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2011-11-17Remove handling of VCs other then gitUlrich Drepper
2009-02-04Remove reference to my mips page.Andreas Jaeger
2008-02-22[BZ #5012]Andreas Jaeger
Update. 2008-02-22 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> [BZ #5012] * FAQ.in: Describe why glibc needs to be compiled with optimization.
2005-04-082005-04-08 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@baldric.uwo.ca>Roland McGrath
* FAQ.in: Explain why `make' might fail running rpcgen. * FAQ: Regenerated.
2004-12-22(CFLAGS-tst-align.c): Add -mpreferred-stack-boundary=4.Ulrich Drepper
2007-07-122.5-18.1Jakub Jelinek
2004-08-10* FAQ: Regenerated.Roland McGrath
2003-02-21Regenerated: /usr/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.inUlrich Drepper
2002-10-03Update.Ulrich Drepper
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/Dist: Add bits/utmpx.h. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Dist: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Dist: Likewise.
2002-09-19Update.Ulrich Drepper
* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/Dist: Move fprrest.S and fprsave.S to... * sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/Dist: ...here. New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Dist: Move kernel_stat.h to... * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/Dist: ...here. * sysdeps/i386/Makefile: Remove obsolete db2 rules. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile: Add exit-thread.S. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Dist: Add ldd-rewrite.sh. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/Dist: New file.
2002-08-27Update.Ulrich Drepper
2002-08-27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * sysdeps/arm/Dist: Add bits/link.h. * sunrpc/Makefile: Distribute thrsvc. * stdio-common/Makefile: Remove more left-overs from old stdio. * include/linewrap.h: Removed. * libio/bug-mmap-fflush.c: Rewrite to not touch source directory. * intl/Makefile (distribute): Add plural-eval.c. * stdio-common/Makefile (headers): Remove bits/stdio_lim.h. This file isn't distributed. Add special rules to install bits/stdio_lim.h. * Make-dist: Remove traces of old stdio. * Makeconfig: Likewise. * locale/Makefile (localedef-aux): New variable. Only md5 assigned to it. These files are not ddistributed in this directory. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Dist: Add sys/procfs.h. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/Dist: Remove sys/procfs.h. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/Dist: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Dist: Remove sys/sendfile.h.
2001-05-11Update.Andreas Jaeger
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure.in: Move binutils check to... * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/configure.in: ...here. New file. 2001-05-11 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
2001-04-19Update.Andreas Jaeger
* configure.in: Require gettext 0.10.36 or newer. * manual/install.texi (Tools for Compilation): Mention gettext 0.10.36.
2001-04-09Update.Ulrich Drepper
2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/Dist: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/Makefile: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/_G_config.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/bits/fcntl.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/bits/mman.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/bits/resource.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/brk.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/chown.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/clone.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/fchown.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/fcntl.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/fxstat.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getegid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/geteuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getgid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getgroups.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getresgid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getresuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getrlimit.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getrlimit64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/getuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/lchown.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/lockf64.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/lxstat.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/mmap.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/mmap64.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/msgctl.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/profil-counter.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/register-dump.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/semctl.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setegid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/seteuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setfsgid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setfsuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setgid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setgroups.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setregid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setresgid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setresuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setreuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setrlimit.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/setuid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/shmctl.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/socket.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/sys/ucontext.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/syscall.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/sysdep.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/sysdep.h: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/vfork.S: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/cris/xstat.c: New file. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * sysdeps/cris/Dist: New file. * sysdeps/cris/Implies: New file. * sysdeps/cris/Makefile: New file. * sysdeps/cris/__longjmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/cris/_mcount.S: New file. * sysdeps/cris/bits/endian.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/bits/setjmp.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/bits/string.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/dl-machine.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/elf/start.S: New file. * sysdeps/cris/machine-gmon.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/memcopy.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/memusage.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/setjmp.S: New file. * sysdeps/cris/sysdep.h: New file. * sysdeps/cris/wordcopy.c: New file. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * elf/elf.h: Add new relocations for CRIS. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * shlib-versions: Add cases for Linux on CRIS. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * configure.in (ASM_LINE_SEP tests): Handle CRIS assembly, with ';' for comments and '@' for line separator. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/sysdep.h (INLINE_SYSCALL): Fix typo; s/==/=/ for assignment. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * malloc/Makefile: Correct comment; mtrace is Perl, not AWK. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * iconv/gconv_simple.c (internal_ucs4_loop_unaligned): Check for empty input before checking full output. 2001-04-08 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> * iconv/gconv.c (__gconv): Don't derefer parameter cd before checking if == -1L. 2001-04-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * inet/rexec.c (rexec_af): Avoid calling perror with errno being set.
