update from main archive 961217cvs/libc-961219cvs/libc-961218

Wed Dec 18 03:31:58 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* dirent/scandir.c: Undo change from Mon Dec  2 15:32:15 1996.
	The stream is private and usages outside glibc don't care about
	reentrancy.
	* io/fts.c: Likewise.
	* io/ftw.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/getcwd.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/ttyname.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/ttyname_r.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/posix/glob.c: Likewise.

	* libio/iovsprintf.c: Add cast to prevent warning.
	* libio/iovsscanf.c: Likewise.

	* libio/libioP.h: Define mmap to __mmap and munmap to __munmap
	to keep namespace clean.

	* new-malloc/malloc.c: Update to last version from Wolfram Gloger.
	Add hooks and check functions from old GNU malloc.
	* new-malloc/malloc.h: Likewise.

	* nis/ypclnt.c: Remove prototype for xdr_free.
	* snrpc/rpc/xdr.h: Add prototype for xdr_free.

	* manual/nss.texi: Correct description of default values and don't
	meantion NSS as an add-on.

	* nss/grp-lookup.c: Provide default value as
	"compat [NOTFOUND=return] files".
	* nss/pwd-lookup.c: Likewise.
	* nss/spwd-lookup.c: Likewise.
	* nss/network-lookup.c: Correct default to
	"dns [!UNAVAIL=return] files".
	* nss/nsswitch.c: Change default-default value to "nis
	[NOTFOUND=return] files" since compat is only available for group,
	passwd, and shadow.

	* stdlib/on_exit.c (on_exit): Rename to __on_exit and make old name
	a weak alias.
	* stdlib/stdlib.h: Add prototype for __on_exit.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/schedbits.h: Add prototype for __clone.

	* time/Makefile: Undo change from Sun Dec  8 06:56:49 1996.
	The new malloc now has mcheck.
	* time/ap.c: Likewise.

	* time/tzset.c (__tzset): Rename to __tzset_internal.
	(tzset): Rename to __tzset.  Make tzset a weak alias for __tzset.
	* time/localtime.c: Use __tzset_internal not __tzset.
	* time/strftime.c [_LIBC]: Define tzname as __tzname and tzset
	as __tzset to prevent namespace pollution.

	* wctype/iswctype.h (icwctype): Rename to __iswctype.  Make iswctype
	a weak alias of __iswctype.
	* wctype/wctype.h: Add prototype for __iswctype.
	(iswalnum, iswalpha, iswcntrl, iswdigit, iswlower, iswgraph,
	iswprint, iswpunct, iswspace, iswupper, iswxdigit, iswblank):
	Use __iswctype for the test, not iswctype.

1996-12-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* hurd/hurd/sigpreempt.h
	(struct hurd_signal_preemptor.preemptor, _hurdsig_preemptors),
	hurd/hurd/signal.h (struct hurd_sigstate.preemptors),
	hurd/hurdfault.c, hurd/hurdfault.h (_hurdsig_fault_preemptor),
	hurd/hurdsig.c (_hurdsig_preempters):
	Renamed to fix spelling from `preempter' to `preemptor'.
	All uses changed.

1996-12-15  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>

	* ctime.c (ctime): Return asctime (localtime (t)), as the C
	standard requires.

Tue Dec 17 02:05:48 1996  Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG  <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* sysdeps/mach/libc-lock.h (__libc_lock_trylock): Invert return
	value because Mach/cthreads uses the opposite convention from
	Posix/glibc.

Mon Dec 16 22:41:01 1996  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* stdio-common/fcloseall.c: Correct test of already_called.
	Reported by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG.

Mon Dec 16 14:52:07 1996  Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG  <thomas@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* mach/lock-intern.h (__mutex_try_lock): New function.

Sun Dec 15 16:33:44 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* termios/sys/ttydefaults.h (TTYDEF_OFLAG): Only use OXTABS if
	defined, else XTABS.
	(CEOL, CSTATUS): Use _POSIX_VDISABLE if defined.

Sun Dec 15 11:56:19 1996  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/mremap.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/Dist: Distribute it.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/Makefile (sysdep_routines): Add mremap.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/manual/nss.texi b/manual/nss.texi
index 4a81edca13..e6c8649ddc 100644
--- a/manual/nss.texi
+++ b/manual/nss.texi
@@ -267,20 +267,25 @@ For the @code{hosts} and @code{network} databases the default value is
 the DNS service not to be available but if it is available the answer it
 returns is ultimative.
 
+The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases are
+traditionally handled in a special way.  The appropriate files in the
+@file{/etc} directory are read but if an entry with a name starting
+with a @code{+} character is found NIS is used.  This kind of lookup
+remains possible by using the special lookup service @code{compat}
+and the default value for the three databases above is
+@code{compat [NOTFOUND=return] files}.
+
 For all other databases the default value is
-@code{compat [NOTFOUND=return] files}.  This solution give the best
-chance to be correct since NIS and file based lookup is used.  The
-@code{compat} service is available in a separate add-on to GNU C
-library, available in the same place you got the GNU C library source
-from.
+@code{nis [NOTFOUND=return] files}.  This solution give the best
+chance to be correct since NIS and file based lookup is used.
 
 @cindex optimizing NSS
 A second point is that the user should try to optimize the lookup
-process.  The different service have different response times.  A simple
-file look up on a local file could be fast, but if the file is long and the
-needed entry is near the end of the file this may take quite some time.
-In this case it might be better to use the @code{db} service which
-allows fast local access to large data sets.
+process.  The different service have different response times.
+A simple file look up on a local file could be fast, but if the file
+is long and the needed entry is near the end of the file this may take
+quite some time.  In this case it might be better to use the @code{db}
+service which allows fast local access to large data sets.
 
 Often the situation is that some global information like NIS must be
 used.  So it is unavoidable to use service entries like @code{nis} etc.