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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-01-24 02:23:54 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1997-01-24 02:23:54 +0000
commit9d187dd4ad11f857386881db032d7e71ad26f47c (patch)
treedacaae8468e5cf69ffda0ef4b299472f429add8a /PROJECTS
parent8d57beeab10d2afd72e2e3bc6b1ad4695b791955 (diff)
update from main archive 970122cvs/libc-970124
1997-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> * mktime.c (mktime): Invoke __tzset, not __tzset_internal, to set tz, so that tzname is set as POSIX requires. Fri Jan 24 02:49:18 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * dirent/dirent.h: Declare readdir_r also when __USE_POSIX. * grp/grp.h: Declare *_r functions also when __USE_POSIX. * pwd/pwd.h: Likewise. * time/time.h: Likewise. * posix/unistd.h: Declare ttyname_r also when __USE_POSIX. * string/string.h: Declare strtok_r also when __USE_POSIX. * stdio-common/bug7.c: Use tmpnam to generate names for test files. * stdio-common/tmpnam.c: Update copyright. * stdio-common/tmpnam_r.c: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/kernel_termios.h: Protect against multiple inclusion. Include <termbits.h>. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/kernel_termios.h: Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if.h: Update according to recent kernel headers. Patch by Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>. Thu Jan 23 17:42:00 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/clone.S: Correct author attribution. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_arp (MAX_ADDR_LEN): Add definition. Thu Jan 23 14:20:34 1997 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * time/tzfile.c (__tzfile_read): Don't allow arbitrary files to be read when running a setuid program.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Open jobs for finishing GNU libc:
---------------------------------
-Status: October 1996
+Status: January 1997
If you have time and talent to take over any of the jobs below please
contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
[ 1] Port to new platforms or test current version on formerly supported
platforms.
+**** See http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/porting.html for more details.
+
[ 2] Test compliance with standards. If you have access to recent
standards (IEEE, ISO, ANSI, X/Open, ...) and/or test suites you
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
Implementation idea: use some functions from bash.
+**** Somebody is working on this. Help may or may not be appreciated.
+
[ 5] Write `long double' versions of the math functions. This should be
done in collaboration with the NetBSD and FreeBSD people.
@@ -83,5 +87,15 @@ contact <bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu>
[11] Rewrite utmp/wtmp functions to use database functions. This is much
better than the normal flat file format.
- Please contact bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to avoid
- duplicated work.
+**** There are plans for a new approach to this problem. Please contact
+ bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu before starting to work.)
+
+
+[12] Several more or less small functions have to be written:
+
+ + tcgetid() and waitid() from XPG4.2
+ + grantpt(), ptsname(), unlockpt() from XPG4.2
+ + getdate() from XPG4.2
+ + fmtmsg() from SVID
+
+ More information are available on request.