2001-04-05Update.Ulrich Drepper
2001-04-05 David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> * elf/elf.h (HWCAP_SPARC_ULTRA3): Define it. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/dl-procinfo.h: Add it to capability flags table and HWCAP_IMPORTANT, increase _DL_HWCAP_COUNT to 6. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/dl-procinfo.h: Likewise.
2001-04-04Update.Ulrich Drepper
2001-04-03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * misc/dirname.c (dirname): Handle multiple slashes correctly. 2001-04-03 Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> * sysdeps/s390/s390-64/initfini.c: Fix __gmon_start__ GOT access. 2001-04-03 Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> * sysdeps/s390/s390-32/bcopy.S: Optimize for speed. * sysdeps/s390/s390-64/bcopy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/s390/s390-32/mempcy.S: Likewise. * sysdeps/s390/s390-64/memcpy.S: Likewise. 2001-04-02 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> * manual/message.texi (Advanced gettext functions): More specific syntax in the plural formula examples. 2001-04-02 Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> * sysdeps/powerpc/atomicity.h: Silence warnings. * sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/powerpc/register-dump.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/s_lrint.c: Likewise. 2001-04-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * misc/tst-dirname.c (main): Add more tests, derived from a bug report by Michael Kerrisk <mtk16@ext.canterbury.ac.nz>. 2001-04-01 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * debug/xtrace.sh (pcprofileso): Use SLIBDIR since libpcprofile.so is installed there. * malloc/memusage.sh (memusageso): Likewise for libmemusage.so. 2001-04-01 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * posix/annexc.c (macrofile): Renamed from TMPFILE and set to tmpnam (NULL). * stdlib/isomac.c (macrofile): Likewise. 2001-03-30 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> * inet/rcmd.c: Allow AF_UNSPEC as parameter. * nis/ypclnt.c (yp_all): Print error message only at last try, check for protocoll error only if we don't have a network error.
2001-03-27Mention s390x.Andreas Jaeger
2001-02-26Updated.Andreas Jaeger
2001-02-25 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * intl/Makefile (plural.c): Reorder rules so that they work if BISON doesn't exist.
2001-02-10Improve MIPS entry and regenerated FAQ.Andreas Jaeger
2001-01-23Update.Andreas Jaeger
* elf/dl-load.c (_dl_init_paths): Don't use strdupa in function arguments. Reported by Jiri Kubicek <kubicek@bitsmart.com>, closes PR libc/2039.
2001-01-13Regenerated.glibc-2.2.1cvs/glibc-2_2_1Andreas Jaeger
2001-01-12Update.Ulrich Drepper
2001-01-11 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> * stdlib/cxa_atexit.c (__cxa_atexit): Cast to (void *, int) func. * stdlib/cxa_finalize.c (__cxa_finalize): Add hidden second argument. * stdlib/cxa_on_exit.c: Remove. * stdlib/Makefile: Revert last patch. * stdlib/Versions: Likewise. * include/stdlib.h: Likewise. * stdlib/exit.h: Revert last patch. (struct exit_function): Add second argument to cxa fn. * stdlib/exit.c: Revert last patch. (exit): Add hidden second argument.
2000-12-27Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-12-11 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> * Makefile ($(inst_includedir)/gnu/stubs.h): Sort in the C locale. 2000-12-26 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * sunrpc/Makefile (rpcgen-cmd): Use single quotes in sed call. Patch by Ed Connell <Ed.Connell@sas.com>.
