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2000-11-18Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-11-16 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Update documentation for GCC 2.95.2. * libio/freopen.c (freopen): Reset _mode after succesful reopening.
2000-11-08Update.Ulrich Drepper
* catgets/gencat.c (main): Don't use exit() to avoid warnings with broken compilers. * include/features.h (__STDC_ISO_10646__): Correct value to be 200009L. Patch by Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk>. 2000-11-08 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * pwd/Versions (GLIBC_2.1.2): Add getpwnam_r. 2000-11-08 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> * string/bits/string2.h: Check if _USE_STRING_ARCH_ macros are defined, not _HAVE_STRING_ARCH_. * sysdeps/i386/bits/string.h (_USE_STRING_ARCH_memset, _USE_STRING_ARCH_strchr): Define. * sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h (_USE_STRING_ARCH_memset, _USE_STRING_ARCH_strchr): Define. * sysdeps/sparc/bits/string.h: New file. 2000-11-08 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> * locale/C-translit.h.in: Tweak <U2014> result. * locale/C-translit.h: Regenerated. 2000-11-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * posix/unistd.h: Add attribute((const)) to sysconf prototype.
2000-11-07* charmaps/BIG5: Add mapping for <U20AC> back.Ulrich Drepper
Patch by Tung-Han Hsieh <thhsieh@twcpro.phys.ntu.edu.tw>.
2000-11-06Fixed toc.Andreas Jaeger
2000-11-01Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-11-01 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * configure.in (with_cvs): Test for pserver access.
2000-10-25Mention that gcc -traditional is not supported.Andreas Jaeger
2000-10-24Mention glibc 2.2 caveats.Andreas Jaeger
2000-10-22Update MIPS entry.Andreas Jaeger
2000-10-21Add MIPS information.Andreas Jaeger
2000-10-15Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-10-14 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * math/libm-test.inc (frexp_test): Add L suffix also to parameters. (hypot_test): Likewise. * sysdeps/generic/printf_fphex.c: Compute width of decimal point string correctly. Handle padding correctly. * sysdeps/ia64/fpu/printf_fphex.c: Use sizeof in _itowa parameters correctly. * sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/printf_fphex.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/printf_fphex.c: Likewise. 2000-10-12 Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au> * FAQ.in: Add --start-group and --end-group. 2000-10-12 Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au> * malloc/memusage.c: Conditionalize stack usage calculation on stack direction. 2000-10-12 Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au> * config.h.in: Add ASM_LINE_SEP. * configure.in: Add test for comment and line separators. * include/libc-symbols.h: Define and use ASM_LINE_SEP, and add tabs to placate some hppa assemblers. * sysdeps/hppa/sysdep.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/gnu/siglist.c: Insert \n and \t into inline asm. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/errlist.c: Likewise. 2000-10-12 David Huggins-Daines <dhd@linuxcare.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile: Include <bits/initspin> in $(sysdep_headers). * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/initspin.h: Dummy version for non-threaded platforms. 2000-10-12 David Huggins-Daines <dhd@linuxcare.com> * configure.in: Add definitions for hppa. * elf/elf.h: Add PLABEL32 relocation for hppa ELF32, comments for IPLT and EPLT relocations. * shlib-versions: Version symbol definitions for hppa-linux. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in: Define $arch_minimum_kernel for hppa. 2000-10-12 David Huggins-Daines <dhd@linuxcare.com> * sysdeps/hppa/Makefile: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/Versions: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/setjmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/__longjmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/bits/setjmp.h: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/frame.h: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/add_n.s: Don't use %r19 (linkage table pointer). * sysdeps/hppa/sub_n.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/lshift.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/rshift.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/udiv_qrnnd.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/hppa1.1/addmul_1.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/hppa1.1/submul_1.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/hppa1.1/mul_1.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/hppa1.1/udiv_qrnnd.s: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/dl-machine.h: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/dl-fptr.c: New file (note that this is almost identical to the IA-64 one). * sysdeps/hppa/dl-lookupcfg.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/dl-symaddr.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/hppa/elf/initfini.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/elf/start.S: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/bits/fenv.h: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fclrexcpt.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fedisblxcpt.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/feenablxcpt.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fegetenv.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fegetexcept.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fegetround.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/feholdexcpt.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fesetenv.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fesetround.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/feupdateenv.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fegetexcptflg.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fraiseexcpt.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/fsetexcptflg.c: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/fpu/ftestexcept.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Versions: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscalls.list: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/sysdep.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/sysdep.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/fcntl.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/ioctls.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/mman.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/sigaction.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/bits/signum.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/brk.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/clone.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/socket.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/syscall.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/setrlimit.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/getrlimit.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/getrlimit64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel_sigaction.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/kernel_stat.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/mmap.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/profil-counter.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/procfs.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/ucontext.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/umount.c: New file. 2000-10-12 Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au> * sysdeps/hppa/hppa1.1/Implies: New file. * sysdeps/hppa/memusage.h: New file.
