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[Q28] ``After upgrading to a glibc 2.1 with symbol versioning I get
errors about undefined symbols. What went wrong?''
+
+[Q29] ``I don't include any kernel header myself but still the
+ compiler complains about type redeclarations of types in the
+ kernel headers.''
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[Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
@@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ in the future are:
m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0
alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 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
Other Linux platforms are also on the way to be supported but I need
some success reports first.
@@ -756,6 +762,21 @@ with symbol versioning.
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+[Q29] ``I don't include any kernel header myself but still the
+ compiler complains about type redeclarations of types in the
+ kernel headers.''
+
+[A29] {UD} The kernel headers before Linux 2.1.61 don't work correctly with
+glibc since they pollute the name space in a not acceptable way. Compiling
+C programs is possible in most cases but especially C++ programs have (due
+to the change of the name lookups for `struct's) problem. One prominent
+example is `struct fd_set'.
+
+There might be some more problems left but 2.1.61 fixes some of the known
+ones. See the BUGS file for other known problems.
+
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Answers were given by:
{UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>