2000-11-18Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-11-18 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * wcsmbs/mbrtowc.c (__mbrtowc): Do not only flush if input is '\0'. * wcsmbs/Makefile (tests): Add tst-mbrtowc and tst-wcrtomb. (tst-mbrtowc-ENV): New variable. (tst-wcrtomb-ENV): New variable. * wcsmbs/tst-mbrtowc.c: New file. * wcsmbs/tst-wcrtomb.c: New file.
2000-11-07* charmaps/BIG5: Add mapping for <U20AC> back.Ulrich Drepper
Patch by Tung-Han Hsieh <thhsieh@twcpro.phys.ntu.edu.tw>.
2000-11-06Regenerated.Andreas Jaeger
2000-11-01Update.Ulrich Drepper
2000-11-01 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * configure.in (with_cvs): Test for pserver access.
2000-10-25Regenerated.Andreas Jaeger
2000-10-24Regenerated.Andreas Jaeger
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.
2000-03-10Regenerated.Andreas Jaeger
2000-02-23Update.Ulrich Drepper
* dlfcn/dlopenold.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.
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
* include/aio.h: Remove __THROW from internal interfaces. __THROW is only need in external header files that might be compiled by a C++ compiler. * include/alloca.h: Likewise. * include/db.h: Likewise. * include/dirent.h: Likewise. * include/execinfo.h: Likewise. * include/fpu_control.h: Likewise. * include/glob.h: Likewise. * include/grp.h: Likewise. * include/libintl.h: Likewise. * include/math.h: Likewise. * include/math.h: Likewise. * include/mntent.h: Likewise. * include/mntent.h: Likewise. * include/netdb.h: Likewise. * include/pwd.h: Likewise. * include/sched.h: Likewise. * include/shadow.h: Likewise. * include/stdlib.h: Likewise. * include/sys/file.h: Likewise. * include/sys/gmon.h: Likewise. * include/sys/ioctl.h: Likewise. * include/sys/socket.h: Likewise. * include/sys/stat.h: Likewise. * include/sys/sysinfo.h: Likewise. * include/sys/time.h: Likewise. * include/sys/times.h: Likewise. * include/sys/uio.h: Likewise. * include/sys/wait.h: Likewise. * include/termios.h: Likewise. * include/time.h: Likewise. * include/ulimit.h: Likewise. * include/utmp.h: Likewise. * include/wchar.h: Likewise. 1999-11-22 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> * sunrpc/rpc_clntout.c (printbody): Fix -CLMNab output. Patch by Jerry Perkins <jrperkins@iname.com>, closes PR libc/1456+1457. 1999-11-22 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> * sysdeps/generic/siglist.h: Avoid declaring the same field twice if SIGPWR is defined to SIGLOST. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/memcpy.S: bcopy takes size_t argument, not signed, so we should not special case it for negative args. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/sparcv9/memmove.c: Don't use generic memmove, use the one provided in memcpy.S. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/memcpy.S: bcopy should handle overlapping copies like memmove, while the previous version worked like memcpy. Implement optimized assembly memmove. * sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/memmove.c: New file. 1999-11-23 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * po/cs.po: Update from translators. 1999-11-23 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
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.
1999-09-05Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-08-31 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * nscd/nscd_getgr_r.c (nscd_getgr_r): Cleanup the buffer count.
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 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> * nis/nis_callback.c (internal_nis_do_callback) use poll() instead of select(). 1999-08-02 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/generic/s_nextafter.c: Define __nexttoward and nexttoward so something else so that aliasing works. 1999-08-02 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> * sysdeps/generic/math_ldbl.h: Fix typo. * sysdeps/generic/strtold.c: Remove unbalanced #endif. * sysdeps/alpha/fpu/e_sqrt.c: Use new path for e_sqrt.c. 1999-08-02 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * elf/resolvfail.c: Include stdio.h. Also test dlerror.
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.
1999-07-26Update.Ulrich Drepper
* libio/iofclose.c (_IO_new_fclose): Detect new streams and handle them appropriately. * libio/oldiofclose.c (_IO_old_fclose): Likewise.
1999-06-06Update.Ulrich Drepper
1999-06-04 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * math/libm-test.c (yn_test): Change one delta. (jn_test): Likewise. (j1_test): Likewise. (y0_test): Likewise.
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.