2000-08-09Update.Andreas Jaeger
2000-08-09 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * configure.in: Change required make versions. * manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Document required make version. (Supported Configurations): Update list of supported configurations.
2000-07-31Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-07-31 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * inet/Versions: Remove getipnodebyaddr and friends from GLIBC_2.2. * resolv/netdb.h: Remove getipnodebyaddr and friends.
2000-07-07Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-07-06 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * include/signal.h: Declare __libc_sigaction. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Versions: Export __libc_sigaction. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigaction.c: Add __libc_sigaction alias. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/sigaction.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sigaction.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/sigaction.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/sigaction.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigaction.c: Likewise. * configure.in: Fix CLAGS-memprofstat.c definition after 2000-06-19 change. Patch by Bradford W. Johnson <bradford@math.umn.edu>. 2000-07-06 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Pass 0 instead of NULL to elf_machine_fixup_plt t argument. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/mmap64.c (__mmap64): Add cast. 2000-07-06 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * crypt/Makefile (LDLIBS-cert): Removed. (LDLIBS-md5c-test): Removed. ($(objpfx)cert): Renamed from cert.out to fix dependencies. ($(objpfx)md5c-test): Likewise for md5c-test.out.
2000-04-21Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-04-20 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * manual/stdio.texi: Give advise about handling error when using stream functions. Patch by Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.ocis.net>.
2000-03-102000-03-09 Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org>Andreas Jaeger
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S: * manual/message.texi (Using gettextized software): * manual/message.texi (Message Translation): Doc Fixes. * manual/filesys.texi (File Size): * manual/charset.texi (glibc iconv Implementation): * locale/programs/ld-collate.c (collate_output): * iconv/gconv_db.c (find_derivation): * manual/install.texi: * manual/search.texi (Hash Search Function): * manual/stdio.texi (Output Conversion Syntax): * FAQ.in: * config.h.in: * sysdeps/generic/dl-sysdep.c: Doc Fixes. `allows to' is not correct English. * elf/rtld.c: Doc fixes. * manual/creature.texi (Feature Test Macros): Doc fixes. * manual/memory.texi (Hooks for Malloc): Doc Fixes. * manual/filesys.texi (Working Directory): Check for ERANGE to avoid infloop.
2000-02-23Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-02-23 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * dlfcn/dlopen.c: Include <stddef.h> for NULL. * dlfcn/dlsym.c: Likewise. * dlfcn/dlvsym.c: Likewise. * iconv/gconv.c: Likewise.
2000-01-26Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-01-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * posix/fnmatch_loop.c (FCT): Use locale's collating sequence when deciding whether a character falls within a character range. 2000-01-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * posix/fnmatch_loop.c (FCT): When matching [A-Z] and folding case, lower-case A too. 2000-01-24 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscalls.list: Remove old[gs]etrlimit.
2000-01-26Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * posix/regex.c (GET_UNSIGNED_NUMBER): Allow only ASCII digits. 2000-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * posix/regex.c (compile_range): When matching a character range, use the current collating sequence, as POSIX requires.
1999-12-28Update.Ulrich Drepper
* iconvdata/gb2312.h (ucs4_to_gb2312): Fix mapping of 0x0101, 0x2312, and 0x2500..0x254b. * iconvdata/TESTS: Add EUC-CN. * iconvdata/testdata/EUC-CN: New file.
1999-12-27Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-12-27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * iconvdata/gb2312.c: Update mapping of GB 0x212c from latest Unicode tables.
1999-12-21Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-12-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/getmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/getpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/putmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/putpmsg.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/syscalls.list: Add getpmsg and putpmsg. 1999-12-20 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/lxstat64.c: Include "kernel-features.h" before testing for __ASSUME_STAT64_SYSCALL. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fxstat64.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xstat64.c: Likewise. 1999-12-20 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Clearify that install_root should be an absolute file name. * iconv/gconv.c (__gconv): Deal with outbuf being NULL. * iconv/iconv.c (iconv): Allow omitting output buffer if no input buffer is given to place conversion descriptor in initial state. * iconvdata/gconv-modules: Correct aliases CSPC850MULTILINGUAL and CSPC862LATINHEBREW. * iconvdata/gconv-modules: Add aliases GB2312 and csGB2312 (according to IANA registry). Reported by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>. * iconvdata/johab.c: Correct completely broken conversion to JOHAB.
1999-11-23Update.Ulrich Drepper
* iconv/skeleton.c: Don't access next_step->fct if data->is_last
1999-11-17Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-11-16 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * math/fenv.h: Fix typos in comments. Reported by Andreas Schwab.
1999-10-11Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-10-11 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/sigaction.h: Declare SA_SIGINFO.
1999-09-05Add comment about add-on numbering.Ulrich Drepper
1999-08-28Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-08-26 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> * locale/langinfo.h (YESSTR, NOSTR): Still define if __USE_GNU.
1999-08-16Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-07-20 Geoff Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com> * math/libm-test.c: Tweak deltas for a clean run on ppc.
