid.c: New file. Provided by Zack Weinberg. * rt/aio_misc.c: Rename __aio_free_req to __aio_free_request. * sysdeps/alpha/dl-machine.h (ELF_MACHINE_RUNTIME_TRAMPOLINE): Add missing parameters. * sysdeps/generic/dl-sysdep.c: Don't call __libc_init_secure. * sysdeps/generic/enbl-secure.c: Don't define __libc_uid. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c: Define __libc_uid. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigqueue.c: Make sure __libc_uid is initialized. * sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: Little cleanup. * sysdeps/i386/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Use __signbit* inline functions. (__finite): Mark function as const. Add inline code for __ieee754_atan2. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_cacoshf.c: Add alternate implementation (but don't use it now). * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catan.c: Use __ieee754_atan2 instead of __atan. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catanf.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catanl.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catanh.c: Likewise. Correct sign of real part. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catanhf.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_catanhl.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_clog10.c: Use factor to correct __ieee754_atan2 to base 10. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_clog10f.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/libm-ieee754/s_clog10l.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/kernel_sigaction.h: Define as old_kernel_sigaction. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_slip.h: Pretty print. * wctype/Makefile (routines): Add wctype_l. * wctype/wctype.h: Add declaration of __wctype_l. * wctype/wctype_l.c: New file. 1997-12-10 00:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * locale/C-ctype.c: Correct data for isw* functions. * locale/programs/ld-ctype.c: Write 32bit char classes in correct byte order. * wctype/test_wctype.c: Add test for isw* functions. * wctype/wctype.c: Return value with expected byte order. * sysdeps/generic/_G_config.h: Define _G_HAVE_IO_FILE_OPEN. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/_G_config.h: Likewise.
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@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ The systems glibc is known to work on as of this release, and most
probably in the future, are:
*-*-gnu GNU Hurd
- i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Intel
- m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0
- alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha
+ i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Intel
+ m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on Motorola 680x0
+ alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on DEC Alpha
powerpc-*-linux-gnu Linux and MkLinux on PowerPC systems
- sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on SPARC
- sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on UltraSPARC
+ sparc-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on SPARC
+ sparc64-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.x on UltraSPARC
Ports to other Linux platforms are in development, and may in fact
work already, but no one has sent us success reports for them.
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ has not been ported to them.
You should not need these tools unless you change the source files.
+* Some scripts need perl5 - but at the moment those scripts are not
+ vital for building and installing GNU libc (some data files will not
+ be created).
+
* When compiling for Linux, the header files of the Linux kernel must
be available to the compiler as <linux/*.h> and <asm/*.h>.
@@ -117,9 +121,10 @@ has not been ported to them.
very slow.
James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk> reports a compile time of
- 45h34m for a full build (shared, static, and profiled) on
- Atari Falcon (Motorola 68030 @ 16 Mhz, 14 Mb memory) and 22h48m
- on Atari TT030 (Motorola 68030 @ 32 Mhz, 34 Mb memory)
+ 45h34m for a full build (shared, static, and profiled) on Atari
+ Falcon (Motorola 68030 @ 16 Mhz, 14 Mb memory) and Jan Barte
+ <yann@plato.uni-paderborn.de> reports 22h48m on Atari TT030
+ (Motorola 68030 @ 32 Mhz, 34 Mb memory)
If you have some more measurements let me know.
@@ -624,7 +629,7 @@ 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'.
+take a look at the file `login/README.utmpd'.
?? Where are the DST_* constants found in <sys/time.h> on many
systems?
@@ -668,13 +673,13 @@ results because of type conflicts.
still complains about redeclarations of types in the kernel
headers.
-{UD} The kernel headers before Linux 2.1.61 don't work correctly with
-glibc. Compiling C programs is possible in most cases but C++
-programs have (due to the change of the name lookups for `struct's)
-problems. One prominent example is `struct fd_set'.
+{UD} The kernel headers before Linux 2.1.61 and 2.0.32 don't work
+correctly with glibc. Compiling C programs is possible in most cases
+but C++ programs have (due to the change of the name lookups for
+`struct's) problems. One prominent example is `struct fd_set'.
-There might be some problems left but 2.1.61 fixes most of the known
-ones. See the BUGS file for other known problems.
+There might be some problems left but 2.1.61/2.0.32 fix most of the
+known ones. See the BUGS file for other known problems.
??signal Why don't signals interrupt system calls anymore?
@@ -767,8 +772,8 @@ point where the headers are stable. There are still lots of
incompatible changes made and the libc headers have to follow.
Also, make sure you have a suitably recent kernel. As of the 970401
-snapshot, according to Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, the
-required kernel version is 2.1.30.
+snapshot, according to Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>, the
+required kernel version is at least 2.1.30.
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