1999-08-02Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-08-02 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigaction.c (__sigaction): Only allow rt signal frames. No SA_SIGINFO signals will have the siginfo_t just not filled out with SI_NOINFO code. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/register-dump.h (register_dump): Take the above change into account. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/sigcontextinfo.h (rt_signal_frame): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/getsysstats.c: New file.
1999-07-31Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-07-31 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * string/bits/string2.h (__strcpy_small): Fix a typo.
1999-07-27Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-07-25 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz> * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv8/Makefile: -mv8 is deprecated, use -mcpu=v8. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/Makefile: Likewise. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/Makefile: Make %g7 register available for libc's private use (as assembly routine clobber it anyway). 1999-07-26 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * README.template (configurations): The crypt add-on has a new ftp site. * manual/install.texi (Installation): Likewise.
1999-07-09Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-07-09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * hesiod/Versions [GLIBC_2.2]: Add _nss_hesiod_initgroups. * hesiod/hesiod-grp.c: Add initgroups support. Patch by Nalin Dahyabhai <nsdahya1@pobox.com>.
1999-06-06Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-06-06 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * malloc/malloc.c: Introduce local variable __libc_getpagesize to avoid multiple calls to getpagesize() which might be a syscall. 1999-06-06 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> * stdio-common/tstscanf.c (main): Test the half-word format "%hd". 1999-06-06 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/install.texi (Running make install): Correct typo in dynamic linker invocation. 1999-06-05 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> * sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Fix problems with GOT addressing. 1999-06-05 Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de> * malloc/malloc.c (check_action): Change into bitmap so that both diagnostic and abort can be requested by setting it to 3. (mALLOC_SET_STATe): Disable malloc checking if necessary.
1999-05-27Regenerated: /usr/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.inUlrich Drepper
1999-05-22Regenerated: /usr/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.inUlrich Drepper
1999-05-15Update.Ulrich Drepper
* stdlib/strtol.c: Optimize inner loop of long long versions.
1999-05-04Update.Ulrich Drepper
* elf/dl-load.c (expand_dynamic_string_token): Rewrite to loose st variable.
1999-04-29Update.Ulrich Drepper
* resolv/inet_addr.c (inet_aton): Optimize switch statement away.
1999-04-29Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-04-28 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * nss/digits_dots.c: Use inet_aton to parse IPv4 numbers. This allows e.g. gethostbyname to accept "10.1234". Reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov <lav@long.yar.ru> [PR libc/1096]. * nss/test-netdb.c (test_hosts): Add test for gethostbyname and non quad IPv4 numbers. loaded shared object with all loaded objects. Initialize l_ino
1999-04-28Update.Ulrich Drepper
* malloc/malloc.c (rEALLOc): Only free memory for size 0 if oldmem is != NULL. 1999-04-28 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * malloc/malloc.c (REALLOC_ZERO_BYTES_FREES): Define it to follow ISO C9x and Unix98. 1999-04-28 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
1999-04-10Change Perl <-> db2 answer.Ulrich Drepper
1999-04-081999-04-01 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>Andreas Schwab
* sunrpc/Versions: Add new xdr functions to GLIBC_2.1.1 * sunrpc/xdr.c: Add xdr_hyper, xdr_u_hyper, xdr_longlong_t and xdr_u_longlong_t. Based on patch from Dan Shechter <damageboy@isdn.net.il>. * sunrpc/xdr_intXX_t.c: Implement xdr_int64_t, xdr_uint64_t * sunrpc/rpc/xdr.h: Add prototypes for new xdr functions. * nis/nis_lookup.c (nis_lookup): Don't overwrite RPC error code.
1999-03-22* configure.in: Also look in $PATH when searching for Andreas Schwab
install-info. Remove autoconf bug workaround and require autoconf 2.13. Mon Mar 22 15:48:06 1999 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de> * configure.in: Also look in $PATH when searching for install-info. Remove autoconf bug workaround and require autoconf 2.13.
1999-03-08Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * locales/ru_RU (mon): Fix March and May month name translations. Reported by Vadim V. Zhytnikov <vvzhy@td.lpi.ac.ru>.
1999-03-08Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-05 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/llio.texi (Open-time Flags): Clarify that O_SHLOCK and O_EXLOCK are BSD extensions. Reported by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de> [PR libc/985].
1999-03-08Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * manual/signal.texi (Termination in Handler): Correct example. Install default handler before reraising the signal. Patch by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>.
1999-03-08Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-02 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org> * Makerules (LD_FLAGS-c.so): Add -u __register_frame to force the backward compatibility EH functions to be linked when using gcc-2.8.1. Patch by Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>.
1999-03-08Fix typo.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-01Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-03-01 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * sysdeps/i386/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Rename field uc_links to uc_link which is the right name according to Unix98. Reported by Craig Metz [PR libc/1001]. * sysdeps/arm/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise. * sysdeps/m68k/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise. * sysdeps/mips/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/sys/ucontext.h (ucontext): Likewise.
1999-02-27Regenerated: /usr/unsupported/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.inUlrich Drepper
1999-02-11Update.Ulrich Drepper